A/N: The picture I have in use is from dA by an artist lychi and the picture's name is just simply Zelda.

Also, another note: I do NOT own the characters or places unless said otherwise. Nintendo has the rights. =P Honestly speaking, all I have is the idea for the story, few monsters, creatures and bit of changing the places. Oh, and couple of OCs here and there. ^^; I'm certain everyone can figure out which belongs to me and which doesn't. =)

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Summary: Link and Zelda have left the castle for the day. Dark wakes up alone in the room and decides to try and get breakfast from the Market. That doesn't end up well and from that moment on things start to go downhill.

P.S. Can anyone come up with better chapter title? ^.-

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Enjoy the chapter! ^.^

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Situations from their lives

CHAPTER 5: Shitty day is shitty

Dark woke up in an empty bed. Link had woken up couple of hours earlier and left. There was a simple and short note on the night table next to the dark Hylian. Dark sighed and sat up while looking around. He really hated to wake up after Link. It left him feeling like he would've been abandoned. Not that he ever dared to say that to the Hero.

Dark took up the paper and unfolded it. "Dark, I'm sorry but there came up something that I have to handle. I'll be back in the evening. Try and enjoy the day. Link. P.S. I think Zelda's going to be along with this one." The dark Hylian sighed and put the paper back to the table. He could just stay the day in the room. No-one would give a damn 'bout it anyways. Hell, he could stay in the bed too and just ignore everything. Yet, he felt like he'd be betraying Link if he did such.

Dark sighed again and got up. As he went to change clothes and get ready for the day, he started to figure out what he wanted from the day. "I could get the breakfast from the kitchen but... Then again I could try my luck in the Market. Might be nice to try and make things better for myself in here..." The dark Hylian thought and made his choice of leaving the room and eventually the castle fully.

Since the day was warm, he put on his black tunic and the gauntlets. Dark took along his sword, shield and his knife just in case. Rest of the weapons he left off since he was certain of not needing them. The sword and shield were just for his own comfort and the knife was because of an habit and for having some kind of weapon other than the actual things. And the gauntlets were also out of habit as well as for lack of wanting to bandage his hands and arms.

It was still early so not too much of people was out at that time. Dark made his way out of the castle without seeing anyone. The Market Place had grown a lot during the past years of peace... Or then it was just the summer that brought more of people out earlier in the morning. Nonetheless, the area was having more and more of people during those days and even more of different kind of stands all around the place.

Dark walked around the Market place. Most of people didn't pay any of attention to him. It didn't bother the dark Hylian at all since at the time he just wanted to watch and observe. Yet, about an hour later things started to turn wrong when he decided to try and buy something for breakfast because he hadn't eaten anything since last evening.

After checking the area for a while longer, the dark Hylian finally chose one stand and went closer to get a better look of what it was selling. It ended up being different kind of fish foods. Dark wasn't fully eager of fish dishes but he did eat pretty much anything that was worthy of eating. Yet, since there was lot of foods he had no knowledge at all, he went for something he had learned to know. Smoked Hylian Pike.

Even though Dark wasn't fully liking fishing, he did understand the meaning of it and the food it provided which was the reason he was willing to eat fish out of his own decision. So, he waited for his turn on the stand but each time he would've been next he was thoroughly ignored. By both the seller and other customers. The dark Hylian tried to stay calm and polite but the rude treatment finally got through him. Dark sighed and left to find something else to eat. "Not that I wanted to eat fish anyways..." He thought bit bitterly.

The next stand he walked to was selling different kind of fruits, berries and vegetables. There were some of things he would've wanted but it was better off for a dessert. So, he went forward and eventually found a place which sold different kind of sandwiches. Now this was something he knew and was actually eager of eating.

Dark walked over to the stand and tried to look as confident as possible. It was easy since he was certain of similar treatment as before but he was going to try his luck at there. Yet, on the second the seller saw him, his expression darkened straight off. "We do NOT sell to anyone with red eyes." The man stated harshly and sternly while glaring at the dark Hylian.

