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Stares

Due to my responsibilities as Arthur's manservant, it is rare that I am not by his side. And, because of that, I also am one of the only people in Camelot who has seen 90% of his embarrassing moments.

For example, his embarrassing moments could range from falling asleep during a cabinet meeting, to getting caught checking out someone at the pub, but no matter what, I was always there to see them.

We were out one night, and I was technically not working but just hanging out with Arthur, after a hunt. We went to the pub, and had been playing games, gambling, and the likes of those things. I was mid-joke when I noticed Arthur wasn't paying attention to me. Albeit, this wasn't anything new, I was annoyed nonetheless.

"Hey! Dollop-head!" I shouted in his ear, and he jumped slightly.

"What, Merlin!" He responded just as loud, and I noticed him trying to tear his eyes away from something, or someone. I followed his line of sight until I gazed upon some bloke across the pub.

He was average, I guess. Probably my height or a little more, pale, dark hair, bright eyes. He had some above average muscles though, which I'll admit, we're nice to look at.

"Are you checking out that bloke?" I asked, laughing a bit when Arthur turned red.

"Of course not!" He said in response. "I don't 'check out' anyone! I'm the future king, I don't just gaze around looking at people, Merlin."

"Oof, my bad, Sire." I said, taking a step back and putting my hands up in surrender. I smiled, but noticed him looking down with an embarrassed look.

Some of the knights proceeded to join us, filling the rest of our night with drinks and laughter, leaving no room in my head to remember what had happened.

***
It was nearing a fortnight after I had caught Arthur eyeing up that bloke, and it seemed since that moment, it only happens more and more.

I was walking through the castle to the kitchen to get dinner, Arthur trailing behind me. He followed at a close distance, and I felt like I needed to quicken my pace in order to avoid getting stepped on.

When we reached the kitchen the smells of so many different foods caught me off guard, and I realized how hungry I was. Arthur droned on about one thing or another and I formed a plan to grab a roll when Cook wasn't looking. Albeit, it wasn't really a plan as much as me just grabbing a roll when she wasn't looking.

I gestured for Arthur to go ahead of me, back to his chambers, while I collected all of his food. I took note that he waited at the doorway for me.

When I had collected all of it I thanked Cook before waiting for her to look away. When she did I used magic to make a few pots or pans fall down, distracting her long enough that I could grab a roll.

I exited the kitchen quickly, Arthur's food on a platter on one hand, the other stuffing a roll into my pocket. I barely reached Arthur when I heard Cook yelling after me.

"Run!" I yelled to Arthur and he looked quite confused, but ran anyways. We sprinted up a flight of steps or two, and leaned on the wall when I figured we were safe. He looked at me, bewildered, when I took the roll out of my jacket and munched happily as we walked to his chambers.

"You know," Arthur said when he was nearly done with his meal. "You could have just asked me for something if you were really that hungry. I don't like running all that much."

I grinned, "Well, I've got to keep you in shape somehow, now don't I? If I don't, who will?"

"Are you calling me fat, Merlin?" I shook my head quickly, still smiling a bit.