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Legend was sick of the tension in the camp. Everyone was tiptoeing around Vio except for Time and Wind. Though, Time's always been good at shrugging and going along with anything.
He can't stand it. "You look like shit," he says loud enough for everyone to hear. He gets a lot of dirty looks for that.
Vio shoots him a truly unimpressed look. Legend's almost proud of it. "Thanks," he says drily. "I'll try to remember that for the next time I get stabbed."
"He spent the night crying," Time adds nonchalantly.
Legend chokes on his retort.
Vio whirls around so fast he nearly loses his footing. "You weren't supposed to say anything!" He shouts with a surprising amount of fury.
Time lifts his hands. "Sorry," he sounds genuinely apologetic. "I didn't realize you wanted to keep it a secret."
"You're a fucking liar!" Vio shouts. He takes a single step forward and instantly Blue and Green are in his way.
"You need to calm down, now," Green commands.
"Yeah, man," Blue says physically pushing him back. "I mean, I'm having to hold you back. Kinda backwards don't you think?"
Vio continues to glare at Time for a few tense seconds. He shoves Blue away and returns to his work. While the glare and anger are gone from his face, his movements remain just a little too rough. If Legend wasn't looking so carefully, he'd think Vio was already over it. Whatever the hell it was.
Sky immediately pulls Time aside. It's weird to see the Old Man get vehemently scolded. Sky's furious enough that his voice nearly reaches the camp several times. Legend shudders. Being on the receiving end of Sky's ire is a horror in its own right.
"I don't think I've ever seen Vio get mad before," Red says quietly.
Legend merely raises an eyebrow. "You really expect me to believe he's always calm and collected?"
"He's gotten frustrated before, but... I've never seen him get like that before. I– I didn't think he could," Red says the last part quietly.
Legend glances at the other two colors. They're also giving Vio wary looks. "He mentioned you guys all being at odds before he joined the enemy," he says abruptly, "Have you fixed that?"
Red hunches his shoulders guiltily. "It's hard... Vio's so different."
He frowns at Red. "So what."
"It's just. Like Green's our leader, but Vio's smarter, so they butt heads a lot. And he fights dirty and Blue's our sense of honor so they end up fighting all the time too."
He doesn't respond, hoping his silence is enough to make Red nervous.
"He lies a lot, too, which I hate!" Red rambles. "And he's really good at faking emotions– usually to get something out of a stranger! It's so creepy! Why can't he just be honest?"
"So you're all still isolating him."
"We're trying to help!" Red insists loudly earning a few curious looks. He shrinks away from the attention.
"Are you?"
Red lowers his head in clear shame.
Warriors shoulder's his pack and turns to them. "Let's move."
"Yeah yeah," Legend says leaving Red to scramble.
"How long untill we reach your place?"
"'Bout two and a half days."
There's varying degrees of excitement as they set out. Hyrule and Wild periodically wander away to explore the forest now that the darkness is gone. Every time they come back, they're covered in more and more mud. Legend wouldn't be surprised if they have a bet on who gets in trouble first.
Wind and Warriors ask him about his home. If he has any family. What the town he lives in is like. Legend gives vague answers each time. Sometimes he purposely gives an answer so cryptic the other end up with more questions.
It goes on long enough that Blue ends up screaming in frustration for him to just, "Answer the damn questions already!"
He grins as most of the group snickers. Blue ends up grumbling with Warriors about how difficult Legend is.
Once they reach a defined path, Legend shifts to the side of the group. He's sick of walking with the sun in his eyes.
Under a particular large tree, the shade feels cooler. He shudders at the sudden chill.
Twilight turns sharply to him. "Drop it!" He snaps.
The chatter dies as the group turns to look at them.
"I'm not doing anything!" Legend retorts defensively. He then notices that Twilight's looking just past him. He turns around and nearly jumps a foot in the air at the sight of the millipede. It's massive, and shiny, and writhing, and it's a breath away from his leg.
He stumbles back with a shout, tripping over his feet and landing on the ground. There's a couple snickers from behind him.
The dark mass holding the millipede blows a raspberry. "You're no fun," he says flinging the insect over his shoulder. It snaps branches as it lands in a bush. He straightens up and glowing amber eyes flick around the group. "Come on! He doesn't wear pants, it'd be funny!"
Wild mutters, "He's not wrong."
Legend indignantly shoots to his feet. "Either of you do that," he threatens, "and I'm shoving it down your throat!"
