Rushing through the hall to Prince Arthur's bedchamber, Merlin sighed heavily. He was late again. He opened the door and stepped inside waiting for Arthur to scold him for the hundredth time.

"You're late, Merlin," Arthur noted, sitting in his queen size bed with his arms crossed glaring at Merlin. His blond hair was sticking up in random directions, making him look....funny.

"Well, I'm sorry about that," Merlin apologized, trying to suppress the desire to laugh at the... interesting hairdo. Of course, he ended up failing and cracked up, pointing at Arthur's hair.

"What's so funny?" Arthur asked.

"I think this is the first time I've seen you like this," Merlin replied after he calmed down, grabbing a mirror on Arthur's table and walked up to him.

"What?" Arthur sounded more and more confused. 'He can be so cute sometimes' Merlin thought ' Wait... What the hell am I thinking?! '

Merlin held the mirror in front of Arthur waiting for a reaction.

"I see you got a new hair style sire," Merlin smirked.

Arthur just glared at him, swung his legs onto the floor and stood up.

"I wouldn't be so smug if I were you," Arthur warned angrily,"And besides, I'll wipe that smirk off your idiotic face soon enough"

"Oh, and how would you do that sire?" Merlin pushed.

"Well, it seems you've got a lot to do today,Merlin," stated Arthur, combing back his hair with his hands.

Merlin's smirk disappeared (just like Arthur had predicted) and he paled. 'This can't be good...' he gulped. He stood there watching as Arthur opened his draw and pulled out a scroll, or what Merlin thought was a scroll.

"Here you go," Arthur smiled as he handed the 'scroll' to Merlin,"I suggest you enjoy yourself then"

'Anything Arthur considers enjoyable is like torture for me...' Merlin sighed at the thought. He unrolled the 'scroll' and found himself staring at a whole list of things to get and deliver for someone. 'I swear, he probably spends his spare time thinking of ways to torture me'.

"Umm... How long have you been making this?" Merlin asked.

"Since last week," Arthur replied smugly,"I thought it would be useful, and it would make you useful for once"

"Going out to pick flowers is considered useful?" questioned Merlin raising his eyebrow as he continued to scan the list.

"Of course it is!" Arthur blushed furiously,"It's for the ladies from Rome coming to the feast tonight!"

Rolling his eyes, Merlin went towards the wardrobe.

"By the way, we're going hunting this morning," said Arthur calmly, closing the draw quietly.

Merlin groaned, he had always hated hunting, watching innocent animals get killed made his stomach churn. 'Could this day get worse?' he thought exasperatedly while he flipped through the clothes inside the wardrobe.

"Who are you taking to the feast? I heard that there's going to be dancing," Merlin wondered, his heart beating rapidly as he waited for a reply.

"I don't know..." Arthur mumbled loud enough for Merlin to hear,"Maybe Guinevere would like to come"

"Of course she would!!" Merlin exclaimed, ignoring the sting in his chest," I bet she likes you too!"

"You think so?" asked Arthur happily,"But it would be weird for a servant to go with the prince to a feast..."

"Don't worry, I'll think of something," reassured Merlin.

"I think Guinevere will end up rejecting me if you thought of something," Arthur laughed,"Seeing that you have a brain of a fish"

Merlin just glared at him and insulted Arthur with his usual insult "You prat."

"I find it quite astounding that Gwen even likes you, since your such a prat" retorted Merlin.

"Well at least I am loved, unlike some people" Arthur retorted back.

That insult made Merlin snap. He threw the clothes and everything else he was carrying at Arthur's face and stomped out of the room, leaving Arthur confused and wondering.

"Merlin!" Gaius called out as Merlin came inside, stomped straight to his room and threw a rolled up piece of paper into his already messed up room. 'That bloody prat' Merlin thought angrily until he felt someone tap his shoulder. Merlin turned around and was now face to face with a very concerned Gaius.

"What's the matter?" Gaius asked, worried,"You're rarely angry. Did Arthur say something to you?"

