Hiding his face against Arthur's shoulder.
He swears to the goddesses, if he sees another word written somewhere he's going to crash out. His eyes huurrrrttt...
“Yes. And also making sure your dear brother doesn't get his ass kicked too badly, you know. It's the little things”.
He rolls his eyes, but there's amusement shining inside them.
@EXCALlBEAR They should. They aren't being noisy, aren't they? Just two men going to get sweets.
“You can. We can share”, he says, happily— so Arthur doesn't have to worry if he isn't very hungry. “What should we buy? Oh, the apple tart looks really good”, they say great minds think alike.
@EXCALlBEAR Ahá. He knows that look in Arthur's eyes the moment he sees it. Merlin huffs, amused, and pulls the king's sleeve to guide him towards said bakery.
“We should grab something to eat. I'm a bit hungry, aren't you?”, he says, casually.
@EXCALlBEAR He didn't say that, shush.
Merlin giggles and leans towards Arthur, fingers hooking his sleeve, softly whispering:
“Is there anything that catches your fancy?”, he /knows/ Arthur can buy anything he wants, but Merlin wants to buy it for him.
@EXCALlBEAR “Away from people. Hmm...”
And away from big bodies of water, too. Merlin hums.
“Eh? Oh, yeah, I can. I need to have a destination in mind first, though; that's why I was asking”, drumming his fingers as he thinks, he suddenly comes up with an idea. “Hey, wanna get lost +