The dark mass melts into the floor. The black puddle darts back in Twilight's direction.
"Millipedes hold a lot of protein," Wild shrugs.
Hryule nods in agreement. "The crunch is really nice too."
With a disgusted scoff, Legend stomps back into the sunlight at the head of the group. "And I'm wearing shorts!” He shouts for good measure.
--
By the time they've set up camp, Vio still hasn't spoken to Time. Doesn't even acknowledge the Old Man. Instead he throws all his energy into whatever card trick he's teaching Wind. Legend doesn't think he's ever seen Wind that focused on something that isn't training with Warriors.
Warriors circles the surrounding area as the others set up camp. He's not subtle about the suspicious glances he keeps shooting Twilight's shadow. He's kept his distance from Twilight all day, and he continues even now. He only calms down when Twilight wanders away with Wild in tow. Even Hyrule relaxes.
Over an hour later, Wild trudges back into camp with slumped shoulders. He beelines to Hyrule and hands him a small pouch of rupees. Hyrule immediately brightens, opening the pouch to count them.
"What was the bet?" Legend asks.
"Who'd get in trouble first for how dirty we got," Hyrule says.
He frowns. "I told you off hours ago."
Even from across camp, Hyrule's wicked grin is easy to see. "Double or nothing says Twi says something before we finish setting up camp!"
Legend snorts. Wild should've known better.
"Hey! It's Wolfie!" Warriors calls. "Where were you, boy? We could've used you yesterday."
Wolfie trots over to him. He play-bites at the mans fingers for a bit before actually letting Warriors pet him. He sits there for a few minutes before making his rounds around the camp. Though not without one final snap at Warriors' hand.
Wolfie lays between Sky and Hyrule until they get their fill of petting. He baits Wind into running around the camp with him. He ducks under Wild's hand and steals a piece of meat. He takes off before Blue can get a hold of him. He sits with his head in the Old Man's lap for a while with a quiet whine. Time absently rubs the wolf's head as he watches the others from a distance.
He then wanders over to each of the three colors. Green smiles and indulges in a few minutes of petting. Blue shoos him away, apparently still annoyed at the wolf for stealing a piece of cooking meat. Red's practically vibrating with excitement by the time Wolfie reaches him. He wastes no time showering the wolf with affection. Wolfie ends up growling at him when Red tries to place a kiss on his head.
Wolfie then makes his way towards the final color. Vio watches him sharply and Wolfie lays down trying to make himself as small as possible. He keeps his attention on Vio, and after a minut he crawls forward only to stop again with a whine. He does it a few times before he gets up and leaves Vio alone. Vio's shoulders slump slightly in response.
Legend watches the whole interaction with a frown. Wolfie and Four have never had a problem with each other. Four's even ridden the damn beast before. There's no way that would happen if they didn't trust each other.
He keeps a careful eye on Wolfie as it walks through all their packs. It's careful to step between the bags and never on them. Legend swears the wolf seems more like a well trained cattle dog than a wild animal sometimes. He watches as the wolf gets out from between the packs and walks around the pile of sleeping rolls.
He sits up quickly.
Wolfie's shadow doesn't blend. It's still defined even when he walks through the shadows cast by their campfire. It's too defined to be a normal shadow. He looks up and suddenly the intelligence in Wolfie's familiar blue eyes makes sense. "You're–!"
Wolfie lunges, tackling him to the ground. The wind gets knocked out of him in a wheezing whoosh. As he struggles to regain his breath, Wolfie settles on his body. The bastard even yawns in his face with his stinky dog breath. He shoves at the beast, debating if he really wants to throw a punch or not.
"Shut up! It's a secret." A voice whispers by his ear.
Legend jerks in surprise. Amber eyes and the beginnings of a dark figure peak at him from Wolfie's shadow. He realizes Wolfie laid down in a specific way to keep them hidden.
Legend stops struggling and lays back with an exaggerated groan. "Then do a better job hiding it," he grumbles.
Twilight—the absolute bastard—finally sits up and gets off him. Legend's glad to see at least someone was worried as Warriors stops hesitantly.
"You okay?" Warriors asks hovering nervously.
Twilight stares at him, as if waiting to see what choice he's going to make. Legend glares back. "I'm fine," he growls. "Damn mutt just got excited for no reason." That earns him a sneeze to the face.
