Hey, lovelies! I know, I know, I should be updating Pinky Promise, but this is a little (for now, it's little) birthday present for one of my very best internet-friends TabbyCat33098. Tabby-chan—you're amazing and insane and introduced me to Merlin and I totally love you and so here's a big ol' social-networking-aspect Merthur fic all for you! Thank you so much, and I hope you like it! ^_^ Okay, now for the rest of you. Yes, this is Merthur and yaoi and might end up being sexual, but I'm not completely sure. Note to Haters—look at all the shits I give: …Oh wait.

Extra stuff: This is AU, has a social-networking/internet aspect, and is unbeta'd. Yay me. Also, because of aforementioned interwebs aspect, lingo (that I know of) will be used. If you have no idea what I'm trying to say, Google is your friend. Let me know if I'm doing something wrong, 'cuz I don't actually know how to hack anything, which is probably for the better… Finally, they aren't exactly British in this. I know, blasphemy, but I just can't write in such a foreign setting—sorry.

DISCLAIMER: I don't own any of the trademarked websites/companies/anything mentioned in this fic. This goes for all the chapters in this fic, and everything having to do with it.

Okay, on with it! Hope you like it, Tabby-chwan, and behold—H4cK3r (Hacker)!

H4cK3r—Chapter 1

Merlin chuckled at his Tumblr dash for what seemed like the billionth time that afternoon. A certain RL friend of his, excalibers-a-kitchen-knife (*ahemARHTURahem*) seemed to be finding all the best AvengingSuperWhoLock today. Almost on cue, His IM dinged , flashing a message bubble in the bottom right hand corner of the monitor. Unsurprisingly, it was a certain Arthur Pendragon.

P3ndr4g0n: Merlin! ^w^

Hah, Merlin chuckled mentally, Definitely Arthur. He began typing.

AureusOculus47: hey Arthur :)

P3ndr4g0n: How've you been? :D

AureusOculus47: lol good missing comicon tho. u?

P3ndr4g0n: Haha, same. We met there, so how could I NOT miss it? xD

AureusOculus47: lol good pt :)

Merlin sighed in reminiscence. It had been years ago, yes. They'd met in line for an Avengers panel when a Homestucker in cosplay had strolled by. Merlin showed his exasperation whilst Arthur had nearly applauded her. The latter had called the former an idiot, and they had bickered for a while, eventually getting kicked out of the panel. With that, they swapped social networking info, and the rest is history.

Well, most of it.

During the most recent convention, Arthur had requested a date, and after hitting it off, the two had been romantically involved ever since.

Yeah, they were dating, and a damn good match at that.

P3ndr4g0n: Heh, yeah.

P3ndr4g0n: How would you feel towards dinner tomorrow evening, and a movie-and-cuddle at my place? ;)

Merlin grinned, responding as fast as his fingers could type (pretty fast).

AureusOculus47: id love too! What time

P3ndr4g0n: *to

AureusOculus47: 2?

P3ndr4g0n: No, 'to.' You were supposed to use 'to' instead of 'too.'

Merlin frowned.

AureusOculus47: oh grammar again. never understood it

P3ndr4g0n: I can see that. :3

AureusOculus47: -_-

P3ndr4g0n: Haha, just kidding! xD 3

AureusOculus47: 3 :)

The dark-haired nineteen-year-old smiled again. Arthur had a weird sense of humor. Actually, their relationship was just weird in general—they tended to have mini play-fights quite regularly, much like the one that eventually led to their exchange of information. Who knew that calling each other stupid would make for such an excellent stress-reliever (and warrant really good "make-up" sex)?

AureusOculus47: but srsly when?

P3ndr4g0n: Ah, whenever's fine. Hell, we can meet now, if the mood strikes you. xD

AureusOculus47: lol ill b there in an hr~ gaius's okay?

P3ndr4g0n: Heh, yeah! See ya! 3 ^_^

They both signed off (Arthur went first), and Merlin decided to watch an episode of Mer—I mean, Supernatural, 'cause damn, Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles are attractive. (A/N: What? They are.) But anyway, the pair met up at a nice little place in the Uptown called "Gaius's." The owner, Gaius himself, had always been like a father to the two boys, especially after he learned they were dating—he knew how hard it must have been, and support is not something you can have too much of.

Anyway, after they had eaten their food and bade Gaius a quiet farewell along with a promise to return soon, they popped over to the second-run, dollar-fifty theater across the street. A bunch of movies from a few weeks ago were showing, but nothing too eye-catching that they hadn't already seen.

Still standing in front of the listings, Merlin heard Arthur sigh. "Anything interesting?"

Merlin frowned. "Not really, no…You?"

Arthur chuckled once, his voice growing soft and quiet. "I've god surround sound at home…and popcorn…and a bed—"

Merlin jumped. "What?"

"I said I've got surround sound—"

"After that."

"Oh. I have popcorn too."

Merlin's face lit up. "Oh, God, popcorn! We're going, end of story." He winked at his boyfriend, acknowledging that they were both kidding.

Tonight will be a fun time indeed, Merlin thought happily.

Well, that's just the first chapter, darlings. It gets more interesting, I promise. Kind of. At least, it's more interesting to me xD Heh. Should be great though—first Merthur, no, BBC fanfic I've ever written, so I'm taking a serious crash-course in writing again. It's almost completely different than anime-fanfic-writing. Yeah. So now you have to review and tell me how I'm doing. Yeah. You should go do that now, loves! ^_^ xD

Ta,
Lorakeet~