At Lancelot's BBQ, Gwaine left the camera on the windowsill pointed at the table where they sat to film them.
Arthur put his arm around merlin so Merlin leaned against his ribs. "Do you want a burger honey?" Arthur asked. Merlin pursed his lips thinking. "Nah, hot dog for me thanks!" he grinned. Arthur nodded. He pulled away to go and get the food. Merlin turned to talk to Leon, then Arthur came back for a second to steal a kiss.
"You two are so cute!" Morgana said nudging Leon so she could sit down on their table. Merlin smiled slightly. "Well yeah we are!" he said.
Gwen nudged Leon up the other way so she could sit next to him. "Why aren't you like that?!" she said hitting Leon slightly.
"What?! You want me to be more like Arthur?!" Leon laughed putting his arm around her.
"Yeah! They're romantic, you're cheap!" Gwen grinned.
"I am not cheap!" Leon said with a grin and a shake of his head.
"Well you are! Arthur paid for a skywriter and a message to be grown in merlin's favourite flowers with roses too for his engagement. Last time you took Gwen on a date it was to the theatre and you fell asleep!" Morgana said.
"I can't believe you fell asleep in the theatre Leon!" Merlin laughed.
"Pipe down you it's you that got me in trouble here!" Leon grinned. Merlin laughed again.
"I tell you what then, we'll go on a date next week to the beach! Then to that fancy Italian place you loved! Sound alright?" Leon asked.
"Sounds average! You might want to up your game there Leon!" Morgana grinned.
"Shut up morgana! It sounds better than the date last month!" Gwen laughed.
"That's because you don't know what we'll do in-between!" Leon said. Merlin began to chuckle.
"You child merlin!" Morgana couldn't help but laugh. Arthur handed Merlin his hot dog and slid in beside him. "What are we talking about?"
"Leon being a cheap skate and unromantic, and Merlin having a mind that lives in the gutter!" Morgana filled him in. Arthur laughed. He agreed about merlin's mind as he bit into his burger.
Merlin rolled his eyes and made sure he had his mouth full so he couldn't reply!
Gwaine was making a fool of himself in front of the camera. He stole a load of sausages and ate as many as he could in under a minuet. He dragged Gwen up to dance. Gwen dragged up Leon, who dragged Morgana, who dragged Arthur, who dragged merlin up too! Percival was forced to dance. Whoever didn't was tickled by Gwaine relentlessly until they did!
This got them all laughing and dancing. Some of the others joined in too. Lancelot left the barbeque to join in for a minute.
Gwaine whispered something to Mordred before he reached the garden so Mordred magiced him up a ball! Gwaine threw it to Percival, and Percival threw it to Leon. Leon laughed and bounced it to Gwen. Mordred caught it and kept it going between him and Gwaine. Then Gwaine threw it to merlin so merlin lept up to play. Gwen joined in. Eventually they were keeping the ball in the air and being warned not to get too close to the flames with the ball.
At the first chance he got, Arthur stole another burger and went to sit down again. Morgana came to sit beside him too.
Morgana leaned back next to her brother and sighed contently. "This is nice!" she said with a smile. Arthur agreed. He watched the beam on Merlin's face make his blue eyes sparkle. "You and Mordred sure seem happy! I'm happy for you two!" Arthur said. Morgana smiled up at her brother.
"I'm happy for you and Merlin too!" She said. Arthur
"Come on Honey! Come play darling!" Mordred called beckoning to Morgana. Morgana laughed and shook her head. Mordred looked over to Gwaine. Gwaine grinned and tugged Percival's arm. Gwaine ran over to Morgana and tried to pull her to her feet. She wouldn't budge so Merlin ran to join in.
"Arthur tell her to join in!" merlin said with a little whine. Arthur laughed and repeated his words.
Gwaine started to hit Arthur gently. Then Arthur hit him back. Then Gwaine hit him again. Then they cascaded into a slapping fight like little kids in a school's playground! It lasted for a while with Merlin face palming, and the others stopping to watch.
"Alright, alright, alright enough!" Arthur said stopping him, "I'll play!"
At the exact moment that the word left his lips, the ball flew into Arthur's hand. They ran up the garden to continue throwing the ball around in no real game.
Lancelot had to forcibly sit them down and make them eat so that he got rid of the food he had cooked. Then he packed away the barbeque with a little help from Percival and Arthur. When they got back, Gwaine was doing cartwheels and Merlin joined in too! Arthur and Percival rolled their eyes at their "better" halves!
Gwaine, Percival, Arthur and Merlin spent a very long time hanging around with Lancelot after everyone else had gone home! Gwaine and Merlin were acting very childish. They were playing hopscotch! They played hula-hoops, stuck in the mud, it, skipping, hide and seek, hide and seek it, and now hopscotch. It took all of his effort for Arthur to drag merlin out of that garden. Then even more effort to separate him from Gwaine as Percival pulled Gwaine in the opposite direction!