"Is Merlin not going to be present with us today?" the Queen asked Arthur when he greeted her, Maree felt a bit nervous but not as much like the day before. She tried her best in her formal language and tried not to trip anywhere like Merlin supposedly did.
"No, I am afraid that he will not be with us today. He is attending to a task that must be looked into"
"I see, I will pardon him, he is a lovely man"
"Thank you your highness, I trust that you have had a nice breakfast?"
"Yes, it was lovely, thank you. You have a wonderful chef here"
Judging Arthur's confused looks, Maree whispered into Arthur's ear. "It's another word for cook, but they're in charge of the kitchen, there is the main chef and other cooks that work in different parts of the workplace that work under the main chef"
"Yes, I get it, thank you Maree" Arthur nodded before looking back at the Queen, "Merlin thought that it would be a bright idea to take a tour around England to see the modern world and explore since that I have not seen the country or either the world"
"That would be a splendid idea for you King Arthur, people would be overjoyed to see you"
"I do not see why I should not. However, it is an idea for the future, I have yet to teach my daughter about the roles and the responsibility of being a ruler in Camelot as my Father taught me at her age"
Maree was surprised to hear that from her Fathers lips and was then excited to be taught. "I agree, would you like someone to come help you? My grandson Prince William will be arriving here today for a visit, he would be happy to help you"
"I have to agree, I have only come back a few weeks ago, will he help update my knowledge? I have had Merlin teach me some new behaviour skills yesterday"
"He would love to"
"When is he set to arrive?"
"He should arrive before lunch"
"Thank you your highness, I will meet him at the citadel when he is set to arrive" Arthur bowed. At that time Maree's ears flickered and she could sense something wrong, within her good eye sight she saw someone suspicious, it has a weapon. A gun and it was pointing straight at Arthur. Her eyes flickered gold and time stopped for a moment and she heard a long gunshot, without hesitating she went out and stopped the bullet before catching it. Without thinking she yelled "Security!" and the time resumed, Arthur was befuddled by what just happened. "What just…"
Maree then showed him the bullet, "Someone tried to kill you Father" She said and they heard yells as the guards came out to arrest the man.
"How did you do that? It was the fastest weapon that I have ever seen"
"Magic" She said.
Then Merlin appeared in the room in a huff, once he saw Arthur he gasped with horror and then almost stumbled. "Merlin!" Arthur exclaimed at the sight of his brother looking all white in the face.
"Arthur…." Merlin said in a panic. He went over to Arthur and checked his body, "Are you hurt? Are you shot? Are you injured?" He muttered through words, panicking. "I felt your magic, that you we're in danger and heard the gunshot-"
Arthur grabbed a hold of Merlin and shook him, "I'm alright Merlin, I'm safe, unharmed, thanks to Maree, and she saved my life. Now calm down"
Merlin looked at him again, "Are you sure?"
"Yes, now breathe" Arthur tightened his grip on him and got him to start breathing slowly, "In….and out…good Merlin"
"We're lucky that we have Maree, otherwise you'd be dead…either way I'd still be beside you"
"Yes"
Merlin's breathing slowed down and he relaxes, "Are you alright now?"
Merlin nodded, "Good" Arthur loosened his grip on Merlin, "We will have to maintain your panic attacks in the future, they have a grip on your mental health a bit, you could have collapsed on the spot with you that white in the face"
"Yes Arthur, I will work on it. They will go down as soon as we do the procedure, I'm just a little jittery at the moment"
"Okay Merlin, can you get up right?" Arthur asked as Merlin's legs we're still a bit wobbly, almost out of energy. Merlin looked down and noticed, "Oh" he breathed, "Yeah" He adjusted his legs and straightened himself up. "Thank you"
It was suddenly awkward, the Queen was there wondering what was going on with the two. "Please let us be excused, Merlin has some….mental issues"
Merlin gave Arthur a side glance. "Of course" The Queen replied.
And Arthur and Merlin went straight out with Maree following them after. "I'll have to raise the guards around here"
"Security" Maree corrected. "Yes, even if it's for the day"
"I have to agree, the Queen is with us for the week"
""Have you found the right spell or whatever you are looking for?" Arthur asked Merlin, "Yes, I have found it"
"Good, do you have your hands full?"