Twilight doesn't bother waiting until Legend slumps back into his earlier position. He shuffles forward to lay in front of him and keep his shadow blocked by the two of them.
"Hey, can I jump in your shadow?"
Legend narrows his eyes at the dark figure. "Why?"
The mass wobbles—for lack of a better descriptor. "Cuz Twilight wants to talk to the liar and traitor for whatever reason," he sneers, "and I don't wanna be anywhere near him."
He raises an eyebrow at the blob. "Didn't you also betray your boss?"
"He was my Master not my boss!" Shadow spits. "I never wanted to be chained to him!"
Legend hums noncommittally. Can it truly be called betrayal if you never wanted to work for them? "Okay, why me? I'm sure Sky would be more than willing to volunteer."
The sharp edges of the blob smooth out and blur. "You're the only one who doesn't react when I cross into your shadow," he mumbles. "Aside from Twilight."
"So that makes me safe," he nods. The blob bristles. "No, no, I get it," he smirks. "I am the one with the most adventuring experience. Of course you'd end up feeling safest with me. I'll even let you despite the bug incident earlier. That's how generous of a person I am–,"
"Agh you're insufferable!" Shadow shouts.
The others look over. "Shadow's with you?" Sky asks.
"Yep," Legend responds blandly.
"Since when?"
"Since farm boy went to go jerk off in the woods," he responds only to yelp when Twilight bites him. "Fuck off!"
Hyrule watches them dubiously. "I'm surprised, considering he almost put a millepede up your pants not too long ago."
Legend shrugs with an easy smirk. "What can I say, he helped me put spiders in Cap's bedroll."
Warriors dives for his bedroll with a shriek. He'd set it apart from the others since he was taking first watch again. He unrolls it and starts furiously flapping it in hopes of dislodging the spiders.
"Legend," Time warns.
Legend immediately shrinks back from Time's disapproving glare. "I was just kidding," he grumbles. "Do you know how long that would take? No thanks."
The others are quick to tease Warriors for his reaction.
"So is that a yes?" Shadow asks.
Legend rolls his eyes. "Yeah." Twilight shuffles closer and noses at his hand. "Din's fire, it's fucking weird knowing it's you." He grumbles lifting his hand.
"He says put your hand on the marks on his head," Shadow instructions.
Legend does as instructed. "You understand– ow!" He yanks his hand back. The sting in his forearm fades and leaves behind a tight feeling. Like tying something too tight around his arm. "A warning would've been nice."
"Oops," Shadow says completely unapologetically.
Legend starts to snap at him but stops in surprise. Instead of the usual black mass and amber eyes, he can see the hints of facial features and actual shapes. He glares when he thinks he see a smirk on the shadow's face. With a huff, he turns to watch the group again.
Twilight stays with him for a few more minutes. He even goes so far as to make a show of sniffing Shadow curiously. When he's satisfied the others saw, he wanders over to Vio again. He does the slow crawling thing again as he gets close. Vio pats the ground next to him and Twilight wastes no time rushing forward.
"Man, that's fucking weird," Legend mutters. Do any of the others know? He knows Four tends to ride on Wolfie's back. Wild will occasionally sleep cuddled against the wolf. Wind will too now that he thinks about it.
"Do you hate it?"
He raises an eyebrow at Shadow. That was oddly subdued of him. "No," he replies honestly. "Never had a real problem with Wolfie. My biggest concern was the fact that everyone treated him like a dog. No matter how well behaved or nice he was, he was still a wild animal. Except turns out he's not. Now I can't stop thinking about how long I've spent petting Twilight."
Shadow chuckles weakly.
"Alright," Legend sighs, "what's up?"
Shadow gives him a narrowed look.
"You clearly wanna talk, so what's up?"
Shadow turns away, sinking so far into Legend's shadow his head disappears.
Legend let's him sulk. He offered, but he's not going to push. Besides, it's not like they're friends. Shadow has kept to himself since he jumped into Twilight's shadow. The most he's interacted with the group was the millipede incident and now this. And that's been exclusive to him both times.
"Do you eat?" Legend asks suddenly.
"Huh?”
"Do you need to eat?" He amends.
"... No."
"Do you want to?"
"What's with the questions?"
Legend jerks his head in Wild and Blue's direction. The two are plating dinner for the others. "Do you wanna have dinner with us?" Shadow doesn't respond. He doesn't even poke his head out again. With an exaggerated eye roll, Legend leans forward to shout, "Hey, Wild! Mind making a plate for Shadow?"
