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A/N: Just a little side note; Morgana is good in this story.
Chapter 1: Just Another Day In Camelot
It started out as any other normal day would start for Merlin. The young warlock would wake up and get out of the bed, he would then get dressed for the day and head down to quickly eat his breakfast with Gaius; the court physician, then Merlin would go head down the long corridors of the castle and would arrive at the kitchen; grab Arthur's breakfast, then he would arrive at the prince's chambers, Arthur would probably throw something at Merlin for being late, and then the prince would probably start rattling off the amount of chores he had for Merlin to do. That is how Merlin usually went about his day, and he didn't expect it to be any different when he was getting dressed for the day.
"Merlin!" Gaius called from the other side of the door.
"Merlin, your breakfast is getting cold. You better hurry up. After all; I'm sure Arthur is only going to add more chores to the list he already has planned out for you if you don't get a move on." The old physician called to the young boy.
Merlin knew that Arthur would more than likely do that, so he hurried up and finished getting dressed; though Merlin did forget to put on his red neckerchief, but he was already late for getting Arthur's breakfast, and he didn't want to be put into the stocks again, so he hurriedly ran to the door and opened it rather forcefully. Gaius turned his head and merely raised an eyebrow in curiosity as to why Merlin seemed to be intent on destroying the poor door.
"Merlin, what did that door ever do to you to deserve such abuse like that?" he asked the boy with curiosity.
Merlin merely blushed and apologized to the man for his actions.
"Sorry Gaius, but it's just that I'm already late and I doubt Arthur is going to let this slide, seeing as how every time I get his breakfast I'm late; this is going to make me extra late, and I doubt that Arthur is going to not consider putting me in the stocks for this." Merlin explained to him with a slight blush from embarrassment.
Gaius nodded in understanding and handed Merlin a piece of bread as he escorted the boy to the door. Pretty soon; Merlin was wandering through the corridors of the castle and suddenly found himself accidently bumping into Morgana.
"Oh! I-I'm so sorry Morgana! I wasn't watching where I was going." Merlin explained as he mentally beat himself up for being such a clutz.
Morgana simply nodded and shared a smile with the young servant.
"Oh it's alright, I mean everyone has their off days…like Arthur is having right now." she add with a roll of her eyes.
"Wait, what do you mean Arthur is having an off day?" Merlin inquired with concern.
"Oh nothing much…just seems a bit more distracted than usual. Keeps talking about how he misses a princess that sent him a letter just a few days ago." Morgana said with a shake of her head.
Merlin immediately felt like he just had been hit in the stomach from one of the butt ends of one of Arthur's many swords.
"Why didn't he tell me? I mean I am his friend after all." Merlin asked the ward.
"Oh I thought you already knew." Morgana seemed to be actually surprised that Merlin didn't know about this.
"Well I mean I have noticed that he has been a little distracted as well. I would ask him if he was feeling alright, but all I would get is another chore to do." Merlin explained to her.
"Well I have to admit, I'm not entirely surprised that he hasn't told you. I had to practically threaten to cut off a certain reproductive organ of his to get him to tell me." Morgana said with a smirk appearing on her face as she remembered the meeting she had just had that morning with Arthur, and how she was able to make the prince squirm in uncomfort of not having his little "mini-prince" with him.
Merlin started to imagine how Arthur would look without the organ that Morgana had just suggested, and Merlin had to admit; the image was soon replaced with another one of Arthur when Merlin was getting the prince's daily bath ready. Arthur's well-toned body, his abs that looked like they were grafted from a god onto the man, those blue eyes, those eyes that were as beautiful as sapphires, those eyes were so magical themselves. Merlin hadn't realized how long he had been daydreaming until he heard a snap in front of his face.
"Merlin? Meeeerlin…where did you go?" Morgana asked with amusement on her face.
Merlin felt all the blood rush to his cheeks and could have sworn that Morgana looked like she was about to laugh her head off.
"Just a piece of advice Merlin…you might want to tone down the pining, and be careful when being involved in love triangles." Morgana said with a smirk on her face as she walked past the servant.
Merlin didn't get what Morgana meant by her comment and just let it go as nothing important. But then Merlin remembered how he was supposed to be at the prince's chambers and started to hurry to Arthur's chambers. When Merlin finally arrived at the prince's chambers and stepped inside; he was expecting to see Arthur still asleep, but instead; Merlin saw that Arthur was dressed and ready for the day, and was staring out the window off into the distance.
"Is everything alright Sire?" Merlin asked the prince.
Arthur turned to see Merlin still standing with Arthur's breakfast still on the tray.
"What are you doing?" Arthur asked him.
Merlin looked at Arthur as though Arthur had all of a sudden grown a second head.
"Um…I'm bringing you breakfast." Merlin answered slightly confused and wondering if Arthur forgot what Merlin was to him.
Arthur just turned his face back to face the window, and returned to his state that Merlin found him in.
"No…I mean…what are you doing to me?" he asked out loud.
"I-I don't understand Sire. I'm not doing anything to you right now." Merlin answered with his confusion growing.
Arthur had been feeling weird the past few weeks, and it was all centered around Merlin…Merlin, his servant, his friend, his companion. Why was he; Prince Arthur of Camelot feeling as though he liked the boy…it didn't make sense…how could one simple servant have so much influence on him? Arthur thought that maybe if he would focus on something else, like the princess who had sent him that letter a few days ago; he would be able to go about his princely duties as normal. But instead he found that he felt even more…weird without Merlin at his side.
"Have you ever been in unrequited love Merlin?" Arthur asked the serving boy behind him who had put down the tray full of food for the prince.
Merlin was taken by surprise as to what Arthur had just asked him.
"Um…well no, I can't say that I have ever been in such a situation Sire." Merlin answered the prince.
"Oh…okay…you are to take the rest of the day off Merlin, actually; take the week off." Arthur said.
Merlin was shocked that Arthur would even think such a thing, but he didn't complain, so he just accepted it and thanked Arthur, and left the prince in his room by himself.
"Oh Merlin…what are you doing to me?" Arthur asked himself.
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