(June 18th 2008)
Chapter 3
With my arm wrapped around his waist, I brought the dazed Wolt into the building.
Conveniently, Link was standing by the entrance. "Marth! Good-morning...who's that?" He asked, nodding his head over to Wolt.
I smiled weakly, "His name's Wolt. He's Roy's friend."
"Is he okay?"
I stared down at Wolt, who was still dazed, and shrugged. "Not sure, but he doesn't look alright. I'll take him to my room."
Link nodded, "Yeah, that would be a good thing." He turned around and then stopped. "Nothing happened with your wife out there, right?" My questioning look prompted him to reply, "She seemed upset and hurried when you came in."
Wolt stirred and looked up, "Lady Lilina?"
Link just stared at him and quickly walked away, muttering, "That kid is so random. Wolt, Wolt, what a funny name."
I smiled down at him, "I'll take you to my room. Can you walk right?"
"Yeah..yes, my lord..." He flushed slightly as I let go of him.
I just scratched the back of my head, but ignored the action and lead him to my room. When we reached there, Lilina was no where to be seen. I furrowed my brows--guess she wasn't done with getting the drinks? Where was she? I needed to talk to her.
I pointed over to the bed. "Rest there. I'll introduce you to everyone as soon as you recover."
"But, Lord Marth, I'm okay..."
I sighed angrily. "Don't call me that. It's Marth. And you are not 'okay'."
Wolt blushed and examined at his boots. "Wow, that's the exact same thing Master Roy would say."
My head slowly turned to Wolt as I gave him an intense stare. He backed away, took his boots off and jumped into the bed.
At that moment, Lilina came in.
--Lilina--
My eyes first focused on Wolt, who was looking back at me, and then Marth. I held up the grape juicebox from the fridge and handed it over to Wolt.
"You alright?"
"He's getting better." Marth answered for him, pursing his lips. "You guys know each other, I guess?"
"Yes," Wolt sat up, nodding a 'Thank-you' over to me. "Me, Lady Lilina and Master Roy were--are--friends."
I simply smiled and motioned over to my husband to follow me outside. He complied; after muttering something to Wolt, he followed me, closing the door calmly behind him.
"Is he going to stay here with us?"
He closed his eyes and sighed deeply. "Yeah...I think it would be for the best, right? It wouldn't be right to send him away...especially in this condition."
I simply nodded, "Agreed. Maybe I should be the one to inform everyone about him? Especially Mario."
Marth opened his eyes slightly and gazed down at me. "That would be nice. Thanks. I'll stay here with him." And, with a little hesitation, he leaned forward and kissed me on the cheek.
--Wolt--
Lord Marth, I always respected him from afar. His calm, composed nature. How he ruled over the whole League with such power, just like Lord Eliwood had.
Lady Lilina, she, Roy and I were friends. I always adored her, and even more so as we grew older. And it seemed like her feelings for Roy grew too...but whenever I brought it to his attention, he would just shrug.
'She's just being a girl.'
Master Roy, how I loved him so much. He was like the brother I never had. We were really close; he always told me everything, and I would comfort him.
But those days are gone...those blue skies, windy days, that endless time we spent together...would never happen again.
And everything began falling apart. When he was around 15, he started to get so depressed. He wouldn't even talk to me about it.
Roy would always say, 'It is nothing you can fix. Telling you will ruin everything...'
Everything? When we were younger, we shared everything...
'It's different now...we're older. And some things I need to keep to myself.'
But I've always told you everything...
'Different, things never stay the same. Things fall apart all the time.'
And I guess he was right. Things do fall apart...
--Lilina--
I went downstairs and sat myself down on the couch. My eyes began to fill with tears. Seeing Wolt like that just brought back those old emotions full-force. I groaned and rubbed my eyes; I shouldn't be like this. I have to be strong.
But...
I clasped my hands together. Roy, how I wished you were here. Still alive, I miss you so much.
"Lilina? Are you alright?" I opened my eyes and sat up, wiping the tears from my face. It was Daisy, and Peach was behind her. "Why are you crying?"
"Oh, it is nothing."
Daisy sat herself next to me. "Don't say that, no one cries over nothing. Unless you're Young Link."
I giggled a little at that. It was true. "Well, one of my friend's from back home arrived today." I paused and blinked; that's right. I had to go tell Mario about him. "S-sorry, ladies. I'll have to tell you later..."
And with that said, I rushed off.
--Daisy--
We both watched her go off silently. When she was out of ear-shot, I sighed and laid down in the couch.
After Roy killed himself, Marth totally soiled our names by saying we were partly responsible. When Peach, Mario, Luigi and I got back to our kingdom, news had spread, and so did rumors.
Some saying Peach and I were hoes. Our people, and those damn Toads didn't look up to us anymore. They talked behind our back, soiled our names even more with their lies.
But...I guess we deserved it. We were wrong. It was just a shame that we couldn't apologize to the one person we hurt...
I heard two people come by the entrance to the living room, so I turned my head.
I diverted my eyes and saw two men standing there. One was Marth and the other one was a green haired boy. I smirked, he was kind of cute.
"Lilina? Have you two seen here?" Marth asked, pointing at us.
The green haired boy frowned and looked away.
"Who's that?" I asked, pointing my chin at him.
"My name's Wolt..."
"That's a...funny name."
Marth rolled his eyes and grabbed Wolt's arm, "I'll just assume that you two don't know where she went."
"You know what they say about 'assuming'."
"'It makes an ass out of 'u' and 'me'." Peach finished, giggling to herself.
Marth made a disgusting scoff sound and stomped off.
--Roy--
I tapped my forehead. I guess everything was going to go wrong again. Such an amazing turn of events. I laughed and rolled back and forth. I was so bored...
What was happening with Marth and everyone else, I could see. It's like a video playing through my mind.
'Wolt...' He was going to be trouble.
I put the back of my head onto my arms and laid down on my back.
'Lilina, you'll probably never understand what kind of relationship Wolt and I had. And...I'm sorry.'
I sighed, opened my eyes and stared at the total darkness underneath me.
Wolt, of course you loved me, and you were so charming as well. It's just too bad it only happened a few times...like I said, 'Things never stay the same. Things fall apart all the time.'
I wish I could see them again...