Shadow hisses while Wild just nods. "Sure!"
Blue, on the other hand, narrows his eye suspiciously. "Since when does Shadow need to eat?"
Legend just shrugs. "Just cuz he doesn't have to doesn't mean he may not want to."
Blue scowls as he continues to portion the food. Wild, for his part, doesn't seem all too bothered. After a few minutes, they finish and call the others to get their food.
The two did a good job of portioning the food out. Everyone got appropriately sized portions. Except for Wind and Hyrule who get an absurd amount since they're still growing.
Legend wonders why as he waits for the others to get their plates. Wild doesn't usually serve them unless their food supplies are dangerously low.
"Why the portions?" Sky asks. "If you don't mind me asking."
Wild shrugs explaining that Blue was adamant about it. Blue pretends to not have heard the question as he settles next to Warriors and Green.
Vio apparently has no qualms about airing Blue's dirty laundry. "It's cuz he's obsessive about things being a certain way. Otherwise he gets twitch."
Blue growls at him. "I'll show you twit–,"
"Hey," Warriors interrupts. He does a damn good job at pretending to be an airhead that can't read the tension in the room. "You wouldn't happen to be knights would you? Or squires?"
Green makes a surprised noise. "Knights," he responds carefully. "When did you figure it out?"
"I had my suspicion last night seeing Blue getting ready for bed," he says turning back to Blue. "You fold your clothes the exact way me and my men used to. You pack the same way too. Very efficient."
Blue perks up a bit at that. "I knew someone would appreciate my meticulousness!"
"I'm surprised you knew what that word means," Vio cuts in.
Blue glares, continuing through gritted teath. "It's important to be put together. No one's gonna put their faith in some guy who can't even buckle his armor properly!"
"Exactly!" Warriors responds happily. "And it's not just how well your gear fits, you must be presentable at all times. After all, were representing–,"
Legend makes a disgusted noise deep in his throat. "Nayru help us, there's two of them now," he mutters accepting his plate from Wild. Wild laughs, handing him another plate. "What do you want me to do with that?"
Wild falters. "It's for Shadow?"
"I'm not his handmaid," Legend responds. "He can get it himself."
Wild is left looking around helplessly. Legend makes his way towards the circle the group is forming. He sticks close to Green and Time on the opposite side of Vio. He feels Shadow hissing at him the closer he gets. He decides to sit close enough to participate in conversation, but far away enough to still be apart from the group.
"What if I can't?" Shadow asks during a lull in Legend's conversation.
"Can't what?"
"Get it myself."
Legend fixes him with a truly unimpressed look. "Millipede."
Shadow sinks further into Legend's shadow. Twilight must have been wrong. There's no way this guy had expressed trust over Shadow first. Other than moving Vio out of the light, he hadn't bothered talking to any of the four Links– er the four Links that make up the wielder of the Four Sword. What the hell was that stupid nickname again?
Legend sets the empty plate down and scoots closer to the group. He throws jabs at Warriors until he gets the other man properly engaged in a stupid argument. Shadow emerges just enough to peak around. The others seem entirely distracted.
He sinks back into the dark and darts between shadows. He's careful to avoid all the other heroes as he goes. The one who'd been cooking with Blue left his plate off to the side with another plate on top to cover it. Shadow wonders where the long haired hero stores all his things. It's not like he has anything bigger than a few belt pouches.
Quietly, carefully, he emerges from one of the tree's shadow. He freezes at the sudden shouts from the circle of heroes. He grabs the plate and quickly retreats into the forest line. A quick glance shows him none of the heroes noticed.
Shadow sits behind the nearest tree. He keeps it between him and the camp. Finding another tree, he leans against it. The food is good. Surprisingly good. He didn't think meals like these could be made outside of a large kitchen much less in some random forest. He savors the burn of the spicy food on his tongue.
He returns the plates where he found them and darts back to the tree. The group has split into smaller groups after their dinner, and Legend sits with the two heroes with the most amount of Light surrounding them. Shadow climbs the tree and settles in for the night. He doesn't need to sleep, but he still enjoys the action. It makes time pass faster.
--
Shadow's jolted from his sleep by a loud scream. He startles so bad he nearly falls into the pool of sunlight. He scrambles at the branches to stay in the shade. He dives into the tree's shadow and works his way back to camp.
