"Walked in expecting you'd be late, but you got here early and you stand and wave. I walk to you.
You pull my chair out and help me in, and you don't know how nice that is, but I do."

You are guys are amazing… I mean seriously, I LOVE YOU! Mahoosive thank you to Princess Zelda-figure skater (who is also the world's best beta!), Franne, Armageddon Coconut, ShdowNinja1011, prettyguardianofhyrule, Zelink4Eva123, H3R0 0f T1M3 72296, PrincesscharmingKnight, and zeldax! Here's the second chapter, this one is also written in Link's point of view!

"What do you reckon… Chinese or Indian?" Saria asks as she flicks through the takeout menus. I sigh, rubbing my temples with my fingertips. It was a long hard day at work, all I want to do right now is to eat and then fall asleep on the couch, I'm not even fussed what I have to eat right now, as long as it's edible, but Saria is spending ages choosing between take out restaurants.

"I really don't mind," I say.

"Or we could have Thai…" She says, completely ignoring me and collecting yet another menu from the drawer.

I groan, throwing my head back. "Just chose!"

"How about pizza?" She asks, spotting a Domino's flyer that came through in our mail.

"Saria, I'm really hungry, just pick a place and order something."

"Fine," She says, stroppily. "If you're going to be that unproductive we'll have Chinese!"

"Thank you!" I say, exasperated. She chucks the phone and the Chinese takeout menu across the room at me. "I'll have the lemon chicken," she says, before disappearing off into her bedroom, she's close to closing her door when she suddenly stops, poking her head back around to look at me. "Why don't you invite the new neighbours over to join us?"

"Sure, why not?" I say, putting the phone and menu back on the table and climbing to my feet. "It's not like I'm already starving!"

"Sarcasm," Saria says shaking her head. "The lowest form of wit."

I roll my eyes, too tired to bother arguing with her. I pull the front door open and proceed to make my way across the hall to Zelda and Midna's front door. I rap three times on the wooden door and wait in silence, but no one opens the door.

Eventually a half-hearted voice calls out. "It's open!"

I grasp the brass door handle and carefully push it open, proceeding cautiously into the apartment. It's drastically changed since yesterday, furniture is now set up around the place, two sofas stand in the living room, kitchen stools surround the island counter and a fridge, microwave, and toaster line counter tops. A television sits on the floor by the walls, cables uselessly lying by its side, and Midna sits in the centre of the room, surrounding by oddly shaped pieces of wood. Her long auburn hair is pulled back into a pony tail behind her head, presumably to keep it out of her eyes, and she wears a black T-shirt, revealing her slender pale arms.

"Hey Link," She mutters, without even looking up.

I frown. "Hey Midna… what exactly are you doing here?"

She clambers to her feet, brushing dust off her jeans as she sighs, "We ordered this media unit because we thought it came ready set, but they delivered it flat pack! And Sheik, being the genius he is, threw the instructions out with the junk mail!"

I shrug. "Maybe I could help… my dad owned a woodwork shop, I used to help him make stuff on weekends, I bet I could take a stab at this, it seems pretty basic," I say simply.

"Are you sure?" She asks nervously. "I don't want to be any trouble…"

"It's no trouble!" I reply, smiling.

I make my way over to the mess of wood in the centre of the room, kneeling down and sorting through the pile.

"Right… well I'm guessing this is your base piece, and these are probably the walls. The little ones are the shelves, yeah, I reckon I could do this for you!"

"Great!" She replies, grinning, "Coffee for the worker?"

"Tea if you've got any," I reply.

From across the room I hear a door opening, and Zelda steps out, holding a large black and orange tool box in her hand. "Here's Sheik's tools, Mid- oh Link! Hi!"

"Hey, I'm just sorting out the media unit," I explain. "Say, do you mind if I use those tools? It saves going over the hall to get mine."

"Have it!" She says smiling as she hands me the heavy tool box. I flip the lid open, pulling out some screws and the hand held screw driver.

"Are you sure you're ok doing this?" Midna asks.

"Piece of cake!" I reply.

A half hour later, and I'm twisting in the final screw. I smile as it slips into place and climb to my feet, flipping the unit so it stands the right way up. "All done!" I announce.

"Great! Thank you so much Link!" Zelda says, grabbing her purse from the coffee table. "How much do I owe you?"

"Nothing!" I say, laughing. "Zelda unless I ask for payment; assume I'm doing stuff for free!"

"No because then I feel bad!" She whines, holding two red rupees out to me.

"Nope!" I reply, holding my hands behind me and backing away from her.

"Oh come on!" She says, grinning.

"Zelda, just take it!" Midna cuts in.

I laugh, "Listen to your friend! She's smart!"

At that moment the front door is thrown open and Sheik marches in, arms outstretched, grinning like a cheesy TV game show host. "I'm here!" He announces, "You can all relax!"

"Oh please!" I laugh, "More like 'lock up your daughters! Sheik's here!' right?"

"You know me too well," He says, grinning. "So what you doing here?"

"Well, I fixed up the media unit for Zelda and Midna," I say, gesturing to the wooden shelving unit next to me. "But I actually came over to ask you all if you wanted to come join me and Saria for Chinese? We're ordering takeout."

"Ooh I love Chinese!" Sheik says, rubbing his hands together eagerly.

"Have you got all the orders?" I ask as Sheik locks up the belt on passenger seat. Rain is lashing down on the windscreen and drumming on the roof of my little car. I carefully switch on the air conditioning just to clear the condensation fogging up the glass.

