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Chapter 51 - Albert/the Kasprzaks

Warnings: Sickness, stubborn Kasprzaks
Third Person POV

Albert and Rider follow Ethan, concerned.

"Eth," his Soulmate starts softly. "I know you think you're okay, but your fever is at 102.2." He reminds him worriedly.

"I'm fine." Ethan mutters, using the wall to guide help him stabilize himself while he walked.

He was going through the motions, something he did a lot when he was sick.

Left foot.

Right foot.

But don't step too far that'll cause you to do a split or fall.

Don't trip over your other foot.

Make sure to watch out for walls and stuff.

Ethan never realized how complicated was walking until he was sick.

There were so many things you had to do to walk like a normal human being.

Albert stops him. "Ethan," he starts sternly. "Rider is taking you to your room and you're going to lay down, okay?" He tells him, what he said being more of a statement than a question.

Ethan shoots him a challenging look. "I have to go take care of my siblings." He responds, trying to push past.

He ends up tripping over his own two feet and falling into his Soulmate's arms.

Rider lifts him up, leaning him against himself to stabilize him.

The younger redhead shoots Albert a wary look as he brushes Ethan's side bangs out of his face.

"Ethan, we've told you this many times," Albert starts, sighing softly. "But we can take care of them. Red's here, Specs is here, I'm here, Romeo will be awake soon to help, and after Finch and Tommy boy come back from the hospital, they'll be here." He reminds the younger boy.

Ethan whines softly. "I'm not tired and I don't feel sick." He tries pushing Rider's hands away from him, but just ends up failing.

"You look sick, love." Rider whispers softly, pressing a gentle kiss to his Soulmate's forehead.

Ethan's face got ever-so-slightly redder.

Rider looks at Albert.

"Do you need me to carry him?" Albert asks the younger boy.

Ethan was so out of it by now that he just gave up.

His head was laying against Rider's chest, Rider playing with his hair, and his eyes barely open. His mouth was open slightly, small whimpers of pain escaping his lips every few minutes.

"I can carry him." Red walks into the hallway.

"Thanks, Red." Rider responds. "I may be strong, and he's a little shorter than I am, but I can't pick him up just yet." He tells his older brother.

Red nods, carefully picking the second oldest Kasprzak brother up.

Albert watches them walk to Ethan's room, Rider holding Ethan's hand and caressing it softly as they walked.

Next stop, Emmalyn's room.

Albert slowly opens the door to Emmalyn's room. "How are you doing?" He whispers.

Last he had been in there, Emmalyn's head was pounding and anything loud or bright hurt it.

Albert saw Emmalyn playing with Callie's hand as she laid in the middle of her Soulmates.