I am 85% sure there are a million things that don't make any sense in this. Regardless, I post it!
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They had brought me in from the marketplace at the prince's request. I did not know what value a street rat would have to one of the greatest people in the nation, but I could not refuse.
I was given a bath by the maids and a different set of clothes because mine were not presentable. Though, to say they were really clothes was giving the garments too much credit. I now wore a long, flowing white robe with a blue sash that barely kept the fabric from revealing my whole torso. The only thing they gave me to wear under the robe was a pair of skin-tight grey shorts that hardly covered my arse. I felt quite exposed.
A decent meal was provided for me and then the maids had went to work on my hair. It was tangled and ratted before, but now it was pulled into a bun at the back of my head. The maids had been unable to pull my bangs back into the bun because they were too short and I was grateful for the slight curtain of hair I could hide behind.
Then they had placed me in the prince's bedroom and told me to wait on his bed. It was soft and I slowly found myself falling asleep.
It had been a long day, but I was happy to know that the guards had found the boy I was after and the maids had cleaned him up for me. He was a beauty and I was going to be a happy man this night.
I opened the door to my chambers and hurried almost childishly over to my bedroom door. I cracked it and peered inside. I saw him laying across the bed, my bed, and practically giggled. The door creaked and the boy groaned. Was he... I neared the bed and was surprised to see the boy had fallen asleep. I wonder how long he has been waiting. My knuckles brushed the hair from his face and ran a path down his cheek. He looked peaceful. I longed to have the boy, but I guess I could wait.
I gently picked him up and placed him under the blankets before sliding in the bed. He snuggled up to me and I sighed in bliss.
It was so warm that I was slow to wake. I could feel fingertips running along my back... I thought I was wearing a robe? Suddenly, I was quite awake.
"Good morning, Lovely." A kiss was placed on my temple and I opened my eyes.
Blue. They were amazing eyes that I felt I would drowned in. I drew back when I realized the prince was right in my face.
"Woah. No need to leave, my flower." And it made sense. I was only here to satisfy the prince's desires. I wanted no part of that. His arm stayed around my waist even as I sat up in the massive bed, the prince doing the same. I glared down at the robe that was no longer on my shoulders or back, but instead pooled around my waist and elbows. It had offered me nowhere to hide and I hated that.
"Let go of me." Our eyes locked and I glared.
The prince only looked amused. "Now why would I do that."
"I have no desire to be another nameless boy on your list of conquest." My upper lip rose in a snarl when the prince only leaned closer.
"Who said you had any say in the matter." I brought my hand back and made it a fist before trying to punch the prince in his jaw. Try being the word here.
My hand was wrapped in a much bigger hand and I was suddenly on my back, hands captured in one of the prince's. "I've never had angry sex. Maybe I should try it." I huffed and kicked my legs wildly trying to throw him off. Suddenly, I froze at the hand in the small shorts I wore.
"No!" My body shuddered in confusion as the prince explored territory that was not his. "Please... I don't... please... it doesn't... please... please..."
Tears filled my eyes and my whole body tensed. I did not want to be here. "Why do you refuse me? Surely you have heard of the way I pay my bed partners. You would be able to live in a home that you own and not have to steal to survive."
I shook my head and shivered as I tried to keep the tears from flowing. Then I spoke through clenched teeth. "I'd rather die in the streets then give you anything."
The prince moved away from me and I sat up quickly, pulling the robe as far around my body as I could. "Tell me your name." I looked at him in surprise and the prince blushed.
"Why would you want to know that?" His eyes sparkled with mischief and it sickened me to think this man could, and would, take my body any time he wanted.
"Because you interest me." I shifted my body and tilted my head down, casting my hair as a barrier between us.
"If you think for a second that I will give my body over just because you pretend to care for me personally, then you are a fool." Slowly, I scooted to the side of the bed and stood. "Now I want to leave. I have refused you and nothing you can say will make me change my mind."
"Wait." My wrist was grabbed and I jolted.
Once my body was done freaking out, I tugged hard and freed my hand. "Don't touch me."
"Please." Arms wrapped around my torso and I shivered. "I just wish to know your name."