"No"
"You can come with me then, the more the better"
Merlin smiled and followed Arthur, "Now I have two warlocks following me. It's going to have some getting used to"
"So where are we going?" Merlin asked. "To library, to teach Maree"
"Oh goody, you're going to teach her how to be a prat"
Both Arthur and Maree glared at him, "Point taken" And they kept on walking on to the library. "The Queens grandson Prince William will be coming this afternoon before lunch, he will be assisting us as in Maree's teaching"
"That will be nice, he is a good man"
Once they arrived at the library, they found a table in the corner and got some chairs to sit on before Arthur goes and gets some books to place on the table.
"We will be seeing him at the citadel before he arrives. So, let's start" The books hit the table hard with a slam. Maree curiously scooped the books up and opened it to the first page, her eyes widened. "What's wrong?" Merlin asked.
"This…Brittonic is quite advanced…." She goes on reading, "I can't understand half of it"
"How did you learn it in the first place?" Arthur asked curiously, the common language now is English and Merlin had to teach him the language when he bumped into it at some point in the history books, the rest of it was done with a spell.
"Duh, I collected so many books it forced me to look it up and learn. Very slowly though, it isn't used anymore"
"First of all, use formal language. No swearing" Arthur corrected her. "That means, not calling me an idiot or telling me to shut up" Merlin added and Arthur rolled his eyes. Maree looked at them and asked "Does this include Merlin?"
"No"
"Heey" Merlin looked offended but he knew that he was just joking. "I'm the King Merlin, it doesn't matter if I knight you I can call you an idiot as much as I want"
"Does this include the Queen then?" Maree asked and Arthur felt like that he was just been slapped in the face. "Leave the Queen out of this"
"Yes sire" Maree said sarcastically and Merlin just grinned at her. "You have a very good mouth"
"Why thank you Merlin" Maree said and they we're both at the point of breaking apart laughing. "She's good at it already" Merlin said to Arthur. "Shut up Merlin"
"Could you make that into formal language?" Maree asked in wonder.
Arthur settled himself to come up with a good way to shut him up. "Merlin, would you kindly, please…" then he had to come up with something not intense as shut up but something to say to him straight "Stich it"
Merlin hummed in response, "Of course sire" And he closed his mouth. "I will expect it to be closed when William is here too"
"Does talking to your head count?" Merlin said in Arthur's head. Arthur frowned for a second, and shook his head. "Arrrrthurrr" He heard the voice again, this time he knew that he wasn't imagining things, he turned his head to Merlin who was smirking. "Are you talking in my head?"
Merlin nodded and Arthur sighed heavily "It seems that you don't seem to let anything get through that thick skull of yours, now shut up Merlin" Arthur responded. Merlin flinched, "You have magic"
"I do?"
"Yes, only Mordred or either of the druids can communicate with me like this"
"Guys, I can hear you too ya know" Maree responded. "It seems that we all have magic" Merlin said.
"Can we all just talk normally?" Arthur asked and Merlin didn't answer, he just kept his mouth shut. "Uh, you ordered him to stitch it remember?" Maree reminded him.
Arthur sighed, "Let's just get onto the lesson, Merlin, can you teach Maree Brittonic further?"
"Sure, no problem. Just give me a moment" Merlin gets up from his seat and puts his hands around Maree's head before enchanting a spell. When Merlin did this to Arthur, he was shocked at the feeling of having a new language in his head at first but Maree seemed to have some experience so when Merlin finished the spell Maree started reading again and nodded. "I can read all of this now, thank you Merlin!"
"No problem" And Merlin sat back down onto his chair.
"Are there other languages that you know?" Arthur asked her. "Aside from sign language and English, I also know Japanese"
"What does that look like?"
She grabs a piece of paper and a pencil to write a simple sentence, it showed "こにちわ私わマリイさん。お元気ですか?"
"Such weird runes….." Arthur commented. "It's a good language though, would you like me translate it?" Merlin spoke.
"Feel free to Merlin"
"It says, Hello, I am Maree. Are you well?"
"How many languages do you know Merlin?"
"Erm…French, Italian, Latin, Chinese, Russian, Irish, Malaysian, Tagalog, Indonesian, Spanish, Danish, Greek, Sign language, Japanese, and Brittonic of course and English"
"You have a very big story to tell" Arthur gaped at his long list of languages. "I taught myself, except for half of them"
"Lazy"
"I just didn't have the time I guess"
"Let us start lesson one, I'll teach you what my Father taught me"
"Except for the fact that sorcerers are evil?" Merlin asked. "Yes"
"Good, let's do this"
Maree then started reading through the book with curiosity. "Shall I take notes?" She asked. "Please do, if that makes you feel comfortable"
"Okay, I'll be back in a moment" Maree got up from the chair, "May I be excused?"