Dark smiled calmly while keeping his slight grin off of his face. "What about Sheikahs, the guardians of the Royal Family? They have red eyes too." He replied with a slight shrug.

The guy visibly flinched at the answer before he got back his composure. "You are not a Sheikah. So, we do not sell to you." He answered cruelly.

Dark knew the guy got him there but he was ready to try his luck. "And how do you know I'm not part of them?" He inquired as calmly as he could. The seller went fully silent as he thought for an answer but one of the customers came for his help.

"Because Sheikahs would never come to buy from this kind of places!" A young man stated with a victorious grin on his face. "Now, get the hell out of here before we call the guards." He continued threateningly.

Dark flinched very slightly and gave a quick angry glance at the guy but left the place. He knew that everyone around the stand would back the guy up and no-one would listen to him. Sighing he went to find another stand to try his luck one more time. Yet, the similar treatment continued on. This time around they stated not to sell to Shadows. And Dark pulled out the Sheikahs part again only to meet with similar answer than before except for the threat of calling the guards. But, that's when the seller went for another little argument. "We don't sell to monsters." The guy spat out the last word while smirking cruelly.

Dark tried to stay calm but he really hated the way people treated him from time to time. "I'm not a monster. I'm sure it's clear to everyone." He answered calmly but sternly. The seller's smirk only grew wider at that reply.

"Oh, really now? I've heard the stories 'bout you. And I've seen monsters that has resemblance to people." The guy replied maliciously.

The dark Hylian usually had a reply close enough but this time he couldn't figure out anything to say. He only muttered out that simple line: "I'm not a monster." After that he turned his back to the guy and walked away. The seller was shouting few cruel words after him before laughing as he knew to have won.

Dark tried to put the whole situations behind him and enjoy of the day. Yet, he still was needing some kind of breakfast but once he walked to the next stand, the guy put up a sign over his stand. It was very poorly drawn version of the dark Hylian with a huge red X-mark drawn over him. The picture looked more of what a very young kid would draw but the message was very clear to him. That guy was not going to sell anything to him. The dark Hylian sighed and turned towards the next one only to see the guy working with something. Once he got closer the seller pulled up equally quickly made picture of him with a red X over the picture. The man was having nearly wicked grin on his face as he put the sign into plain sight. From there forward the rest of the stands pulled same trick.

Dark nearly slumped in defeat. He moved out of the line of stands and walked into middle of the Market. He sat down to one of the benches that were put around the fountain and closed his eyes. The dark Hylian tried to calm down and just enjoy of the warm summer day. "It's not like I would've needed breakfast. I did eat pretty well last evening with Link..." He thought, took once a deep breath and slowly started to relax.

Dark listened to his surroundings without falling asleep. The occasional birds that flew by once in a while. The kids screaming in joy and laughing. The sellers and customers talking. And surprisingly even the water in the fountain behind him. He wasn't trying to make any of words out of it all but just listening to everything as whole while identifying different sounds from each other as well as to figure out where they were coming from.

It was helping his situation and he smiled slightly. He was breathing slowly and calmly which probably looked a bit like he would've fallen asleep even though that wasn't the case. Dark did hear someone coming closer to him but he didn't pay much of notion to it. He was quite certain of that person just walking past or sitting down to another close by bench. It wasn't like anyone would like to sit next to him in the end. Sure, he also thought that the person might come to tell him to scram. It wasn't that of bad thing but none of the three happened. The person went for something much more worse.

Dark opened his eyes when the said person came to block the sunlight. He half waited it to be Link but there were at least three things that went against that idea. One, the Hero would've rather sat next to him instead of blocking the sun. Two, he would've said something by now. Three, he had said to come back by evening, not earlier. Before the dark Hylian had a chance to realize what was going on, the man had already put his hands to his shoulders and quickly pulled him upwards. That already startled Dark but it wasn't what struck him into panic.

