A/N okay so I'm not very happy about this but I've been thinking about this one shot for ages and although I loved the initial idea, I wasn't too happy with what I produced but anyway this was wrote because I realised that at times, if I were Merlin, I would feel so alone in the world and I would need Arthur to tell me that he was my friend sometime. So i wrote this cause it has been playing at my mind for aaaageeees! Hope you enjoy it, review to tell me if you did or didn't. Thanks Oh and if you have any ideas for future fics tell me via review/pm.

Sometimes Merlin felt ultimately alone. He was the same as everyone else but more different then could possibly be imagined. He had magic, not only that but he was the most powerful Warlock to have ever walked the Earth and no one, well next to no one knew. He wanted to leave Camelot, to run away from his destiny and his future and never look back but he was kept there by an unspoken friendship between Arthur and himself. It was not a bond he couldn't explain nor could he deny. It was like they were bound together, like a chain was wrapped around Merlin's heart and if you followed this chain it would be bound to Arthurs. Nothing could make it leave even if Arthur had many other chains around his heart where as Merlin had but one. Merlin's half of the chain usually remained strong and determined but as of late it had weakened because he knew that on Arthur's side it was rusting and getting looser. As Arthur was becoming the man and king he was supposed to be he was meeting new people who he was spending a lot of time with and therefore spending less time with Merlin. This could only be expected to happen with time but that didn't make it hurt any less. Arthur was letting Merlin go and hadn't even noticed. Merlin was losing him and it hurt like a knife in the chest but Arthur would never loose Merlin, no matter how much he wanted to. It would never happen.

All Merlin needed in his moments of sadness was some words to cheer him up which Arthur, oblivious so he is usually still gave him.

"Merlin?"

"Yeah."

"I'm your friend, you know that right?"

"Of course, Sire."

"Oh don't 'sire' me! And since I'm your friend, you know you can tell me why you've been acting less 'merlin-ey' recently." Arthur told Merlin with a smirk before sitting down on the floor next to Merlin and ruffling his hair.

Merlin smiled back and simple as that the chain was fixed. Once again Arthur and Merlin were 'Arthur and Merlin'.

"There's nothing wrong Arthur. Nothing at all."

"I can feel when you feel sad, y'know; it's as if there is a chain that binds us." Arthur didn't realise he spoke such truths.

A/N Thanks for reading