First fall of snow

A Chapter by SweetRainDrops

He wouldn't let go. Not now. Not ever.

__________________________________Link________________________________________

The first week of winter has arrived. Link's been at the manor since the last week of Summer. The ground outside was already laiden with snow. The birds and the rabbits are a hibernating.

Link awakes to the sunrising on his side of the dorm. Pit, still being asleep, awoke as well because the sun on his side rose also. Link got out of bed, dressed only in his forest green boxers. His tan chest absorbed the sun's light as he walked over to his tree-dresser thing. He pulled his white leggings on and his creamish white shirt. Then he delicately clipped on his forbidden necklace. After he did that on went his chainmill and green tunic. Link then re-equipped all his weapon. When he was finished, he noticed Pit had change into his regular get-up. Then we both headed down to breakfast.

Once they entered the dining hall, Pit flew off, leaving Link alone. He noticed Peach with Roy. Jealousy panged at his heart. 'Maybe I am just jealous and alone.' he thought as he watched Roy plant a quick loving kiss on Peach's lips. Link suddenly list his appetite. He decide against eating anything. So, the hero walked out of the hall, not knowing Marth witnessed all of this.

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______________________________________Marth___________________________________

Link exited the hall, Marth watching him. He just witnessed truth to what he had
asked Link. He had seen the jealously, the anger, the saddness, the longing in the Hylian's cerulean hues. His heart twinged as he watched this, but he didn't know why (A/N: But I do. Hehehehehe!). Marth stood up, picked up a red apple, and followed Link. Being very quiet, he followed at a respectable distance. The hero left the manor with the prince on his tracks. Link arrived at the archery field, Marth shortly did too. He
saw the Hylian standing with his head down, his golden locks hanging down. As the snow continued to fall softly, Marth just stood there, watching the crestfallen Swordsmen. Quietly, Marth approached, stepping where the Hylian had. Their feet were the same size. As he approached, Link's very sensitive ears heard the soft crunch off snow under the prince's feet. His head slowly lifted, and he turned around to face the sound. Marth, having been looking at the ground to step in the right place, felt someone's gaze on him. Slowly he looked up. His eyes met with Link's. Neither one spoke. They just stood there, gazes locked. Link was the first to look away, the intensity of the gaze getting to him.

"Why'd you leave the dinning hall before eating, Link?" Marth asked, already knowing the answer, just wanting to hear him say it. Silence streched between them for awhile till Link answered, "Because I... I wasnt hungry." Then as if to prove him wrong his stomach growled. He cursed quietly in Ancient Hyrule. "Here." Marth said, tossing Link the apple. Link caught it, giving a small, very small, smile to him. Marth smiled back, a compassionate and understanding smile. As Link sat on the rock that was at the edge of the forest, they had walked to, he said "I left the dinning hall because... I felt what you told me was true. You asked me if I was just alone and desperately in need of love. The question I have yet to answer." He turned to face the prince that was watching him, his eyes full of compassion. "The answer is yes. I am. I don't love Midna or Zelda. I don't regret not ending up with them. I thought I loved them, but I didn't. I made myself
believe I did. And that night I also cried. I realized, I cried because I was desperate. I cried because I never had the love I needed as a child. I never have, never did." Link trailed off, letting Marth absorb this.

After a few moments, Marth said "You may not have had the love you needed then,
but you have it now." And with that Marth stood up and walked away, never once turning back. And all the way, he was thinking, "Why did I just say that?! Why didn't I just say that it was me who loved him?"

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________________________________________Pit____________________________________

After Pit ate breakfast, he flew to Ike's dorm. Ike shared a dorm with Sheik. Sheik is a mysterious person. Most would question his gender, but he has made it clear that he's a guy (don't ask!). Pit knocked, knowing Ike will be asleep and that Sheik will most likely answer since it's a Saturday. Pit heard the shuffling of feet and knew that Sheik wasnt the one that would be answering the door. Ike opened the door, his hair wild like he just woke up, his brown eyes still full of sleep. "Come on, Ike! It's that stuff you've been telling me about! Snow! Snow covers the ground!" Pit exclaimed excitedly since he had never seen snow before in person. Ike chuckled and said "You can't go out in the snow in your thin toga. You need winter clothing." Ike opened the door and pulled him in. Ike's room looked like a regular dormroom, except there was excercising equipment all over his side. Ike opened a drawer in his dresser and pulled out a navy sweater. He handed it to Pit, saying "Here. Slip this in." So, Pit pulled it on over his head, messing up his angelic wreath. Once he had the sweater on, he noticed how huge it was. It like swallowed him whole. Ike looked him over, then said "You'll need these too." The mercenary handed him a pair of sweatpants. Pit stepped into them and pulled them up as Ike got something else out of his dresser.

Ike turned around to find Pit completely engulfed in his clothing. He chuckled then
went over to the angel and helped him. Pit watched as Ike had him hold the sweater up. Ike had him hold his toga up to which caused a blush to claim the angel's cheeks as he tried to fix the pants. The angel shivered as the cold air hit his exposed chest and belly. Ike made the angel drop the toga and hold up the pants. Then Ike fixed it to where the belt that the toga had held up the pants from falling. Then Ike handed him gloves and earmuffs. Pit quickly pulled on the gloves, eager to get outside, and slipped on the earmuffs. Ike then wrapped a navy scarf with a silver cursive I on it. 'I for Ike,' Pit
thought. The scarf was soft.

"Are you gonna come, Ike?" the angel asked, his eagerness and excitement clearly
showing. With a smile, Ike replied "Like I would miss it. It's your first time to see snow. Go on out there, and I'll meet ya there." He didn't want to make the boy wait. "No. I'll waif for you, Ike." Pit said, his blue eyes changing from an excited bright blue to a darker shade of blue that showed he was nervous. "Okay, then. Wait right here." Ike said. Then the mercenary walked into the bathroom and turned on the shower.

