Arthur is trying to find someone to date for his roommate, Because if Merlin will be single and available any longer Arthur will not be able to not make a move. The only problem is that it seems impossible to find someone Merlin would want to date... or maybe Arthur just hadn't try to look in the right places, like the mirror for example.
Modern AU
Yes, there will be mistakes, grammar or others, Sorry for that :)
Also I do not own Merlin or any of the characters there, this amazing piece of art belongs to BBC ;)
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Arthur was in his bedroom when he heard the door close. He quickly jumped out of bed and run in the living room.
"Hey, so?" He said and Merlin jumped up because he didn't expected it
"Hey... I don't... think we gonna do second date" Merlin announced, threw his keys in the bow on the kitchen island and went to the fridge.
"What? Why?" Arthur asked
"Come on, what was wrong with this one Merlin?" he continued
"He was just... not... he was too much... you know" Merlin was(not) explaining while looking in the fridge, there was nothing wrong with the guy he was on a date actually, but he was not Arthur.
Of course that Merlin had to have a crush on his hot blond roommate, because why should his life be easy, right?
"Damn it!" Arthur thought. Merlin has to start to date someone, for Arthur's sake.
Of course that Arthur had to have a crush on his cute raven hair roommate, because why should his life be easy, right?
Arthur is man of principles, so he would never make a move on someone who is in a relationship, Merlin however is single. Single and around Arthur every day with his clever witty remarks and cute smile and Arthur can take only so much before do something that might ruin their friendship.
Merlin took two beers from the fridge and handed one of them to Arthur.
"How about that guy from the bakery?" Arthur suggested.
"Too straight" Merlin chuckled
"Really?" Arthur asked and took a sip of his drink.
"Yeah" Merlin nodded and went to sit down on the sofa
"Ok, tell me what your type is then, I will find a perfect guy for you" Arthur said and followed Merlin
"Oh... you know nothing too specific, blond, blue eyes, illegally fit, adorable smile, sharing an apartment with me... " Merlin was thinking while looking at Arthur
"Ehm I don't know Arthur, just... someone" Merlin said aloud,
Arthur made "really?! God why me?" face
"Wanna watch a movie?" Merlin asked and reached for the remote, Arthur nodded and sat down next to Merlin
"How was work by the way?" Merlin asked while looking for some movie to watch
"It was good, Leon is back from his vacation" Arthur said, Arthur worked in the local gym as a personal trainer, along with his friends.
"Cool" Merlin nodded
"You?" Arthur asked about Merlin's work in the bookshop.
"I am quitting... some young guy came in and asked me if there is any book that would be like those movies Lord of the rings" Merlin mumbled and Arthur had to laugh aloud at that. Merlin chuckled as well, but it was caused by Arthur's laugh.
"Monty Python and the Holy Grail?" Merlin asked
"Don't waste time with asking Merls, any movie that has character called Arthur on it is automatically a master piece" Arthur nodded almost seriously and Merlin shook his head in amusement and pressed play on the remote.
Few minutes after the movie began, Merlin sat closer to Arthur and laid his head on the other man's shoulder. Arthur automatically wrapped his arm around Merlin shoulders.
"Merlin, how about the guy from..." Arthur began
"Arthur, not now" Merlin mumbled
"I was just thinking..."
"Less thinking, more watching" Merlin said and cuddled closer to Arthur.
Merlin really wanted to delay another date as much as possible, because he already knew that it's gonna be the same. Merlin will show up, in the best case that guys turns out to be a douchebag so Merlin can just leave, and in the worst case that guy is nice and funny, but there is always that moment when Merlin just have to realize that it's not Arthur sitting opposite of him, so he has to come up with some excuse for not seeing that guy again.
After the movie ended Merlin turned the TV down, and they both got up from the sofa.
"Good night Arthur" Merlin yawned while walking in his room, with a big empty bed he reminded to himself
"Night Merlin" Arthur replied while going into his own room, with a big Merlin-less bed he reminded to himself
Both of them walked to their beds and fell down on them, while mumbling something about life being unfair.
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Arthur woke up the next morning, got up from the bed and walked into their living room/kitchen. He saw some dishes in the sink, so he knew that Merlin already left. He made some breakfast and went to sit down on the sofa with it, pulled out his phone and began to look through some dating apps. Arthur is a man of principles, so the only thing that could do something about his crush on Merlin is Merlin being in relationship.
That activity lasted Arthur the whole morning and when Merlin opened the door with a take out lunch Arthur surprised looked up from his phone
"Merlin?" he said
"Arthur" Merlin winked at him and went to put his keys in bowl on the kitchen island.
"Merlin has no idea what he is doing to me, hasn't he?" Arthur thought
"I have lunch, well two actually" Merlin announced happily and started to put the food from the boxes on the plates. Of course Merlin would remember that it's Arthur's day off, and he would know that Arthur would not want to cook anything.
"Merlin, what do you think about spiders?" Arthur asked and went to sit down on the stool in the kitchen island.
"Spiders? Why do you ask?" Merlin asked confused while dealing with the now empty boxes
"I did find a guy who..."
"Arthur, really?" Merlin rolled his eyes and placed one plate in front of his crush and went to sit on the other stool next to him.
"Hear me out Merlin, he is good-looking, really. He works at some bank, so money would be good, right?" Arthur started to listing out the qualities of that man
"And the spiders?" Merlin asked
"He has... a few"
"Define few"
"40"
"40 spiders? Are you crazy?" Merlin asked
"I don't think he has them in his bedroom Merlin, so you would probably not even have to be around them" Arthur tried to find some solution
"Arthur... no way..." Merlin shook his head and started to eat his lunch. Good, actually some real reason for turning this guy down Merlin thought.
