Gerudo Forest

Chapter 41

"It's good to see you are already getting along with Azazel. She will be in your dancing troupe." Koume said happily as they walked into the doctor's room where Chara sat looking quite annoyed with the doctor who was chattering non-stop asking her question after question.  

"About that... We need to talk..." Melissa started but as soon as Chara saw them her sentence was cut off. 

"Where have you been?!? I've been stuck with him chewing my ear off for a while now!" Chara said jumping up and grabbing Melissa by the arm yanking her down onto the chair.  

"Great your here!" The man said exuberantly.  

"Well I leave you to it." Koume said to the doctor. "Oh and Chara, please bring her with you when he is done." Koume said leaving with a wave.  

"So how are you feeling today?" the man asked lifting her arm to unwrap the bandage.  

The movement made her shoulder ache. 

"It stings when you lift it like that." Melissa said aggravated.  

He just nodded. "That's to be expected." He said tugging on the bandage.  

The dried blood made it stick and she cringed when he ended up ripping the bandage away. He asked her all sorts of questions as he worked. Some seemed a little to personal and he always seemed upset when she would reply not really answering his question at all. It almost felt as if he was dragging this out which sucked because he wasn't being gentle at all. As soon as he had fastened the bandage again she was out of the chair and to the door.  

"What's your hurry?" He asked looking miffed.  

"We have somewhere we need to be." Chara said ready to leave as well.  

"Tomorrow then." He said with a wave of his hand grabbing his journal again.  

Chara grabbed her hand and they raced out. Melissa had never been so happy to leave a room.  

"Where did you go yesterday?" Chara demanded as they climbed a flight of stairs. 

"I went to the roof for some fresh air is all." Melissa said looking down.  

"Well I got in trouble because of you. I panicked when it had gotten dark and no one could find you. I didn't know if you had run away or had been kidnapped." Chara paused looking upset. "I interrupted them last night. Now I am responsible for our King's condition." Chara said stopping angry.  

" No it's my fault." Melissa said sinking to the stair below her. "I fell asleep on the roof. I didn't realize that you would worry that much about me." Melissa holding back tears. "I'm so sorry." Melissa said feeling extremely guilty wiping her eyes.  

Chara looked at her for a minute before letting out a deep breath and sat beside her. "Then we are both at fault. Now dry your eyes. If they see you have been crying I will be in trouble again." 

First Koume had acted strange when she had said she would do something drastic and now Chara was doing the same with her crying. Were they scared that if something happened to her that Ganon would be displeased with them?  

"Surely I'm not expected to be happy every hour of every day." Melissa said drying her eyes the best she could.  

"Of course not." Chara said eying her. "I stick by what I said yesterday but..." Chara paused, " I saw him yesterday. He knew if he left he would be stuck. Yet he left to find you without so much as hesitating."Chara stopped.  

Melissa couldn't help but feel loved yet unworthy of it. They stared at each other silently for a moment before they spoke again.  

"We are going to be late if you just sit there." Chara said pulling her up and they were off again up the stairs.