Chapter 8
Later that day Tayou and the others left leaving Sheik and Link alone. They sat on the small dock and hung their feet off the side, their bare feet splashing lightly in the water. They sat in silence for the longest time. Sheik had stopped crying, but his eyes were still watering and his face was solemn.
"I knew that this day would come..." Sheik broke the silence, "And I'm sorry that you had to witness it."
"You knew it would happen, even before Tayou had warned you, yet you still went on playing the victim."
"I did this to myself."
Link stopped, and would have gone limp had he not willed himself to remain tense in the bones, "And...you kissed me."
There was another pause with unnerving silence. Sheik looked up at him and the Hylian saw the sadness in them, "I'm sorry." It was almost soundless, but the whisper passed through Links ear.
"Why?" Link asked, "There is nothing that you've done that you should be sorry for. I don't regret it, and neither should you."
The Hylian smiled and so did Sheik.
"So you wouldn't mind if I did it again?" Sheik came closer to the Hylian. But, Link didn't answer and they closed the distance between them. Their lips brushed together at first, soft and sweet. But, Link pushed the Sheikah to the ground and soon the young Hylian was on top of the red-eyed boy groping and kissing him. Sheik moaned and sighed as he brought his hand up to Link's hat and threw it off behind him in the grass. His fingers brushed through Link's hair as they kissed and the Hylian's hand roamed over the other's body, caressing him through his clothing.
Link was trailing kisses down his neck when Sheik pushed him off. Link was a bit breathless as was Sheik, "I know a place where we can go. Somewhere not in the open."
One of Link's eyebrows rose with interest, "Lead the way, then." And he helped Sheik up.
They entered the dark forest with their fingers entwined, Sheik only a step in front of Link, and in a hush voice, "I want to show you something first." Link had no idea where they were headed, but not long after he heard something. Singing. It was beautiful with an unearthly, high- pitched sound. Not ear aching singing, but a mellow high-pitch. No human words could describe it.
Sheik turned to him and put a single finger over his lips. They stealthily came to an edge of a small cliff and they lay down in the grass on their stomachs gazing down at the beauty before them that took Link's breath away.
There were faeries in the gully dancing as if the day were like no other. They were simply beautiful. They wore small, silk white gowns and tunics to fit their tiny bodies. Fireflies flew about lighting the dark ravine with their green glow, but they were hardly needed for the faeries glowed for themselves. Their transparent wings seemed to glow with a yellowish light that coursed through the tiny, thin veins.
Link watched in fascination, while Sheik watched Link. Many questions soared through his mind, but none were answered. Did Link really have feelings for him?
The blue-eyed boy was so perfect. An adventurer just as himself, one who loved the forest, sensitive...at times. Sheik laughed to himself.
"Do you know what they sing of?" Link whispered.
Sheik shook his head lightly, "No," he whispered, "It's a dialect of Forest Elvish."
Nothing else was said and Link lied his head back down on his enfolded arms, watching the faeries dance in the air. Another hour passed before Sheik pulled Link away from the creek bed and quietly they walked away. They walked further into the forest and reached a waterfall, when Link got a familiar sensation tinge his mind. He turned around quickly, but nothing was there. Thankfully, Sheik wasn't paying attention. He knew that he was being watched; he could feel it. Ever since he left Kakariko Village...
Sheik pulled him into a cave that was lit with thousands of candles and more perhaps deeper inside, "What is this place?" Link asked.
"Deeper inside is a shrine," He pulled Link close to him and kissed him softly.
"Hardly a place to be doing anything in, don't you think?" Link asked.
"When was there a law saying no kissing in a cave?" he laughed, "Relax Link, this isn't even the entrance to the shrine. It's the entrance to the cave, nothing more." Sheik kissed him again, but deeper this time. Link was backed up into the wall. Many times Link watched this from afar in his dreams, but never had he experienced it...not as the younger Link, anyway. But, how far would they go?
Link lied Sheik down onto the thick, moist moss that surrounded the entrance. The candlelight flickered over their faces as they kissed. Link brushed several strands of platinum gold hair from Sheik's face, "Is it okay?" he whispered.