"N-No, not really," Merlin stammered,"Nothing that was particularly insulting"

"Then why are you so upset?" Gaius asked again, obviously not believing Merlin.

"I don't know, honestly" Merlin mumbled.

"I suggest you should go back," Gaius suggested,"Or you might get sacked... again"

"But he'll just rehire me again, like always" said Merlin irritatedly.

Gaius nodded in agreement but either way he pushed Merlin out of the room and shut the door in Merlin's face. Then he reappeared with Merlin's clothes (which wasn't a lot) and passed them to Merlin.

"Here you go," Gaius smiled, then shut the door in Merlin's face again...

Merlin just stood there, staring at the large brown door which belonged to Gaius's room. 'Does this mean Gaius kicked me out...' Merlin thought in shock 'Then where the hell am I going to stay?!' 'I'll ask Gwen'

With Gwen:

Gwen was helping Morgana fit into a new dress she found lying around in the wardrobe. When the dress was on, Morgana looked stunning in it. The dress showed off her curves, the Vee neckline revealed her long pale white neck, baby blue at the top faded to white at the bottom brought her eyes out and the very loose that hung from her shoulders were white with a tint of blue at the ends.

"I can't believe I've never worn this dress," Morgana exclaimed as she observed herself in the mirror.

"Maybe you did, but you don't remember when," Gwen pointed out, grabbing a brush on the table and started brushing Morgana's hair.

"Probably---- "

SLAM!

Gwen and Morgana span around to find Merlin sweating and panting at their doorstep. Both girls quickly ran up to Merlin and helped him inside.

"What happened?!" Morgana and Gwen asked in concern.

"Gaius kicked me out," Merlin replied still panting,"And I've got nowhere to stay overnight"

Both girls looked at each other, then turned back to Merlin.

"You could stay with us..." Gwen offered,"But we're girls and it would be kind of awkward"

"And not mention Uther would have your head if he saw you here," Morgana added.

"Why don't you ask Arthur?" Gwen suggested,"He's male, so it wouldn't quite as awkward, and Uther won't kill you because your his manservant"

Morgana nodded in agreement.

"But what if Uther came to check on Arthur at night and find me there?" Merlin argued,"And i doubt Arthur would let me have a goodnight sleep anyway"

'I'm pretty sure he snores' Merlin mused inwardly.

"Since when have you been so against Arthur?" Morgana laughed as if reading his mind,"Did he do something pathetic again?"

"He said I wasn't loved," Merlin mumbled quietly but Morgana heard.

"He---WHAT?!!" Morgana shouted loudly,"That bloody bastard, I'll show him!!"

Gwen jumped in surprise,"What happened?"

"Arthur said Merlin wasn't loved!" Morgana said furiously,"How could he say that to the poor boy?!"

Gwen just stood there in amazement at what she was hearing. Merlin waved his hand in front of Gwen's shocked face.

"Hello? You still here?"

"Oh! Sorry, I was really shocked," Gwen mumbled,"Why don't you go to Arthur and have talk with him, it might clear any misunderstandings"

"Sorry, we weren't of much help," Morgana apologized as she went to her table and pulled out a purple flower out of the vase,"Give this to Arthur and don't tell him it was from me or Gwen"

"Sure," Merlin replied, taking the small flower gently and left, shutting the door behind him.

Morgana watched as the door closed behind Merlin.

"Do you think Merlin might actually be falling for Arthur?" Morgana thought out loud.

"Why would you think that?" Gwen asked in surprise.

"The way he looks at Arthur kind of gives it away," Morgana noted,"And the fact that Merlin got very upset over Arthur saying noone loves him"

"Because he fears that Arthur doesn't feel the same way about him..." Gwen trailed off,"...And when Arthur said no one loved him, it felt like Arthur was directly rejecting him thus stabbing him in the chest"

"That's right," Morgana said in excitement,"Looks like we're going to play role of setting Arthur and Merlin together"

While Morgana and Gwen were starting the plans of setting the prat prince and his idiotic manservant up, Merlin was having serious trouble trying to explain something.

