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Part 1: Two Close Friends
"Here's grilled veggies in coconut oil, brown rice, steamed carrots, and tomatoes." Merlin listed as he opened container after container. He was setting up the table for breakfast for Arthur Pendragon, his best friend. Merlin had brought over food from his apartment to Arthur's.
"Ew, Where's the protein? I need meat." Arthur grimaced, "and I do not need you to take care of me." The blonde picked up the carrot and sighed in disappointment.
Merlin rolled his eyes, "There is absolutely nothing in your fridge except for meat, and please, you won't last a week without my help." He went to the kitchen and put on a blue apron and rolled up the sleeves of his maroon crookneck.
"Whatever, Merlin." Arthur began to eat. "Oh and putting that aside, you want to come to the my Fraternity/sorority Christmas gathering tonight?" He was stuffing his face quickly as he checked the time, it was almost for him to meet his frat.
Merlin paused then continued to wash the dishes, "why do you ask when you already know the answer?"
Arthur shrugged. "I don't know, maybe one day you'll change your mind… so you coming?"
The raven-haired man sighed, "Nope, and besides I have a meeting with my Language Professor."
The other furrowed his brows, "but that doesn't mean you can't make it to my gathering,"
Merlin stayed silent.
The other shivered, "and besides, something about him gives me the creeps." Then he finished his plate, "Hey while you're in the kitchen, make me a protein shake."
"Yes sire." He replied with sarcasm.
Arthur started nodding, "I like the sound of that, so technically you'd be my manservant."
"Whatever you want."
Merlin had been Arthur's friend for most of Arthur's live and all of Merlin's. Merlin's mother had to give him away the week he was born. Balinor, Merlin's father, was killed protecting him when he was in his mother's womb. Hunith did not have enough money to care for Merlin, so before child protection services could take him away from her completely, she asked Gaius to help her. Gaius was like a father to her, and he was a physician; he took in Merlin, he just said "well, if I'm going to play with Uther's brat why not take in another."
Arthur was kind of a dick to Merlin, but he was three… It eventually got better… kinda...
In a serious note though, Arthur kept an eye out for Merlin, When he was in highschool, Arthur made sure that no one was to mess with him; it wasn't Merlin's fault that he was a scrawny kid that people liked to tease. He and Arthur eventually got close to the "knights." They weren't really knights, the girls just had a thing for Arthur and his group.
o.o.o.o.o
The two of them left for campus and bickered the whole way there, everyone they passed rolled their eyes and chuckled, no matter where the two were they would always banter about the stupidest things.
While Arthur skipped class to prepare for his party, Merlin went to Professor Cenred's office hours. The professor had his wavy hair tied loosely to the side, and Merlin had his maroon crewneck on. "Merlin, your paper was pretty acceptable, I believe it might be necessary for you to get more help."
Merlin frowned 'I'm pretty sure the writing center said it was one of the best papers they had to edit.' he thought. He began to feel uncomfortable, he could feel professor Cenred's eyes wandering about.
"Don't take it to heart though." Cenred stood from his desk and walked to the other side to sit in the chair next to Merlin. "You are a really interesting student, I recommend we meet again and go over the paper in depth, I have another student coming in a few minutes." He looked at his watch and then reached for his planner, "I have time at seven tonight, would that be okay?"
"I-I decided to go somewhere tonight."
"That frat party am I right? The annual Christmas frat and sorority gathering is known for having a bad reputation." Cenred crossed his legs; his right foot lightly nudged Merlin's calf. The student stood up quickly and stuttered, not knowing what to say.
"I-I, I-It was-I c-can't"
Cenred chuckled, amused by Merlin's overreaction. "Merlin, the paper is due on saturday, you won't have enough time to fix it if you go to the party, I thought you understood that your grades are more important than getting drunk." Cenred smirked.
"I guess…" Merlin licked his dry lips, he had a horrible feeling about this.
o.o.o.o.o
Loud music blasted at the Alpha Pi Kappa house and Arthur was moving about throwing decorations at the freshman to put up. The sun was setting and the air was getting crispy. He spotted Gwaine flirting with sorority girls, he was already consuming large amounts of beer and cheetos. "Gwaine! Hey!"