He finds the last thing he expected. Blue has Vio by the front of his tunic and is shaking him furiously. "I know you're stupid! But are you fucking stupid?!" He yells. "Why the hell would you do that?! What made you think it was a good idea! You've absolutely fucked up our hair!"
The other heroes are standing around in various states of alertness. Most of them have some form of weapon drawn.
Red yawns as he sits up, entirely unbothered by the screaming. "Blue? What's going on?"
Blue shoves Vio back with a wordless shout. He completely misses how Vio winces as he lands on his injured side. "Vio came up with the brilliant fucking plan to cut his damn hair!" He shouts.
Red immediately perks up, all traces of sleep gone. "We're picking our own hairstyles now?" He asks excitedly. He also doesn't wait for an answer as he pulls the hairband off his head and wildly shakes his hair out. It falls around his face in a mess. Later, when he's finished getting ready, he throws his hood over his messy hair.
"No!" Blue roars. "You are not fucking up our hair worse when we recombine!"
Green groans loudly from where he has his face buried in his hands. "Blue, shut the fuck up. It's too early."
"He fucked up our hair!"
"We'll be fine once we're Link–er, Four—again."
"No we won't!" Blue shouts pointing a shaking finger at Vio. "One side's longer than the other!"
Green groans loudly. "Fine! Captain," he calls. Warriors startles at being pulled into their argument. "Could you please do us a great favor by evening out Vio's hair?"
Warriors' eyes dart around the camp at the other rumpled heroes. A few of them are still shaking the adrenaline off while the rest have annoyed looks on their faces from being awoken too early. Warriors resists the urge to wince. "Alright, but we'll be getting an early start to the day now. Be ready to move out after I finish."
There's a chorus of grumbles and groans as the others start packing their gear. Warriors orders Blue to run laps around the camp when he hovers too much. Green pulls his hair back into a high ponytail and apologizes to the group for Blue's actions. Apparently he's also taking that as permission to alter his own hairstyle.
Wild works on a quick breakfast as the others finish packing. He sets a plate of food to the side as he calls the others to serve themselves. Shadow glares from his spot at the plate of food. It looks good and smells even better.
When the heroes finish eating Wild frowns at the untouched plate. "I guess he didn't like what I made this time," he says a touch disappointed.
A few of the others only glance his way before returning to their packs. Wolfie nudges at Legend to get his attention. He then motions towards Wild.
Legend wonders what the hell Twilight wants him to do. Wild usually doesn't want help when he cleans up after meals. Then he spots it. "Hey!" He calls jogging up to Wild. "Did you leave that out in the sun?"
Wild frowns in confusion. "Yeah? To keep it warm."
"Shadow can't reach it in the sunlight."
"Sorry, I didn't know." He goes to set the plate in the shade of a nearby tree.
"Legend, Wild! Hurry up!" Warriors calls.
Wild winces. "I'm sorry, Shadow," he says to the empty space of the tree's shadow. Shadow tries not to give himself away. Wild can't really see him, can he? The plate disappears into blue light and Wild turns his attention back to the tree's shade. "I'll stay in the shadows while we walk. I have traveling foods if you want any," he then turns to Legend with a sheepish look. "Okay, so I don't actually know if Shadow's around. Can you make sure you tell him I said that?"
Legend raises an eyebrow at him. He casts a glance up into the branches of the tree where Shadow's hiding. "Yeah. Now come on before Cap tries to make us run laps, too."
Shadow follows the two as they regroup with the others. Blue looks downright stormy as Green lectures him. Wind and Red don't even pretend to hide their snickering.
"Ready to go?" Warriors asks.
"Yeah, yeah," Legend responds walking through the group. "Let's go."
Shadow looks around the group for Twilight. Twilight's shadow is more familiar. Comfortable in a way only the Dark World is.
He winds up next to Vio and he feels his breath catch. Vio's hair looks exactly like it had when Shadow last saw him. It falls over his face partially obscuring one eye, and gives him that air of confidence that Shadow always loved.
Legend pauses and looks down at him. But worst of all, Vio notices him.
Vio's eyes widens slightly. "Shadow?"
The hope in his voice tugs at Shadow's chest. He pulls away on instinct.
Vio lunges towards him. "Wait–!" He winces, hand pulling to his side. Wolfie is at his side supporting his weight in no time. The others start gathering around them. Particularly the two with the strong Light. Shadow moves further away which only causes Vio to lurch in his direction again.
Wolfie whines loudly in response as he keeps Vio from outright collapsing to his knees. 'He's bleeding!'