Merlin cursed under his breath as Arthur continued to ask him a load full a questions about where the flower came from. 'I can't tell him that it's from Morgana or Gwen!' Merlin thought miserably as he and Arthur stalked through the forest.

"Pass the bow and arrow," Arthur whispered, gesturing Merlin to pass him the equipment.

Merlin stumbled towards Arthur quietly, that is until he tripped over some tree root sticking out of the ground.

"Merlin you idiot, now look what you've done!" Arthur shouted irritably, pointing at the deer which was currently running away.

"Sorry," muttered Merlin while Arthur walked away further into the forest, obviously looking for more poor innocent animals to catch.

Still muttering under his breath Merlin ran towards Arthur trying to keep up.

"Arthur! Wait up!" Merlin shouted.

Then Arthur froze, letting Merlin crash into him.

"Oww... Why did you stop?" Merlin groaned looking at Arthur.

"I never knew there was a lake here," Arthur whispered suddenly, still standing there.

Moving beside Arthur, Merlin found himself staring at lake, it was small but not tiny, flowers flourished near the banks and the crystal blue water sparkled in the sunlight. Merlin stared and stared and stared, until Arthur smacked him on the head, hard.

"How long are you going to stare aimlessly?" Arthur asked, jogging to the blue water.

Merlin sat down on the lush green grass, dropping his equipment and sighed happily. 'It's great to be able to relax' Merlin commented in his head.

"Hey! I'm going for a swim!," Arthur called out,"You want to join me?!"

"Sure," Merlin replied, running towards Arthur.

When Merlin reached Arthur, Arthur had already stripped himself down to his breeches. Heat started to rise as Merlin gazed at Arthur's torso.

"Are you going to swim or not?" Arthur smirked, going into the water,"Or are too amazed by my appearance?"

Merlin's blush deepened. 'Do I have fever?' he pondered, putting his hand on his forehead 'Or is just really hot here?'. He then stripped himself down to his own breeches and stepped into the cool water, and swam towards Arthur who was diving in and out of the water. When Merlin reached Arthur, Arthur had disappeared on him, he panicked thinking that Arthur was drowning. Suddenly, he felt someones hand grab his right leg and pulled him down into the water. It was Arthur. He smiled at Merlin and swam away, gesturing Merlin to follow. He lead Merlin through the schools of fish that were swimming past and stopped in front of an opening in between a pile of rocks. He held Merlin's hand and pulled him inside. Merlin's eye's explored his surroundings. There were many colourful fish swimming around and hiding behind the dark grey rocks, underwater plants tall and short swayed beside each other, and the sunlight shone above them. Merlin felt that he couldn't stay underwater any longer, pulled away from Arthur's grip and quickly swam to the surface.

"Hah!" Merlin inhaled loudly through his mouth when he reached the surface. 'That was wonderful... There were so many fis--- '

"There's one more thing I want to show you," Arthur breathed interrupting Merlin's thoughts, and appeared in front of him.

Before Merlin could respond Arthur had already grabbed hold of Merlin's hand and dragged him down into the wonderful blue water again. This time Arthur pulled him towards a small cave. It was pitch black inside the cave. Merlin squeezed Arthur's hand in alarm as they continued to swim forward into the darkness. 'I can't see a thing...' Merlin thought nervously. But much to Merlin's dismay Arthur let go of his hand and left him in the dark unknown. 'Arthur! Arthur! Where are you?!' Merlin screamed in his mind, he started to feel his surroundings. Nothing. There was nothing there. It was like being in the middle of nowhere, but worse. Much, much worse. Merlin began to panic, waving his arms, hoping he might hit something. He didn't hit anything, and to make matters worse he couldn't hold his breath any longer. He swam up towards the surface, if there was a surface... Fortunately there was, and Arthur was sitting there obviously waiting for him.

"What took you so long?" Arthur asked concerned," I thought you were drowning"

"I was about to you prat!" Merlin retorted, swimming towards Arthur, when he reached Arthur he lifted himself out the water and sat beside Arthur.

