Morgana exhaled when the door closed and picked up her emerald green skirt and sheer shirt. Instead of putting them on she held them in her arms, she couldn't live that far and didn't mind if the population of London saw her doing her walk of shame.
The door opened behind her and Merlin walked in, she turned to face him.
He was looking at her blankly, shell shocked by her exiting the kitchen.
"I'll be gone in a few minutes" she said quickly, looking down at her feet "I left my number on your bedside table."
"I was hoping that we would get the chance to talk." He said hopefully.
"We will" Morgana smiled "I just don't think this is an appropriate time, we are both in relationships and have cheated, for lack of a better word. I know already the decisions I am making but you on the other hand, are still torn. I want you to be happy Merlin and if Freya makes you happy then that's the only thing I need to know. Just let me know when you make a decision, i won't ask anything else of you."
Morgana moved forward and kiss him gently before walking around him and into the apartment. She crossed the room to Gwaine and kissed him in the cheek as she grabbed her phone off the table.
"See ya" she murmured.
"Bye" he replied, scoffing down his omelette as Morgana skipped over to the sofa and pulled on her leather jacket. She smiled at him as she stuffed her clothes into her bag and hooked it over her shoulder.
"Merlin" she called out and waited until he poked his head around the door, when he did she smiled "Thank you for everything and I couldn't find my underwear."
He laughed at her mockingly and Gwaine burst into laughter, she waved at the both before walking out the door.
It took her fifteen minutes to get back to her apartment. The walk had been full of sniggers and stares due to her clothing. When she got to her apartment she sighed, throwing her bag onto the black sofa and peeling her feet out of her heels.
She hung her jacket on the coat hanger and moved towards the kitchen, which was simple and decorated the same as the rest of the apartment in dark colours (mostly blacks and greys with the occasional green). Opening the fridge and reaching in, she pulled out a bottle of water and gulped it down.
The clock in the wall read 10:23am, I have enough time for a shower and to meet Leo before lunch with Uther. She thought to herself, if I hurry I might be able to spend 15 minutes in my favourite bookshop 'the royal accords'. Her face lit up at the thought and she skipped into the bathroom, turning on the shower she took off the clothes she had borrowed from Merlin. She gathered the shirt and boxer shorts in her arms and walked naked across her apartment. She kicked open her bedroom door and threw the clothes on her bed and walked back to the bathroom. She practically jumped in the shower, allowing her body to be covered in the trickling water. The hot water turned her skin red and she smiled enjoying the heat.
Morgana rapidly washed her hair, closing her eyes as the soap dripped out if her hair, turning the tap off.
She wrapped a towel around her hair and used another to dab herself dry before slipping on her silk dressing gown. A loud knocking on the door made her jump. She walked back into the apartment and opened the front door.
Leon stood against the door frame, he looked tired and scared. She noticed that he wearing the same clothes as the night before and his curly hair was messier than normal.
"Morgana" he exhaled, pulling her into a tight hug "I didn't know what to think."
"What are you doing here?" She asked quickly, he released her and she walked back into the apartment. He follows shutting the door behind her.
"Morgana last night you disappeared without a word" he snapped, following her into the kitchen and watching as she drank from a bottle of water.
"Do you want a drink?" She asked him calmly.
"No I don't want a drink Morgana, I want to know what happened last night."
"It was just something from my past" she started "it's nothing to worry about."
He let out a stifled laugh "but I do worry about you Morgana. I just don't understand, you've been acting so distant recently. You're different and I don't know why? I don't even know where you were last night because your weren't here or with Arthur. Are you even going to tell me where you were?"
Morgana's mind raced as she tried to find the best thing to say, as he questioned her her mind snapped like an elastic band that was stretched too far.
"Please be quiet Leon." She almost spat resting her palm on her forehead and breathing heavily. "I've known you practically my whole life Leon and I've never felt the same way that you've felt about me."
Leon looked shocked, as if he'd been punched in the face and didn't know anyway to say. "You don't love me." He managed, some tears beginning to form.
Morgana flinched, the guilt beginning to eat away at her insides, she felt sick "No"
Leon brought his fist to his mouth and turned away from her.
She continued "I never intended to hurt you, I thought I could make this work but I can't."
