Hey Ya'll! I know its been FOREVER since I last uploaded a chapter to this story, so I figured i'd be nice and upload the latest chapter for you!
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DISCLAIMER: I do not own Merlin, Arthur Pendragon and the BBC do. I just wish i owned Arthur!
Arthur sat up abruptly, as if standing to attention. His jaw dropped open. "What?" Arthur asked. "Are you telling me you don't remember anything that happened over the last few weeks??" His face had an incredulous look pasted across it. "You don't remember not eating, not sleeping, being catatonic for the past couple of weeks, and just now, slicing your own wrists with my short sword by MAGIC!!!" Merlin looked sheepish, ashamed, and horrified at the same time. He had no idea what he should do or say to Arthur, but what he didn't know, was that the young prince, although shocked that Merlin was a sorcerer, he had accepted everything about the young warlock as he loved they younger boy unconditionally, and did not want to see any harm come to him.
Arthur lay in bed, watching Merlin squirm, trying to figure out what he would say to the young prince, when Merlin felt a warm, firm hand on his shoulder, and looked over at Arthur, who had a warm smile on his face, and he pulled the younger boy into a hug, holding him close, breathing in Merlin's scent, which was warm and clean, with just a bit of something, which Arthur had not identified until now, but he now knew to be Merlin's magic, which made Merlin's scent his own. "It's ok Merlin, I wont breathe a word, this I swear to you."
Merlin breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't have to say anything to Arthur which might incriminate himself. He pulled away from Arthur, and sat up, not facing him. "Arthur, there's a reason why I have to stay so close to you, and I'm not sure if you'll accept it or even like it. When I first got here, the dragon under the castle tried to contact me several times, and when I finally went to see him, he told me that I am to be by your side as you become the future king of the united land of Albion. At first I didn't want to, but as I got to know you, Arthur, I have seen that you will one day be worthy of that title, and I do want to be by your side, Arthur, you are a worthy man, and I -" Merlin turned toward Arthur, and looked into his eyes "I love you Arthur, I think I always have, and will never stop loving you."
Arthur's eyes widened at this admission, and as Merlin started to turn away, ashamed, Arthur grabbed his face, pulled it close to him, and kissed Merlin full on the mouth, pouring into the kiss his emotions, all the ones he could not express to the young boy verbally. Merlin's eye's widened at the start of the kiss, and then they slowly drifted shut, as Merlin started to respond to Arthur's probing, passionate lips. After a while, the two young men broke apart, breathing unevenly, from the heated, passionate kiss that they had just shared. The two boys looked into each other's eyes, not wanting to look away, Arthur drew Merlin into his arms, and pulled him down, back into the bed holding him tightly to his body. The two boys lay there, not wanting to leave each other's arms. The two young men kissed each other, revelling in their new found discovery, not ever wanting to stop, and eventually, they fell asleep, arms and legs wound around each other, smiles on their faces.
The next morning, Uther was informed of a summit to do with magic in Cendrid's Kingdom, and decided to inform his son, so they could decide what to do about it. Uther walked into Arthur's room, knowing that at this time in the morning, his son would still be in bed, asleep, as his lazy manservant would not have woken him yet. As he walked over to Arthur's bed, he opened the hanging curtains, and saw his son and his son's manservant lying in the bed together, limbs entangled facing each other and smiles on their faces and Uther's jaw dropped with the sight that was right in front of his eyes. He was shocked. He had thought that he had brought up his son to be better than this, to not have to stoop this low, or at the very least, not get caught doing it. So, he did what he had to do. He grabbed Merlin's collar, pulled him from Arthur's grasp, dragged him outside the door and dropped him unceremoniously down the stairs around the corner from Arthur's room. He then walked back into Arthur's room, where he walked back over to Arthur's bed, where Arthur had sat up, bleary eyed, looking around for Merlin, when Uther shouted, "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING???"
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