We all are animals anyway

ZELDA POV

Zelda enters her room, the minute she closes the door, she leans her back on it and slides down sobbing.

They love him, they don't even know him but they look at him with fascination… they can't even look at me without rolling their eyes. Mom must be tired of me… I guess that is my fault, she is sick and I make it hard for her with my rebellious stand. But she IS MY MOTHER, she is supposed to love me no matter what right? And Daphnes… he never tried to have a relation with me, I am just an accessory that came with the package.

It hurts a lot to see how they were staring at this filthy beggar boy… their eyes full of wonder and smiling with pride. He then said I was making a tantrum… that offended me, it implies that I behave like a spoiled brat. And what hurts the most is that not even the Queen defended me. Both of them stayed silent and allowed the offense, I guess they also think I am a brat… If they despise me so much, why won't they let me scape… all I want is to live my own life in peace, and let them live theirs too. Is that so wrong? what am I supposed to do then? What do they expect of me?

She continued sobbing hugging her knees.

LINK POV

He enters his room, draws his cell phone and dials, no verbal response, just a tapping sound.

"Agent Kid here… I need to stablish communication with Wolf" Link says and hears the connection being stablished 

"FUCKING DAMN KID, I ALWAYS KNEW YOUR HEAD WAS FULL OF SHIT BUT-"

"Whoa, hold your horses, I have important news Claudio, if you would just list-"

"WOLF! agent Wolf to you, stupid zygote" the agent snarls back 

"Wolf I… have a situation here in Hyrule, I find myself unable of heading back to the headquarters, if SWORD needs me, they must send a notification to Hyrule's castle from now on" Link informs him

"WHAT!!! Since when do you think you can avoid your obligations here?" 

Link laughs a little "since today… I am sending you some pictures to exp-"

"I DON'T WANT YOUR BULLSHIT LINK, I just made up with my wife, no more filthy pictures"

Link opens his eyes wide "No! it's not porn, I am over that" he says with a sheepish grin "its documents I need you to see"

Link sends the pictures. Once Wolf receives them, he quickly scans the document with his eyes and stars laughing hard. "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA this is FAKE" said Wolf when he saw pictures of the adoption papers.

Link requests a video call, to show the documents to Wolf… he needed him to believe what happened, so he could be on his side if shit hits the fan. Wolf begins to read the adoption papers and starts berating.

"YOU GOT TO BE FUCKING WITH ME, so those papers REALLY exist? how? why you? I don't find you special at all" says Wolf faking anger, but in reality… he was amazed.

"You are right, I am not special. They were expecting Michelle to show up, but you know she… I just happened to be there at the right time" Link answers lifting his shoulders 

"Damn… aren't you ashamed that you benefited so much from Michelle's death?" asks Wolf trying to make Link feel bad about the situation.

"Not at all, I grieve her death like everyone else, but this muzzle… I deserved it" Link answers rather sadly, Wolf notices the pain in Link's voice and changes his demeanor. 

"Muzzle? Why? What were you asked to do Kid?" Claudio asks genuinely worried. 

Link breathes "To correct the course of a stubborn egocentric Princess, and for that I have to be here always, unless SWORD demands my services" 

Lifting his eyebrows "Oh… that does sound like a nuisance, but If it were me, I would be celebrating, you now have access to commodities, and the only thing they ask of you is to give the princess a few slaps now and then, doesn't sound like a bad deal at all" Wolf adds trying to uplift the spirit

Because only Wolf can manage making me feel good about a dire situation. 

"Hehehe, you are right oh wise one"

"When am I not right? DON'T ANSWER THAT… I KILL YOU; I will give notice of your situation here… you know, preheating the oven." 

"Damn, Will is going to kill me" Link says looking at his cell battery

"Yes… for referring to him by name, General Zalatoris is going to kill you" Wolf ends the call. 

That went well… I mean, I was expecting an implosion or something, he was in a good mood I guess… of course he was, he just made up with his wife. 

Link begins to undress to sleep, then he hears the sound of steps outside his door, chooses to ignore it since he feels drained, if it's important he will know tomorrow surely. He goes to sleep but sleep avoids him, he kept about how to do what was asked of him, without hurting Zelda... since a big part of him still wanted to kill her. But his logical part refused to do it, this Zelda is innocent, but… memories of the loops kept purring in his mind, memories of betrayal, memories that never happened to him, but were forcefully implanted on his mind, hurtful memories and a lot of hate. 

He got a glimpse of the first rays of sun, signaling that the night was over, he was soon going to have to leave the bed and dress up.

THUD!!!! Awwww!

Link stood up immediately and opened the door to see Chacha on the floor raising her palm to stop him from approaching

"Don't my prince, there is soap on the floor, you could fall" the maid tells him.

"Are you ok? How did this happen?" Link asks

"I don't know, I was heading here to start my first day as a maid, I thought maybe it was TOO EARLY to bother you, so I quickly turned to head back and well… it's still slippery, but I will take care of it, don't worry." 

It was Zelda, the, steps I heard must have been her doing this. The prank was not dangerous so she does not want to kill me, she just wants to let me know I am not welcome, to bother me enough that I end up leaving the palace. Hehehe… my sweet Princess, let the games begin. 

"You know what? I hate wasting things, use the soap to also mop my room, would you?" Link suggests

"Of course, but put a shirt on, would you?" Chacha counters

"Hey! You came early to my room, don't blame me for not being decent yet" Link playfully retorts.

"True, won't happen again" Chacha assures him.

"And… why where you coming to hell so early?"

Chacha starts stumbling on her words, but manages to answer "I just… I just wanted to make sure you would not leave Nana waiting"

An alarm starts sounding on the desk, Chacha's eyes open wide in fear, but she does not scream, Link walks towards his cellphone and stops the alarm, then plugs it and leaves it charging.

"That sound was an alarm, it was meant to wake me on time for Nana's food, I was not going to allow myself to forget it" he winks at Chacha and enters his closet room to dress up. 

Since he did not really had clothes, he chooses yesterday's trousers and the loose undertunic he wore under the jacket, after considering he wears the belt because it combines with the shoes and gloves. Link then walks out of the closet to enter the bathroom, washes his teeth and tries to brush his hair for a few minutes, but ends up ruffling it. He comes out and clicks his tongue to draw the maid's attention from the soapy floor, she looks at him and nods in approval of his looks, he walks toward the door ready to leave but notices Chacha looking at him in an awkward manner. 

"Do you need anything?" Link asks 

"I should be the one asking those questions you know" Chacha says staring at the floor

Link crosses his arms frowning at her "do you want me to force it out of you?"

She opens her eyes wide and was about to yell at him, but calmly answers "you know, I… never asked you to do anything for me, I was fine with my job, I never complained, it was an honor and a privilege to have it in the first place… but thank you for the upgrade. I will not fail you; I said what I needed to say" Chacha says pouting 

"You are welcome" Link answers bluntly 

Chacha looks at him and smiles, then reassumes mopping the entrance, suddenly Link rushes to grab her by the shoulders.

"Do you need anything my Prince?" the maid asks surprised by Link's actions. 

"Don't call me that, I… will let you know my name once I get it, my name is what I want you to use when you speak to me, no titles." Link raises her head up with his index finger and frowns "damn, I just wanted to memorize it"

"Memorize what?" she questions the Prince.

"A genuine smile from you, it's pretty, I really thought you were uncapable of that. Do it more often, that is an order" Link says stridently as he starts to run, Chacha rolls her eyes grinning.