Leon exhaled sharply, turing back to face her "is there someone else?" He asked simply trying to hide the hurt in his voice but she could see the sadness in his eyes.
"This was never going to work." She said quickly deflecting the question.
"Morgana, at least have the decency to answer my question." He snapped at her, Morgana flinched at the sound of his voice and moved backwards, pressing herself against the kitchen side.
She nodded and he bit his lip hard and stepped towards her. "How long?" He barked.
"It's not like that" she defended "I wasn't cheating on you, it happened last night. Only last night."
"Is that meant to make me feel better Morgana? My girlfriend slept with someone else, what does it matter how man times if happened?" He asked rhetorically.
"It doesn't" she said weakly, looking down at her feet.
Leon opened his mouth, his face kiting up with realisation "Who is it?" He said abruptly, when she didn't answer he carried on "Arthur told me you were safe but I know he wasn't with you. So who were you with?"
Morgana frowned at him "it's not important"
Leon barely let her finish, he shouted "do not tell me it's not important" he exhaled trying to calm himself down "tell me who it is."
"I...I stayed at M...Merlins last night" she managed.
Leon face twisted with a mixture of hurt and anger as he marched towards Morgana.
She was scared and was already pushed against the side, she saw him marching towards her and as he got closer she balled her hand into a fist and punched the air in front of her. Her fist connected hard with Leon's face, his nose cracked under the pressure and he cried out loudly.
"Fuck" he shouted, holding his nose and dabbing at the blood that started to trickle down "what the fuck Morgana?"
"Please get out." She breathed loudly, her heart pounded hard against her chest.
He walked rapidly out of the apartment and slammed the door. A sense of relief washed over her.
Then she thought of Merlin. Leon was angry and she and she had no way to get hold of him. Shit, her mind screamed.
She moved quickly across her apartment and rifled through her wardrobe for something appropriate to wear. She picked up a shirt and some denim shorts and three them onto her bed. She opened the draw and grabbed a blue bra and panties. Pulling on the brazillian style knickers and balcony bra, she crossed the room and put the shorts on fumbling to button them up. Morgana pulled the shirt on and picked up some socks from the floor. She hopped into the living room as she struggled to get the socks over her toes, succeeding she pulled on the blue Doc Martens. Quickly shaking off the towel on her head, She opened the doors and turned to grab her phone off the side board and pulled her keys from the door. It slammed shut and she ran down the stairs, through the front door and onto the busy street.
She ran towards Merlin apartment hoping to find him before Leon could. Her mind racing, she knew Leon had quite a tempted from the stories Arthur had told her. Merlin however was gentle natured she wouldn't want him to get hurt. She couldn't bear the thought of him being hurt.
She made it to his apartment in seven minutes and rushed up the stairs and banged loudly on the door.
The door opened quickly and Merlin stood rubbing his eyes tiredly at her "Morgana" he croaked.
"Told...Leon..." She managed between deep breaths as she struggled to breath.
"What?" He asked, moving to the side, allowing her to walk into the apartment. She followed his lead and he shut the door behind her.
She bent over, grabbing her side as she became aware of the pain in her left side. "Fuck" she breathed "I shouldn't have run."
"You ran?" He asked, his eyes widening in a shocked expression. She hit his arm gently.
"Yes I fucking ran. Leon came over and I broke up with him."
Merlin waved his hands "wait, you broke up with him?"
"Let me finish" she snapped and he laughed at her. "Things hadn't been right for a while but that's not the point. He was sure that I'd been cheating on him, I tried to convince him I wasn't but he wouldn't accept that. He was so angry and I was scared so I told him and he freaked out. He and toward me and I broke his nose. He was on the war path so I thought I should come and warn you."
Merlin took a moment to filter the information before speaking "Christ, this is not ideal."
"Your telling me" she mimicked.
"Did you have to back his nose?" He said mockingly "do you do that with all the guys you break up with?"
She laughed at him "it's a necessity in the breaking up progress. You didn't see him, he was marching towards me with an angry look and I just punched him. I didn't think i would bak his nose."
Merlin laughed and looked down at her clothes. She was wearing black shorts and a white shirt that was opening revealing a blue bra.
"Your shirts not buttoned up" he said jokingly and she looked down and laughed in annoyance.
"I wondered why I was getting funny looks on the way here." They both laughed.