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Charles had been texting and ringing Arthur for the first week or so of the pandemic. Making sure his younger brother was ok and was looking after himself and he was satisfied that the younger one was able to take care of himself.
Charles realised something was wrong when Arthur had joined the lives on twitch and he looked pale and tired. Charles played it down and got on with the f1 race for the world.
He was in bed later that night with Pierre getting ready to sleep. Charles was rubbing over his hand over pierre’s swollen belly, he was 5 and half months pregnant. “ I’m worried about Arthur pear, he looked so pale and tired today” Pierre sighed and ran his hand threw Charles unruly hair “maybe you should go and see if tomorrow if you think something’s wrong”. Charles just hummed in response
The next day Charles decided to use his daily exercise as an excuse to run over to Arthur’s apartment 15 minutes away. He got to the apartment and let himself in with the spare Arthur gave him for emergency only. Charles considered the way Arthur looked on that live stream an emergency.
Charles quietly slipped in taking his shoes off at the door and went into the kitchen to wash his hands. While he was there he has a look in Arthur’s fridge and cupboards to find the extremely empty. Charles sighed and went to find his little brother
He looked in the living room to find it empty and extremely clean which was so unlike his very chaotic and unorganised little brother. He moved onto the sim room which was also empty.
Charles then quietly creeped into into Arthur’s bedroom to find a lumped curled up in the bed sound asleep. “Arthur” Charles whispered while walking over to kneel beside the sleeping lump
Arthur slowly woke up and jumped away from Charles who was looking at him with a concerned face. “Non non you can’t be here” Arthur said while moving away to the far part of his bedroom.
“Arthur what is wrong why can’t I be here” Charles asked while getting up and moving closer to his brother. “ non you h..have to stay 2 meters apart please Charles” Arthur begged while trying to move further into the corner of the room. Charles slowly realised what was happening.
“Ok I won’t come any closer Arthur but I have washed my hands when I came in and I have had no symptoms” Charles said quietly while moving back from his brother to give him space.
“I’m scared Charlie I don’t want to catch this stupid virus and with my asthma I could be killed” Arthur sobbed sliding down the wall and curling up. ”o Arthur it’s ok it’s all going to be ok trust me but first we need to get you into something warmer and some food” Charles said while going to to lift his little brother up into his arms and realising how light his brother had become.
Charles carefully took Arthur into the living and set him on the sofa carefully. “I’m going to go get you a hoodie Arthur” Charles said while looking at his little brother who was dressed in only a pair of shorts and still shivering with the coldness of the apartment.
Charles quickly went into the bedroom to get an oversized hoodie which he is pretty sure Arthur stole from him saying how soft it was. He then went into the kitchen to get Arthur a drink.
With a glass of water and a hoodie in his hands he went back into the living room to find Arthur curled up on his side. “Arthur can you get up please” Charles said while manovering his way round the living room to set the glass on the table and crouch down in front of his little brother.
Arthur slowly sat up and gratefully accepted the hoodie and pulled it over his head. Charles then handed him the water, which Arthur took with shakey hands. Charles steadied the glass for him until he had enough then Charles put it back on the table. “Arthur why haven’t you been eating properly” Charles asked while still looking Arthur in the eyes.
“I was d..doing ok until I started to run out of food and I was scared of going out” Arthur sobbed and broke down. Charles simply grabbed his little brother and pulled him into a hug whispering calming words until Arthur finally calmed down.
Charles pulled away from Arthur to look at his little brother “firstly you are packing your stuff and coming to stay with me and Pierre and then we can sort out your diet ok” Charles says while keeping Arthur’s attention on him.
“But what about the virus what if I catch it or you or Pierre or…” Arthur started to ramble. “hey hey it’s ok Arthur you’ll be ok. Pierre is isolating too so only I’ll be leaving the house to get food once a week ok?” Charles tried to assure him.
Arthur nodded slowly untangling himself from Charles. “Wait why is Pierre isolating he’s healthy non?” Arthur asked looking confused. Charles realised that he just let the cat out of the bag about Pierre being pregnant. They had kept the pregnancy a secret. “well… Pierre is pregnant 5 and ½ months. We were going to organise a family dinner but then lockdown happened.” Charles said looking down at his hands.
Arthur jumped at his big brother “O MY GOD this is amazing. I’m going to be an uncle” Arthur screamed. Charles just laughed at him. “Right cmon you let’s get packed” Charles said while pulling Arthur along into his room to help him pack.
Charles and Arthur left the apartment building and headed towards Charles apartment. Arthur clinging to Charles side the whole way there. They were stoped by the police asking their reason for being out and Charles explained the situation and they were let on their way.
Charles let him into the apartment which was very quiet. Arthur went straight to the kitchen to wash his hands and Charles followed suit. He then put Arthur’s suitcases in the spare room and brought Arthur’s favourite comforter from the living room and set it in the bed.
“Where’s Pierre at” Arthur asked wandering into the living room and sitting beside Charles. Charles realised they hadn’t seen him since they got back “he must be having a nap I’ll go check on him” Charles said while getting off the sofa.
Charles wandered into his and Pierres room to see Pierre sitting up on his phone in bed. “Hey you” Pierre said putting his phone down. Charles lay down on the bed beside Pierre “you ok pear” Charles asks while running his hand over pierres belly. “Yeah the baby was kicking and my back was hurting so I came to lie down” Charles just hummed and sat up “so Arthur has come to stay with us for a while. He wasn’t eating properly or nothing he was scared to leave cause he has asthma. Is that ok?” Charles asked “of course it is. He’s your little brother he can stay as long as he needs. Now I’m going to go say hi” Pierre got up and waddled towards the door. “Pierre he knows about the pregnancy” Charles smiled quietly
Arthur looked up from where he was curled up on the sofa on his phone to see Pierre walking/ waddling in. Arthur got up to greet Pierre “hey Pierre thanks for letting me stay here” Arthur said while giving Pierre a gentle hug “it’s no problem little one”. Just then the bay kicked making Pierre grunt in pain. “Hey Arthur wanna meet your niece or nephew” Pierre asked looking at Arthur. He nodded enthusiastically. Pierre guided Arthur hand to feel the kicks. Arthur broke out in the biggest smile.
Pierre made them an amazing dinner and that was the start of getting Arthur back on track with his health and fitness.