The man pushed the dark Hylian's head into the fountain and held him underneath the water. Dark's eyes flew wide open out of the shock before already starting to trash and fight as hard as he could to get out of the water. The guy holding him down didn't care about his struggling at all but only pressed harder onto his shoulders. The dark Hylian was in full panic as he couldn't breathe underwater nor could he get away from there either.

Suddenly the strong grip on him loosened fully and the guy moved away. Dark shot up from the water and half crashed, half slid off of the bench and into the ground. He was coughing out the water while gasping for air. The dark Hylian had closed his eyes earlier so he didn't know what had caused the guy to let him go.

As his breathing got easier, he started to calm down and finally started to hear the people around him. He couldn't yet make any sense of the words but he slowly opened his eyes and searched for whoever it had been that had saved his life. Soon he found an elderly man half shouting at the guy that had nearly drowned him.

Dark stood up bit shakily while still coughing from time to time. He was slightly shivering out of the fact how close to death he had been. It still took a while but the dark Hylian started to make sense to the words that he was hearing around him. The crowd was bit shocked and it was clear none of them actually knew whether to be disappointed or glad that the dark Hylian had survived. But, that wasn't what Dark cared about at that moment. He turned his full notion into the elderly man and the younger guy in front of him.

"I do not accept death in this Market during such a beautiful day as today." The older man stated very sternly.

"But that Goddesses damn freak...!" The younger one argued but the older one shut him up very quickly.

"Enough! Your actions are a disgrace to Hyrulians. If you want him dead then do it out of sight so no-one knows of your work except you when you face the Hero about your crimes." The older man half growled.

"Why do you care about that monster's wellbeing, huh?" The guy sneered and gave a harsh glare towards Dark which was unseen by him since the older man stood right in front of him.

"I don't. I just don't want to see deaths in this Market without a reason. And as far as I saw, he did nothing to cause harm." The older man replied surprisingly calmly, though unseen to the dark Hylian, the man had a scowl on his face as he backed Dark up.

"This isn't over." The guy growled but it was meant towards the dark Hylian instead of the elder man in front of him.

"I do not care what you have against him. By all means, kill him. But do it somewhere else." The older man answered. That was the end of the conversation since the younger guy left the place after that.

Dark wasn't fully sure about where the situation was at the moment but he smiled a bit to the older man as he turned around. "Than—" He started but the man gave a sharp swish of his hand to shut the dark Hylian.

"Just get the hell out of here. The only reason I didn't let you drown was that I did not want any deaths for today." The old man barked while glaring very harshly at Dark. "Now... GET OUT OF MY SIGHT!" The man screamed in anger.

The dark Hylian nearly jumped in start before just simply nodding and starting to walk very swiftly out of the Market place. He could feel the man's eyes on him as he made his way through the crowd and into one of the alleys in the area.

It didn't take long until Dark was fully lost in there. Whenever he saw or got close to people, they pretty much called him on names. The worse the word, the harder it hurt. Yet, the dark Hylian refused to show how harshly they could bring him down by that. He tried to look much more braver than what he felt with a slight smile on his face. Dark did nod to everyone who came across his way but the best he got was being fully ignored.

The dark Hylian's only good luck was when he came to a river that was going through a small park. He didn't dare to go anywhere near the water but he sat down to a secluded bench while watching the stream's flow. Even though he seriously hated water, he still enjoyed listening to it. The summer was already drying the water off of him but he had used slight heat from Din's Fire to speed things up.

Dark closed his eyes and leaned backwards on the bench. He tried to calm down once again but he shivered nearly violently as he recalled the earlier situation. It hadn't come into his mind but he could've pulled his sword or knife out but he realized very quickly why he hadn't gone for either one of them. "I'm not going to be called as a murderer... Everyone would've said I attacked without a reason if I had tried to protect myself..." The dark Hylian sighed again, leaned forward and pulled his legs up and against his chest while circling his arms around them. Yet, very soon he let his other leg back down and just leaned against one knee. At least that didn't make him look too vulnerable.

