So Lizzie on Ao3 asked me way back in July "Could you write one about how the rest of the sins react to Kings relationship with Helbram"
Um. Hell yes I can. I had possibly too much fun writing this, which is why it took me so long and also why it is in two parts...anyway, hope everyone enjoys!


King wasn't really sure how he had gotten himself into this situation. First he had been kissing Helbram, one hand in the fairy's green hair and the other holding his waist, and the next they both separated at the sound of loud, dismayed laughter. King had always gone great lengths to be careful. Even this morning he had left the Boar Hat soundlessly, before anyone else was awake. Then they had found a secluded spot in the woods. And with how paranoid the former Holy Knight could be at times, King was surprised neither of them had heard someone coming. But now Ban's laughter echoed through the woods.

"This is where Pig's been sneaking off to all the time? You've got to be kidding me~"

"This isn't- we weren't- you- we-"

But Helbram suddenly put a finger to the flailing fairy's lips and whispered "They already saw. Maybe it's time you properly introduced me to your friends?" King looked nervously back and forth between Helbram and Ban and then noticed the Captain. He stood silently next to the bandit, watching the couple with an unreadable expression.

After a pause, the Fairy King sighed and nodded at his friend.

"So King, you're going to introduce us to your secret lover~?"

Before King could even compose himself to prevent the blush from spreading further, Helbram flew over to Ban and Meliodas with an enthusiastic handshake and a grin, "hey there! I'm Helbram! I'm 'King's' best friend, boyfriend, confidante, alarm clock, boy toy, bodyguard, obviously his role model in every way…"

King couldn't help but laugh, but then he soon remembered why he had never wanted to do this introduction in the first place.

"Helbram? Don't that sound familiar, Captain?"

Meliodas finally spoke, his voice even and stony. "That's the name of the Holy Knight we fought at Vaizel. The one who helped kidnap Elizabeth."

"Ohhh yeeaaaah. Think I remember Jerricurl saying something about that guy being a fairy all along. Didn't he fight you, King?"

The green-haired-fairy looked away as he started picking at his ear "you know, Helbram's a really common name, especially with fairies."

"That's right! That wasn't him! The holy Knight we fought was a completely different person! I've known Helbram for over 1000 years; he wouldn't hurt a fly!" Helbram flashed him a look that seemed to say "are you kidding me?" but he then returned to an innocent smile. King continued, "I thought he was lost a long time ago, but then I found him again when Ban and I visited the new forest."

Ban grinned, seemingly forgetting the tension from only a moment before. "Oh, so you've been sneaking off for booty calls since then~?"

Helbram burst out laughing, and King tried to ignore that comment and his own red face as he insisted more for the Captain's sake, "They really are different people!"

Meliodas remained silent, but nothing could wipe that amused smirk off of Ban's face. "1000 years, eh? Bet you have some great dirt on King~"

The fairy's eyes gleamed. "You don't even know how many embarrassing stories I could tell." Ban raised an eyebrow, and then suddenly Helbram was at Ban's side, whispering. Now, King only heard a few words, but one of them was "marmalade" and that was all he needed to hear.

King drove Chastiefol in spear form through Ban's head, effectively cutting off any ability to hear the rest of Helbram's story. "Helbram, you promised we'd never talk about that!" The force of the spear sent Ban flying towards the Captain, who promptly sidestepped, so the bandit whacked into a tree.

He stood up a minute later, laughing with his head completely intact, "you're going to have to finish that story later."

"Don't you have something you should be doing right now?" King sneered at the two of them. He did not like the look that the Captain was giving them, and he wanted them gone as soon as possible.

"Oh, are we interrupting your date~?" Ban teased.

Helbram glanced at King, finally noticing how uncomfortable he was. He flew back over to Ban, this time running a leisurely finger down his chest and speaking huskily, "not at all. Why don't you join us?"

Ban didn't move, but his cheeks flushed to a level King had only seen when the man was drunk, and then he smiled uneasily. "Think I'll pass." He grabbed Meliodas's arm and yanked him back into the trees as King tried to stifle a laugh. "Captain, let's get out of here."

Meliodas turned around only once to give them a long, hard look. King gulped. It was obvious that they were not in the clear with the Captain yet. But before they could get too far, King remembered one important thing.

"Ban!"

"Hm~?" The bandit halted, but did not turn around.

"Both of you… Please don't tell anyone about us, okay?"

"Yeah, whatever~!" Ban called, raising a lazy hand in farewell as he departed.


The trees cast familiar shadows on the ground. These weren't his woods, no, but listening to the trees rustle and the animals scurry through the fallen leaves was usually enough to calm any worry. That wasn't the case this time.

Helbram was late, and that combined with the look in Meliodas's eye the other day had set him on edge. Helbram was a punctual person, always teasing King for being too scatterbrained to make it anywhere on time. They had set a definitive time and place to meet, and though King had actually been a little early for once, Helbram should still be here by now. So where was he?

A voice suddenly answered the question for him.

"What the hell is this!?"

That and other distressed shouts echoed through the forest, and King raced into the air to search for his friend.

He saw Helbram first, suspended in place with terrified eyes. Then he saw the mage with her back turned, and he acted quickly before either of them could notice him. King whispered the words and Guardian put its arms around Merlin, rendering her as immobile as her spell had Helbram.

"Let him go, Merlin." He said as threateningly as possible.

"Oh, hello King! I wish you had told me about your lover sooner, he is an absolute wonder! To have died and been brought back to life so many times, there simply must have been some physiological changes, not to mention the psychological-"

"Shut up." King muttered, and Guardian stifled the rest of her words.