"He's bleeding," Shadow relays automatically only to curse himself right after. He's not supposed to care damnit!
The two strong Lights help Wolfie guide Vio into the shade of a big tree. Vio fights them the whole time, insisting he's fine. He says he's just sore and he just overextended.
By now, Even Shadow can smell the blood. "It's getting worse," he tells them.
It only takes a few minutes of bullying before they have Vio sitting there shirtless. He glowers. "I'm fine," he insists. "Really Sky, Rule. You don't have to worry."
He gets dubious looks in return. "Then you won't mind if we just make sure."
"Sky," Vio warns.
"Vio," Sky returns the tone.
Hyrule has no qualms and slaps his hand on the center of Vio's stomach. It's far enough from the wound to not cause additional damage, but it's still close enough to cause discomfort. Vio instantly doubles over in pain. Hyrule's quick to undo the bandages while he's stunned. The wound is bleeding steadily again, though thankfully not that much. The exit wound on his back is still firmly closed much to his relief.
Sky and Hyrule work quickly to wipe the blood and reapply pressure to the wound. "You should have said something," Hyrule scolds.
"I'm fine," Vio says between grit teeth. "I can make it to town."
"What if we get ambushed?"
Vio returns the glare easily. "Our supplies don't account for three extra people. I'd be a liability regardless."
Sky sighs in that way that makes it clear he's hurt by the lack of trust. "I'd rather be low on supplies than know one of my friends was needlessly suffering."
Vio turns away with a frustrated scowl.
"Honestly," Hyrule mutters. "You're worse than Legend and Twilight."
"Hey!"
Legend goes ignored as they work on bandaging Vio back up. Hyrule tries to use his magic at one point but stops almost as soon as he starts. He apologizes for still not being able to safely heal him. Vio just grunts in response.
Sky and Hyrule help Vio back on his feet when they finish. Vio's a little stiff as they let go. Wolfie drops in front of Vio and gives him an expectant look.
Vio steps around him. He does an admirable job of hiding how much pain he's no doubt still in.
Wolfie steps into his path and drops again. Vio steps around him again only for Wolfie to repeat himself.
As Vio goes to step around Wolfie one more time, Shadow find himself snapping. "Just climb on the damn wolf already."
"I'm surprised you care," Vio shoots back.
"I've cared since the library," Shadow responds with a little too much vitriol.
Vio draws back like he's been slapped. Shadow should be vindictive. He should be happy to be causing Vio as much pain as he feels. Instead, he feels awful. There's a nawing at his chest and Vio's reaction just makes it worse.
Vio climbs on to Wolfie's back with no further issue. Shadow flees into the shade of the nearby trees.
Green looks downright embarrassed to be apologizing again. "I swear we're not usually this bad."
The day passes much like the previous one. They all walk at different paces. Hyrule still wanders into the forest to explore as he pleases. Though, Wild sticks to the group under the shadow of the trees, like he said he would. When the others are distracted Shadow makes himself known. He's surprised that Wild had been serious about his offer of food, and he ends up with a mushroom and meat rice ball.
Wolfie disappears almost as soon as they stop for camp. Shadow sticks to Legend until he goes to Hyrule. His Light isn't as sharp as Sky's but it's brighter and it makes Shadow's skin crawl. Instead he ends up hiding in the tree Wild's cooking under. He watches as the long haired hero works, and still can't quite figure out how he creates such tasty meals on the road.
Twilight returns after they've all finished eating and accepts his plate from Wild. He loudly asks Shadow if he wants to eat with him.
Shadow reflexively sinks further into the shade and darts for another tree. Except Twilight's still looking at him. He forgot Twilight can always see him, even better than Legend can. He's not used to it.
Twilight goes to the plate Shadow had been inching towards and sits down. He pats the ground next to him. "Come on, I don't bite. Promise."
Shadow slinks over but stays hidden in the shadows. "You bit Legend."
Twilight glances around, relieved when no one seems to have heard. "Just get out here and eat with me."
"What if I don't feel like eating?"
Twilight shrugs. "More for me then."
Shadow lunges out of his hiding spot when Twilight grabs his plate. "Hands off!"
Twilight just grins at him. "Glad you could join me."
Thankfully Twilight doesn't expect him to talk as they eat. He more than easily carries a one-sided conversation for them. Shadow, despite knowing how dangerous it is, finds himself grateful for the company.