While sitting at there the people weren't as bad as everywhere else. The easiest thing that happened was them just avoiding Dark or looking at him like he didn't belong into there. The worst was harsh words, pointing at him and snickering at one thing or another. The dark Hylian tried to close his ears from it all and concentrate into the sound of the water but it wasn't really working.

Soon it just started to feel bit too bad. Dark sighed while desperately trying to look like the words hadn't struck that of badly. He stood up from the bench and left to follow the stream while still staying far enough from the edge. He really didn't want to get wet for second time that day.

The stream led him into a much bigger pond than what was in one of the yards of the Hyrule Castle. Close to the pond was several houses which were different kind of restaurants. Around the pond was going slight rocky road which led down to the shore. The stream had made a slight waterfall into the pond and next to the rocky road was a slight fence.

Dark looked around for a while since it looked unoccupied at the moment. There were several people in the restaurants as well as at the shore of the pond but other than that it looked empty. The dark Hylian wasn't fully sure of the time but he did know one thing... He was getting hungry.

Dark turned towards the couple of restaurants and wondered for a while which of the offered places he could check. After a short while of debating, he made his choice and went into the just some time ago opened place. The dark Hylian had heard about it in few occasions and he was eager to find out what hamburger meal actually meant. He did know that of much that it was some kind of food but that was as far as his knowledge went about it. Even though Dark wasn't yet having the courage to actually try it, he wanted to see what it looked like.

The dark Hylian walked into the line of three customers. Couple of more came surprisingly soon after him but he tried not to pay any notion to them as he checked the few boards above the counter. There weren't any of pictures of the food but there was the names of them. Yet, what the actual meal held inside was written in way too small that he could've managed to read it. As he waited for the line to move forward, the one behind him pushed himself right in front of him. "Hey, excuse me but that was my place." Dark stated as calmly and nicely as possible.

"So? There isn't your name hanging in the air." The guy replied with a shrug without even glancing at him.

"That's not the point. What you did wasn't right." The dark Hylian said while keeping his voice firm but not like he wanted to start a fight. The guy shrugged again but didn't turn around this time either.

"You were so wrapped up with those that you wouldn't have noticed the line moving. So how should I know that you were on the line?" He countered while smirking.

Dark sighed and didn't pester it any further. "Whatever..." He mumbled and made sure that no-one else was going to go past him. He had already made his choice of what he would order. For a short while he thought about going for one of the hamburger meals but since he didn't know what it actually was consisting of, he decided to go for something he actually did know. And it wasn't exactly as expensive as the new food was.

Luckily there didn't come any of other problems and soon he got to the cashier. "Hey. I'd like to have a toasted chicken sandwich." Dark said while smiling a bit.

"We're out of them." She stated very bluntly while looking bit annoyed.

"Oh. That's unfortunate." The dark Hylian replied bit surprised.

"Are you going to order something or just stand there and block other customers?" The girl asked without even giving Dark a chance to reconsider his choice of food.

"Ah! Sorry. Uh... A toasted salmon sandwich then, please." He replied while trying to stay calm. The cashier sighed but nodded.

"It'll be 25 rupees, then." She stated while putting the order in. Dark was bit startled.

"Uh... It says just 10 rupees in the board..." He said bit uncertainly while taking out his money.

"Old information. It's 25 rupees or you leave without." The girl stated very firmly. The dark Hylian wanted to try and argue but he was getting hungry and he wasn't willing to leave to another place and re-do it all.

"Okay. No worries. I understand." Dark replied and pulled out one red and one blue rupee and handed them to her.

"The food will be brought to you soon." The cashier said and left towards the kitchen while another person took her place. The dark Hylian gave the guy a smile and left to find a free place. It wasn't that of hard since there wasn't too many of customers.

"Well... I guess it's called fast food since they barely give people time to think what they want to eat..." Dark thought and looked around. Really few actually were having toasted sandwiches. "Maybe they just ran out of needed things for the chicken one..." The dark Hylian wondered as he noticed at least one toasted chicken sandwich. "After all, this place is pretty new one..."