"Let's look around," pausing, Arthur then added,"And I'm not letting go this time"

Grabbing Merlin's hand again Arthur stood up lifting Merlin up with him and practically dragged Merlin along.

"It doesn't seem like we're looking around," Merlin realized," Where are you taking me?!"

"You'll see," Arthur answered.

As Arthur and Merlin continued walk (well, Merlin stumbled) further into the dry cave. Merlin started to shiver, it becoming colder as they went further in.

"It's freezing in here," Merlin whined.

"I know," Arthur replied dryly, rolling his eyes,"Just bear with it"

Before Merlin could argue back, Arthur had already pulled him forward and proceeded their little walk while Merlin was muttering about a prat.

"Rather than complaining about the temperature in here, how about you look at your surroundings?" Arthur suggested, turning around,"Don't you think this place is magnificent?" he smiled.

Merlin finally noticed the blue lights hanging from the ceilings. Merlin looked further and noticed more blue lights, it felt like he was standing underneath the stars.

"Oh my god..." Merlin whispered in awe,"This place is beautiful..."

"I know," Arthur said, loving Merlin's reaction. It was so feminine in a way.

"I thought you never knew this place even existed," Merlin queried,"You seem to know this place like those glow worms"

"You calling me glow worm now?!" Arthur said in surprize,"Before you use to call me a prat, now you think I'm a... glow worm...?"

Merlin chuckled, watching Arthur rant about how he is not a tiny, fat, squishy and bright glow worm. This was like heaven to Merlin, he got to be Arthur alone under the 'stars'.

"You know, about Gwen," whispered Arthur,"You think she gave me the flower?"

Merlin couldn't believe his ears. Arthur had brought up Gwen, the woman that Arthur was convinced he was in love with and the fact that he brought her up at a time like this made Merlin very very upset. Not sure why Merlin didn't answer his question, Arthur was becoming uncomfortable in the sudden silence.

"A-hem," Arthur fake coughed to get Merlin's attention,"Do you think so?"

"Oh, of course!" Merlin answered unconsciously, returning to reality.

Arthur was not stupid, he knew Merlin. Merlin wasn't a very good liar, doubt he ever will be and Merlin would never stare into space like that, unless something was seriously bothering him...

"Is something bothering you?" Arthur asked in complete concern.

"N-No, nothing's bothering me," Merlin lied.

Sighing heavily Arthur didn't want to argue with Merlin and obviously Merlin doesn't seem to want to tell him about his problems.

"Hey, let's keep this place a secret between us," Arthur locked eyes with Merlin,"You promise you won't tell anyone about this place?"

"I promise," Merlin barley whispered, still gazing into Arthur's eyes.

Pulling apart their gazes, embarrassed Arthur mumbled,"I think we should go now"

Merlin nodded, still hand in hand with Arthur, he let himself get lead through the glowing blue glow worms and back into the dark cool water. Merlin held onto Arthur's hand tightly as they swam through the darkness and into the light. The water was as blue as the sky and it made Merlin feel like he was flying.

When Arthur and Merlin made it to land, they quickly put their clothes back on and it wasn't very comfortable (wet underwear underneath clothes, not comfortable...)

"Hurry up Merlin!" Arthur demanded, picking up the bow and arrow for Merlin.

"Done!" Merlin ran up to Arthur and took the bow and arrow from Arthur's hands.

As they silently walked through the dense forest, Arthur spotted a doe and motioned Merlin to give him the bow and arrow. Merlin hesitated but ended up giving the equipment anyway. Unfortunately, the doe got shot and landed in a thud. Arthur ordered Merlin to check if the doe is dead. Merlin went towards the suffering doe and started to stroke her neck gently, calming her down. Merlin had to look away when Arthur put the doe out of it's misery, but by doing that he notice a terrified fawn hiding behind the bushes. 'Oh no...' Merlin thought sadly. He slowly tip toed towards the frightened fawn, and began whispering soft reassuring words.

"It's OK, I'm not going to hurt you," Merlin whispered softly as he moved closer to the fawn.

