#prince is deaf (which i totally didnt forget before making some edits that ultimately got reverted)

[triforce-of-mischief]

[@batrogers requested 13; "This is what happens when you don't sleep."]

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The last few mornings, Prince had woken to the sound of Kokiri playing his ocarina. The song would continue throughout the day, his partner clearly restless over something and wanting to use the music to escape. Prince didn't see anything wrong with it, and most of the others enjoyed it so he let it slide.

Today, however, Prince was greeted with the usual silence he had grown used to. He started to leave his tent and nearly tripped over Kokiri, who was curled up on the ground just outside. Prince frowned and knelt to check on him, more than a little alarmed.

Kokiri only responded when Prince touched his shoulder. He shot up and Prince ducked away from a defensive punch, but there was no need- Kokiri's fist missed Prince entirely and he fell back down just as suddenly. Kokiri grit his teeth, his head clutched in his hands, and Prince waited a few minutes for his partner to look up again.

When he did, Prince showed him the ocarina that had fallen beside Kokiri when he startled. "You've been playing this all night instead of sleeping," he signed, more a deduction than a question.

Kokiri glared at him, his hand shaking as he signed back, "I don't play it all night."

"How long has it been, almost half a week?" Prince said, ignoring him. He gestured to Kokiri's obvious state of miserable and added, "This is what happens when you don't sleep."

Kokiri wordlessly reached for his ocarina, and Prince handed it back.

"Now come inside and lay down before you make yourself more sick than you already are."

#that broken promise #tbp #tbp prince #tbp kokiri #fable writes #prince is deaf (which i totally didnt forget before making some edits that ultimately got reverted) #but he can hear certain notes of the ocarina #maybe kiri is composing a song he knows prince can hear :) #too bad hes also a dummy who wont take care of himself :)