With a loud thud, Merlin opened the door to his and Gauis' chambers, and quickly shut it behind him. He turned and searched the room, but it seemed his Mentor was out. He heaved a sigh and turned to go start on dinner. After a long day working for Arthur, he was exhausted and all he wanted to do was to crawl into bed, but he knew he had to tell Gaius, tonight, before he lost his nerve and his father-figure found out from someone else of Gwaine and his relationship. Gaius would not be impressed.
Merlin was setting the small table when he heard the door creak open, and he looked up, expecting to see Gaius, but instead, his lover walked through.
"Sorry I'm late Merls, Arthur sent me on a patrol and I wanted to freshen up before I came here." Gwaine closed the door and rushed over to Merlin, giving him a quick peck on the lips.
"It's okay Gwaine, Gaius isn't even back yet, he must be treating someone." Merlin smiled, secretly loving how nervous and flustered Gwaine was.
Merlin continued to set the table, and checked on the meal he was cooking. It was ready so he took it out and waited for it to cool slightly before he served it.
"Oh, well then, we'll just have to wait." Gwaine seemed relieved.
They sat down, expecting a long wait, but only five minutes later, Gaius waked in, huffing as he closed the door. He turned around but didn't expect to see Merlin and Gwaine, wearing nervous looks, sitting at a set table, with the aroma of freshly made chicken wafting toward him. He immediately knew something was going on. One, Gwaine was here and he didn't seem injured in any way. Two, Merlin had cooked. Knowing how Merlin is after a day of hard working, the sudden action of him making dinner was suspicious in itself. With a sigh, he set down his medical supplies from the fevered noblewoman he was treating and looked into his wards eyes.
"What have you done now Merlin?" Gaius briskly asked.
"Heh, what do you mean?" Merlin asked nervously.
"I can tell something's up Merlin, now spill."
A sigh could be heard from Merlin and he opened his mouth to tell, but Gwaine bet him to it.
"Okay well, you see Gaius, we felt like you very much needed to know this very important piece of information as soon as possible and we have been freaking about a little, well I know I have been, and well.. just... oh gods this is hard," Gwaine ranted while Gaius raised his infamous eyebrow. "Just well, ah screw it."
Gwaine quickly grabbed Merlin, pulled him close, and planted a kiss on his lips, holding for a few seconds before pulling back and looking at the ground, nervous for the response they would recieve from the old man.
Merlin too was having a hard time looking Gaius in the eye, shuffling his feet in a child like manner, waiting.
Instead of the anger and disappointment they expected, they heard chuckles and both looked up in shock.
Still chuckling, Gaius looked between the pair and said, "Well it's about damn time! I thought you two would never get your act together."
Jaws flew open and stayed there, trying to process the information. Merlin recovered first.
"So, y-your saying, you knew? You knew Gwaine and I loved each other?"
"Yes, of course I did, to me it was obvious. Since Gwaine first came in, injured after saving you and Arthur, I could tell something was there. I'm just so glad you boys both realised it." Gaius finished and moved around his ward to get to the food Merlin had prepared. He was starving after the days activities and needed some food. He glanced back to the couple and couldn't hide an amused smirk at the sight.
Gwaine was rubbing his hand over his face, his expression still shocked.
Merlin was breathing deeply, and he was obviously not here at the moment. No, he was going back to that moment he first set eyes on his love. The was Gwaine looked, all rugged and handsome, tussled from the fight, but still managed a smirk at his expense. The way his hair sat just perfectly, the way he pronounced words, his lips moving around the vowels and consonants.
Merlin gasped then, realising then that Gaius was indeed correct, that was exactly when he had first felt something, at first it was just him being attracted by the gorgeous man, but now...
He could hear Gwaine gasp, figuring out the exact same thing. They both looked at each other and smiled, knowing that they both felt exactly the same.
Gaius was still smiling, sitting at the table, eating his chicken, when his ward and the knight joined him. They both set next to one another, hands clenched together. Gwaine looked at Gaius and said a quiet -for the usually loud man- "thanks." Gaius just nodded his head, and the other two began to eat.
After the meal was finished, Gaius got up to collect the dishes. While picking up Gwaine's polished plate, he muttered, "You know, being a physician, I do know my way around poisons..."
Gwaine paled.
That's it folks! I hope you enjoyed the last chapter, I don't think I'll be writing anymore of this story, this seems like a good close to me.
Sorry it took so long! School got in the way, but I finally got it out.
Hope you all like it, please tell me what you thought!
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Ps, I do have more Merlin stories on the way, so please keep an eye out for them!
