'Why am I so cold... and why the hell is it so dark in here...' Link's eyes
fluttered open slowly. He had no idea where he was. He was lying on a low
bed though, he knew that. And when he opened his eyes he found it wasn't so
dark, that it was actually about mid-day judging by the amount of light
pouring in through the windows. Link tried to stand, but as soon as he sat
up, a massive pain shot through his entire body and he screamed, collapsing
back onto the soft bed. Within seconds he heard someone rush into the room.
"Oh my Din, you're awake!" The person exclaimed and knelt hurriedly down next to his bed. Link turned his head and, for the first time, laid eyes on his caretaker. He was a boy about Link's own age, pale with longish silver hair and intense red eyes. He was slender, and Link caught a hint of slightly feminine curves. Link's mouth dropped open and he couldn't take his eyes off the heavenly creature that rested so close his face. The boy noticed Link staring at him and blushed. Link cleared his throat and looked away.
"Yeah, awake I am. Was it you who's been taking care of me?" Link asked, his voice was raspy with inactivity and he cleared his throat again.
The boy nodded, "Yes. Do you need anything? Are you warm enough? Maybe you're too warm? Here, "He reached for Link's blankets "Let me help you with these, you're sweating, you must be hot." And folded them down so that only Link's feet where covered.
"You're a little hot yourself, my friend. Maybe you should take some of those coverings off." Link pulled on the hem of his light blue tunic and the boy blushed again and got to his feet. He was about a head shorter then Link, built very slimly but not in a sickly way. He moved over to the window and turned around, leaning his back against the window frame. He was still blushing, but he was also smiling. Link grinned and tried to sit up again but again that pain slammed through his body making him scream involuntarily and fall back onto the bed. The silver haired boy gasped and ran to the bed.
"Are you okay? Don't try to sit up anymore, anything you need, I'll get for you. Here, roll onto your side, so that you can see the whole room." He helped Link reposition himself.
"Thanks, um, uh, I don't think I caught your name." Link said.
"Sheik. It's Sheik." He replied, sitting cross-legged on the floor.
Link did a double take, "Did you say SHEIK? Because I know another Sheik. You're not him, are you?"
"No, I'm not the one you're thinking of, I do not know who you speak of. Sheik is a common name among us Sheikah, it is the name given to orphans, and since not many of my people survive into adulthood, there are a lot of orphans. This other Sheik you speak of, is probably also an orphan." Sheik said, knowing full well the lie he had just told, and expecting Link to see right through it. He didn't. He just nodded and smiled. "Well, thank you Sheik, I don't know if I would've made it if you didn't come along. How did you find me, by the way?" Link asked.
"Navi came and told me what had happened. I guess she figured that since I knew you, that she could trust me to take good care of you. You see, I was the one who looked after your body for those seven long years while you were in limbo." Sheik explained.
Link's face lit up and he asked excitedly, "So you saw me naked?! What did you think, it was big wasn't it?!"
Sheik blushed very deeply and looked down at the floor, not saying anything.
"Right? Right? Right? I thought it was big. It was big, wasn't it?!" Link pushed. Sheik simply nodded, not taking his eyes off the floor. Link laughed loudly. "I knew it! I knew it was big! Navi! Navi!" He called for his faerie.
"She's, um, she's not here. Since you're going to need a bit of time to recuperate, she figured that she'd go visit relatives. She'll be back in a few weeks." He mumbled.
"Oh... so we're alone? No one to watch us. No one to tell us what to do or how to do it... I like that idea."
"No one but us. But until you get better, I'm in charge." Sheik stated. "Tomorrow, we'll work on getting you sitting up, then hopefully, standing and walking. But not tonight. You should go to sleep. Drink this." He handed Link a mug of warm milk, which Link took gratefully and drank.
"Goodnight Sheik. And thanks again... I...... I...." And Link was asleep. Sheik bent down and brushed a few stray strands of flaxen hair from Link's face, tucked the blankets in around him and put the mug on the floor. Sheik straightened up and was about to leave the room, when, on an impulse, he went back to Link's bedside. He stooped over and kissed the sleeping warrior softly on the forehead, as he had done so many times before.
