Chacha

"HAHAHAHAHAHA" Link laughs as he closes the door behind him

He breaths in slowly, places his head between his gloved hands and screams… but without sound. His neck veins where showing, air was coming out of his mouth, but soundless. After a few more seconds he stops.

THAT meeting was dangerous, I almost lost my cool in there, at least they completely dismissed me suddenly leaving, I still have questions but for safety reasons I had to extract myself immediately, I was feeling cornered. Michelle used to compare me with a wild animal… and she was right. The worst thing you can do to an animal is corner it… any animal turns extremely aggressive if it feels trapped… so I had to flee, I just hope I get answers to my questions in time. Now that I think about it, I need to treat myself for what I accomplished... I was miraculously keeping my cool and pretending that everything was under control. But he had me in his palm, and he knew it. 

"Excuse me young man, I believe you are done with the meeting, I will escort you out." Says the butler coming out of nowhere.

Oh, I had forgotten about this guy, he said he would stay close by in case we needed anything

"Actually, it would be better if you guide me to a room I can use during my stay" Link politely mentions.

The butler looks at Link with disgust "What are you talking about? A disgusting peasant like yourself does not need a room to stay in this mighty castle"

Link closes his eyes and breaths deeply

"I can explain but you would not believe me, it will be better if you just ask the King"

"And why would I do anything a lying commoner says?" sates the butler mockingly 

Link just stares at him with anger in his eyes, without breaking eye contact he reaches behind his back for the study's door knob and opens it

"Double D, your employee needs to ask you a question" Link says as he reached for the butler and pushed him inside closing the door behind him.

All right, take this moment to relax, this is going to happen a lot, nobody knows me here, I should not be angry at this kind of reactions

Then Links starts to hear yelling, so he places his ear by the door "I PAY YOU TO DO YOUR FUCKING JOB, IF MY SON ASKS YOU TO TAKE HIM TO HIS ROOM, YOU FUCKING TAKE HIM YOU LITTLE SHIT HEAD!!!" 

BOOM!... SHUNK! Suddenly the tip of a knife could be seen traversing the door, Link just widens his eyes.

The butler comes out in a rush heading somewhere else, after a few steps he stops, turns around, grabs Link's hand and reassumes running in fear.

Mental note to self: Your King is very smart and a keen observer. He is also very chill and easy to get along with, BUT DON'T MAKE HIM ANGRY. 

"My King referred to you as his son, right?" Link just nods in approval.

"Then the place for you is in the east tower where the Princess is"

They walked on the direction to the tower, Link could not help himself from staring at all the paintings scattered around on their way there, some very beautiful but some were rather… unsettling, depicting old battle sceneries. They soon reached the east tower's stairs and climbed them. once they were up, Link tried opening the first door he saw but was abruptly stopped.

"NOT THAT ONE, that is the door to the Princess room, your room is behind the door down the hall"

"Down the hall, perfect, by the way… I am sorry about what happened with the king"

"Don't worry about it my Prince, I am sorry I was disrespectful; I will leave now" 

Prince?

The butler turns and leaves almost running, Link walks the small corridor and sure enough, there was a door at the end of it, it was impossible to see it from afar due to the poor illumination. He opened it revealing a big enough room with a big bed, a desk, a sofa, and a small table with its chair as center piece; at the right corner of the chamber was BIG door. Upon opening it, he discovers it's a closet, and its full of chests with clothes for males and females… though he doubted any of the male outfits will fit him, since they were obviously meant for plus sized males. 

KNOCK-KNOCK! What? Who could, I just got here.

"Come in"

A pretty girl that appeared to be around 13 years old sporting a maid dress opens the door "good evening" she makes a reverence "and welcome to hell" her eyes widen and she tries to cover her mouth.

"HEY! it's not that bad, seems well constructed, has a good bed and it doesn't smell bad… the only bad thing so far it's that the closet does not have clothes my size, but I would not call it hell."

