Third Floor Common Room, Wednesday Afternoon

[bitchprince]

Despite Merlin's sudden turn towards actual servitude, which had worn off rather quickly and suddenly this morning, and the difficult conversation with Liir the previous day, Arthur was feeling almost pleasant today. Stop the presses.

When he found the common room empty, he promptly took a seat in a chair that didn't look too uncomfortable. He looked around a bit, popped one of the dried fruits he'd taken from his room into his mouth, and hoped no one would come in to put the Tee Vee on.

He might have been in a good mood, but that didn't take away that this place was noisy enough as it was.

[[ open common room! ]]

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[bitchprince]

"If you have lapses of common sense," Arthur pointed out, "Then smart is hardly the word. Suicidal courage might be a better one." On that note, he took another date.

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"I'm almost flattered that you've taken that much notice of me, Arthur," Hannibal said, smirking.

[bitchprince]

"Don't be," he said, dismissively, "I wiped the floor with you while injured, of course I remember that." Arthur supported the edges of a smirk himself.

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"You wiped the floor with me while injured with a weapon unfamiliar to me," he corrected. "That means nothing but you're better at swinging sticks than I am."

[bitchprince]

"It's not my fault you lapsed in common sense in that regard," Arthur said. Not smugly. Oh no. "That'll teach you to call me a coward."

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"Oh yes, because I so learned my lesson," he said dryly. "You can swing a stick. But what about other methods?"

[bitchprince]

"I've been trained to kill since birth, I really doubt that'll help you any," he snorted.

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"You must have been such a boring child," Hannibal said and shook his head.

[bitchprince]

"Hardly," Arthur replied, his eyes flaring for a moment with... something or other. But that wasn't a statement enough to kick a fuss about. "Don't confuse me with you."

Really mature there, Arthur.

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"Oh, I could never do that." Hannibal buffed his nails on his shirt. "I'm much better looking than you."

[bitchprince]

"In your dreams," Arthur snorted, flicking the date in his mouth. "But if you really insist, we'll see about other styles of battle once my arm is healed."

Merlin would not stop nagging if he didn't wait. He'd get a headache.

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"What, you don't think I'm good looking?" Hannibal asked, trying a different tact.

[bitchprince]

"You're not hideous," Arthur volunteered, "I suppose. What, are you feeling insecure?"

And there was that smirk again.

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"You read a lot into things," he said and clicked his tongue. "Curiosity. And besides, neither are you. Hideous. Far from it."

[bitchprince]

"I knew that," he said, dryly.

Oh, how he knew that. "Although that's kind of you. Don't worry, I'm sure some maid will find you pretty enough to carry you over the treshold."

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"Again, reading into things," he said. "What gave you an idea I wanted to be carried anywhere?"

[bitchprince]

"It was meant as an insult," Arthur offered, "If that's any help."

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"Wasn't a very good one," he said. "Besides, if the maid's hot, she can carry me anywhere and I'll be sure to thank her."

[bitchprince]

"You'd let a woman carry you around?" Arthur asked, shaking his head. "Why am I not surprised?"

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"You can't detect sarcasm very well, can you?" Hannibal asked, snickering. "Besides, some of the girls here? Hell yeah I'd let them carry me. It's hot."

[bitchprince]

"I detect sarcasm just fine," he said, "That doesn't mean I have to acknowledge it. After all, your lapses in common sense sound like they're well-documented." Arthur was just doing it on purpose by now.

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"Are you trying to bait me into punching you?" Hannibal asked curiously.

[bitchprince]

"If anyone is baiting anyone, it'd be you," Arthur snorted. "If this were Camelot, you'd be in the stocks by now."

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"This isn't Camelot and you are nothing more than a student," he said breezily. "And what, I'm baiting you because I told you you're good looking? Sue me."

[bitchprince]

"I know it isn't Camelot," he said, strained around the edges, firm and authoritative. "Which is why I haven't threatend you worse. But I am more than another student." A pause, and his voice evened back out to something more idle, joking. "Though I can't blame you, really."