Merlin snapped her fingers, and her voice was still clear despite the bear's hands covering her mouth. "You do realize I could instantly escape from this, right?"

"I don't care, leave him alone!"

"Of course." Came the voice without Merlin moving her mouth, and Helbram suddenly dropped, catching himself with his wings mere seconds before he hit the ground. King flew to him instantly and pulled him into a hug, noting how the unusually silent fairy shook violently.

"Are you okay?"

"…y-yeah." Helbram muttered, "Just a little surprised is all."

King kept his arms around Helbram but pulled away just enough that he could glare at Merlin, who had already freed herself from Chastiefol and was watching them intently. "I wasn't going to hurt him, King, I was just going to perform a few experiments. I apologize if I got a bit excited."

King didn't answer her, struggling very hard not to lash out at the other Sin. His eyes moved up and down Helbram's body, ensuring he truly hadn't been harmed.

"King. I swear I was not going to hurt him."

"Just don't ever do it again. You're not running any tests on him."

"You have my word."

The Fairy King tried but couldn't think of anything nice to say at all, so he just grimaced in acknowledgement. "Let's go, Helbram." He said softly, and the other fairy nodded and grabbed King's hand and gave him a half smile.

"I'm fine, Harlequin. Really."

Just before they left, King realized he had to ask Merlin one more question. "Merlin, how did you find out about us?"

"I noticed Ban acting strange around you, and so I asked Gowther about it."


It took King a few days, but he eventually forgave Merlin for scaring Helbram- though he would never, ever trust the two of them alone. It took him a little longer to work up the courage to talk to Gowther.

"You are angry with me for telling Merlin about your relationship with your fairy friend."

King jumped. He had been quietly sitting on Chastiefol near the fire trying to figure out how to broach the topic. "… Yeah, I am a little."

"I am sorry. I assumed that if someone asked then it was all right to tell them what someone else was thinking."

"It's not."

"But it also upsets you that I know this in the first place. Why is that?"

"Because… This isn't the sort of thing I want a lot of people knowing. At best, they'd make fun of us, and at worst…he's had his share of sins too, and someone who doesn't understand might want to hurt him."

"I see. You are very happy with him."

King blinked. "Yeah, I am. We are."

Gowther nodded. "Then I will keep your secret."

"Thank you." This conversation had gone a lot better than he expected.

"Hey you two!" King turned to see Escanor running towards them. He stopped a few feet away, panting from the strain of running in his night form, and then walked slowly up to them. "I wanted to ask, have you heard about this secret that seems to be going around the Sins?"

Gowther smiled at King and then dramatically raised his book to cover his face completely. King groaned. That was so obvious. But Escanor still looked very confused, and King held Chastiefol stiffly at his side as he shook his head. "A secret? What do you mean?"

"No one will tell me and I'm not sure why. Do you think it's because I've been away for so long? Do you think it's about me? I noticed it about a week ago. Everyone has been gossiping about something."

"E-everyone?"

If Escanor noticed how nervous King was, he didn't show it. "Well, not everyone. The Captain, Merlin, Ban, the pig-"

"Hawk knows?!" King raised his voice and an eyebrow at Gowther, who lowered the book only long enough to reply:

"The Master of the Order of Scraps Disposal was present when I informed Merlin." The book promptly flew up again.

Escanor's mouth dropped. "Wait, so you also know what's been going on? My friends, please tell me! It isn't about me, right? I didn't do something wrong?"

"No, of course not, Escanor, it's not about you at all, it's, it's…" King glanced at Gowther, but the book completely obscured his face. "They're talking about me. And my… I've been seeing someone. Dating someone. And everyone else has been having fun teasing me about it." He was mostly referring to Ban.

"Does Diane know? She didn't seem to be part of those conversations."

He shook his head. "No, I… I haven't told her yet."

Escanor's eyes lit up. "You told me before Diane? I wish you'd have told me sooner, but I'm still honored! Would I be able to meet her?"

"Uh…well…"

"King is not in a relationship with a female but with his childhood friend who is a male." King shot him a look, which Gowther returned with a blank expression. "I assumed that information was not part of the secret."

The Lion's Sin looked taken aback, but then he smiled again. "Could I meet him?"

"I am interested in meeting this person as well. I would like the opportunity to observe love between men."

A blush played across the fairy's face. "Er…Gowther I'm not sure what you're looking to see-"

"Why don't you invite him to the Boar Hat?" Escanor suggested.

He wanted to. No one seemed to understand how much he would enjoy Helbram coming to the Boar Hat and even traveling with them in the open, but there was one specific reason why he couldn't. There was one Sin he knew would struggle to ever understand how he could forgive, how he could love Helbram for all of the things he'd done, and King feared having to stop a fight between the two people he cared about most.

How could he possibly explain that to Escanor, who had been out of the loop for so long?

"I'll definitely talk to him about it." He said with a smile, and Gowther looked confused at why he was lying. "er… in fact I might go talk to him about now. Or see if I can find him. I'm going to go. Okay, good night." He flew away as fast as he could.


The ship literally gives me life, because gay Helbram is best Helbram, and I love anything with these two together, especially when they are actually together. :)
Hope you enjoyed! I'm just editing the second part, so it should only be a few days at most, maybe even tomorrow/tonight.
There always seem to be more people on Ao3 who like this ship more than on here, so I'm not sure if I should stop posting King/Helbram on ? Let me know.