This, is about to get interesting. Oh and if you haven't already, the coupling to this story is under the title

The next few weeks were hell. I shouldn't have argued with Vaati, granted I hadn't meant to. I wanted to ask if we could stop a little early every day, or to slow the pace, but I really didn't want to seem like I couldn't handle it.

The dreams were continuing, though not at an increasing pace like the second one had in comparison to the first. I was beginning to confuse my dreams with reality…

Every time we camped though, I knew Vaati was watching me. He did all of the food prepping and I thought that maybe he was trying to make up for the argument we had had.

We didn't talk much—actually we didn't talk at all. It was silent cooperation; we worked nearly flawlessly with each other. I didn't get in his way, and the mage simply… left me alone. He didn't even seem remotely interested in what I was doing. Being lost in my thoughts, I was fine with that.

I still wasn't sure what I was getting from Green's feelings, even with the presence of the dreams, or what the tingle was that I got from touching Vaati.

I briefly thought about what it'd be like to touch him in a non-casual manner. I blushed and glanced at the mage, which startled me, because he was openly staring back.

I slowly looked away and wondered if he was missing his whores.

On the third week, the silence was no longer a comfortable one. I could tell the tension was beginning to cover us like a blanket.

A few times, I started to speak, but the words just died in my throat. What was I supposed to say, anyway? Ask him if he was missing his fucking? (Because I really thought he was.) Or, the more lascivious thought on my mind was, if he wanted to fuck, could it be with me?

My extremely confused sexual thoughts were making the tension even worse, in my view. I was supposed to be in love with Zelda, but the longer I was away from her, the less I wanted her. That wasn't even to mention that I didn't particularly want to even save her anymore.

My head was just filled with the unwanted thoughts of being ravished by the mage sitting across from me; there was no room for Zelda there.

I knew I wasn't supposed to be thinking anything of the sort about Vaati, and maybe it was the close confines. It didn't help that the dreams were making me even tenser and my mind was filled with it constantly.

I also knew what Green's memories thought about it. They'd been slowly seeping into my consciousness also since the first feeling of dread. I knew that what happened between him and Vaati hadn't been good. Half of me hoped that it had and that my feelings were therefore a result of the physical part of their relationship, and the other half didn't. I didn't know what that was supposed to mean, but I was going to figure it out.

And that figuring out was about to begin.

Vaati and I were trekking through Hyrule Field when I saw Epona. She was being chased by a pair of rogue bokoblins. I let out a short yelp and dropped my pack, starting to run toward my horse.

As I drew my sword, I let out a cry that caught the bokoblins' attention. They started running over to me, and in their stupidity, tripped over each other.

I ran through them and sliced my sword clean through one, immediately turning on my heel and stabbing the other.

Lightning fast, the two bokoblins were on the ground, dead. My lips twitched and I could feel the spatter of blood on my face as I looked toward where Epona was rearing, then over at Vaati.

He was standing how I assumed one would stand when stunned. Vaati was partially through a step, frozen. His mouth was open slightly and I could tell that his eyes were widened. I swallowed lightly and my sword slipped from my numbing fingers, the adrenaline leaving my body as quick as it had come.

I shook out my cramping hand; I had gripped my sword too tightly in my haste. I walked over to Epona, murmuring words to calm her. She reared more at the smell of blood on me.

Once my mare was calmed enough, I noticed Vaati was still rooted to the spot and staring at me.

He can't be afraid of me, can he? I thought, looking down at myself. I wasn't too covered in blood. At least, I hadn't thought so. The kills had been clean, and I had felt most of spray into my face. But then again, I couldn't see my face to know. "Vaati..?" I called hesitantly.

The mage shook himself and stepped over the bokoblins' bodies. "There's blood all in your hair," he said simply, and passed a hand over my face.

I believe he did it without thinking, because if he had realised, he would have remembered that his magic wasn't working correctly. Oh, it cleared the blood off of me, alright. But in the last moment, I could have sworn I saw his fingers flit upward.

The mage hissed in pain and I glanced at his face before registering that Epona had just squealed in pain and landed hard on the ground.

I ran over to her and, before I even knelt down, knew that she was dead. My fingers glided over her mane and neck and I swallowed a hard sob. My hands started to tremble and I could feel my breathing getting faster, as though I wasn't in control of my own body. My body hunched over the body of my companion before I became in control again and my horror turned to anger. I whirled to face Vaati, standing.

"You!" Rage filled my voice as Vaati's lips downturned into a frown. "You just killed my horse!"

"I didn't—" He looked down at his hands, mouth in an o. "Link, calm down." He held up his hands as I strode over to him.

I shoved on the mage's shoulders and he stumbled back slightly. "Do not tell me to calm down, Vaati!" He had just killed my horse. What was I supposed to do, hug him? "I can't believe you!" I heard my voice crack, and I cleared my throat quickly. I shoved on his shoulders again, but this time, Vaati shoved back.

"It was an accident," he hissed, gaze turning to a glare. He grabbed my hands and threw them down to my sides. "Curb your anger! Remember what you are doing!"

This just made me even more pissed off. "You have the nerve to tell me to calm down, when you just killed my horse?" I made for another shove, but Vaati grabbed my hands.

At the same moment, there was another flare up in his magic. I watched as his eyes widened, and I started to panic as we teleported.