It's not true

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"What do you mean he's not coming tonight?" Arthur asks. "He is busy." Charles says and Max gives them a gentle jab in the side. "But he would come?" "Arthur, don't push." says Pascale.

"Don't lie Charles." Max says softly to Charles who looks down. "They already know what's going on." Max says and Charles wiggles his fingers. "Did you had a fight?" Lorenzo asks carefully and Charles looks up. He nods softly as Max takes his hand. "Yes, we got into a fight. The whole situation with him and Oscar... We are confused." “But it was fake, that's what Lando said.” says Arthur immediately. "Yes, he says that photo isn't real, that it was photoshopped. But he and Oscar are close, they went out that night." says Max. "So you think he actually kissed Oscar?" Pascale asks. "We have a photo of it. How much more evidence do we need?" says Charles. "What does Oscar say about it?" Lorenzo asks. "We haven't speak to him but he probably will say the bullshit you expect. That it's not true and all that." says Max. "It's not easy and not at all when they say it's not true. But in the photo it's clearly them." Charles says as a tear runs down his cheek.

It had been two days since their fight.

It's been two days since they heard anything from Lando.

"We have already had several discussions about this subject. He and Oscar click well together and that before the season even started. So yeah... Once they became very close and fans started making videos of them how they staring at each other and how they compare our relationship with him to Oscar... That's when the discussions started." Max explains. "But you said it yourself. The fans make those videos. That's what they do, they find everything sweet and cute and edit it to look like they're in love." says Arthur. "Art, please don't do this." Charles says softly.

"They do it to you three too! Videos like that were made even before you came out! They are also made of you with Pierre or Max and Daniel, Daniel and Lando." "Art." Charles says softly. "I just don't get it! You guys know how much he loves you! You're dating, the world knows about your relationship, they've known about it for 1.5 years. You guys shouldn't-" "Arthur stop it." Lorenzo says angrily and Arthur immediately stops talking.

Charles and Max both had a tear rolling down their cheek.

"Sometimes loving isn't enough to have feelings for someone else." Max says and his voice breaks mid-sentence. “Oh Darlings.” Pascale says and she hugs them both. "You need some space and that's okay. It's a lot and the world is also involved since it was posted on social media. That's not easy for you." she says when she has let them go.

"I really want to believe him, but I can't. Then I think about their photo again..." Charles says as he wipes away his tears. "That is difficult and that is understandable. You need to have your space to think and when you are ready you will talk to Lando again. Space from each other is never nice, but sometimes it is necessary." Pascale says and they both nod. "Thank you Maman." "We just needed to hear that." Max says softly and Charles nods. "And all emotions are okay. You can go from angry to crying or to fear. All emotions are okay and just let them come to you. Only then you can think about everything." she says and Charles gives her another hug. "Thank you Pascale." Max says softly.

That evening they go to bed early.

"Arthur is really upset about this." Charles says as he runs his finger over Max's chest. "Yes, you noticed that right away." Max says as he runs his fingers through Charles' hair. "It makes me feel bad. I'm feeling like I'm taking Lando away from him. They are so close together." "But Charles, Arthur can call Lando himself. It's not up to us that he doesn't have contact with Lando." "But Lando is not here now and he would have been." "But listen to what your mother said to us. We need this space to think about everything. We deserve some time to think about everything. We are not the one who needs to feel bad about this, because he kissed somebody else not one of us. It's not or fault that we need some space from him." "Your right." he says softly and looks at Max. "But I miss him so much." "Me too. I miss him too. But when I think about him now it hurts. I see him and Oscar and it hurts." Max says and Charles nods. "How can he do this Max? How did we lose him?" Charles whispers as tears begin to form in his eyes. Max presses Charles closer to him. "I don't know Charles." Max says softly.