While Dark was observing his surroundings around the restaurant, the girl had gone to state out that the dark Hylian had come into their restaurant. "So... He tried to order a toasted chicken sandwich, huh?" One of the cooks inquired and the girl nodded. "And he believed you when you claimed we're out of them?" He continued and started to laugh when the girl nodded again. "Sheesh, what else you got him to believe, huh?" He asked with a grin.

"I would've prevented him from the toasted salmon sandwich but the customer after him was going for same so I couldn't lose a customer because of him." The girl stated but deep inside she was actually feeling bit bad for Dark. "Also, I got him to pay 15 rupees more than what the sandwich actually was." She continued and shrugged. "Didn't even argue when I stated that the price in the board is old one."

The cooks started to laugh even harder. "So... How do we make sure he won't come back?" One of the cooks inquired wickedly. "Uncooked fish? Burned bread?" He suggested eagerly.

The leader cook shook his head and grinned even more cruelly than the others. "No... I have much better choice..." He stated and carefully started to explain his plan. The cashier left the room while feeling bad for the dark Hylian. In her mind he had looked bit lonely and nice. She really wished she could've done something for him but she wasn't willing to risk her job because of one customer whom no-one wanted around.

As time went past Dark started to notice some things. One, customer who had come after him were already getting their foods while he was still waiting. Two, couple of those customers had ordered toasted chicken sandwich and actually got it. "Maybe they had stocked on the needed things and she just didn't know 'bout it?" He thought and for a while considered to ask from one of the waiters about what was taking so long but decided against it. Maybe the fish was just bit harder to get cooked.

After an hour had gone past, the girl returned into the kitchen. "He's still there." She said and hid well her sadness. The cooks grumbled a bit.

"Fine... Let's go for the second phase." The leader cook stated angrily. The cashier left the room while praying the cooks would not poison the food. Yet, she was certain they wouldn't be that stupid just because they had something against the dark Hylian.

Eventually, after an hour and fifteen minutes of waiting, the food was finally brought to Dark. He was fully startled about what he was presented with. "Uh... This isn't what I ordered..." The dark Hylian said slightly uncertainly.

"Deal with it. Not my fault that you can't remember what you ordered." The waiter stated harshly and walked away. Dark stared after him before turning his gaze into the food in front of him. There was pretty much nothing to eat of it.

First of all, he had ordered out toasted sandwich but brought something much different. He wasn't certain but had a feeling it was what people called hamburger. On left side was some kind of salad. On right was pile of odd long yellowish sticks that he had no knowledge of what they were. And in front was couple of black disks and between them was what looked like fully raw meat. There was something else in it too but he had no idea what it was but it was dripping from somewhere between the meat and the upper black disk.

Dark gulped once and picked the fork up. He poked the salad few times just to realize that it was fully un-cleaned with some dirt in there. And what he hated even more was that it seemed to have a worm or two in there too. "Ew..." He thought with a slight scowl before going to check what that oddly build thing had in it.

The dark Hylian fully put the pieces of the thing off of each other. After a short examination he realized that the black disks were actually thoroughly burned bread. That what he had thought to be meat was exactly that. But it wasn't worth of eating either. And that odd thing that had been dripping from there, besides blood, was that odd word he had learned once. Salad dressing. Though, it could've been mayonnaise too. He wasn't thoroughly sure 'bout it.

Since both the salad and the oddly build stuff weren't worth of eating, Dark decided to check the stack of odd sticks. At first he poked it couple of times but since nothing started to move on their own, he went for better check. The dark Hylian carefully turned the sticks around to get a better look at them and very soon realized that it was equally uneatable. The yellow sticks were thoroughly green from everywhere else and some were even slimy while few were frozen which fully confused him.

Dark sighed and shook his head. This was not what he had been waiting for. "I hate this day..." He thought while trying to find something worth of eating of the pile of destroyed food. After some time of poking and turning things around, he eventually found few clean and eatable pieces of the salad. There were even few of those sticks that seemed good enough to eat. As he did so, he realized that that odd sticks actually tasted like potato. He just didn't understand how that was possible.

