You walk into Merlin’s room not long after he’s plopped on his bed and Gauis asked him to clean the leach tank. You look at Merlin and feel the exhaustion radiating off of him from running errands for Gauis and working on Arthur’s command.

He lets out a groan before rolling onto his back as you sit down on the edge of his bed gently. “..I’m so sick of this- if I’m not doing chores for Arthur I’m running around for Gauis.” He states with a huff and flops and arm over his face.