Merlin Confesses to Arthur
Chapter 2
Arthur and Merlin had just laid down on the bed and started kissing when they herd a nock on Arthur's door.
"Arthur, are you in there? You and your troop need to go and find the magic user." Uther said from behind the door.
"I'm coming, I'm coming." Arthur told his father.
"Good I expect you to be out of here in a few minutes." Uther told his son.
"I will, don't worry." Arthur said back to his father. "As soon as we get back I will make love to you." Arthur whispered in Merlin's ear. Merlin nodded looking at Arthur when he moved away from him and started to get dressed. "Merlin will you help me get on my armor so we can get going." Arthur asked Merlin. Merlin nodded again at Arthur, and walked over to Arthur and helped him into his armor. "Love the fact that you are helping me dress when you are naked" Arthur told Merlin with a smile on his face. Arthur looked at Merlin to see if he was smiling back at him. But Merlin wasn't smiling back at him. Arthur then pulled Merlin so Merlin's eyes were looking into Arthur's eyes. "Merlin please cheer up. We are going on a mission and I need you focused." Arthur asked Merlin. Merlin nodded again to Arthur, letting his gaze fall from Arthur's eyes. Arthur kissed him passionately on the lips. Merlin didn't kiss back. "Merlin please tell me what is wrong." Arthur asked Merlin.
"Nothing is wrong Arthur." Merlin said to Arthur while helping him finish getting ready. Arthur was worried now about Merlin, he wasn't himself since his father interrupted them. Arthur finally got it. But he decided to not say anything to Merlin.
"Merlin, I want you to take this. I want you to take it to keep yourself safe incase something happens." Arthur said to Merlin handing him a knife. Merlin looked up at Arthur and smiled.
"Thank-you Arthur, I will be sure to use it." Merlin thanked Arthur. Arthur got closer to him and gave him a hug.
"Your welcome." Arthur whispered in Merlin's ear. "Now come, we don't want the others to wait any longer." Arthur told Merlin while patting Merlin on the back. Merlin then walked over to the pile of clothes that were his and got dressed.
Merlin walked with Arthur in silence through the halls of the castle. Arthur and Merlin walked out of the castle door to see the knights standing there waiting for them to come out of the castle. "Alright men, you all know what are mission is, find the magic user and bring him back to Camelot to be executed." Arthur told his knights. Merlin was in shock.
'So this is the mission we are to go on? Find the magic user and bring him back to Camelot to be executed. Shit, that means I have to be conscious about my magic now. This is just great! Should I tell Arthur I don't feel good and then have him take me to Gaius and then wait a minute and follow Arthur? Yeah that's what I'll do.'
By the time Merlin was done thinking Arthur was done talking, and ready to go on the quest.
"Merlin you ready?" Arthur asked Merlin. That was Merlin's cue, to tell Arthur.
"Yeah, umm… about that I'm not feeling so well at the moment Arthur." Merlin told him.
"You think you can make the quest?" Arthur asked Merlin.
"I don't know, maybe?" Merlin told Arthur.
"Well then, I want you to ride up by me, so I can be the first one to help you." Arthur told Merlin patting his back to comfort him. Merlin smiled at Arthur.
'Well that plan didn't work at all. Great now what do I do? Run once I get into the forest? No. That will just make me suspicious for running of during a quest when searching for a warlock.'
Merlin was staring when he finally noticed that Arthur was asking 'what are you staring at?'
"Hmm? Oh… nothing. Just thinking about the quest." Merlin replied to Arthur.
"Well come on now, lets get going before my father comes to tell us to get going again." Arthur told Merlin guiding him to the other men on their horses. Merlin nodded and walked over to his horse, and got on his horse. He then nodded to Arthur to signify that he was ready to go. Arthur nodded back and started to ride off with Merlin to his left, and his men following close behind.
Merlin looked over to Arthur to see him smiling at him, so he decided to smile back at Arthur.
'The quest is off to a good start. No one knows about my magical powers, and no one suspects a thing either. Lets hope it stays that way too.'
Merlin thought in his head again but this time he really wasn't paying attention to what Arthur was trying to say to him and his horse kept going forward and a branch smacked into his face and fell off his horse. Arthur got off his horse and signaled one of his men to go after Merlin's horse.
"You alright Merlin? I tried to warn you but you kept on going." Arthur said trying not to laugh but he giggled. Merlin was smiling at Arthur like he was trying to rub off the embarrassment.
"Yeah I'm fine Arthur." Merlin said to Arthur. The knight had brought Merlin's horse back and gotten back on when Arthur had gotten on his horse and went to Merlin once he was comfortable on his horse.
"This time keep close to me. Like right next to me so if something happens I can guide you away from it." Arthur told Merlin while taking the rains of Merlin's horse into his hands and wrapping them around the horn of his saddle. Merlin looked over at Arthur curiously, but Arthur just grinned at Merlin and had started to have his horse walk off with Merlin's horse right next to him.