For a while he wondered about trying to complain about the food he had been presented with but gave up on the idea very quickly. He knew that everyone would back the place and the owners instead of him. They would turn the whole situation against him very quickly and he would only get into trouble by that.

Dark sighed again, pushed the plate further off of him and left. He was not going to come back. Though, he knew that if Link had been with him, the treatment would've been SO much different. And he hated that. He hated the feeling of hiding behind the Hero in every situation. It just was so wrong.

The dark Hylian didn't watch where he went. He was fully in his thoughts while going this and that way around the alleys of the Market Place. He was feeling hungry and bit angry but he wasn't sure who that anger was meant against. Eventually he sighed heavily and sat down to the closest bench he found. Dark leaned forward while placing his elbows into his knees and hiding his face into his hands.

He felt like crying. The dark Hylian wasn't asking for much. Just simple hi or a nod would've been enough. Being treated like one among others was all he wanted. He didn't ask for similar treatment like what Link got. Was it so freaking much asked to be treated like everyone else?

His anger was rising and he wanted to hit something but kept himself as calm as possible. He was not going to start a fight or destroy something that didn't belong to him or which he couldn't really pay for. Dark took once a deep shaky breath before getting back to his feet and starting to make his way out of there only to realize that he was fully lost.

For a while longer he walked around and tried to backtrack his ways but that only got him to lose his knowledge of his whereabouts even more. Dark sighed and eventually tried to talk to the few people he met around the alleys. At first they just ignored him and pretended like he wasn't even there. Eventually, after bugging one guy around his age for long enough, he eventually pointed a direction. The dark Hylian thanked him but the given help only got him even more lost. And that continued on until evening. People just pointed to wrong way and led him from time to time into dead-ends.

It was late in the evening when Dark finally found back to the Market Place. He sighed in relief and started to make his way straight to the castle... Only to be stopped right at the gate. "No-one is allowed into the castle when her Highness is out." The knight stated harshly.

The dark Hylian was ready to argue and even tell that his horse was in there along with the lines of being the Hero's brother but he decided against it. The guy knew it all but the orders were what they were. He wasn't going to get through from there. Dark sighed bit angrily and started to make his way back to the Market Place. Yet, he stopped quite soon after he had gotten out of the guy's sight.

The dark Hylian remembered well what Link had told him about his first visit into the castle. Dark grinned a bit and checked his surroundings very swiftly before he started to climb up the vines that were growing on the close by wall. "I'm surprised these haven't been cut down... Maybe Link never told to anyone else how he got into the castle..." He thought but once he reached the edge, he moved towards right and climbed up once he was closer to the actual fence.

"A child is much harder to be noticed from the yard than grownup." Dark realized as he checked the area. That where he had climbed up was much higher and the guards and knights rarely looked up into there. Yet, he stayed as close to the further edge as possible while making his way towards the castle. Eventually he came to the other end of the area, looked at the two guards at the gate and jumped down.

Dark somersaulted on the second he hit to the ground. After that he very swiftly scrambled to his feet and ran as silently as possible to stay out of sight. He came to the area where the young Hero had used the slight water area to get into the actual yard. The dark Hylian couldn't use that nor did he dare to check the door into the storage room. He couldn't be sure it was free of people.

Dark walked to the area where the fence moved right beside the tower and climbed up. He was fully grateful of his excellent balance as he walked on the thin and bit dangerous fence. The dark Hylian was happy about the slight help the wall of the tower was giving him. It wasn't like he honestly needed it but it brought him slight feeling of security by letting him lean against it.

Behind the tower started one of the castle's many yards. Dark had been there few times and he was quite certain of knowing his way into Link's room from there. Now he just had to avoid all of the guards and knights to get forward. Luckily his hearing and eyesight were much better than anyone else's so he counted on those.

