The lake's lady

4. A tender kiss

A couple walked the streets of Camelot, holding hands and glazing into each other eyes. A flicker in the madness, but it stayed staring hungrily at the couple. Flesh and Blood. It growled as it waited for its prey. Flesh and Blood. That was all that the madness desires, yearn, starve for. It wanted to jump out now, but it waited.

When the prey had no where to run the madness leaped at them. The air was filled with bloodcurdling screams as the madness tucked into its meal.

Then the madness was gone and guilt, pain, despair took over as a figure ran.

The tears wouldn't come anymore. No matter how they whelmed my heart, they didn't come. Instead I stared at my knees as I huddled in the warm cave.

What had I done? What had I done?

"I know...late again."

Merlin came in with his cheerfulness dancing in his tone. I nodded my head slightly, not paying attention to the bread he was showing me.

"What do you want with it? I make you anything. Ham? Cheese?"

"Strawberries." I whispered lifting my head. Strawberries were my favourite food especially at home.

"Strawberries it is."

He rubbed his hands as if warming up, playing about. I laughed as what he produced wasn't strawberries.

"It's the right colour." He said as he handed over the elegant red rose. I smiled looking at its soft silky petals.

But I don't deserve this.

"Why are you so good to me?"

He paused as he sat down, thinking.

"I don't know really. I like you."

Those words filled the tears that had ripped my heart but they should be left open. Especially left open.

"With you...I can just be who I am. We don't have to hide anything."

Yes I do.

"Merlin please. Listen to me...I'm not like you." I had to tell him. Even if I'll lose him.

A crash of the door broke our glaze, his confused, mine desperate.

"They must have followed me." Merlin gasped as we heard the clinking of armour.

Quickly Merlin pulled me up and hid me in a small gap in the wall behind the pile of sticks. He gathered up everything that could give us away.

The torch was getting closer and I could hear Halig grunts. He was gonna find Merlin and hurt him and then find me.

Please no.

Merlin jumped over the pile and slid down next to me just as the torch entered.

Halig grunted as he searched the room. I could imagine his heartless eyes, waiting to find they prey. Those eyes would taunt me as I would be thrown back into that cold cage. But before that they would turn on Merlin.

Then the torches left, fading into darkness. Merlin checked to see if they were gone before lighting a candle.

"They're going to find me."

"Ssssh."

"I can't go on like this, I can't." I broke down, grabbing Merlin's warm hands and sobbing into them.

"I won't let that happen. I promise you I will look after you no matter what."

He won't through. He will be scared of me. He's scared now, he should be.

"You really don't know how special you are, do you?"

"You not s-scare of me?" Hope filled my voice no matter how I tried to press it down.

"Being different nothing to be scare of."

Our faces were close, so we were automatically locked into each others eyes. His eyes were filled with tender, warmth, heart filling, hope and home. No fear even touched them.

He leaned forward and I did too.

His lips touch mine and they filled me up with happiness I never felt before. He was my home.

If you don't cry to this or this scene on the tele(probaly the latter) the your heart is stone! But still review, plz.