Yes, I'm listening.
"…and then I fired my arrow, and hit it on the nose! I've got the cook to prepare it for the feast tonight, and… Merlin? Are you even listening?"
"Really sire?"
"Merlin!"
"Yes sire."
"You haven't been listening to a word I've been saying have you Merlin?"
"Yes Arthur"
Arthur frowned
"Merlin, come here and lick my shoes."
"Yes sir."
Merlin didn't move.
"Merlin, your ears are on fire."
"Yes Arthur"
Merlin picked up a sock.
""Merlin, Morgana is standing in the corner wearing nothing but a cloak."
"Yes Arthur"
Merlin closed the curtains
Arthur paused for a moment, slightly irritated. Then said;
"Since you're not paying attention Merlin, I shall tell you what I have wanted to say since you first became my servant. I am madly in love with you. There isn't a moment when I don't think about you. What it'd be like to stroke your hair, or to feel your hands around my waist. To kiss your…"
It was then that Arthur noticed that Merlin had stopped moving, and that the backs of his ears had gone the same shade of red as the neckerchief he wore.
"Merlin? Ha…have you been listening?" stammered Arthur
"Y…yes sire." Stuttered back Merlin
"Oh. Shit" said Arthur burying his face in his hands and sinking back on to his bed. "You'd better go"
About a minute later he felt the mattress sink with Merlin's weight.
"Arthur?"
Arthur removed his blushing face from his hands.
"Yes Merlin?"
"I was thinking of you too." He breathed
Merlin lent forward towards Arthur.
****
Half an hour later, a scruffy Arthur and a slightly flustered Merlin emerged from the princes chambers.
And bumped straight into Morgana.
"Morgana!" exclaimed Merlin "have you been…err … I mean, we were just…"
"Talking." Interjected Arthur.
"Yes" said Morgana "I know exactly what you were doing. I was listening."
Morgana walked away, smirking, leaving two red, horrified faces behind her.