Dark carefully jumped down from the fence but stayed close to it since there were several bushes and trees that provided the needed shadows. He knew he could easily use the Shadows and be in Link's room in no time but he wanted to check his sneaking abilities for once.

He managed through the yard and into the castle. This was where things would get bit more complicated with the lack of places to hide into. The dark Hylian moved swiftly and as quietly as he could through the hallways. He was quick to retreat into darker area or into another hallway if he heard someone coming. The first floor went well and he already got into the second when he was spotted. "Intruder!" One of the guards that were on night-duty shouted and left to chase Dark.

"Oh shit!" The dark Hylian thought and took off into running. The guard was screaming both cruel words as well as threats after him. He could easily ignore the threats but the harsh words actually hurt. "They freaking know who I am! Why the hell they have to chase me out of all of people?!" Dark thought in slight panic as he rounded another corner. He was slightly faster, thanks to the training the Hero had put him through, so he was slowly getting ahead of them.

The dark Hylian tried to get to the third floor but each time there seemed to be someone waiting for him. Eventually he hid into one of the hidden pathways that Link had shown to him. Dark waited until things started to calm down before he left the safe area. He continued to sneak forward but he was seen for second time couple of hallways before the Hero's room.

The dark Hylian ran again and hid very quickly. He was so close to safety and he did not want others to see him get into Link's room. It took about an hour before things calmed down again and he left the small room he had found. After that he dashed straight into the Hero's room's door and unlocked it as swiftly as possible. Having a key seriously fastened things and he was inside very quickly.

Dark sighed in relief after he had closed the door and was leaning against it. He slid down to the floor and took couple of deep breaths to calm down. "Safety... Finally in safety..." He thought and carefully stood up. The dark Hylian was NOT going to make any of sounds to indicate him being at there. There just was one simple problem... He wanted to get nice warm shower and hopefully calm down.

Yet, Dark knew one thing. Every guard and knight knew that the Hero's room was off limits. And that gave him the safety he needed. The guards and knights wouldn't dare to come into the room even when Link wasn't around. They at least respected the Hero that much.

The dark Hylian locked the door, gathered his clothes and went into the bathroom. He locked that door too before already heading to get the warm shower. Dark wasn't sure how long he was there but the warm water really relaxed him. The day had been harsh and he was hungry but the shower was something that eased his situation a bit. From there, after bandaging his hands and arms again, he made his way straight to the bed.

Dark was feeling fully tired both physically and emotionally but he wasn't going to do things wrong. He did the bed even though at the moment he couldn't care less about it. After that he checked the room very quickly in case there was something that needed to be handled but luckily everything seemed to be alright. The dark Hylian sighed, laid down to the bed and very soon curled up once again underneath the blanket.

Right after he had half hidden himself into the blanket, he broke down. He hated the way people treated him. And he always had this kind of shitty days when both Link and Zelda were out of the castle. It was like a darn invitation to every other person to treat him like shit. Whenever both or other one of the duo was around the castle, people didn't dare to go that harshly against him.

Dark wasn't sure what he was supposed to feel. Anger towards all of those fools who had hurt him? Hatred for the same reason? Misery for not being able to show that he's not the enemy? Loneliness for not having even one person who would've stood up for him? Failure for letting everyone just walk over him? Or all that and so much more? In the end he just felt like screaming and breaking something, yet he only stayed on the bed and cried his heart out.

And that was how Link found him about fifteen minutes later.

The dark Hylian gasped in shock when he heard the key in the lock. He thought for a while about just faking to be asleep but at the moment he just felt too lonely. Dark just wanted someone to tell him that things would be okay and that he wasn't alone in the world. Before he knew it, he had already started to cry all over again.

The Hero walked into the room with a slight smile on his face. He closed the door but frowned when he heard sobbing and turned towards the bed. "Dark?" Link called carefully while still frowning and walked to the bed. "Are you okay?" He inquired fully concerned while sitting down to the bed.

