A/N
I hope you all get a laugh out of this. Or maybe I'm the only one who thinks this would be hilarious…
Merlin hated hunting trips, he didn't like killings things just for the fun of it, but Arthur loved it so he put up with it, sort of. If complaining about how hot it was, asking when they could go and asking Arthur over and over again why he needed to kill so much game if he already had more then enough food was 'putting up with it' then Merlin was doing a great job. The 'knights of the round table' had come along to 'protect' Arthur but really, they all just wanted out of the castle.
They had been out in the sweltering heat for hours and Arthur had so far only caught a rabbit. Defeated, Arthur had finally agreed to a short stop. Merlin had gone over to the horses to gather up the water skins to fill them up. Merlin's back was to the knights as he bent over to pick them up when Elyan asked nervously,
"Uh…Merlin?"
"What?" Merlin sighed.
"You might wanna turn around" Elyan replied, sounding stunned. Rolling his eyes Merlin stood up and turned around only to be met the unicorn Arthur had shot all those years ago.
"Well…would you look at that" Merlin grinned, "Hey Arthur don't shot it ok?"
"Shut up Merlin" Arthur snapped looking a bit guilty. Merlin's smile vanished for a second before reappearing when he noticed the open mouths of all the knights minus Leon.
"What? Never seen a unicorn before?" Merlin grinned.
"No…" Gwaine replied a strange look on his face.
"This place just keeps getting weirder and weirder…" Percival muttered.
"Wonder why it wandered over here…?" Merlin muttered.
"Well that's obvious" Arthur said, a devious grin on his face.
"Why then?" Merlin demanded.
"Well you are a fair maiden…" Arthur replied cheekily.
"Why would you say that?" Merlin asked.
"Well it came to you so logically…" Arthur began.
"I am not" Merlin snapped glaring at Arthur who started laughing. Gwaine gasped dramatically and said,
"Poor Merlin…"
"Have you been at the ale again?" Lancelot asked. Gwaine hugged Merlin and declared,
"Don't you get it? Arthurs deflowered our poor Merlin…"
"What?" Arthur demanded glaring at Gwaine.
"Well Merlin said he wasn't a fair maiden so…"
"That's not what I meant!" Merlin exclaimed, face turning as red as his shirt.
"Merlin you don't have to lie…" Gwaine assured, grinning.
"I'm pretty sure he was saying he wasn't a girl Gwaine" Lancelot informed Gwaine.
"Exactly!" Merlin exclaimed.
"It's alright Merlin I get it…Arthur's a jerk who…"
"GWAINE!" Arthur threatened. Grinning Gwaine plucked the water skins out of Merlin's hands and said,
"Well I'll go fill these up then?" Leon and Lancelot ran after Gwaine leaving the others stunned.
"Why did you say that?" Leon asked when they reached the river.
"Are you trying to imply something…?" Lancelot asked. Gwaine started laughing uncontrollably then, making Leon and Lancelot even more confused.
"Did….d-did you s-see Arthur's face?" Gwaine laughed.
"Wait….you don't think they….?" Lancelot asked.
"Of course not" Gwaine assured still laughing, "It's just…when Arthur called Merlin a maiden and Merlin said he wasn't…I just couldn't resist." Gwaine explained.
"Are you sure that's smart to be making Arthur so mad?" Leon asked worriedly.
"Probably not…but Arthurs face was so worth it" Gwaine replied walking back to camp. And, as much as they tried, Lancelot and Leon couldn't deny the truth in Gwaine's words. Chuckling, Lancelot and Leon walked back to camp where Merlin was still blushing and Arthur was trying not to look at Merlin. The stocks were so worth it Gwaine decided.
End Notes
Gwaine would do that, I know it. And because I am paranoid….no I wasn't trying to imply anything slash related…I just recently saw a comic about Merlin and the unicorn on Deviant art and basically Arthur was saying Merlin had to help kill the unicorn because he was the closest thing Arthur had to a 'fair maiden' and I just couldn't resist…hope you got a laugh out of this. And yes I do realize the unicorn probably wouldn't wander into the camp….it just worked for the story ok? As for Arthur and Merlin being so uncomfortable…wouldn't you if it was implied you did…that with a friend you did not like at all like that?