Gwaine looked up and raised a hand to acknowledge the greeting, but continued to flirt with the giggling girls.
"Idiot," Arthur muttered with a smile.
"Hey Arthur, is Merlin going to crack and come tonight?" It was Lancelot, all the girls next to Gwaine snapped their gaze to Lancelot, giggled, and sighed. Gwaine gave a oh-come-on face and when his attempts to get the girls back to his world failed he walked over to Arthur and Lancelot where the couch and tables were.
"Yeah, he isn't going to come, he said something about meeting a professor."
"But isn't that already over?" Gwaine asked, stuffing more cheetos into his face.
"Hey, stop eating that." Arthur snached the bowl from him. "I don't know, he should come, I mean like he's a freshman-"
"Technically a sophomore" Lancelot added.
"Fine, He's a first year and he should at least try to make friends." The blonde finished. "I don't know how he's going to make it once we graduate. He isn't even dorming!" He leaned on the back of the blue couch and hunched his shoulders.
"Ah, He'll probably do fine, he already has George." Gwaine joked. Reaching again for the chips.
"eh, George is such a stuck up." Arthur muttered while slapping his friend's hand away from the snack.
o.o.o.o.o
"Please, stop!" Merlin pleaded, his head was pushed down to the red carpet of the professor's office. It smelled of dust, and it was painful. The carpet was rough and thin; a bruise was sure to form on his cheekbone.
"Merlin, I'm sorry, but you have his special… special aura, it's as if you're begging for me." Cenred said as he unbuckled Merlin's belt. Once the task was done, his hand slipped up his student's crookneck and felt the softness of the skin.
The student shook and could not control the tears forming in his eyes. He felt sick and dirty. He did not want this, he did not want any of it. "please… let me go…" he barely whispered out.
o.o.o.o.o
At the gathering, Leon and Arthur was at the door welcoming the goers and warning them about not acting like a douche, but in their heart they knew, they knew it was inevitable.
"Ayyy! Morgana! Gwen!" Arthur gave his crooked smile and gave the girls hugs. "I didn't know you were going to make it!" He awkwardly stood there looking at Gwen.
Morgana and Gwen have been as close as sisters since middle school; Gwen was two years younger than Morgana, but that didn't stop them from becoming the best of friends. Gwen; however, held Arthur's heart and crushed it. She did not mean to, but Arthur just never told her how much she meant to her, if he had he wouldn't have been awkwardly ripping the label off his drink.
Morgana was not smiling, she pressed her lips thin and gave Arthur a glare. "Who blackmailed us into going? Oh you don't know? I know exactly who it is you bastard!"
Gwen smiled, and went ahead and greeted the rest of the people there.
Arthur moved out of her way and faced Morgana with a forced grin. "I have no idea what you're talking about."
o.o.o.o.o
Professor Cenred cupped his student's chin and looked straight into his eyes, Merlin was scared and in pain. The larger man shoved two fingers in Merlin's mouth, "suck." Cenred felt the warmth of the younger's mouth, it was wet and soft until Merlin suddenly bit down, it caused Cenred to curse and to retreat his hand. "Damn it! I was going slow to make it less painful," he pulled Merlin's hair back. "I was going to prepare you," He stared straight into Merlin's fearful eyes. "You're going to have to make sure you suck well, the better you are at lubricating my stick, the less it's going to hurt."
Merlin's eyes were wide open, he felt bile coming up.
o.o.o.o.o
"IT LOOKS LIKE MERLIN ISN'T GOING TO COME!" Gwaine yelled over the music as he came back from dancing with some ladies.
"I HOPE HE'S AT LEAST HAVING FUN READING OR DOING WHATEVER HE LIKES TO DO." Lancelot replied taking a sip of sprite.
"HE'S PROBABLY HAVING THE TIME OF HIS LIFE CRYING ABOUT STAR TREK!" Arthur laughed as he was pulled away by Morgana to play Mafia.
o.o.o.o.o
Arthur was right about one thing, Merlin was crying, but not because Spock died in the Wrath of Khan, but because his dignity, pride, and security were being destroyed.
With every grunt and every thrust, a part of him died. Merlin no longer fought back, he had nothing to save, he was already dead inside.
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