The fawn was about to make a run for it. Merlin knew the fawn would have nowhere to go, it would die without it's mother. Closer and closer. The fawn was now frightened to death. It bolted. Jumped out of the bushes, and crashed into Arthur along the way. Arthur picked up the fawn while it was shaking in fear.

"Well, what do we have here?" Arthur chuckled as the deer struggled to free itself.

"Please don't hurt it!" Merlin begged,"We just killed it's mother!"

"I wasn't going to hurt it in the first place," Arthur noted.

Merlin sighed in relief, Arthur just rolled his eyes dramatically at this. The fawn gave up freeing itself and started to relax in Arthur's arms and soon it started to fall into a peaceful slumber...

"Can we take it back to the castle?" Merlin asked,"It'll die out here, especially without it's mother"

"You can keep it, but I can't, father would kill it before you could say no," Arthur explained.

Merlin nodded in agreement, softly lifting the fawn into his arms while Arthur roughly picked up it's mother's corpse.

"What should we name her?" Merlin asked quietly as they continued their walk back home.

"Her?" Arthur questioned,"Did you already check?"

"Y-Yes," Merlin replied, blushing in embarrassment," Anyway... What should we name her?" Merlin repeated.

"How about Cara?" Arthur suggested,"Meaning beloved"

"It's perfect," agreed Merlin as he stroked Cara lovingly.

Arthur chuckled as he shifted the deer corpse into more comfortable position to carry, he was ready to run.

"Last one to the castle is a rotten egg!" Arthur challenged childishly,"And you can't say you can't run because Cara is in your arms!"

"W-What. Hey wait up!!" Merlin called after Arthur, sprinting as fast a he could, towards Camelot castle.

Gwen was busily running around the whole castle searching for Gaius. She gave up on searching and went back to Gaius's room to check if he returned from collecting herbs. Seeing he was not there Gwen welcomed herself inside, pulled out a chair and sat there waiting, but she was becoming bored. She scanned the room trying to find something she could use for entertainment, and her eyes landed inside Merlin's room. 'Merlin usually has something interesting...' Gwen thought. She silently tip toed towards Merlin's room, opened the door and the first thing she found was a scroll.

"Things Merlin must get and deliver," Gwen read out loud as she scanned the whole list,"Morgana could use this..."

Gwen secretly rolled up the scroll and hid it inside one of her dress pockets and quietly yet quickly left the room.

"What were doing in Merlin's room?"

Gwen froze, turned around and came face to face with a very suspicious Gaius.

"I was searching for you," Gwen answered truthfully.

"Then why were you in Merlin's room?" Gaius asked, raising his eyebrow.

"I was wondering if Merlin knew where you were..." Gwen lied, hoping Gaius would fall for it. Luckily for her, he did and he handed her the medicine for Morgana's nightmares. Thanking him, Gwen left the room and sprinted to Morgana's room, excited about her discovery.

SLAM!

"Why do people keep slamming my door?! It's going to break soon you know!" Morgana complained in frustration as she sat there drinking something that looks like tea (A/N I'm not sure if people back then even had tea...).

"I'm sorry, my lady," Gwen apologized,"I found something interesting and it seems I got a bit excited about it..."

Morgana dramatically stood up from her chair, placed her cup of tea down and gestured Gwen to show her. Gwen pulled out the scroll and explained a plan she had just thought of.

"That's brilliant!" Morgana complimented,"We should convince Merlin give Arthur everything from this list! Including a bouquet of flowers!"

Gwen smile widely, proud of her discovery and plan. Morgana strutted towards the window and began chuckling.

"What's so funny?" Gwen asked, peering over Morgana's shoulder," Oh..."

From the window Gwen saw Arthur and Merlin panting, both carrying a deer. They were laughing hysterically as they walked to the castle. Gwen could help but smile at this adorable scene.

"Although they don't realize it, they act like a married couple," Morgana pointed out chuckling.

Nodding quickly, Gwen decided she would go talk to Merlin and convince him to give everything on the list to Arthur. Excusing herself from her mistress's room, Gwen power-walked to Merlin, who was just outside the corridors.