"Will you let me leave once you know it?" I felt him nod. "Sheik."
The prince let me go and I left his room. A guard near the prince's door saw me and offered to guide me from the castle. I suspect he usually did the same for the prince's bed mates. We reached the castle doors that would lead me back into the marketplace and suddenly I could go no further. Breathing became hard and I fell to my knees, consciousness leaving me quickly.
"Wake up, Lovely." I knew that voice.
"Stupid prince." I grumbled and rolled over. Then reality hit me and I jumped from the bed. A familiar bed. The prince's bed. "Why am I back here?!"
The prince chuckled and I rounded on him. He held up his hand, so I would allow him to explain himself. "The royal family has a spell of sorts that only works on Sheikah. It was the reason your kind served us and then later moved as far away as possible. I took a chance that you were Sheikah and placed it on you."
"Wh-What does it do?" I swear if he can make me do anything he wants...
"You must listen to me or pay the price. I cast the spell after knowing your name and whispered your orders. Don't leave the castle grounds." The prince laughed again.
"Are you kidding me?!" I reached forward and grabbed the prince's collar. "Take it back!"
"No." His smug face made me want to punch him, but I knew he would order me not to.
"I hate you." I let go of his shirt and turned to leave the room. I had memorized the way out. I didn't care how many times he brought me back to this room. I would never stop trying to leave.
Every attempt made me feel worse than the last. My body ached and my head swam, but I still attempted to leave.
"Why do you continue this futile effort?" I groaned. He was following me now.
"I don't wish to stay in this castle with a prince that can't keep it in his pants for five seconds." I grumbled and then my legs gave out. A groan left me as I hit the wall and, soon after, the floor.
"If you would only lis-"
"Go to hell." I barely kept myself upright. The floor was shaking below me, or maybe it was me.
"You can't go on like this. The spell is slowly sapping your strength." The world spun and I pitched forward. I couldn't stop as I vomited and passed out. I would just wake up in the prince's bed and do this all over again.
"Why do you keep doing this?" I groaned and tried to roll away from that stupid voice, but my body finally gave out on me.
"..ha... ou.." A dry laugh.
"Do you really hate me enough that you would rather die than stay here? I can provide you with everything." I shook my head as best as my neck would allow. "Stop moving. Just stay still. I'll leave if it means you will rest."
Did the prince's voice sound like he was giving up? It sure did to me.
Soon, nothing mattered as I slipped into the darkness again.
The world exploded into color around me as I woke, slowly blinking my eyes.
"Ah, you're awake." I turned my head to see a woman in a white robe. "How are you feeling?"
I tried to move my hand, but it felt like I was moving in slow motion. "..eel... fu...ee."
"Funny, hmm." She tapped her quill pen against her pad of paper. "Funny how?"
"Eev... in... s...ou...w"
"Everything is slow. Well that's to be expected." I guess I gave her a worried look because the woman smiled before reassuring me. "You're in a magic induced state of peacefulness. Otherwise, you would be in a lot of pain. You gave the prince quite a scare."
"Stew... ince."
"Yeah, the prince can be pretty stupid. But he has a good heart. He has no place in the kingdom yet, so he gets kinda bored. I feel that he will be a great king one day." Color faded away and I blinked my eyes several times, but the room wouldn't come back into focus. "It's okay. When you wake up again, you will be well enough to move. Sleep."
So I did.
The blanket slipped from my torso as I sat up. My head was spinning, but my body felt more along the lines of normal now. The floor was cold as my toes touched down and I wanted to slip back under the blankets, but I wouldn't. I needed to leave. My legs shook as I rose from the bed and I wobbled a bit as I slowly made my way across the room. The door clicked as I turned the handle and walked out into the hall.
"Go back to bed, Sheik." Pain ran down my spine and I gasped. The prince's voice forcing me to back into the room and I closed the door. I walked to the bed and got in. Minutes later, I was back out and opening the door.
"Get in bed, Sheik." And so the process repeated. I think the prince told me to get back in the bed seven times before he order for me to stay in the bed once I got there. I guess I wasn't the only one that had to get used to this spell.
I continued to lay there, not able to will my body to move from the bed. A thought crossed my mind. Why was the prince sitting in the hall?
