What the hell Arthur? What the hell? What was that son of a bitch playing at? Merlin was so beautiful! How couldn't he see that? And she definitely was not just a servant. She was a human being, not some piece of furniture! Arthur, Gwaine thought, did not deserve a friend like her (him?) He was kind, brave, loyal, and now a girl (which Gwaine secretly was happy about, because now he might have a chance with him.)

Gwaine found her in an abandoned part of the castle. Through a window, she was sadly over-looking the training fields, where Arthur was still training his knights. Gwaine felt a pang f jealously wash through him. Even when she was a guy, Merlin had always been pulled to Arthur. Now, after being insulted by that asshole, she was still watching him.

"Merlin," he whispered. She turned and smiled.

"Hey, Gwaine," he/she said (whether he was considered a he or she really confused Gwaine.)

"You okay?"

He/she smiled at him again. "Yeah. It just hurts that someone considers me a stupid, ugly, worthless servant, especially a friend."

"Merlin," said Gwaine, sitting down next to him/her, "You know you are not ugly, stupid, or worthless."

"Yeah, I know, but it still hurts."

Gwaine wrapped an arm around her shoulders. She leaned in to his shoulder, then rested her head on it. Gwaine felt butterflies in his stomach. He always had sort of a thing for pretty woman with kind personalities, and Merlin fit that description.

"Oh, sorry Gwaine!" Merlin shot up off his shoulder and cursed under her breath. "Sorry, even since I've been turned into a woman, I've been behaving like one as well."

"That's alright. You basically are one."

"No! I'm a man! I'm just trapped…in a woman's body," the last words were barely a whisper. Gwaine felt guilt rush through him. While his friend, his bro, was seeing life from a different gender, he had been planning on the best way to get the manservant turned maidservant to kiss him.

"Sorry."

"No, I'm sorry," said Merlin. "I shouldn't have yelled."

Gwaine laughed. "Only you would apologize for behaving like the rest of us would. Really, if I was in your situation, I would have the whole castle feeling my wrath."

Merlin smiled as Gwaine hugged her. Merlin then quickly pulled away, muttering about "damn breasts being squished." They sat there in companionable silence, until Merlin got up.

"I'm gonna give Arthur a piece of my mind," she explained, then left.

Gwaine smiled, hoping she would give him hell.

Later, in the evening, when Gwaine arrived in his chambers, he found a small basket of apples on the table with a note.

Dear Gwaine, said the note, in Merlin's tidy yet untidy scrawl.

Thank you for punching Arthur and coming after me when I ran away. You're a true friend.

-Merlin.

Gwaine thought three things at that moment:

Aww, how sweet!

Oooooh, this apple tastes great!

And, shit, I'm in the friendzone.

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