"Oh, hey Gwen," Merlin greeted happily," What bring you here?"

"Hi," Gwen greeted back, then started to proceed the plan,"Umm... You know the scroll you left behind?"

"Yeah, wait... How did you know I had that?" Merlin asked in surprise.

"Oh! Ummm... I-I was searching for Gaius and... And I found the scroll on the floor, yeah I found it on the floor!" Gwen babbled, praying that he would believe her, well half of it was true though.

"Ok..." Merlin wasn't very sure if he should believe her, but then again, this is Gwen! The nicest person he has ever met (besides his mother of course), she wouldn't lie... Would she?

Seeing Gwen's pleading face Merlin decided to believe her. Gwen relaxed 'Thank god... He believed me' Gwen thanked inwardly.

"Well, you see, I need to ask a favor of you," Gwen said nervously.

"Sure! What do you want me to do?" Merlin smiled, obviously very glad to be able to help.

"Can you give Arthur everything on the list?" Gwen asked, clapping her hands together begging.

"But none of them are for Arthur they're for the guest coming for the feast next week," Merlin explained, he had already given Arthur everything he had, so why give him more? Besides Arthur is rich, he could get all the things on the list if he wanted to. So why the heck would Arthur want something from the list from someone poor like him?

"Please..." Gwen begged. 'Oh god, she's making puppy eyes now!' Merlin pondered, trying to push away the temptation to help Gwen but failed.

"Sure..." Merlin answered unwillingly. 'Great! Me and my pathetic brain!' Merlin groaned in his mind, regretting answering Gwen's question.

"Thank you! Thank you!" Gwen thanked happily as she jumped up and down in excitement,"Remember that I owe you for this!"

After all that, Gwen left Merlin. With nothing to do, Merlin strolled back to Arthur's chamber, whistling happily as he made it to the princes room. Opening the door without knocking, Merlin stumbled inside and found Arthur sitting by the fire writing something. Arthur smiled at whatever he had done. Merlin stayed still, not wanting to ruin the peaceful atmosphere that the prince was in. That was until Arthur read out what he wrote.

"Dear Guinevere," Arthur began, not noticing Merlin,"I would like to tell you that I am convinced that I am in love with you, I know this is sudden but I have been wondering if you would like to meet me at a very special place that no one knows about... Love Arthur"

Arthur checked the letter again, wondering if it was good enough. After several checks, Arthur finally decided it was perfect and was about to set of to Gwen's home, until he turned around to find Merlin crying by the door.

"Hey, hey, what's wrong?" Merlin peered at Arthur through teary eyes and ended up sobbing harder, leaving Arthur completely helpless.

"I-I d-on't know w-why," Merlin stuttered through sobs.

Completely forgetting about the letter, Arthur guided Merlin towards his favourite chair by the fire, trying to cheer Merlin up by making jokes and funny faces. But none of them worked. Until suddenly Cara the fawn jumped from under the bed and pranced around Arthur. Cara sensed Merlin was hurting, she guessed Arthur was the cause and nipped Arthur's rear end causing him to squeal and jump up made Merlin laugh hysterically. Glad to see her (from now on) owner happy again, Cara pranced back under the bed, head held high.

"I swear! That deer's evil!" Arthur retorted, blushing from the fact that he squealed in front of his manservant.

"Ha ha ha, That just made my day!" laughed Merlin.

"Shut up! Now that your happy again, why don't you go back to Gaius," Arthur suggested.

Merlin paled. 'I forgot about that...' Merlin looked like he was about ask Arthur about something but concluded with a bright red blush.

"I-I was kicked out," Merlin managed to say,"Iwashopingif youwouldletmestayovernight..." Merlin mumbled quickly.

"You want to stay in my room overnight?" Arthur managed to pick up. Merlin nodded in pure embarrassment.

"Sure, at least you won't be late tomorrow morning," Merlin smiled, happy that Arthur was able to help him.

Now the problem was where to sleep...

I'm sorry if there was any horrible grammar mistakes or spelling mistakes. I tried my best in this (this is my very first fanfic), but I will continue writing...^^