"Hey, prince! Get in here!" It took a moment, but the door opened and a tired looking Hylian prince entered the room.
"Do you need something?" He seemed far more than tired and I was proven right when his stomach growled.
"Shouldn't you eat?" He shook his head and I frowned. "Why not? You sound hungry enough."
"I'm punishing myself." I noticed the bags under his eyes and wondered if that was part of his 'punishment'.
"Why?" The prince's eyes widened and he finally locked gazes with me.
"If it wasn't for me, you would be well." He frowned further and it didn't look right on his face.
"I'm fine. Really? You, on the other hand, look like you were something the cats dragged in." He chuckled, but it was dry and humorless. What happened to the spirited prince?"
"Thanks. I guess I deserved that." Suddenly, an idea came to me.
"Tell me your name." He looked even more confused.
"Why?" I waved him off.
"Just tell me." I smiled and his lips twitched upwards for a second.
"Link." I motioned for him to come closer and he walked right up to the bed.
"I command you to be happy." Then I poked his nose.
"Wha-"
"Did my spell work?" Link blinked a few times and then looked away from my stare.
I witnessed a blush battle for his face and win. It was quite funny. "Y-Yeah..."
"Good. Now, let's go eat something. I'm starving." I threw my legs over the side of the bed, ready to get out when I was allowed.
"Wait." The prince looked to the floor when I fixed my eyes on him. "How can you forgive me so easily? I thought you hated me for what I did to you."
"I realized you aren't all bad. I mean really. Who sits outside of someone's door when they know that person hates them, but doesn't really care because they want to make sure that person is okay." He blushed and I reached over to pinch his cheek. He smiled, but then I tightened my hold and the prince yelped. "But if you ever try to force me into sex again, I will kill you."
"This is really good." I smiled and the prince laughed. Probably because, with the food in my mouth, I sounded like I was saying 'Wis urry ewd.'
"Do you want to do something today, Sheik?" I glanced over at him with a skeptical half-glare. Link raised his hands in defeat and then, after I stopped giving him a look, put them behind his head.
"Well..." I thought about what I wanted to do. The prince's face dropped for a moment before I smiled shyly. "I wouldn't mind another bath."
"Is... Is it okay for me to join you?" Link seemed very hesitant to say it. As if he thought I would turn him down.
"Sure, won't be much different from a bath house."
So, here we were. In the bath. And Link, known playboy prince of Hyrule, was all the way across the spring. He had gotten in after me, letting me get in before he even entered the room, and then hurried to the other side of the water to give me privacy.
"Hey, Link." I watched him flinch. "Want me to wash your back?"
"Are you sure?" He glances back at me, but quickly faces the wall again. I can see the red on his ears.
I silently move over to him. My lips are against his ear before he gets suspicious of my silence. "Sheik!"
He squeaks and I laugh. "What is wrong with you? I thought you wanted to have my body. Now you won't even look at me."
"I…" Link shifts away, but I follow him. He continues to try and get away from me, but I'm always right there.
"Stop following me!" His outburst surprises me.
"Link..." I place my hand on his shoulder, but he just twitches away. "Hey, you can tell me."
He is mumbling now, speaking so quietly that I can't hear a thing.
"What could be so bad that yo-"
"I love you." I swear my heart stopped.
"You… what?" My eyes widened to the size of the plates we ate breakfast off of, I swear.
"I love you, okay. I don't know why or how, but I know I'm in love with you, Sheik." He scowled down into the water. "Or... at least I think that's what this is that I'm feeling."
My throat felt like it was closing off, so I could barely get out a single word. "Why?"
"I-I don't know. I guess it is because you don't care who I am. You say what you want and do what you want. No one treats me like that." He looked to me then, a soft smile conveying his happiness more than a wide grin ever could. "Like I'm really me and not the prince of Hyrule."
"Oh." We sat in silence after that. Link probably nervous about confessing and me... I was simply confused.
I feel like I would really like someone to take this and run with it. You could change a lot about it, but I would still be happy.
Review. If you want.
Love and baths, (You never know how much you love them, or if you do, until you can't have one.)
~Shorty