tenth person

It was an overcast day, but the rain in England always comes on its way, and Arthur glanced up at the clouds piling up at an astonishing rate, and he'd come off a case he'd never been in before, The client knew from nowhere that his relationship with Uther had broken down - it would be unwise to go against a senior judge, and this was not the first time Arthur had been affected by his father's status, and he thought he was used to it.

But apparently he didn't.

Distraught, he drove to his place, recently he was thinking about moving out of that apartment, the house that Uther gave him as a handout, far from home, just a place to stay.

Before he was busy with this case, he had no time to find a house.It won't be very troublesome, although he has to start considering the price factor.

The trees outside the car window were swaying in the wind, bending over fiercely from time to time, Arthur was lamenting that the heavy rain was coming, that's when the colorful little umbrella rushed in front of his windshield, and he saw the umbrella following behind him in the corner of his eye A powder blue floral skirt came rushing.

After the heavy rain that day, Arthur started to look for a house to rent, but he was often dismissed by the landlord who made an appointment to see the house. He was not in a hurry to find something to do-by the way, he had already quit his job at the firm, and this news must have reached Uther's ears , but his father never contacted him, as expected.

What puzzled him was that the furnishings in his room seemed to have been moved by someone, maybe Uther came back secretly, although the relationship between father and son was severed, but maybe...

Arthur sat in the empty apartment for a long time. After he inherited the property, he threw away almost all the furniture that Uther bought before but didn't like, but he didn't have time to buy new ones for himself, and he didn't either. Knowing that there was something he could afford to fill that gorgeous hole.

Yes, the empty walls seem to be much more pleasing to the eye than the walls with William Turner's seascape paintings, which he repainted to cover up the traces of the paintings hanging over time.

But I don't know if it's because of the wrong paint or some other reason, but the imprint of the missing picture frame will always resurface after a few days, as if reminding him that this room is as stubborn as its old owner.

Perhaps Merlin would be interested in such a strange thing?

Merlin, he could smile at the name.A small editor, a staff member of historical and cultural relics publications; I can write something in my spare time; I like to go to places with a long history; I like walking; I prefer tea to coffee.

Except for going to the library, almost all of them are the hobbies of old people like Arthur.

Arthur loved sailing or riding, feeling the helm and reins in the middle of his hands, working with ships and horses rather than steering them - even if he could.

But everyone assumes he likes the limit, because every time a lawsuit is over he'll run off to do something crazy—for a while he tried racing, before nearly crashing on the guardrail, Uther strongly condemned his irresponsibility.

He doesn't like to challenge the limit. He knows where his limit is. He knows that as long as he gives himself a goal, he can achieve it without proof.

Maybe it's time to give yourself a new goal, for example, stop taking pleasure in disobeying Uther or pleasing Uther.

Isn't that why he told Uther about his sexuality?

But what's wrong now that caused him to wander around in place all the time?He couldn't find a new place to live, and not being able to leave the apartment seemed to mean that he couldn't start over.

He started hanging around the bar a long time ago, Gaius talked to him at first and tried to enlighten him, it seemed that the old man had been so old since he knew the old man; he asked Gaius if there was a suitable place to live, the old bartender shook his head, Arthur thought that if even Gaius couldn't help him, it seemed that he had to go to Morgana for help, but that was his last resort.This step-sister is his second only to Uther who does not want to show weakness.

He procrastinated, spending more time than ever in the bar, and that's when he met Merlin, a guy who seemed to have stepped out of a classic painting, only dressed in modern clothes, he should like that picture Turner's paintings may be frightened by the traces of the frame that can never be covered.

Soon, Gaius didn't want to entertain him either, maybe because he drank too much?Maybe it's because he hasn't been at work in over a month, maybe he hasn't been ashamed to make peace with Uther, maybe...he should have gone to Morgana and said he needs help.

Arthur was tired, he didn't know why, and Merlin was his only comfort at this point, the boy, yes, the boy, the history-loving soul that lived in the body of the 20s, with the knowledge of the 40s The structure and speculative ability are sometimes at the kindergarten level, and sometimes they seem to have no boundaries. Arthur didn't mind spending time with him in a bar without alcohol, but he couldn't stand Gaius ignoring him.

Gaius was someone he'd thought was more of an elder than Uther.The one who sneaks into the bar as an underage and gives him a glass that looks like beer and makes him think it tastes like beer but it's actually sugar kvass; The guy who had far more time with the boy; the reason he had been insinuating to encourage Arthur to confess to his father that he was unhappy.

Arthur had always thought of him as his uncle or grandfather or something, although there was a bit of a gap between the two titles.

But now even Gaius was ignoring him, stopped pouring him drinks, seemed mad at him.

Arthur wondered if he should still go to Camelot, he wasn't welcome here anymore.

But there's Merlin too.

He would never forgive himself if he left Merlin like this.

Merlin is his chance, the dawn of a new life for him. He can't remember the last time he shook hands with someone and didn't want to part, the last time he missed someone's warmth.

He remembered turning down a long-term opportunity with a boy to keep it a secret from Uther, when they were both kids, and he didn't regret it that much.And now, Merlin appeared.

This time he has the idea that he must not back down.