"Is what okay?" Sheik smiled up at him, bringing a hand to Link's face and brushed his cheek lightly, "Everything's perfect. Now," he whispered very softly, "do that trick with your tongue again."
Link laughed and he did, making Sheik moan behind the kiss.
A month had passed and still Link's memories were as blank as always. He didn't live with Mister and Mistress Kamen any longer. In fact, he hadn't lived with them for about two weeks now. He may have been born a Hylian, but his heart was still with the Kokiri and the forest was what made him.
He had built himself a small, but roomy, hut in the forest not far from the Shiekah village, and making sure that he didn't forget the fireplace this time; it was deadly cold in the winter. It was getting dark and Sheik was due soon. The Sheikah had had training last night and needed rest for the day. Link, on the other hand, was packing things that he would need for his trip on the chestnut mare he was given as a gift by the Kamen's. He named her Epona; it was the first name that popped into his head. But, she seemed happy with the name.
He was going back to Hyrule, and Sheik was joining him. But there was no coming back. Link was missing something, he knew, and it was at a temple. What it was, though, was beyond him.
Link turned quickly. Something was there...watching him. It was in the trees.
"Link, what are you..." Sheik came from behind. Link put a finger over his lips immediately. The Hylian took out his slingshot and put behind the sling a pebble. He aimed up into the trees and after a moment, he shot.
Whatever it was that he shot, Sheik observed, he hit it. He watched as Link ran over to it and slowly bent over picking it up. Sheik followed him and stopped just behind him. Link turned around with the thing cupped in his hand.
"It's a faerie," said Sheik, "I can't believe you just shot a faerie."
"He didn't hit me," she stood up in his hand, "Scare me half to death, yes. But not hit me." She walked over to Link's thumb and bit it.
"Ouch!" He yelped. The 'Damned Faerie', as he cursed it, flew out of reach as he tried swiping at it with his hat trying to catch it. She flew over to Sheik and landed on his shoulder. She stuck her tongue out at Link and Sheik laughed.
"She has a bit of an attitude," said Sheik. Link didn't answer, "Hullo." The Sheikah turned back to the faerie.
"Hiya! My name's Millie! What's yours?"
End of Chapter 8
Later that day Tayou and the others left leaving Sheik and Link alone. They sat on the small dock and hung their feet off the side, their bare feet splashing lightly in the water. They sat in silence for the longest time. Sheik had stopped crying, but his eyes were still watering and his face was solemn.
"I knew that this day would come..." Sheik broke the silence, "And I'm sorry that you had to witness it."
"You knew it would happen, even before Tayou had warned you, yet you still went on playing the victim."
"I did this to myself."
Link stopped, and would have gone limp had he not willed himself to remain tense in the bones, "And...you kissed me."
There was another pause with unnerving silence. Sheik looked up at him and the Hylian saw the sadness in them, "I'm sorry." It was almost soundless, but the whisper passed through Links ear.
"Why?" Link asked, "There is nothing that you've done that you should be sorry for. I don't regret it, and neither should you."
The Hylian smiled and so did Sheik.
"So you wouldn't mind if I did it again?" Sheik came closer to the Hylian. But, Link didn't answer and they closed the distance between them. Their lips brushed together at first, soft and sweet. But, Link pushed the Sheikah to the ground and soon the young Hylian was on top of the red-eyed boy groping and kissing him. Sheik moaned and sighed as he brought his hand up to Link's hat and threw it off behind him in the grass. His fingers brushed through Link's hair as they kissed and the Hylian's hand roamed over the other's body, caressing him through his clothing.
Link was trailing kisses down his neck when Sheik pushed him off. Link was a bit breathless as was Sheik, "I know a place where we can go. Somewhere not in the open."
One of Link's eyebrows rose with interest, "Lead the way, then." And he helped Sheik up.
They entered the dark forest with their fingers entwined, Sheik only a step in front of Link, and in a hush voice, "I want to show you something first." Link had no idea where they were headed, but not long after he heard something. Singing. It was beautiful with an unearthly, high- pitched sound. Not ear aching singing, but a mellow high-pitch. No human words could describe it.
Sheik turned to him and put a single finger over his lips. They stealthily came to an edge of a small cliff and they lay down in the grass on their stomachs gazing down at the beauty before them that took Link's breath away.