Arthur was confused but let her go, and she returned back with a flat stone looking thing….with an apple rune on it. "I hope you don't mind technology" She sat down and opened it up, then she started typing on the thing with clicks that filled Arthur's ears. "This technology is damn noisy….what is that thing?"
"It's called a laptop Arthur, you could play with it later when you get the chance"
Maree's had looked at the pages and back at the laptop once at a time as she went through the book, meanwhile Arthur got curious and watched what she was doing on the screen. And Merlin went on exploring in the library and suddenly remembered something, the goblin. Where did Uther put it? He had forgotten all about it, it hadn't been disturbed for centuries. So he went to the secret compartment and went looking inside, he couldn't find it but found something new, there was a door. He opened it, regretting the fact that he had forgotten the room and everything had rusted away. And he found the very same leather container that held the goblin prisoner with rusted chains around it that tied it down to the floor. He was surprised that the container was still strong, maybe, just maybe, the goblin could still be alive and it might be keeping the wood alive. So he crouched down to the container and spoke, "Hello?"
The container moved an inch. "Hello?!" He spoke louder and the container shook under the shackles of the chains.
All magic creatures are gone, all except for this one. He felt a smile widen upon his lips, but he doubted that he was going to free him, not again. Not after what it did to Gaius. And…well, Arthur and the donkey ears. Ok, he didn't regret that part, it was too good. Hahaha. He got up and left the secret compartment back to Arthur.
"Guess what I found" Merlin smiled and Arthur raised his head from the laptop, "What?"
"The goblin that gave your donkey ears"
"That goblin?! I thought you said that all magical creatures we're all gone"
"I forgot all about this one"
"Well whatever you do, don't do anything with it. I don't want the whole world laughing at me, keep it locked down"
"Yes Arthur" He had to agree but snorted at the memory. "Are you sure? It was funny though"
"Merlin"
"Yes sire"
Arthur, Merlin and Maree went to the citadel to meet Prince William, Merlin propped him up earlier to get his crown and place it upon his head. The King had smiled upon Merlin telling him that he was the only person worthy of doing that, flattening Merlin.
And he stood right beside him as cars came into the citadel.
"These are automobiles aren't they? Convenient transport aren't they?" Arthur said, "Yes, though I prefer horses instead"
"Me too, motorcycles are a bit scary though"
"You've ridden a motorcycle?!"
"Yes, Maree's fault. She used one to get us to Camelot after I returned"
Merlin gave Maree a look and she looked back at him, "What?"
But no time, Merlin had to straighten himself up as Prince William got out of the car along with a woman with a child in her arms and a little boy walking along with the help of his Father.
Arthur was surprised by the welcome of his family and the little boy squealed, "King Arthur!"
"That's right, it's King Arthur. He has come back" William smiled at his son, letting him approach Arthur. He stopped in front of him and bowed, "It is nice to meet you King Arthur" He squealed with a small voice. Arthur crouched down the young boy, "It is nice to meet you too, what is your name?"
"George, I am furee"
Arthur chuckled lightly, "It is a pleasure to meet you George"
"He is a very big fan of you when I started telling stories about you" William said, chuckling to himself, "He is a bright one is he?"
"Yes he is" Then he turned to his wife, "This is my wife, Catherine and my daughter Charlotte"
"It is a pleasure to meet you" Arthur approached her and bowed. "It is an honour to have you with us for lunch today" He said with Merlin beside him, Maree stayed up on the stairs. "I am King Arthur, and this is Merlin" He turned to him.
"Your majesties" Merlin bowed.
"You are the legendary sorcerer Merlin?" They asked. Then William took a good look at him before he realised something, "I know you from somewhere"
"Do you? He has lived for centuries, surely some people may know him" Arthur said. Merlin looked down a bit, "I served your Mother"
"That's right! You did, I remember seeing you when I was a boy" William exclaimed, Merlin looked back up again to look at him. "Yes, I recall you doing that"
"I remember you as the strange man, because some weird things kept happening sometimes"
Arthur looked at Merlin, "Merlin, have you been protecting other royal people other than myself?" he asked and Merlin nodded, "It is the least that I can do, even without magic at the time"
William smiled, "Why were you there in the first place? To have such a powerful sorcerer serving my Mother?"