"Ok... maybe spider-man is not the one" Arthur began and Merlin chuckled at the nickname
"How about..." He wanted to introduce the next candidate.
"How about me being single, what's wrong with that?" Merlin asked, knowing that all dating is totally pointless for him.
"You can't... just be single Merls, you should be in relationship with someone" Arthur disagreed "So my principles can start to kick in and my crush to go away" he thought to himself
"Happily... if that someone will be you" Merlin thought while eating
They finished their lunch and Arthur did the dishes, because Merlin took care of the food, that's the deal.
Arthur got a text message on his phone that was on the coffee table, Merlin reached for the phone, because he was on the sofa with a book he was suppose to write a little review on for the bookshop.
"What does it say?" Arthur asked from the sink.
"Gwaine is asking if you wanna go for some drinks?" Merlin read the message
"I would go to be honest. Will you go with us?" Arthur replied and asked
"Sorry, really have to finish this book, otherwise Gaius will strange me" Merlin shook his head while texting Gwaine that Arthur will show up.
"Oh, ok" Arthur nodded, finally done with the dishes and walked over to Merlin to get his phone.
He quickly went to change into something more... well he was still in his sleeping shirt and shorts so something less pajamas-like.
"Say hi to Gwaine from me, and have fun" Merlin said without looking up from the book when Arthur walked out of his room with a hoodie in his hand
"Sure thing" Arthur mumbled while considering if he should take the hoodie with him or not, it was not that cold yet, and Arthur is ok with little bit lower temperatures actually. He decided that hoodie stays home, but he was too lazy to go back into his room with it, so he just tossed it on the sofa next to Merlin who was now fully focused on the book.
Arthur left the apartment and walked over to Rising Sun, the pub Arthur and his friends were very, very often in.
"Hey mate" Gwaine greeted him when Arthur walked over to his table
"hey, thanks" Arthur said and thanked for the beer that Gwaine already ordered for him
"No problem" Gwaine smirked
"So, anything new about Merlin?"
"Don't even start about it... he says hi by the way" Arthur mumbled and took a sip of his beer.
Gwaine of course knew about Arthur's little crush as well as about Merlin's, but he knew that saying something would be totally useless, because both of them, Merlin and Arthur are idiots.
"I was trying to find him someone to date, but it's impossible" Arthur complained.
"Maybe he doesn't want just someone"
"Who could he possible want Gwaine... sure I get it, he is smart and great, so he should have high standards, but... maybe he could just pick someone for my own sake"
Gwaine didn't know if he should laugh or punch Arthur for being such an oblivious idiot, so he rather took a sip of his own beer. He recalled a talk that he had with Merlin where Merlin said pretty much the same thing "I know that I should just move on, because why should Arthur want someone like me, but it's easier said than done" he heard Merlin's voice.
Arthur was insulting/complimenting Merlin almost the entire time with Gwaine in the pub.
"And his stupidly adorable ears? He should look ridiculous not cute..." Arthur mumbled, and Gwaine chuckled.
"True" he nodded
"See? Even you noticed it" Arthur said
"Everyone did Art" Gwaine nodded
Arthur mumbled something inaudibly about Merlin and glasses
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A few hours later Arthur opened the door and walked in
"Hey Merls" he said and tossed the keys in the bowl
"Hi Arthur" Merlin replied, he was sitting at the desk where he was on his laptop finishing up his review about the book.
Arthur looked at Merlin and his brain kinda crashed down at the sight.
Merlin was wearing glasses, something Arthur totally adores on Merlin, but that was not the reason, well not the only reason why he was not sure if there are two "K" in his name or just one. No, the main reason was the hoodie, Arthur's hoodie that Merlin was huddled in, because it looked huge and absolutely adorable on him.
"M-merlin" Arthur stuttered and Merlin looked up from the laptop, which made it even worst, because now Arthur was actually and totally screwed.
"Arthur?" Merlin asked and stood up
"Why? Glasses... Hoodie... why?" Arthur asked
Merlin looked at the hoodie on him
"Oh yeah... sorry, I was little bit cold and this was on the sofa so..." he began to explain and nervously ran his fingers through his hair, which made them look even more like a mess than before. Arthur somehow didn't die because of the totally adorableness in front of him yet, not sure how he managed to do so.
Merlin kept that little detail that he took Arthur's hoodie because it smells like Arthur to himself of course.
"Is it ok?" Merlin asked about the hoodie.
"No" Arthur said weakly
"It's anything but ok Merlin" he continued
Merlin swallowed nervously, ok maybe it was not right thing to do
"Sorry, I can take it..."
"Do not say take it off Merlin! Don't you dare to use those words right now" Arthur said desperately because of how he had no control about how he feels about Merlin and what Merlin is doing to him.
"What?" Merlin asked confused.
Arthur closed his eyes and took a deep breath, which did nothing to calm him down really. When he opened his eyes, he saw Merlin in his hoodie, with glasses and messy hair with cute expression on his face still standing right in front of him.
Arthur is just a human being, and there is only so much he can take, and this? This was too much. He made a few quick steps towards Merlin, and before Merlin could do anything but look surprised by that sudden action, Arthur pulled him close and kissed him. Merlin immediately return the kiss and wanted to run his fingers through Arthur's soft hair, but the sleeves of the oversize hoodie was getting in the way, none of the men seemed to mind it though.
After few minutes they finally managed to stop and were just looking at each others. Arthur somehow managed to make even bigger mess of Merlin's hair, which made him smile with pride little bit.
"Tall, blond, blue eyes, personal trainer..." Arthur mumbled, and Merlin looked confused, but could not stop smiling
"What?" he laughed
"Just another suggestion for your date" Arthur explained, and Merlin when he got what is Arthur talking about he had to laugh again.
"Sounds just like my type" Merlin mumbled and kissed Arthur again.
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