Title: It's Like Magic
Author: Kiki1770
Rating: T for Language
Setting: Season 5
Summary: The ultimate battle, strawberries versus raspberries. Who will win?
A/N: I have to admit, this drabble was inspired by my dinner, strawberries and raspberries. I thought it would cute to do a Merlin-Freya banter and Viola! Here is the result.
By the way, super big thanks to Guest who left me like twenty reviews! Thank you so much!
And to all those who read my drabble and enjoyed the humor, you're welcome. I said before that there is just too much angst in this fandom, I really wanted to lighten up a bit with my drabbles. (Not that I don't love a good angsty fic myself)
Freylin 12: Berries
"I could've sworn there was something going on between those two," Guinevere whispered into Arthur's ear. She glanced at the two servants trailing behind the King and Queen with their picnic baskets. Arthur frowned. This was supposed to be a romantic picnic between him and his wife, but when Gwen's maidservant got sick, they asked Freya to temporarily take her place.
That was three weeks ago. Freya and Merlin got along brilliantly, so brilliantly in fact, that his wife had taken up the idea to play matchmaker between the two. Arthur personally had wanted nothing to do with it, but even he wasn't stupid enough to not notice that there was something secretive between those two.
At least, both he and Guinevere had thought so, until they began the hike to their usual picnic spot. Merlin and Freya trailed behind Arthur and Guinevere with a rather…hostile aura around them. It was disgruntling and more importantly, it was ruining the romantic mood! Arthur finally had enough and whirled around to face the two of them.
"Alright enough! What is going between you two?" Arthur pointed down at the two servants. Gwen frowned but said nothing; she'd been about to lose her head and question the servants herself.
"Nothing," they replied simultaneously and too quickly to avoid suspicion. Arthur raised an eyebrow, and in a kingly manner stared down at the pair of them, waiting for them to spill.
"Are you having a fight?" Guinevere asked slowly. When they didn't respond, Gwen took their silence as an affirmation. "Alright, what happened?"
"He/She said that strawberries/raspberries were better than raspberries/strawberries!"They both cried indignantly. Merlin and Freya exchanged a heated look; it wasn't quite a glare, but a look that bordered competitiveness. "Stop that!" They exclaimed in unison once more.
"What?" Arthur deadpanned, but he was completely ignored by the two servants.
"Merlin, strawberries are much better than raspberries! Strawberries are sweet! Raspberries are sour and they get stuck in your teeth!" Freya argued.
"Lies! Strawberries are sour too, Freya! Besides, raspberries are smaller and you don't have to remove leaves when you eat them! Have you ever eaten the leaves on a strawberry? They're as bitter as Gaius's medicine!" Merlin snapped back at her.
"Well who told you to eat the leaves? They're meant to be scenic Merlin! There's nothing romantic about raspberries!"
"Oh and I suppose strawberries are!"
Arthur and Guinevere watched the two scream back and forth at each other, they turned redder as they grew angrier. With Merlin's last remark, Freya shoved her hand in the picnic basket, procured a ruby, red strawberry and shoved it into Merlin's mouth mid-argument.
"See, strawberries are much more romantic!" Freya exclaimed triumphantly as the manservant finally shut up. When she realized what she had just done, she dropped the picnic basket in mortification and started running back to Camelot. A stunned King and Queen watched Merlin nibbling on his strawberry with a faint blush on his cheeks.
"I just love getting her riled up."
Hehe, I giggled the entire time I wrote this! Aren't they just wonderful together?
I believe I mentioned this before but there is just so much room for imagination with Freya's personality. She could be the only person Merlin doesn't tease (because he's WAY too in love with her) or he would tease her relentlessly to get cute reactions from her and help her break out of her shy bubble.
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Kiki1770
