From friendship to love

Chapter 1

Look at my boys, so cute☺️

Narrators POV
"Rise and shine!" Merlin sung as he ripped the curtains open in Arthur's chambers.
"Get. Out. Now." Grunted Arthur being annoyed at his man servant.
"Awww, don't be like that. It's a beautiful day! Oh and there's your breakfast," Merlin pointed to Arthur's bedside table.
"Like I said before, get out," Arthur said as he grabbed a pillow to put over it blonde head.
"Alright then," Merlin began to walk out of the chamber before Arthur stopped him in his tracks.
"You're forgetting something Merlin," This made him to turn on his heels and look at the half asleep prince. "You're going to clean my armer for this afternoon's training with the knights."
"Great," Merlin said looking at the pile of metal. He picked them up and proceeded to go down to the armoury. On his way down Merlin seen Sir Leon and Sir Percival.
"Why hello Merlin! Did the king get you to do his armer?" Sir Leon asked looking at the basket with the metal in it.
"You know it. He was in a cranky mood today and refused to get out of his bed. Well I better be off, see you two around!" Merlin waved as he passed them by.

⏰Time skip⏰

Merlin POV
I was sitting in the armoury cleaning Arthur's boots while whistling to keep my mind entertained, when I started to talk to my self thinking I was alone.
"God Arthur is such a prat! Why can't he clean his own armer, huh?! Would it kill him to do physical labor once in his royal life?!" I say to my self thinking no one heard me.
"Well Merlin I don't think Arthur would like to be hearing that?" I look up and jump out of my skin when I realised someone was there.
"Oh, hi Gwaine. I thought you were Arthur," I laughed as he sat next to me. He grabbed Arthur's other boot that I hadn't started cleaning yet. "What are you doing?" I asked as he picked up another cloth.
"What dose it look like I'm doing? I'm helping you," Gwaine said with a smile.
"Don't you have knightly duties to do?" I asked as I started to clean the boot I was holding.
"Truth be told, I'm actually hiding from Elyan at the moment," Gwaine said laughing a bit nervously. I looked over at him, he was focusing on the boot and making sure it's clean. I then look at his clothing which consists of a dark blue shirt, black pants and a pair of boots. My eye them wonder to his facial features, his brown silky hair that would flow in the wind, his defined jaw line. I then make my way to his eyes, they were like a light brown and a dark brown who are fighting to win the eye. I got lost in them, I didn't realise how long I was staring until Gwaine had to shake me.
"Huh? What's wrong?" I ask embarrassed.
"You spaced out there. I wasn't about to do your boot to," He said as he continued to clean his boot. There was a few minutes of silence until Gwaine broke it. "Remember when we got in trouble by Arthur and we had to clean all the knights boots? They stunk!" He laughed and nudged me.
"Ya they did! Especially Arthur's!" I laughed along with him. We continue to joke, laugh and talk about anything as we cleaned Arthur's armer. Once we were done we had to say our farewells. "Thanks for the hand Gwaine."
"Anytime mate, and I'll see you at the tavern tonight?" Gwaine asked with a raise of his eye brows.
"Sure thing," I tell him before we wave each other off. But I can't help but think about how I was in a sort of trance before.

Gwaine POV
I was on my way down to the armoury to hide from Elyan. When I was about to enter I heard whistling, I don't know who it belonged to but they were great at it. So I decided to sit for a while and listen. After a few minutes I heard them speak.
"God Arthur is such a prat! Why can't he clean his own armer, huh?! Would it kill him to do physical labour once in his royal life?!" I smirked at his statement finding it funny, so I stepped out from behind the wall and show my self.
"Well Merlin I don't think Arthur would like to be hearing that?" I say with a smirk. He looked at me shocked that I heard him, but in the end he's face went back to a normal smile.
"Oh, hi Gwaine. I thought you were Aruther," he laughed. I smiled at his goofiness and how cute he was being. All the knights find him cute and adorable, it's one of his many traits as he tells Arthur but he never agrees. Me being nice and all I sat down and picked up the other boot.
"What are you doing?" Merlin asked pointing to the boot in my hand.
"What dose it look like I'm doing? I'm helping you," I stated as continued to clean the boot. I smiled at how he thought I wouldn't help a friend in need. Merlin looked at me and then looked down at his boot.
"Don't you have knightly duties to do?" He asked and continued to clean Arthur's boot. I looked up at him, I couldn't remember what I was actually-wait! I was hiding from Elyan.
"Truth be told, I'm actually hiding from Elyan at the moment," I laughed nervously at how I could be scared at that small thing. I found a small bit of mud that refused to come off. 'You little-come off!' I thought to my self. It took me SO long to get that! What did Arthur step in? I sighed briefly before looking over at merlin who was look at me in a sort of trance. 'God Merlin, I know I'm sexy who wouldn't want to look at me,' Is what I was going to say but decided against it. So I shook him, he looked a bit surprised and shocked. Cute.
"Huh, what's wrong?" He tilted his head in embarrassment. Ha even cuter.
"You spaced out there. I wasn't about to do your boot to," I smirked as I cleaned the boot, I wondered what he might of actually been thinking. We sat there with only the sound of cloth against leather so I decided to break that silence. "Remember when we got in trouble by Arthur and we had to clean all the knights boots? They stunk!" I laughed and nudged him to get his attention.
"Ya they did! Especially Arthur's!" Merlin said with a big smile as he laughed remembering it. We continue to talk, joke and mess about until all the armer was done. As we were walking out Merlin said thanks, I told him anytime and asked if I would see him at the tavern, he told me he'd be there which put me in a good mood for the rest of the day. Yay I have a drinking buddy! I was going to get ready for training in the afternoon, but I need to make a little detour.

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I'm back! Sorry about the long time I just had no effort to write and I also had a lot of school work to do. But I'll be updating at least once a week or more because I feel like I need to update more.
As always, see ya mates-🍀