Timeless

Bathroom Door

Then Merlins phone goes off making Arthur jump back and fall off the couch and Merlin falls back on the arm rest and falls off that way.

They both sit up and look at each other before looking away just as quick and Merlin shakily stands up and grabs his phone from the coffee table.

"Y-yeah?" He stampers and Arthur clears his throat looking away and both of them are bright red and well, Merlin is very uncomfortable in his pants at the moment and he's wondering if Arthur is too.

"Merlin why do you sound out of breath?" Holly asks and Merlin groans. Not now.

He looks over at Arthur to see him staring at Merlin so hard that he feels his body heat up all over again.

"I'm not."

"Yes you are did you finally get it on with Arthur? Did I interrupt something?" She asks and Merlin can practically feel her beaming through the phone. Why does she want him to hook up with Arthur so badly?

Not that he's completely against the thought but still.

"No. We didn't hook up. We've never even kissed before." Merlin growls into the phone but apparently loud enough for Arthur to hear because he clears his throat and Merlin looks up to see Arthur move over to him looking more confused than ever.

Not that Merlin can blame him. He can only get one side of the conversation and it just happened to be the weirdest side.

"Well there's a first time for everything."

"No. That's not going to happen." He says crossing his arms and Arthur looks at his phone and throws Merlin an even more confused look than before if that's possible.

"How do you know? You aren't really Merlin Merlin. You're just..... Merlin. Not some powerful sorcerer from back in the day. You can't tell the future." She says chuckling and Merlin feels like laughing and crying at the same time.

The sad feeling takes over and he frowns.

"Hey uh Holly? I've got to go. I'll message you later." He mumbles and hangs up before Holly can say anything else about his and Arthur's non-existing sex lives with each other.

He locks his phone and throws it on the couch.

"Hey. What's wrong?" Arthur asks walking over to stand next to Merlin.

"Huh? Oh uh nothing. I'm good." He says shaking his head and running his through his hair and smiles at Arthur.

"Merlin. Come on. I know something's wrong. I know you."

Merlins smile goes away and he feels scared all over again.

He lets out a shaky breath and sits down on the edge of the couch and Arthur sits on the coffee table across from him. "What's wrong? You look like I'm about to arrest you for treason." Arthur chuckles.

Merlins eyes widen and Arthur's smile falls and he looks like he's been punched in the gut himself. "I'm not going to arrest you for treason Merlin. I can't even if I really wanted to."

"I know it's just.... I'm scared." He says looking down and he's bracing himself for the laughs of Arthur Pendragon but they never come.