"I can't stay here. It's nearly 9! Charles could be here any minute." Y/N smiled with her head resting on Arthur's chest, she lightly pecked his chest, but made no effort to move from the warmth. Arthur had his arm wrapped around her shoulder hugging her into his chest with her leg lying over his hip. It was peaceful and Y/N didn't want to part from him.
"Alright, let's get ready. You go back to your room before Charles comes to collect you." Y/N sat upright and gathered her clothes off the ground to get dressed. She glanced over her shoulder allowing her to admire Arthur's body as he was dressed only in his boxers. She leaned back, resting her head on his abdomen, prompting Arthur to run his fingers through her hair. Y/N gave Arthur one last kiss before she journeyed to the hotel room's door and swung it open, only to find Charles outside it already with his fit raised as if he was about to knock. Y/N's eyes widened, and she quickly attempted to slam the door in his face, but Charles shoved his foot in between the frames.
"Y/N?"
"Charles! Fancy seeing you here." Y/N giggled nervously. She stepped back from the door allowing Charles to enter. Upon hearing the commotion, Arthur appeared behind Y/N. His eyes widened significantly as they found Charles.
Charles knew he should've suspected something from the minute that Y/N began to ask where Arthur was all the time, but he brushed it off as her wanting to be friendly and caring, how wrong he was. "What are you doing in Arthur's room, Y/N?" Y/N looked around making eye contact with Arthur, her eyes pleading with him to help her but all she got in return was a subtle shrug.
"This is Arthur's room? Oh, I'm so sorry. Must've came to the wrong room." She said questionably, even she couldn't believe what crap she was sprouting so there was no way that Charles going to believe it, even more so when she heard Arthur let out a loud sigh mumbling 'shit' under his breath. Charles looked at her with furrowed brows, his head tilted to one side, confusion was evident across his face.
"What? Don't be ridiculous." He spoke quietly, "I'm here to bring Arthur to the circuit. What are you doing here?" Y/N didn't know what to say, to anyone it was very much obvious what Y/N was doing here. Her and Arthur weren't in a relationship, they were just very casual, and they liked it like that, but that wasn't to say that it wouldn't develop into a relationship. Taking her silence as his answer Charles continued, "I invited you here to support me and you've slept with my brother." Arthur and Y/N lowered their heads unable to bear the accusatory stare of Charles. "I think it's best if you don't come to the circuit today, tomorrow maybe, but for now just stay here."
"Don't take it out on Y/N!" Arthur protested. He could see Y/N's face as she bent it away from Charles' viewing that she was silently crying, "It's as much my fault as it is hers."
"Stay out of it, Arthur!" Charles shouted at his little brother. Arthur winced at the Charles' tone. It wasn't often that Charles used that tone and was usually only reserved for when he was angry at himself as a result of his driving. Arthur stepped passed Y/N towards his brother putting his hand on his shoulder, but it quickly retracted it as Charles violently shook it off of him. "What is this?" Charles indicated to the two of them.
Both Y/N and Arthur had decided not to tell Charles for many reasons; 1. It wasn't a relationship, 2. No one needed to know about it, and 3. She was Charles' best friend, they'd grown up together and she knew he would reject any interest she had in Arthur. If anything had come out of it then of course Y/N and Arthur would've told Charles, but there was nothing to tell. It was casual, though something Y/N could admit that they acted like they were in a relationship, but definitely not in public.
Y/N lifted her head up and using her hands wiped away her tears, she made eye contact with Arthur. They had never put a label on what they did, there didn't seem to be a need to do so. It was casual, but also, they were there if each other needed someone. Y/N shrugged her shoulders leaving Arthur to answer his brother's question, "It's just casual?" Arthur said, even he wasn't sure what to call it, "We like spending time together."
"How long?" Charles repeated the question a second time when neither of them answered.
"A month or so."
"You've had a month to tell me, I can't believe this." Charles began to pace back and forth. Y/N wasn't sure what to say, it had never crossed her mind that he'd be this annoyed at them.
"Why are you so annoyed? We enjoy being together so let us!" Arthur protested. This seemed to surprise Charles, as if he hadn't been listening at all during this confrontation. Charles seemed to visibly calm down slightly, his shoulders relaxed, and he unclenched his fists, his pacing stopped.
"My little brother and my best friend," He mumbled, "my best friend and my little brother. At least I know Y/N won't fuck you over if anything serious comes out of this." He chuckled. A small smile appeared on Y/N's face. It had been a fear of hers that Charles would react horribly to the news and wouldn't forgive her, which would be her worst nightmare, but this ... this Y/N could work with.
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