Thanks to all that reviewed the first chapter, the same warnings apply, except that there's a little bit of sex implications in this chapter and some fluff. Enjoy!

Bold: Flashback

//Italic//: Thoughts

I Know The Truth: Chapter 2

The King of Hyrule was furious. "Zelda, where is your husband? I have things I wish to discuss with him, yet he seems not to be at home-ever!"

Zelda pasted a smile on her face. "Link is a free spirit, Father. He comes and goes as his heart tells him to."

"Perhaps his heart is telling him to visit a lady in town. You have been married two years, yet I have no grandchild!" Zelda stared at her feet. How was she going to explain this? "Well, it is not like we have not tried, Father. He wants a child as much as I do." To herself, she shouted, //Link has not slept with me in these two long years! He's still entranced by that damn Sheik! //

"When he gets home, tell him to talk to me. Perhaps I know some things that can help."

Zelda sank into a curtsy. "Of course, Father." //Old fool, don't you know once I have a child, I can be happily rid of you? //

"Malon, Malon!"

The young co-owner of Lon Lon Ranch slowly opened her eyes. "Link? What are you doing here? And so late?"

"I wanted to know if I could leave Epona here. She's too easy too find." Confused, Malon shrugged. "Certainly, but why don't you want her found?"

"I can't tell you. But please?"

Malon smiled. "All right, but what should I tell anyone who comes looking?"

"Hide her, or let her out, but don't let them see her, and don't tell them you saw me." With that, Link jumped back out of Malon's bedroom window, and ran out of the ranch. Her husband stirred next to her. "What was that, sweet?" She gave him a quick kiss. "Nothing, one of the horses is a little upset. I'll go calm her, then I'll come right back, all right?" Her husband was already asleep. She chuckled to herself, then went downstairs to see Epona waiting by her front door. "Hey, girl, come on, Link asked me to baby-sit tonight, how are you?" The horse whickered in reply. "That's good, can you tell me where Link is going?" The horse snorted. "Is it that big a secret? Really, I never would have thought that the 'fairy boy' would be out cheating on his wife this late at night. Then again, considering who he's married to, I can't blame him."

Link felt utterly ridiculous, creeping around the village this late at night. "Really, Sheik, you could have told me where the house is." Looking around, he noticed that the only house that showed signs of life was the one that had once been Impa's. "Is that it?" Gathering his nerve, not realizing that he was nervous, he hopped up onto the little piece of land the house rested on and knocked. The door opened a crack, and one side of Sheik's face peered out. "It's me."

He sighed. "Good, I thought it might me that strange woman who raises Cuccos again. She seems to be quite charmed with me. Come in." He pulled the door open, and let Link in. A few pictures adorned the walls, and a fire flickered in the fireplace "It's not much…not exactly what you're used to." A faint blush had started to rise in Sheik's cheeks. "Sheik, I spent the first ten years of my life in a tree house. I like small, cozy places like this one. And besides," Link reached out and pulled him close, "you're here." Sheik's blush grew a little darker. "And that is what matters to me." Sheik quietly pulled out of the embrace. "You shouldn't say such things before you know the whole story."

"So tell me the story."

Sheik sat in one of the two armchairs. "Sit down, this'll take a while." Link took the chair next to him. "It started when I was young, about ten. I started having visions."

Sheik tossed the ball to his friend, Aria. Once it had left his hands, something twisted within him, and his sight blurred, then cleared. But he wasn't in the square of Kakariko anymore, he was…he didn't know where he was. But there was a young man sitting on the steps in front of him. "Excuse me?" The young man looked up, and Sheik found himself being shaken by Aria. "Are you okay? You fainted." Sheik was about say 'I'm fine' when his stomach lurched. "I-no. I feel sick." Aria helped him stand. "Let's go home, it's starting to rain anyway."

"So, after the first vision, what happened?"

Sheik traced a design on the table. "I kept having them, and no one could stop them. Finally I had a vision telling me to go to Hyrule Market Town, or what was left of it. It told me the entire story of my destiny. Then I met you, Link. I knew from then on that helping you was my destiny, not saving the world, just helping you. From the few moments we had together-"

"Why did we?" Link interrupted. "Why did you always leave so quickly?"

"I wasn't supposed to get attached to you." He laughed. "That didn't work out too well. I fell in love with you anyway. Even after the Ice Cavern, I still loved you. I just never said anything because you seemed to hate me."

"Why did Zelda take your identity?"

Sheik frowned. "Because she saw that I loved you, and she feared that you would come over to me, and not her. So when I wasn't expecting it, right when I was showing you the Triforce of Wisdom, she took my image, and switched places with me. Then she dropped my form, and made it seem as if she'd been there the whole time."

"Then it was you who was supposed to give me the Light Arrows?" Sheik nodded. "I can't believe she did that! And the entire time I was thinking she'd played some long trick on me. That's the only reason I married her, because it was as close as I could get to marrying you." Link suddenly realized that there were tears in his eyes. "I missed you." "I missed you too."

On an impulse, Link leaned forward and brushed his hands across Sheik's cheek. "Sheik? Would you-would you please take that thing off?" Sheik touched the scarf on his face. "Why?"

"Please?" Slowly, the Sheikah reached behind his head and undid the scarf, revealing a small nose, a soft mouth, and a thin scar running from his ear to the corner of the soft mouth. "I didn't want you to see that. It's-"

"Fine. You're beautiful, Sheik. And I love you." Reaching for the Sheikah, Link crawled on top of him, effectively trapping him in the chair. Almost unconsciously, Sheik slipped his arms around Link's waist and reached up to kiss him. He was pressed back into the chair as Link pushed him down, barely able to breathe. It was clear what Link had in mind for the evening, and Sheik wasn't very sure he liked the plans. Pulling his lips from Link's, he whispered, "Link, wait, please." The Hero of Time opened his eyes, surprised. "What is it? Do you not want this?"

Sheik hung his head. "I just…it's too fast. You just found out today that I exist. Isn't this rushing things?"

Link kissed him softly on the forehead. "If you don't want to, we don't have to. When you're ready, then…" Link kissed him again. "I should go. Zelda will start having a screaming fit if I'm not back before morning." Link got up and headed for the door. "Link?"

The other blonde turned. "Yes?"

"I love you." Link grinned and vanished into the night.

Aww, sweet. Thanks again to all who reviewed. Next Part will be out as soon as I can come up with it.