Arthur looked at the test on the table in front of him with loathing in his gaze, he'd only completed half of the questions. He glanced behind him to look at the clock, his time for the test was almost over. He looked back at the test with a tired sigh. He hated Higher Chemistry, it was his worst subject. He wouldn't have taken it if it was up to him, but he had been forced to by his father, he mentioned something about it being vital for his future. The future his father had chosen out for him.

Now, it wasn't that he was bad at chemistry, he was fairly good at it. He just didn't apply himself fully because he wanted to annoy his father. Because of this, Gaius, his chemistry teacher and him don't exactly see eye-to-eye. He remembered when he had tried to confront his father, Uther Pendragon, who was also the Headmaster, he dismissed him with a wave of his hand. "Arthur, your future is very important. You will get a good job, marry a nice woman and have a big house", he looked up from his paper work to look at his son,"Your future is my top priority, I just want you to be happy in life, can't you see that?" He looked back down to his work before adding "If you're failing chemistry, I will arrange something to help, okay, are we done here?" Arthur left without a word.

"You can stop now, Arthur", the voice of the old teacher snapping him out of his memories. "It's about bloody time", Arthur snapped back, he was annoyed at the smug look on the old man's face. "I see you've completed all the questions to the best of you're ability", said Gaius, sarcasm dripping in his voice, hoping to get a rise out of the young man. Arthur just nodded his head and said "Are we done here? I want to get my lunch". He'd been in this clammy classroom for most of the lunch break and was eager to get away. "Not yet, my boy", Gaius said with a small smile, "Uther is concerned about your chemistry grades, I know you're good at this and you're just refusing to work, but he's refusing to listen. So he's come up with a solution."

As his old teacher said this, the door behind him opened. Arthur glanced over the man's shoulder and was greeted with the sight of the most beautiful human being he had ever seen. The sharp angles of his face, his milky white complexion. His long elegant neck, poking out above a red neckerchief, just begging to be bruised. And a shock of messy black hair which looked like he'd just woken up. All in all, Arthur thought he looked very shaggable. That was the other thing Uther didn't know, that Arthur had no intention of marrying a nice woman, no he intended to marry a nice man. Yep, he was gay. He was just waiting for a good time to tell everyone, however the young man in front of him was certainly tickling his fancy.

At the sound of the door opening, Gaius turned around to see who had came into his classroom. The boy came and stood beside the old man who gave him a fatherly look. "Arthur, I'd like you to meet my Godson, Merlin. He just transferred from his school in Ealdor, with a scholarship," The boy gave a small smile when the old man mentioned his scholarship. 'Merlin', Arthur said in his head a few times,'Yep, he looks like a Merlin'.

"Nice to meet you, Arthur!" Merlin said cheerily, extending his hand for Arthur to shake. Arthur loved the way his name sounded coming from Merlin's lips. "Likewise, Merlin", he replied, taking Merlin's hand and shaking it heartily. As soon as their skin touched it was as if Arthur had been struck by lightning, his skin tingled where Merlin had touched it. From the look on Merlin's face, he had experienced something similar. Their eyes met, and a look of such intensity passed between them.

Gaius looked on amused at the two boys' odd behaviour, confused at to why they were acting so strange. He clapped his hands together and broke the two boys out of their trance. "Well, I'm sure you two going to get along great", the old teacher laughed before adding, "You have to get along, because Uther has arranged for Merlin to tutor you in Chemistry!"

"My tutor..." Arthur said quietly. This was good in a way, but he was also annoyed at his father for not asking him if he wanted a tutor. It was good because he was intrigued by the pale boy in front of him "...Great." Merlin lets out a breath he didn't know he'd been holding, he wasn't sure why he wanted to impress the blonde in front of him, he just thought tutoring someone would be fun when Gaius had told him about Arthur. It could also mean that he would have a friend in Camelot, since he didn't know anyone yet.

He handed Arthur a folded up piece of paper, "My number and my e-mail address, so we can decide on when to meet for studying." Arthur accepted the paper with a smile and slipped it into his pocket. "Thanks Merlin, I'll text you later so you can get my number." Merlin gave him an impressive grin before turning to Gaius, "Are we done here, I promised will I would phone him at lunch. You know how he gets," a hint of endearment creeping into his voice at the end, Arthur gave him a curious look and was about to ask who Will was when Gaius said, "Yes of course you can go, better not keep him waiting."

Merlin gave them both another great smile before heading off out the classroom, "Oh, and Arthur feel free to call me any time," he said over his shoulder with a wink, "See you later!" And with that he was gone.