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II.              Brothers

AUSTRALIA: March 2023

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@fan0: the crowd really parted when they passed by lol

            MEDIA DAY: Arthur was walking through the paddock with his phone on his ear. He was minding his own business but was interrupted when his brother decided to pop out of nowhere and grab the phone he was holding.

            "What the heck Charles?!" Arthur jumped and turned to his brother, his hand on his chest in shock. Charles however was smirking as he let out a laugh, "Oh don't overreact Arthur. I know you were pretending to talk to someone on the phone." He said with a hint of amusement on his voice.

            Arthur huffed and grabbed his phone from his brother again, "Leave it." He mumbled and continued to walk towards the Ferrari garage. He heard his older brother laugh louder, he felt Charles' hand land on his shoulder, "Don't worry Arthur, I didn't make a mistake and didn't tell her anything about your crush." He said and wiggled his eyebrows at the youngest Leclerc.

            The F2 driver groaned and pushed him away, "Stop it please." He whispered as they finally entered the Ferrari area. But Charles didn't stop, he grinned and walked ahead of his brother, turning towards him as he walked backwards, wanting complete attention from his brother.
             "Instead of pinning over her, why can't you just, I don't know, introduce yourself." Charles suggested as he apologized to the crew that he almost smashed into. Arthur rolled his eyes and walked beside his brother, grabbing Charles' arms and forced him to turn the right way as they ventured deeper into the garage.

            "Like this, 'Hi! My name is Arthur, delighted to meet you."Charles said using a rendition of Arthur's voice. This made the younger Monegasque to stop walking and look at his older brother in confusion, "I don't talk like that."He argued.

            Charles rolled his eyes, "That's not my point. My point is-"

            "I should just approach her and take the risk. Blah blah blah. I know." Arthur cut his brother off. Charles looked at him with an unamused and blank expression. Reaching towards his face, Charles flicked Arthur's forehead.

            "If you know it, why can't you do it?" the older brother asked. His question made the young self-proclaimed Frenchman sigh, "Because." He simply answered.

            Charles rolled his eyes, "Nice choice of words brother." He said and started to walk again. Arthur followed and groaned, "Fine. Because the moment I saw her at the start of the season, with her bright red hair and sparkling eyes watching the F2 race, I have fallen into a spiral. Is that what you wanted to hear?"

            "Wow. I didn't know you were a romantic Arthur." The brothers turned to see Nathalie Clement stand there with a smirk. Arthur felt his cheeks grow bright red, he groaned and burrowed his face into his hands. The outburst made Charles laugh out loud, he patted his brother's back, "There there Arthur. It's good. You will get there one day." He said, trying to make his brother feel better.

            Nathalie chuckled, "Don't worry Arthur, no one heard, only me." She reassured him. The youngest Leclerc sighed but nodded, he looked up to see the best friends look at him with a smile.

            A smile that wasn't teasing, but rather a genuine one. He smiled back and shrugged, "It doesn't matter anyway, she's her, and I'm me." He reasoned.

            The model glanced at his best friend as if asking him telepathically, is he serious?

            Charles chuckled, "Let me remind you, she was watching your race, stupid." He said. Arthur shrugged, "She could be watching anyone-"

            "She was on your side of the F2 area. She was watching you."Nathalie cut her off. Arthur shrugged, "Doesn't matter, what matters is that its race weekend." He said motioning his brother to get to his crew who were waiting. Charles nodded and hugged his best friend before leaving his best friend who was used to waiting patiently in these types of moments.

            What Arthur didn't know was that both Nathalie and Charles knew the truth. They were in fact in the know of the true feelings of the two towards each other. They just didn't want to paly cupid just in case something backfires. Although at this rate, Nathalie admits that it was getting ridiculous. But what did she expect, Arthur was a Leclerc after all.

            It wouldn't be a surprise to her if the F2 driver would keep his feelings to himself than be rejected by his longtime crush. She can still remember when Arthur first caught sight of the girl.

            Nathalie and Charles were getting ready for the Monegasque's race when the younger Leclerc bounded to them with the biggest and happiest smile they have ever seen.

            She can still remember when Arthur couldn't help but talk about her. Unfortunately for him, he was not able to catch her name. It seems for Arthur, if he wasn't trying to avoid her, he was simply too nervous or scared to ask it. Not knowing that both his brother and his best friend knew who she was really.

            The model couldn't help but smirk, this season was big, not only for the racing drivers but for her as well. She was already briefed about some projects she was excited to do. And one of these were to work with the young redhead again, she couldn't wait to see where the season would bring the two of them together.

            She might just have to play cupid after all.

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