Merlin looked down again, "There was once a cave called the crystal cave, it is the birthplace of magic. I once went there to watch over the royal family and…. Foresaw your Mother's death" He gulped. "They showed me memories, and even thought magic I wanted to save her. Do something that I could not do for Arthur"
William gulped, "I couldn't save her. I am sorry, if I had my magic, she would have been alive"
"So that is why you left and I never saw you again"
Merlin nodded, "I left for Kryle castle and served there for a while"
"Merlin, you do not have to blame yourself. You did what you could have done" William assured himself. "The crash was an accident and no one is to blame for it"
"It was, and we must see to the future. Arthur is back" Merlin looked to Arthur who was rubbing his back and smiled. Arthur smiled back, "Welcome, shall we have lunch inside while it is hot?"
"Yes, let us"
And they all went inside to dine in the dining hall, all many kinds of foods stacked up and ready for the royal. Merlin's eyes travelled all over the foods, his eyes shining gold for anything that is poisonous. And sat down instantly when he found nothing poisoned. Soon after the Queen Elizabeth joined in. "Grandmother, lovely to see you" William bowed.
"Nice for you to join us" Arthur said, letting himself be seated by one of the maids. "Excuse Merlin for sitting so fast, he is not used to being treated like a royal member"
"He is not?" Catherine said, seating her son and daughter in a proper chair for them.
"When I was prince, he accidentally became my manservant"
"He was your manservant?! Who makes a legendary sorcerer a manservant?"
"I didn't know that he had magic, or that he was Emrys at that point. Magic was banned by my Father Uther Pendragon"
"Oh?"
"You can keep listening to their stories, they are very exciting" The Queen said.
And they kept on listening. "This is Maree, my daughter" Arthur introduced, looking at the silent girl that is politely eating her lunch. She looked up, "Hello, it is nice to meet you"
"Your daughter? Who is the mother?"
"She is born with magic, by magic. She has Merlin and my blood"
"Strange"
"I am afraid to say that it is, it is a bit strange. When we found out we were shocked"
"I could imagine"
"But I am a warlock, and we are perfectly capable of giving birth" Merlin said, "It would not be surprising"
"You can give birth Merlin?!" Arthur almost yelled with shock. Merlin looked at him with a nod, "Yup"
"How?"
"Magic"
"What is a warlock exactly?"
"A warlock is someone that is born with magic, they learn to control it. Sorcerers learn how to use it after some practise"
"I see, what if you do not use it?"
"If I were to not use magic, it would be extremely painful. It leaks, even if I use it too much, it would be exhausting for me and I would lose my energy"
"You would find his room in a mess after one night sometimes" Arthur added. "I bet that you have been doing my chores with it too"
"I did, when I was in Gaius chambers or in my room where it was safe to do so"
"What about when you were around me?"
Merlin hummed in thought, "Remember Cedric?"
"Him? Oh yes, the servant that you were so jealous of. You fought him in my chambers and happened to be a sorcerer after that"
"I killed that boar when we went hunting with magic, and the time that we were with bandits, I used tree trunks to fall on them or heated up their swords"
"It was coincidence after coincidence Merlin, we have never noticed"
"And remember that druid that we found in a cave?"
"She almost stabbed me"
"She could have, not without my magic"
"So you two are telling me that Merlin had been protecting Arthur the whole time when he served you?" William asked. "Yes, he didn't tell me that he had magic until two days before I died. Merlin always appeared clumsy, disrespectful and rude, and he never listened to me"
"That is what made me a really good servant" Merlin chuckled, pouring some water into Arthur's glass. "Oh, habit" He noticed that he was not supposed to do that.
"So Catherine, were you born into a royal family?" Arthur asked her. "Oh no, I was not"
"You are not a noble blood?"
"Neither, we do not have these terms anymore"
"So you grew up as a citizen among the people of England?"
"Yes"
"That sounds just like my wife Gwenivere"
"Queen Gwenivere? She was not a noble?"
"No, she was my half-sisters, Morgana's maid servant"
"She was a maid servant? How did that happen, for you two to fall in love with each other?"
Merlin felt a hint of jealously churning inside his stomach. "Her smile, and her personality, there were hints here and there. Of course, my Father did not approve"
"And look what that has brought us today" She smiled, turning to her husband.
"Indeed"
They had enjoyed lunch over a very good conversation about themselves, going further into Arthur and Merlin's real story, telling everything to little George who was the one that was the most interested. Then they went into Maree and Kilgharrah, before going onto Merlin's serving days when he looked after William's mother but Merlin's stomach churned with jealously every time Arthur mentioned Gwenivere. He never thought that he would ever be jealous of one of his best friends, but his head throbbed with thoughts of "She had slept with him before, kissed him and touched him. The hell, why am I so jealous?" But he kept his cool. After lunch William was very willing to help teach Maree and watched her use magic along with Merlin with utter amazement.