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_____________________________________Link_____________________________________

'What did he mean That I have it now?' Link thought confused as he sat there watching Marth retreat to the manor. Shortly, Link got up and entered the manor. He walked to the living area and sat down in front of the fire. Peach brought him some hot chocolate which he thanked her for. His mind reeled as he tried to figure out the meaning of Marth's words. Watching the fire crackle in the fireplace, Link decided to ask Marth what his words meant. So, Link got up and went to the only place he could think Marth would be, the library.

Once at the library, the hero opened the door and quietly slipped in. The door closed with a quiet thud, and Link glanced around the large octagon-shaped room. He spotted the prince sitting in a windowsill, reading a hardback book. Link walked over there, his steps making no sound what do ever. Once he reached Marth, he hesitated. 'What if he won't tell me? What if I don't want to know?' the Hylian thought. He looked at the prince. He took a deep breath then sat by Marth's feet. Marth must have noticed or heard because he bookmarked his page and sat up.

"What are you reading?" Link asked after a few silent mintues. Marth glanced down at the book and said "Romeo and Juliet." Link nodded and asked "What's it about?" Marth looked up and said "It's about two people who fall in love but their families both hate the other. So they go through all this drama and both end up dead, but you didn't come to ask me about my book, now didyou?" Link shook his head. Then, he said "No that's not why I came here." "Then why did you?" Marth asked, curiously. But he seemed a tad bit tense. Link put that thought aside and said "I came here to ask you what you meant." Marth knew immediately what he was talking about, and mentally he kicked himself, thinking 'Why did I have to say that? Why, oh, why did I have to?' With Link looking at him, earnestly, his mind blanked of the lie it had come up with. Luckily, somebody burst in.

It was Roy. Roy was panting and sweating as if he had been running. "Come on. We're having a huge snowball fight. We are deviding into teams, but we are short two people." Roy said. With that being said, he pulled them both to there feet and dragged them outside.

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________________________________________Pit____________________________________

Pit waited eagerly as they divided in to teams. There were three teams. Team one had Link, Marth, Dark Link, Pit, Dark Pit, Ike, and Roy. Team two had Peach, Samus, Zelda, Snake, Sheik, Young Link, the iceclimbers, and Meta Knight. Team three had Ganondorf, Lucas, Ness, Kirby, Pikachu, Mario, Luigi, Waluigi, and Wario. The rules stated that each team had a total of thirty mintues to build their snow-forts. So, team one, which changed their name to the Sacred Warriors, started on theirs. Team two divide to be the Mystical Knights. The third team decide that their name was the Dark Super Magnetic Force of Injustice (the kids came up with it). When the thirty mintues were up, the whistle blew. The fight had begun.

Pit flew above, pelting everyone not on his team, which was wearing blue, with snowballs that Ike made. Dark Pit was doing the same. Pit laughed as he threw snow at everyone. It made him fill with joy. He returned to the fort when he ran out of snowballs. He obtained more from Ike and took off to the sky again, pelting and laughing his poor little heart out. Ike watch the angel enjoying himself and thought 'Wow! I've never seen him happier than right now. Man, I wish he was my angel.
________________________________Link&Marth____________________________________

Marth noticed the way Ike was looking at Pit and pondered it till something extremely cold went down his shirt. Marth turned around to find Link standing a few feet away, a snowball in his hand, a smirk on his face. Marth fingered the snowball in his hand and threw it as hard as he could at the Hylian. It hit Link's shoulder and knocked him over. That did it. It made the fight a free for all. Link chased Marth, and when Marth got hit he chased Link.

As he was chasing Link, Link tripped and fell face first in the snow. Then, Marth tripped over what Link did and landed on top of the Hylian that was trying to get up. Marth sat up and shook his head to clear his mind and to remove the snow from it. Then, his mind registered where he was. He was in Link's lap. He felt the Hylian's eyes on him. So, he met those sparkling eyes of his. Marth wanted to speak, but he didn't want to ruin the moment. Then an idea formed in his head. He knew how to speak without wrecking the moment. It would add to it.

Marth took a shaking breath. Then did something that neither really expected. Marth cupped both of Link's cheeks in his small soft hands and kisses him. Marth kissed Link. Link's eyes grew wide as he felt the lips of the prince on his, but then he found he really liked it. He closed his eyes and welcomed the warmth. He kissed Marth back which surprised Marth. Marth broke the kiss when he heard a gasp. Link slowly opened his eyes. Both of the teens looked towards where the sound came from. There by a tree stood Roy.

He didn't look angry or horrified or ashamed. He just looked suprised. All three males were quiet for awhile. No one moved. No one spoke. No one seemed even to be breathing. Then, out of the blue, Roy asked "How long have you been together?" Link sensed the slight hint of hurt in his voice. Then Link realized that he has spent the whole time his been here with Marth. "Since a few mintues ago." Marth answered quietly. A warm overwhelming feeling sprouted in Link's heart. They're together! It made a ghost of a smile dance on his lips. Some of the hurt left Roy's eyes almost as if he were reliefed. Roy turned and left, deep in his thoughts.

Marth reluctantly got off the hero and offered his hand to help him up. The thoughs going through Link's mind right then weren't very pure and good thoughts. One thought that flowed through his head was 'What if I took his hand and just pulled him back down on top of me?' He continued to stare at the offered hand for a mintue. Then, he reluctantly took it. He hoisted himself up but kept a firm grip on Marth's hand, not wanting the prince to let go. The exiled prince just squeezed Link's hand, letting him know he wouldn't let go. Not now. Not ever.

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