"Yup!" Sheik replies, waving the little piece of note paper.

I quickly adjust the wing mirror and twist my keys in the ignition. With a small roar the car jolts into action, and I change the gears, pulling out of the drive and onto the town road, and we begin cruising along the smooth concrete.

Sheik grins widely. "So Link, if Saria's not your girlfriend, I have to ask, is there a girl in your life?"

I laugh, gripping the steering wheel a little tighter. "Uhh… no! What about you?"

He raises his eyebrows, grinning. "Not me, no. I'm a lone wolf, no one can tie me down!"

A broad grin appears on my face. "Except that guy in football camp who tied you to a tree!"

His face drops and he turns to look at me, giving him his sourest look. "That was uncalled for."

"No!" I say, holding back the laughter. "I think what was uncalled for was you making all those jokes about his hair!"

"He had a pompadour!" Sheik defends.

"He sure put that cheerleaders jump rope to good use…" I say, a smile twitching at the corner of my mouth.

"Hey," He says, his voice dangerously low. "You promised to never speak of that again!"

I grin even wider, if that is possible. "Say… does Zelda know that story?"

"Link!"

"Does Midna?"

"Alright Link, I'm gonna level with you. If you tell anyone about… y'know…"

"What?" I ask, playing innocent.

"Y'know!"

"What?"

He gives me a stern look, but eventually mumbles quickly. "About me getting tied to a tree." I let out a loud laugh but he just continues. "Then I'm going to tell everyone what happened under the stadiums on after the big game…"

I stop, suddenly remembering that night… damn it! "Fine… you win!" I mutter as I pull the car into the Chinese takeout.

"Lemon chicken for Saria," I say, passing the little tin tray to her, she grins as she takes it. "Sweet and sour chicken balls for Midna, and finally, duck and hoisin wrap for me!"

"What's the share?" Sheik asks.

"Five rupees each," I say, dribbling hoisin sauce over my duck and spring onion filled wrap.

"I've only got ten, so I'll take change yeah?" Midna asks, pulling a large yellow gem from her purse.

"Sure," I say, grinning. "Who wants a beer?"

"Me!" Sheik pipes up. I clamber to my feet and make my way over to the fridge, opening the door and carefully pulling out a six pack of beer. I make my way back over to the group and hand one to each of my friends before cracking my own open and taking a sip of the cool refreshing drink.

"This tastes delicious!" Zelda says as she swallows a mouthful of her dinner. "Where did it come from?"

"Dragon palace, down 12th street," I reply.

"Never been there, I'll have to find it sometime."

I lean back in my seat on the couch, my elbow sitting casually on the arm rest. "How well do you know Castle Town?"

"Not that well, before I moved here I've only visited twice, and that was when I came to see Sheik," She says, shrugging.

"We'll have to show you round sometime!" Saria cuts in, "Castle Town is a great city!"

Midna frowns, "Why's it called Castle Town? I mean; it's not a town."

"Interesting story!" I say, carefully putting my can of beer back on its coaster. "The city was once-"

"No one want's a history lesson!" Sheik interrupts, rolling his eyes.

I smile. "Sorry! How about you Sheik? What brought you to Castle Town?"

He shrugs. "Me, Zellie and Midna here grew up in Ordon, a small town just outside of the Faron district. It was boring as hell quite frankly! I like being around people, socialising! So I moved to the city that never sleeps!"

"I liked Ordon!" Zelda says.

"How about you?" Sheik asks, taking a gulp from his beer can. "Why do you live here?"

"Are you kidding? I'm an original Castle Town-er! Born and bred!" I reply.

Midna laughs, "How about you Saria?"

She shrugs. "I grew up in the Kokiri forest, I loved it there! My family went on a city break here and I fell in love with the place! I moved here the moment I turned eighteen looking for a place to rent, and luckily, Link was on the lookout for a roommate!"

"It was the perfect arrangement," I say, finishing up my first duck wrap. "That just leaves you two! Midna, Zelda, what brought you to Castle Town?"

The room falls quiet, the only sound that can be heard is Sheik's loud chewing. Me and Saria sit waiting for an answer, Midna glances nervously at Zelda who has stopped eating, she just sits, poking her food half-heartedly with her fork, not making eye contact.

Sheik swallows his overly large mouthful and puts his can of beer down on the table. He clasps his hands together, taking a deep breath. "Well… Zelda wanted to live in a different place… change of scenery if you will. Midna was more than happy to move with her and I already lived here so Castle Town was ideal!"

I frown, that description was a little vague, I'm keen to know more but the awkward silence hanging in the room wards me away from asking any more questions. We sit for a few moments, no one daring to utter a word. Eventually Zelda breaks the silence, putting her dish of food down on the coffee table.

"I think I left the tap on…" She mutters, before hastily making her way over to the door, walking straight out of the apartment without even glancing back. I swallow hard, I think I might have upset her but I don't know why…

"I'd better go after her, thanks for the food!" Midna says, nodding at me and Saria before dashing out of the apartment, calling Zelda's name.

"Did I do something wrong?" I ask, looking desperately at Sheik.

He just sighs, climbing to his feet. "No! It's ok Link, it's not your fault at all!"

I swallow hard, "Should I go over and apologise?"

"No! It's really not your fault Link! Look, thanks for the Chinese, but I'd better go and see if she's alright," He says, making a hasty exit.

"But-" I protest.

"It's fine Link," Sheik says, before closing the front door, leaving me and Saria in silence.

"What was that all about?" She asks.

I sigh, chewing the inside of my cheek. "I have no idea…"