"Do you not use a wand Merlin?" William asked. Merlin let out a laugh, "No, that Harry Potter stuff is pure fantasy. I do not need to use a wand to use magic"
"Interesting"
"Who would want to use a wand? That is just…..showing off" Arthur said, going through one of his books. "Exactly Arthur, it is just a stick"
And they laughed, surprisingly they didn't go into a banter the whole day until a book fell on Arthur's head from one of the shelves and Merlin snorted, talking about the number of times that he had hit him with a vase with magic and the number of times that he got knocked out. And he totally lost it. Which was a nice sight for William to see how friendly they are.
It didn't take long for Merlin and Arthur to notice the loud commotion outside the castle, the many people that were coming to see Arthur and Merlin bid farewell to Prince William, Princess Catherine and their children. Merlin sent Maree off to patrol the area in her dragon form along with all of the helicopters in the sky, people awed at the creature whilst on the ground, taking photos and holding phones up in the air for Arthur to notice.
"Bye bye King Arfur!" George waved as they got into their car. "Good bye George" Arthur smiled at the boy.
"George…..hold on, doesn't that ring a bell?" Merlin halted.
"You mean my other manservant? That George?"
Merlin broke up laughing, so hard that he had tears in his eyes and used his neckerchief to muffle his laughs. People in the crowd found it amusing to see Merlin laugh so much and Arthur smiling at his laughing face.
"Calm down Merlin" Arthur grinned like an idiot. "Say goodbye first and laugh later"
"Yes sire" he choked on his laughs as he tried to stop. "Do you have any idea how many King George's there were?"
"Four…or five?"
"They we're just as bad as that man servant. It's just….I don't understand, every time I hear "George" I just end up laughing"
"Ha ha Merlin, you can tell me all about it later. Just don't make the boy look stupid"
"Yes sire" He steadied himself up and cleared his throat as he stopped laughing.
"Farewell" William said, "We hope to visit you again" He called out as he opened the car door.
"You are always welcome to come again William"
And they had left with their goodbyes.
"Now Merlin, we have to talk about something" Arthur said as he went back inside the castle. "What?" Merlin followed after him.
"I suppose you don't know that I can read your thoughts"
Merlin gulped, "Why the hell are you jealous of Gwenivere?"
"Well….I don't know. That's why I am asking myself"
"Merlin, I have felt this before"
"Huh?"
"Jealousy over a person shows some love"
Merlin almost tripped over the words. "WHAT?" Then he blushed, "Of course"
"Merlin…."
Merlin shut his lips tight and then sighed at himself. "Merlin, Gwen isn't here anymore, if you want to wash my bedlinens a thousand times, feel free. But you are the one I love right now"
Merlin smiled at him. "Thank you Arthur"
There was a moment of heart touching silence, "Well at least that you can admit that you don't hate me"
"Merrrlin…" Arthur rolled his eyes. "Well, for now, because you love it so much, prepare a bath for me. I will go and see Kilgharrah and see to the changes in Camelot. I've heard that the plumbing and bathrooms have been applied"
Merlin got a little excited, "Yes Arthur, I will see to it right away"
They then knocked their foreheads together. Smiling at each other knowing that this is going to be their signature moment, and Merlin left to Arthur's chambers.
Arthur went to the training grounds to meet Kilgharrah as expected of him, he was happy to sleep on the grounds for the night to protect Camelot due to the lot of people around. Because of this the workers decided to sleep right next to the dragon for the night because of his warm heavenly scales, they didn't seem to be afraid anymore. It was better than staying in their usual cabins and getting to view the stars was another plus.
With a smile, Arthur went back to his chambers expecting a bath ready for him. He placed his crown in the usual box and took his cape except for his sword, it was too dangerous to have it lying around for anyone to steal. He always kept it with him, to Merlin's advice.
He looked around for Merlin but he was nowhere to be found, but he heard a strange sound. Bubbling and water. He followed the sound to his antechambers where he found a new room built there. "It must be the new so called bathroom that is installed" He thought and then he opened the door to find a huge spa with a totally dead relaxed Merlin in it, sighing like no other. The spa was bubbling with life and it was a bit steamy so he thought that the water must be really warm.
"Merlin?" He asked and Merlin's eyes shot up. "Arthur! You've got to come in, it's so warm and heavenly in here~"
"I can see that all over your face. That is a big bath, it should fit like three people in there" His eyes travelled all over the new huge tub. "It's called a spa Arthur, come in! You won't regret it"
Arthur looked around, "Where are the changing rooms?"