There were faeries in the gully dancing as if the day were like no other. They were simply beautiful. They wore small, silk white gowns and tunics to fit their tiny bodies. Fireflies flew about lighting the dark ravine with their green glow, but they were hardly needed for the faeries glowed for themselves. Their transparent wings seemed to glow with a yellowish light that coursed through the tiny, thin veins.
Link watched in fascination, while Sheik watched Link. Many questions soared through his mind, but none were answered. Did Link really have feelings for him?
The blue-eyed boy was so perfect. An adventurer just as himself, one who loved the forest, sensitive...at times. Sheik laughed to himself.
"Do you know what they sing of?" Link whispered.
Sheik shook his head lightly, "No," he whispered, "It's a dialect of Forest Elvish."
Nothing else was said and Link lied his head back down on his enfolded arms, watching the faeries dance in the air. Another hour passed before Sheik pulled Link away from the creek bed and quietly they walked away. They walked further into the forest and reached a waterfall, when Link got a familiar sensation tinge his mind. He turned around quickly, but nothing was there. Thankfully, Sheik wasn't paying attention. He knew that he was being watched; he could feel it. Ever since he left Kakariko Village...
Sheik pulled him into a cave that was lit with thousands of candles and more perhaps deeper inside, "What is this place?" Link asked.
"Deeper inside is a shrine," He pulled Link close to him and kissed him softly.
"Hardly a place to be doing anything in, don't you think?" Link asked.
"When was there a law saying no kissing in a cave?" he laughed, "Relax Link, this isn't even the entrance to the shrine. It's the entrance to the cave, nothing more." Sheik kissed him again, but deeper this time. Link was backed up into the wall. Many times Link watched this from afar in his dreams, but never had he experienced it...not as the younger Link, anyway. But, how far would they go?
Link lied Sheik down onto the thick, moist moss that surrounded the entrance. The candlelight flickered over their faces as they kissed. Link brushed several strands of platinum gold hair from Sheik's face, "Is it okay?" he whispered.
"Is what okay?" Sheik smiled up at him, bringing a hand to Link's face and brushed his cheek lightly, "Everything's perfect. Now," he whispered very softly, "do that trick with your tongue again."
Link laughed and he did, making Sheik moan behind the kiss.
A month had passed and still Link's memories were as blank as always. He didn't live with Mister and Mistress Kamen any longer. In fact, he hadn't lived with them for about two weeks now. He may have been born a Hylian, but his heart was still with the Kokiri and the forest was what made him.
He had built himself a small, but roomy, hut in the forest not far from the Shiekah village, and making sure that he didn't forget the fireplace this time; it was deadly cold in the winter. It was getting dark and Sheik was due soon. The Sheikah had had training last night and needed rest for the day. Link, on the other hand, was packing things that he would need for his trip on the chestnut mare he was given as a gift by the Kamen's. He named her Epona; it was the first name that popped into his head. But, she seemed happy with the name.
He was going back to Hyrule, and Sheik was joining him. But there was no coming back. Link was missing something, he knew, and it was at a temple. What it was, though, was beyond him.
Link turned quickly. Something was there...watching him. It was in the trees.
"Link, what are you..." Sheik came from behind. Link put a finger over his lips immediately. The Hylian took out his slingshot and put behind the sling a pebble. He aimed up into the trees and after a moment, he shot.
Whatever it was that he shot, Sheik observed, he hit it. He watched as Link ran over to it and slowly bent over picking it up. Sheik followed him and stopped just behind him. Link turned around with the thing cupped in his hand.
"It's a faerie," said Sheik, "I can't believe you just shot a faerie."
"He didn't hit me," she stood up in his hand, "Scare me half to death, yes. But not hit me." She walked over to Link's thumb and bit it.
"Ouch!" He yelped. The 'Damned Faerie', as he cursed it, flew out of reach as he tried swiping at it with his hat trying to catch it. She flew over to Sheik and landed on his shoulder. She stuck her tongue out at Link and Sheik laughed.
"She has a bit of an attitude," said Sheik. Link didn't answer, "Hullo." The Sheikah turned back to the faerie.
"Hiya! My name's Millie! What's yours?"
End of Chapter 8