Gerudo Forest

Chapter 30

She didn't really even remember making it back to the room that night or whether Ganon had been there when she had arrived. Luckily that night her sleep was dreamless leaving her felling more rested. She realized that where ever she had fallen asleep she was crushed up against something warm. When she tried to move it held on to her tightly. Opening her eyes she found herself in Ganon's arms once again. He was awake and had been watching her as she slept.  

She should be used to this by now but it threw her off for a second. When she remembered the night before she automatically felt guilty. She stared into his eyes not seeing any of the anger from the night before there. They stared at each other silently for a while before they both blurted out a sorry. She had decided the night before she would try and make up for her intrusiveness but she hadn't expected him to apologize to.  

"What are you sorry for?" He asked brushing a strand of hair behind her ear. "I was the one who was drunk. I over reacted. I am just not ready to bring up that part of my life just as I am sure there are things in your life you haven't told me about. It is a period of my life I am not proud of." He said searching for understanding in her eyes. 

How could she argue with that. "I shouldn't have asked. My gut told me not to and I pushed it too far anyway. I don't want you to feel you need to hide anything from me. The sad thing is I probably already know the answers to my questions. I didn't mean what I said last night. Please forgive my stupidity." She blurted out just wanting to put this all behind them.  

He crushed her in an embrace. " It is forgiven." And just like that everything was as it back to the way it was. 

"How was your sleep?" Ganon asked while they were packing. 

"I didn't have a single dream." she replied. " 

Good then it works." He smiled.  

"What works?" She asked now curious.  

"The goron elder instructed me on how to ward off bad dreams. I really didn't think that goron magic, as primitive as it is, would really be that effective but it seems to have served it's purpose quite well." He said busily checking the room in case they forgot something. 

Had he done that after she had run off last night? Even after she yelled at him? He had been angry at her yet he was still thinking of her safety. Though he had already forgiven her it still made her feel bad. Not seeing anything else they made their way to the entrance where Darunia and a few of his guard waited. Darunia handed a pouch of something to Ganon which he took with a nod before mounting Trinexx.  

"Hey!" Darunia called to her as she took Ganon's hand to mount. "Are you going to leave without saying goodbye?" He said a hand behind his back as she turned back around.  

"I'm sorry I feel just a little scatterbrained this morning. Thank you for putting up with me. " she said embarrassed.  

She had almost left without showing a little gratitude. He just laughed and placed something in her hand with the hand he had hid behind his back. She looked down to her hand to see a round flat red object. It almost looked like the fire medallion.  

"This might help get you access to the Temple of Time. Be careful on your journey." He said quickly looking at Ganon.  

Did he still not trust him?  

"I can't thank you enough for this." She said giving him an appreciative hug.  

"Well you better get going." he said giving her a hard pat on the head.  

When she finally mounted Trinexx Ganon had barely given her time to put her arms around him to keep from falling off before he sped the horse forward. She could see Darmani on the ridge where she guessed the race track was located. He waved goodbye to her as they passed and she barely managed to wave back.