Link was sitting on a chair near a window on his room. He wanted to know about what prince Marth was doing. If he got to know who this mysterious man was, and if he already killed him "y-you wouldn't, right?" the day was cloudy and someone behind him spoke, startling him.

"In fact, I wouldn't Link… I wouldn't hurt my best friend like that" Marth placed his hands on Link's shoulders. Link never took his eyes off the window.

"Marth… what happened with him?" Said Link, his face becoming a bit sad.

"That's all you can talk about?" Asked Marth facing Link.

"I'm just worried… that's all" Link looked at Marth, smiling softly. He stood up and jumped into on his bed. Covering his face with a pillow and sighing. Marth sat at the edge of Link's bed, resting his head on the Hylian's stomach, making the boy giggle slightly.

"You have been always so ticklish, right? ~" Marth laughed, smirking at Link's scared face when he took the pillow off his face. Marth got into his knees and started tickling Link, no mercy for the poor guy.

"S-stop it Marth! Hahaa~"Link was laughing so hard, struggling for get out of Marth's unusual attack. Link moved his hands to hold the prince's hands. Fail.

"You are not getting out of this so easily, you owe me one after all" Marth took Link's hand and pinned then above the boys head. Still tickling Link with his free hand "And you dare to call yourself my personal knight!" yelled Marth sarcastically. Link just kept laughing and trying to kick the prince off, it just made more difficult for Marth to tickle him. Marth straddled Link, sitting on his lap. Link's hands still pinned above his head as Marth tortured him, loving to hear Link's laugh even if he was forcing him to laugh.

"Maaaaaaarth~ No please! Stop it! Hahaa~ I beg you" Link kept struggling. Tears starting to come down from his eyes as the prince tickled him harder.

In some seconds, those laughs became whines of pain, hearing this; the prince stopped his little game, looking at Link's face.

"What is it Link??" Asked Marth Kind of worried letting go of the boy's hands, but still sitting on his lap.

"Its … nothing forget it" Link got up, pushing Marth off softly. He tried to open the door, placing a hand on his stomach, but Marth took his arm and pulled him back. Noticing that the before clean clothes of the knight now were stained with blood. Marth gasped.

"Link! You are bleeding! You have a wound there! Why didn't you tell me? Let's go to the infirmary now!" Marth opened the door and started leading Link down the stairs to the infirmary.

"It's not necessary, I'm fine" Link kept holding his wound preventing it to let out more blood. Marth opened the door of the infirmary as they arrived there. Link was forced to enter by the prince; the person who was attending the infirmary looked at Marth, scared, to see the prince there.

"We need your help Pit" Prince Marth pushed Link to the white bed softly.

"He has a wound, I did not notice it before" Marth crossed his arms "I do not even know what caused it, but I know you can find it out" Marth sat on a chair, crossing his legs and his arms, looking at the little boy "something you can do about it?"

"Y-yes sir!" Pit ran at Link's side, feeling nervous "C-could you remove your tunic sir…P-please?" The angel blushed at his request. Link started taking off his tunic, knowing that the petit angel needed to examine him. Revealing a not too deep cut that went from the middle point of his ribs to his right side.

Pit was looking at it; his face going serious as he examined the boy's wound. Nobody spoke in the room for some minutes, Pit's fingers touched Link's wound, what made him hiss "I'm really sorry but I must do this" Pit took some cotton and started cleaning the bloody cut. Link gasped at the cotton with odd stuff touched his skin and made him shiver in annoyance.

"So, what will happen now?" Asked prince Marth standing up, and going to Link's side "He is going to heal soon?"

"I can't tell… But I'm sure the wound was caused this morning for a blade of course" Pi ran for a bandage and some more of that weird potion "I will bandage it, you should not move for at least two days or tree if you consider that you need it" Pit was holding Link's hand while talking to him, Marth seeing this, glared at Pit with somehow angry eyes. He just couldn't allow some random guy to be touching HIS Link. Marth had realized years ago that he liked Link, he enjoyed being with him, yeah, but Marth wouldn't tell him so he would just show it in a 'friendly' way. And yes, in fact he hated any person that dared to touch his beloved soldier.

In fact, it made Marth angry that Link could be touching Link's body. Even if he was just bandaging him. Through these days, Marth noticed that he had never seen Link in a … sexual way before. He was willing to protect Link, from everybody, his lovely eyes, his warm smile, that… innocence he possessed. Now he found himself wanting, needing, to touch him, we wanted him to belong to him, though he already did. It was not enough for the prince. Of course he couldn't just do that so suddenly, he loved to bite the boy's pointy ear in a lovingly way and how Link didn't even think of it in a romantic action… just as a friendly way to play.

He watched Link with other eyes now, he wanted him, but that would come later, he wasn't going to give up.

"Marth! Look! Pit did an amazing job, right?" Asked Link smiling, and poking the bandage that Pit just put on him. Taking the prince out of his deep thoughts, and making him look at Link's bandaged body.

"Yah he did, but next time will be the one bandaging you" The thought made Marth warm inside. He glared at Pit, making the poor boy shiver with the look the prince was sending him.

"Y-yes… It was an honor to help you s-sir! I hope you don't g-get hurt again" Pit walked to his room bowing to the prince and waving cutely at Link, who smiled at him. Marth just made him so scared.

"Aww poor boy, I bet he was nervous" Link giggled a bit.

"Yeah we will come back to visit him another day… I don't want you coming to the infirmary often, understood?" Marth took Link's tunic from the bed, and starting walking out, followed by Link.

As they were walking Link remembered the mysterious man.

"Marth! C-could it be possible for me to… go to the dungeons once?" Asked Link, scared a bit of Marth's reaction. Marth stopped walking and turned back to Link who was behind him, looking at him. His eyes had something that made Link froze. He never thought that Marth could wear such a scary look in his eyes. He always seemed to be so sweet with Link.

Marth took a calming breath; he didn't want to scare Link after all.

"Link, you know you aren't allowed o go there…so, why the sudden interest?" Marth forced a smile, inside he was pissed, and this was surely for that Crimean boy… In the time Marth passed with him in the cells, the man seemed to be mute, he was conscious after Marth got Pit to heal him a bit, but we refused to say a word, to answer the prince's questions, what made the prince angry too, and he had to lock the boy into a cell. Pit took care of him for some hours, making sure that he was ok, because Marth didn't wanted Link to be all sad later.

"Well, I just … wanted to… see that man… I'm still curious" Link lowered his head. He knew it made Marth angry that he wanted to see the boy instead of passing time with him, but the prince just didn't show it. He knew so well that Marth disliked the boy. Marth could have killed him in the battle field when he was unconscious, but for Link's pleas he didn't. Link was amazed.

"Well you know I cannot let you go there… but if it makes you happy, I'll take him to your room later, so you can talk with him and stuff… but I remind you, I'll only allow he to be here as a slave, you must find him something to do" Marth now was walking to his room instead of Link's. Leaving the Hylian alone in the hallway, smiling sadly. Continuing his way to his room.

"Thank you Marth, you are always so kind to me" whispered Link.

TBC

waii really hope someone is reading it ^^;