Link turned the corner and advanced towards the doors that led to the dining hall. Turning the handle, he peeked into the hall, and seeing it was empty, stepped inside. There were murals all around him, murals of a beautiful Hyrule. There was also an incredibly long table stretching from one end of the hall to the other, with two chairs placed at the far end. 'Strange,' he thought, 'why isn't there more than two?' he walked over and started to sit down in one of the chairs, when a creak was heard echoing throughout the hall.

He whirled around and saw Princess Zelda advancing towards him, a teasing glint in her eye. "A-ah, Pr-princess! You s-startled me." Link chuckled nervously. Zelda smirked, and decided to play with him a little. "Link!" she cried, pretending to be horribly upset, "You were about to sit in my chair!" Link felt awful, even for such a petty reason, for making her upset. "Oh, no Princess, I'm so sorry." He began pleading with her, as she smirked and playfully smacked his cheek, "Oh shush and sit. And how many times have I forbid you from calling me 'Princess'?" Zelda pushed him down into one of the vacant seats. Realizing that the whole thing was a joke, Link chuckled and relaxed into the chair.

A waiter brought out two glasses of an orange colored liquid that looked rather, well rather odd if you asked Link. But after seeing Zelda drink it he obviously realized it must be okay.

"So," Link said, breaking the silence of the room, "What are my sleeping arrangements, seeing as I won't be going anywhere anytime soon?" he lazily flicked a fly off the rim of his glass as he saw Zelda blush slightly from beside him. "Did you even read your contract?" she asked with a hint of sarcasm in her voice. Link answered her before thinking of his choice of words, "No, I was to busy thinking of you." For a brief moment their eyes met, and the young hero was lost, lost in a place that was neither in Hyrule nor Twilight, a place that only he knew about. That is, until he heard the clatter of the two's plates being deposited on the table.

The teens looked away, blushing, as Zelda muttered a thank you to her servant. "Well, don't you think now would be a good time to?" she asked, forking at her roast cucco, apparently wanting to get this over with. Link, taking from her actions, had already assumed that the contract said something that he would like, and decided to tease her, "Well, Why don't we read it together?" his hand placed itself over hers, and its quite a good thing that it was growing darker in the room, otherwise Zelda would have seen the large blush on the boy's face from his own actions. "O-of course."

"I'll start." Link said clearing his throat, never once moving the hand that rested on top of hers, he took the small packet out of his tunic. "The man who signs this document shall thereby be named as Royal Bodyguard and be placed with the duty of keeping the Princess Zelda, safe." He paused, and flipping the page held the packet out to Zelda, who, without meaning to, had not listened to a word he said and had been staring at his hand the entire time. Realizing it was her turn to read the paper she sighed and took the papers from his hand.

"Boarding for the signer shall be provided in the pr-" she stopped, her tiny blush rapidly spreading into a large, deep hue of red all over her face. She already read the contract, and knew exactly where he'd be sleeping. Link raised an inquisitive eyebrow; "Shall be provided?" for an answer to his question Zelda mumbled some ineligible words and continued on, "He shall wake when the princess awakens, and dine, walk, and accompany her anywhere she wishes to go." "Zelda." Link said, not harshly, but determined. "If you don't tell me were I'll be staying, well, I'll find out anyway when I sign it." The princess sat there for a few minutes, before sighing with a defeated look on her face. "It's okay Zelda, I can sleep in the barracks with the guards." He added quickly, hating the fact that the girl that he was madly in love with had that look of disappointment on her face.

She smiled at him, automatically making him relax as he subconsciously clutched her hand, "I will not be having my hero sleep with a bunch of rowdy drunks." Link chuckled her choice of her un-princess like words, but asked her a question that startled them both, "I'm your hero?" Zelda felt her face flush for what seemed like the hundredth time that night. 'Why do I act like this in front of him?' she found herself wondering, 'He's just one man. One man that you happen to love, correct?' "W-well, you did save my life, d-did you not?" she finally managed to get out as Link took the contract and read the section about his rooming. Let's just say he knew now why Zelda had wished to skip that part. He read the piece to himself:

'Boarding for the signer shall be provided in the princess' quarters, most likely the bodyguard must share the bed due to the lack of time to prepare for his arrival.'

The boy gulped, sending shivers down his spine at the thought of having to share a bed with Zelda. "Well, do these accommodations suit you?" she asked. What a ridiculous question. It wasn't that Link didn't want to share a bed with Zelda, he just, well; he usually slept with nothing but a pair of undershorts. That, and what if he ended having a, err, 'dream', about her. Not wanting her to stress herself over a place for him to stay, he quickly answered, "O-of course! They're perfectly fine."

The rest of the contract was rather dull and they hurriedly read through it and ate in silence. Finishing first, Link peeked over at the princess, who had been picking at her stewed pumpkin for the past fifteen minutes. "Do you have a pen?" he asked, rather bluntly if you ask me, but hey, who am I to judge? "In my quarters." She answered, stopping herself from saying, in 'our' quarters. "Do you mind if I head on up?" he asked, already standing up, as Zelda peered outside. The sun had set hours ago, leaving the moon high in the sky, "It's getting late, I might as well accompany you."

The two ascended the staircase leading to the princess' room, making small talk at different intervals.

"So, Link. Did you enjoy your time in Orson?" she asked him, smiling as they turned the hallway in which her room was located. "Not really." He replied, stopping at a large door that he could on assume was the door to Zelda's room. She opened the door and the two stepped in. "Oh, and why, might I ask, is that?" "I dunno." He sighed, falling onto the lush carpet under him.

The room was almost exactly the same as the first time he had been there when he was a wolf. Less dreary of course, but not that many changes. Only a new chandelier and some carpet. He kicked off his boots as Zelda slipped off her slippers, he tore off his tunic as she slipped behind the divider and changed into a silk nightgown, one of her less revealing ones, and stopped as Link continued to take off his chain mail, his shirt, and leggings, leaving him with only a pair of shorts remaining. He wasn't buff, but well toned, and Zelda fought the urge to grab him and kiss him. 'That is not very lady-like.' She scolded herself, but couldn't resist and walked over to the young man and held him in a tight embrace, her heart racing at the warmth of his bare skin. Link's heart began to race as she nuzzled her head into the crook of his neck, wrapping his arms around her as well; he pulled her as close to him as he could.

"We should get some sleep…" she sighed, "If you truly wish for the job, your, coronation…. Is tomorrow…" she found herself drifting off in his arms. Link felt it too, and with ease, lifted her and placed her on the nearest side of the bed. "You bet your beautiful little self that I wish for that job." He mumbled as soon as she fell asleep, and pulled the silk sheets over her body. He walked over to the pile of clothes he had deposited near his boots and withdrew the contract. Scanning the room, he found a large desk, covered in papers and inkwells, and quills. He snatched one up and dipped it into the nearest source of ink, scrawling his name across the line made for it. Yawning, he made his way over to the bed and fell onto the corner as far away from Zelda as possible, (much to his own disappointment.) and quickly fell into his first peaceful slumber for the past two months.


Sorry it's so rushed. I'm not feeling very well and am extremely tired... Ah well! Review please! Or I WILL have Link find you, and that will not end pretty!