Dark didn't answer. He tried to stop crying but things just felt like crashing down on him. The dark Hylian gasped a bit when he felt someone pull him up. He closed his eyes tightly and didn't fight even slightest bit when the Hero pulled him into a tight hug.

Link had carefully pulled Dark up and to his lap while holding tightly. "Come on, bro, tell me what happened. I'm right here for you." He whispered carefully along with small reassuring and comforting words. The dark Hylian just sat there for a while before eventually he turned around to face the Hero. He circled his arms around him and hid his face into the crook between neck and shoulder while crying all the while. Link tightened the hold slightly while trying to calm him down.

It took a long while but eventually Dark calmed down. "I... I had bit hard day..." He finally mumbled but shook his head when the Hero inquired if he wanted to tell more about it. The dark Hylian kept his gaze down while feeling bit ashamed about having broken down like that. Yet, he couldn't help the fact that having had Link holding him, had helped and felt nice. And he actually wanted him to hold him a while longer, yet the Hero moved off of the bed.

"I'll be right back." Link told as he went back to the door. He picked up a pouch he had brought in before already starting to search for something from it. Dark glanced at him once before turning his gaze back to him and frowning in confusion. Eventually the Hero sat back down next to the dark Hylian while still going through the small thing. "Just a sec... I know it's here somewhere..." Link mumbled quietly but soon his expression brightened as he pulled out a well packed thing. "For you." He stated with a wide smile while giving the package to Dark.

The dark Hylian looked at it with a curious frown while carefully unwrapping the cloth around it. Eventually he found something that looked like a minced pie. "Is it eatable?" He inquired with one eyebrow raised and once Link nodded, Dark already started to eat it.

The Hero chuckled a bit. "Easy with it. On that way you won't even know what you're eating." He stated but he started to frown very quickly. "Have you eaten anything today?" Link inquired bit worriedly.

Once the dark Hylian had eaten about half of the thing, he just simply shook his head. "Didn't really have a chance." He replied sorrowfully. It wasn't exactly the full truth but it wasn't a lie either. All of his chances had been ruined one way or another.

"How come?" The Hero asked with a slight frown before already presenting another minced pie. Dark took it eagerly. The first one had been with few different meats inside of it and the second had different berries. The dark Hylian ate it quite quickly.

"Got in bit of trouble. Nothing too bad, though." Dark eventually answered while partly licking his fingers clean. "Is there more of those?" He inquired while feeling fully hopeful.

"If I had known that you're starving, I would've brought you more." Link replied but the bit surprised look turned very soon into mischievous one. "Though, I might have something different..." He continued bit mysteriously.

The dark Hylian perked up at that and tried to get a peek into the pouch but the Hero was fully blocking him. Eventually Dark just sat down and waited as Link fished out what he was searching for. It was surprisingly big compared into the place it was held in.

It looked like a cake but it wasn't done normally. The dark Hylian fully frowned as he watched the odd square thing which the Hero put into Dark's night table. "It's called as 'sandwich-cake'." Link started with a smile. "And since you're not so eager of fish, I made sure it was more for other meats and vegetables." He continued and started to explain as well as he could about it.

There were two different kinds of breads. Light one which was softer and dark one that was bit harder to eat. The coating was of some kind of mayonnaise and cheese. For decoration was different kinds of meat and vegetables. Inside, between the breads was lot of different things.

The dark Hylian was bit suspicious about the presented food but once he tasted it, he ended up eating over half of the whole odd cake. Luckily it wasn't that of big cake to start with. It was meant for two but since Dark was actually hungry, Link let him take the most of the sandwich-cake.

That night the dark Hylian slept surprisingly peacefully. His day had been harsh but the Hero had fully turned things around for him. And that was all he needed for a peaceful night. For once his mind didn't wander off into the wrongs that had been done to him but to the nice evening meal Link had brought to him.

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A/N: So, review, please! =D Even anonymous ones are accepted but if you got a account in here or at DeviantArt, inform of the penname so I can leave a review reply! Otherwise the review reply will be on my profile page or in the next chapter! Thank You!

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