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Arthur Pendragon - Part 2

Four days have passed and the boys still haven't returned. You spent all your time thinking and worrying for Arthur. Everytime you passed by the gate, you hoped to hear Arthur stupidly screaming to claim his win. But you don't hear him.
It's killing you. You can't sleep at night. No news about them and everyone seems too calm, including the King. Does he not care about his own son? Or maybe you're the one that's exaggerating. Maybe you're just scaring yourself and Arthur is well, on his way back home.
Gwen made sure to give you loads and loads of work and luckily this keeps your mind from creating scary scenarios.
"The Prince is back!!" you hear one of the guards announcing from the gate. Your heart skips a beat and you throw the cloth in your hand away, hurrying towards the gate.
"Medic! We need assistance!" the guard adds just seconds later.
"No, no, no, no" you whisper to yourself.
You get to the gates where everyone came to see what was happening. Lancelot is carrying Arthur on his horse, his armour all red because of Arthur's blood. You feel your knees getting weak.
The medic comes running to take Arthur from Lancelot. He's uncounscious. And you can't even get closer to him. You run to Merlin and as he gets off his horse you grab his shoulders.
"What happened, Merlin!? What happened to him? How...?" your voice fades away as tears start leaving your eyes.
"Y/n, I'm so sorry. I couldn't do anything. They stabbed him" he explains, his voice shaking.
You look at him, anger in your eyes full of tears.
"What do you mean 'you couldn't do anything'? You know damn well there were loads of things you could've done!" you tell him, reffering to his 'magic'.
"Lancelot was everywhere, watching my every move, Y/n" he sighs.
You look back at Arthur and you see Lancelot picking him up again to take him to his chamber, most probably. You hands are shaking and you feel Merlin's hands grabbing you to offer you support.
"I've got to see him, Merlin" you say.
"Y/n, you know..." he tries to say.
"Please! Help me see him, please!" you plead him.
He nods and helps you get back on the castle, to explain you the plan. But then you hear the King yelling at one of his servants for not letting him know about his son's arrival when Arthur got through the gates. You then see King Uther rushing to Arthur's chamber.
"Nevermind, I won't be able to go in now that Uther is there. You can't use spells on him, he's like a hawk" you sigh.
"I'll get you in tonight. I can talk to Gwen and ask her to assign you to look after him during the night" Merlin suggests.
You hit him in his after and look at him furrowing your brows.
"Are you stupid? If you ask her that she'll realize about our relationship."
Merlin laughs, annoying you even more than before, but leaving you confused too.
"Y/n, she knows, she realized a long time ago. She's a smart one, you know" he says, blushing.
Your eyes widen in shock, but then everything makes sense. Gwen not asking a thing about your ruffled clothes, her giving you hours before coming to look for you for chores that are really easy, you always being assigned to look after Arthur's stuff. She was helping you, as much as she could.
But you can't admit the fact that you didn't know in front of Merlin, so you just change the subject.
"You like her, don't you?"
"Shut up, I'll go talk to her. In the meantime, just act normal" he says ashe walks away.
You laugh at him and go back at your chores, but you can't help but think about Arthur. Is he going to be fine? Did he wake up?
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"Y/n, I need you to come with me" Gwen calls you, while winking at you.
You get up without any question and follow her.
"I want you to look after the Prince tonight. He needs someone to stay with him all the time" she let's you know.
You decide to play the game too and act like you don't know anything about the plan.
"Uh, sure."
She leaves you in front of Arthur's chamber and you whisper a 'thank you' to her, before going in.
You look around the well-known room, to make sure that no one's there, before rushing to his bed.
"Arthur? My love?" you ask.
He's awake, his beautiful smile appearing as soon as he sees you. He tries to get up, but the pain stops him. You remove the blanket and you push his shirt so you can see his stomach. It's all bandaged.
Your eyes start tearing up again and Arthur notices. He grabs your hands and pulls you on the bed, next to him. He wipes the tears from your cheeks.
"Y/n, it's fine. I'm fine. Look at me, it's just a scratch" he assures you.
"I told you to be careful, Arthur. I knew something was going to happen."
He holds you close to his chest, his hands going through your hair.
"I know, my love. I was reckless, as usual. But Merlin payed attention to your words. It could have been worse. He did something to me before we left"
You sigh, annoyed at Merlin for not telling you that he actually protected Arthur.
You look at Arthur, taking all his features in, knowing that you almost lost him. His deep blue eyes look right into your (your eye color) eyes. He kisses you on your forehead.
Then you suddenly remember that you were actually there to help him too. You get up, leaving Arthur confused on the bed.
"Oh God, do you need anything? Gwen sent me here to 'look after you'"
"Actually, could you get me a cup of water" Arthur laughs.
You run to the table, pouring him a cup of water and then bringing it back to him.
"You're so cute" he says, watching you run around his room, doing your job, making sure he's comfortable. "I'm fine, Y/n. Come here, stay with me."
You sit on the bed and look at him.
"I was worried sick, Arthur. I was so scared. I thought I lost you" you say.
Arthur's smile dissapears, a serious expression taking it's place.
"I'm sorry, Y/n. I didn't want you to be so worried. But I'm back. And you didn't loose me."
"Thank God" you say before kissing him.
He pulls you back in bed next to him. That's your little infinity. The little moments where it's just the two of you and no one is there to interrupt you. And now that you almost were deprived from this, you appreciate it even more. Every touch, every breath, every words, every kiss. You take it all in and never let it go, because this is what you want. He is what you want, no matter what. (END)