"Goodnight my love. I will be here when you wake up." Sheik whispered softly and left the room, lightly closing the door behind him. Link smiled slightly when he heard the door close. He was not fully asleep and had felt the kiss, heard the words Sheik had so lovingly whispered and longed to say them back. But now was not the time. Link finally drifted into a deep sleep, filled with dreamed of the beautiful silver haired Sheikah...
"Oh my Din, you're awake!" The person exclaimed and knelt hurriedly down next to his bed. Link turned his head and, for the first time, laid eyes on his caretaker. He was a boy about Link's own age, pale with longish silver hair and intense red eyes. He was slender, and Link caught a hint of slightly feminine curves. Link's mouth dropped open and he couldn't take his eyes off the heavenly creature that rested so close his face. The boy noticed Link staring at him and blushed. Link cleared his throat and looked away.
"Yeah, awake I am. Was it you who's been taking care of me?" Link asked, his voice was raspy with inactivity and he cleared his throat again.
The boy nodded, "Yes. Do you need anything? Are you warm enough? Maybe you're too warm? Here, "He reached for Link's blankets "Let me help you with these, you're sweating, you must be hot." And folded them down so that only Link's feet where covered.
"You're a little hot yourself, my friend. Maybe you should take some of those coverings off." Link pulled on the hem of his light blue tunic and the boy blushed again and got to his feet. He was about a head shorter then Link, built very slimly but not in a sickly way. He moved over to the window and turned around, leaning his back against the window frame. He was still blushing, but he was also smiling. Link grinned and tried to sit up again but again that pain slammed through his body making him scream involuntarily and fall back onto the bed. The silver haired boy gasped and ran to the bed.
"Are you okay? Don't try to sit up anymore, anything you need, I'll get for you. Here, roll onto your side, so that you can see the whole room." He helped Link reposition himself.
"Thanks, um, uh, I don't think I caught your name." Link said.
"Sheik. It's Sheik." He replied, sitting cross-legged on the floor.
Link did a double take, "Did you say SHEIK? Because I know another Sheik. You're not him, are you?"
"No, I'm not the one you're thinking of, I do not know who you speak of. Sheik is a common name among us Sheikah, it is the name given to orphans, and since not many of my people survive into adulthood, there are a lot of orphans. This other Sheik you speak of, is probably also an orphan." Sheik said, knowing full well the lie he had just told, and expecting Link to see right through it. He didn't. He just nodded and smiled. "Well, thank you Sheik, I don't know if I would've made it if you didn't come along. How did you find me, by the way?" Link asked.
"Navi came and told me what had happened. I guess she figured that since I knew you, that she could trust me to take good care of you. You see, I was the one who looked after your body for those seven long years while you were in limbo." Sheik explained.
Link's face lit up and he asked excitedly, "So you saw me naked?! What did you think, it was big wasn't it?!"
Sheik blushed very deeply and looked down at the floor, not saying anything.
"Right? Right? Right? I thought it was big. It was big, wasn't it?!" Link pushed. Sheik simply nodded, not taking his eyes off the floor. Link laughed loudly. "I knew it! I knew it was big! Navi! Navi!" He called for his faerie.
"She's, um, she's not here. Since you're going to need a bit of time to recuperate, she figured that she'd go visit relatives. She'll be back in a few weeks." He mumbled.
"Oh... so we're alone? No one to watch us. No one to tell us what to do or how to do it... I like that idea."
"No one but us. But until you get better, I'm in charge." Sheik stated. "Tomorrow, we'll work on getting you sitting up, then hopefully, standing and walking. But not tonight. You should go to sleep. Drink this." He handed Link a mug of warm milk, which Link took gratefully and drank.
"Goodnight Sheik. And thanks again... I...... I...." And Link was asleep. Sheik bent down and brushed a few stray strands of flaxen hair from Link's face, tucked the blankets in around him and put the mug on the floor. Sheik straightened up and was about to leave the room, when, on an impulse, he went back to Link's bedside. He stooped over and kissed the sleeping warrior softly on the forehead, as he had done so many times before.
"Goodnight my love. I will be here when you wake up." Sheik whispered softly and left the room, lightly closing the door behind him. Link smiled slightly when he heard the door close. He was not fully asleep and had felt the kiss, heard the words Sheik had so lovingly whispered and longed to say them back. But now was not the time. Link finally drifted into a deep sleep, filled with dreamed of the beautiful silver haired Sheikah...