"Nonono, I am sorry my Prince, it's just a name we maids use to refer to this room because its dark and kind of secluded… also rarely used for anything, but IT IS the best room currently available, it was a great choice" 

I did not choose it but she does not need to know that

"Hell… sounds appropriate for me" Link smiles

"NO, of course not, please forget I even mentioned it Prince" she says and lowers her head in shame

"How did you know I was here?"Link asks

"The Royal Butler told me and send me to make sure the room's conditions were optimal for the Prince, and… some other diligences" she said searching for something in one of her many hidden pockets

"What is your name?"

"They call me Chacha" she throws him a Colgate smile

Link squints his eyes "They named you after the dance or… no, nobody would name a baby MAID… I asked you for your name not your jobs description" he says starting to glare at her

"As I already answered, everyone here calls me Chacha"

"Name" Link states starting to lose his patience

Shit... my containment slipped, good thing is that i think i scared her, she won't notice.

The girl looks at the floor clearly intimidated by the sound of Link's voice

"I don't like my name your highness"

Sighs "Look sweetheart, open your ears and pay attention, it's not a complicated question, what is your name?"

"PLATONIA!!!" she yells, tears forming in her eyes, face completely red in shame and anger at Link.

DAMN, what the fuck even is that? Was she not loved? Almost seems like whomever named her was purposely trying to screw her, talk about adding insult to injury. 

Showing half a smile "you know… Chacha does not sound bad at all" Link sheepishly says

She looks at him annoyed and snorts "You think?"

And now she is addressing me informally, that is good. Maybe she is only doing it because she is really angry… I need to let her know DOES NOT need to address me formally EVER; I hate it. 

"You have to tell me how you got your name"

"Later, I need to take your measures so we can search for clothes your size" Chacha says drawing a measuring tape and whips it on the floor looking at Link straight in the eyes.

"Should I be scared or exited?" Link says half smiling

OMG, what the fuck is wrong with me? I need to learn to shut the fuck up.

"Quiet and obedient will do just fine" she says rolling her eyes

She is pissed at me, hehehe

Chacha approaches him and starts to take his measurements; Link manages to stay quiet and raises is arms when needed. Once done she enters his new closet, after digging a little Chacha comes out with jacket and trousers.

"This one is not your size, but it will fit nicely, wear this latter today for dinner, that way you won't be seen in your poor man's clothes"

"You have to up your game if want to actually insult me one day" Link says raising an eyebrow

Rolls her eyes "I am not insulting you; I am doing you a favor, you are no longer in… wherever the hell you came out from, this is the big leagues. You are expected to interact with renown nobility, and that means you CAN NOT TRUST ANYBODY, they will feed you to the crows if you give them a chance. Not wearing nice clothes is giving them a chance, and they will be there for dinner tonight I am sure… don't do anything that could bring shame to my King. Dress nicely."

Wow, she is young, but she KNOWS her shit around the nobles, that means she is an asset. WE ARE FRIENDS NOW

"I understand" Link says

Chacha turns and starts taking the rest of the clothes out of the closet, once she takes everything, she starts to exit the room but Link stops her grabbing her elbow

"Appearance is important, I get it, what else could I do to improve mine?" Link asks

Chacha looks at him up and down slowly

"Not much, you have good teeth and are kind of handsome in a wild way… your hair needs a trim, you will need shoes… I will bring you some, oh and lose those gloves"

"I can do the shoes and clothing, but I don't know how to cut my hair, and I WON'T get rid of the gloves"

"Arggg, all right, I will search for shoes that match the color of those gloves then, and maybe a belt to make it more fitting" she says looking at the celling trying to picture the image in her mind, Link uses the distraction to retrieve the pile of clothes from her hands.

"Where to?" Link asks 

"I can take them myself, you should-"

"Get to know every location in my new home, that is my intention, so where do I take this?" Link says glaring at her, almost daring her to refuse his demand with his eyes.

She sights "follow me"