"There isn't one, I just stripped and jumped in. Come on!"
Arthur then noticed Merlin's clothes all over the floor, "You instinctively jumped in?"
"Yup"
"Okay then, if you insist…." Arthur then takes his belt off along with his sword, putting them nicely away on a shelf before taking his clothes off while Merlin did his best not to stare. Arthur had no idea where to put his clothes so he just dropped them on the floor before stepping into the spa. He recognized the difference immediately. "Oh, Merlin, that feels…"
"Yeah"
And Arthur jumped in, noticing a curved seat, he sat down on it in the spa. "So good….." he let out a relaxing sigh.
"Fit for a King eh?" Merlin said, his arms sprawling out on the side of the spa and Arthur chuckled to himself, "Yes, indeed" And he looked at Merlin, his eyes started looking at him. After a while of staring, Merlin was unsure with what he was doing, is he staring? Imagining things…? He looked back at him into the eye, "Arthur?"
Arthur snapped back into reality, "Ah, sorry Merlin. I was just picturing something"
"What?"
"Nothing, that is for you to know later" He refused to tell and Merlin let out a hum, "Okay, if you say so…" Merlin looked away, "Where is Kilgharrah?"
"He is outside acting as the workers blankets for the night"
Merlin laughed at the thought, "He is small, like Aithusa when we used to see her. But he is growing bigger isn't he? I don't think that he will be able to fit in a room now" Merlin was now looking at Arthur.
"Yeah, what are we going to do with him as a dragon? He is going to be really big…"
"The training field is big enough, he can sleep there"
"But what if it rains?"
"Wow, you care about him" Merlin smiled. "Of course, he is a good friend now"
"Well, we can't use the caves below. He can sleep in the chambers as a human, which will be better"
"I have to agree"
"But while she is sleeping inside the castle, don't call Kilgharrah out, we don't want the castle exploding because of an oversized dragon"
"I understand" Merlin chuckled, thinking about the castle exploding because of a dragon. No, we wouldn't want that. Arthur cupped a handful of water and washed it over his hair, repeating the motion over and over. "Don't put your head under" Merlin warned.
"Why?"
"It's bad for your health, it's hot in here so ducking your head under will be bad, you might faint or something"
"It won't be a problem once I'm immortal right?"
Merlin smiled a bit, "No"
"You have the right spell then?"
"Yes I do, but it will require all of my power so I may faint on the spot when I'm done", "So then, I'll watch over you until you wake up. You never know that people might want to kill you too"
"They wouldn't dare"
"But they tried to kill me today, they would even try and kill you too"
"Damn assassins, I've protected royal families from them, I'll be able to survive my own"
"But not when you're asleep right?"
"Right. I am the most powerful sorcerer to walk on this Earth, however I don't get why anyone would want to kill either of us. It's absurd"
"We're like rich animals to be hunted for a prize" Arthur described and Merlin's eyes widened. "But you hunt animals yourself!"
"Not humans, I know what you feel when we go out hunting. I understand it, I wouldn't kill anything without a particular good reason you know that Merlin"
Merlin's mouth gaped. "I'm not some insensitive arse Merlin"
"You are a royal prat though"
Arthur splashes him. "Hey!" Merlin spluttered, "Clotpole" Arthur splashed him again, Merlin splashed back. As the insults went, they kept on splashing each other, "Dollophead- donkey ears- royal- insensitive- arse- will you stop it?!"
The room echoed with Arthur's laughter, filling the room as they then wrestled each other in the water, creating waves of water that splash onto the floor. "Stop- you'll get our clothes wet!"
"Does this face look like I care?" Arthur gave him a smug look as Merlin was pinned along the side of the spa. But their grins slowly disappeared as the spa stopped running and the bubbles washed away, both of their bodies were setup completely for display for them to see.
Then for a second, Arthur looked down when something caught his eye. Merlin flushed, "Arthur!" He wanted to slap him but he couldn't because of his pinned down arms, even if he did, Arthur would tease him for being a princess. But then his eyes caught something.
He was hard, Arthur was hard. How did that happen? The excitement? Then he looked down at himself, happening to be in the same position as Arthur. His ears were practically on fire and his magic…..it was reaching out. He let out a slow and steady breath before Arthur decided to lift up his head and admire the blushing male.
"Merlin, you're insatiable, I am going to turn into a frenzy because of you"
