As soon as the curtains closed, the albino carefully assessed the Englishman's condition before he slowly moved him to lie on his back with knees up.
The Brit whimpered and protested above whisper "It bloody hurts, git"
"Amigo, please bear with this" the alerted Spaniard warned as he, along with Gilbert, gently lifted him off the ground and transferred him to the backstage
"I'm a bloody idiot for not noticing, eh?"
The albino looked down guiltily, "I should be responsible. It's my props, Hase..plea-"
"Forgiven" he cut with a small smile which caused the albino to do a double-take
"Gilbert, what happened?!" Elizaveta, who quickly ran to aid the two, asked in great worry
"The dagger prop has been replaced with the real one" he replied grimly
"What sick joke is zis, mon cher?!"
"It's not a joke! Why don't you check it out yourself?!"
"Bloody hell, Gilbert, I swear I'll castrate you if you ever let that bloody frog touch me!" Arthur protested instantly
"Sorry, I'm just agitated...so not awesome" he hissed then snapped in remembrance, "has anyone called an ambulance yet?"
"Yes, 'cuz we like thought there's like something weird going on in there. So to be like safe, we dialled in"
"Thank Gott" he sighed in relief and laid the Englishman gently on one of the benches. Boy, is he glad this isn't a team of dummkopfs.
Arthur groaned, his face scrunched up in pain. "...Peter? Where?"
"He's at the dressing room, Tino's watching over him" their Hungarian overall director assured while she moved around barking commands
"Mmn, sorry for the trouble" he winced "Please go on with the play, Gilbert can take care of me himself"
The others looked hesitant but when the albino nodded at them, they took the hint and stopped fussing over the Englishman and continued the play although with heavy hearts.
Meanwhile, the albino quietly watched over his charge, trying to think of anything to keep the other awake.
"It's awesome how you can keep calm despite this" he mumbled uncharacteristically soft and admiringly.
"You know it's my motto to keep calm and carry on" he replied a little hoarsely and coughed, "Gil, water?"
"Hold on" he gently lifted the blond's head off his lap and hurried to get him a bottle of water. When he returned, he was beyond aghast that he even dropped the bottle as he run towards the Brit, uttering panicky cussing when he saw the thin line of blood tracing the chin of the knocked cold Brit.
"Scheiße, not awesome" he panicked and turned the Brit's head sideways so he wouldn't choke on his own blood, "Hase? Hase! Alfred's been caught on a sex scandal!"
Arthur's eyes quickly snapped open and his arm weakly whacked him on the side of the head instinctively, "Stop bloody spouting nonsense about my brother"
Gilbert did a quick swipe at his eyes and chuckled, relieved that his ace worked. He quietly picked up the forgotten bottle and dampened a clean towel he brought with him and gently dabbed it at the Englishman's lips.
"Sorry Hase it's all I can do for you right now."
"Stop sulking, the paramedics are coming"
"I'm not sulking. It's not awesome" he objected
Soon as Berwald perceived that something odd's going on, he quickly herded the kid on the backstage to one of the dressing rooms. There he put Tino on charge who gratefully accepted.
Unfortunately, the kid witnessed and was made aware of everything before he was even isolated to avoid trauma. The child had been crying since then that even his favorite Finnish can't get anything coherent out of him.
"Pete..." the child didn't even budge
"Pete!" the american repeated louder which caught the attention of the forlorn lad
"B-big b-brudda..." such simple heart-wrenching phrase caused the jock American to waver, and feel guiltier.
"Come here" he mumbled, offering an open arm to which the child accepted without any hesitation.
"I'm sorry... I'm sorry" he chanted again and again.
"Hey, little fellow, what are you sorry for? it's not your fault" Alfred cooed to the lad in his arm, giving him a pat in the back with his free hand
"I'm a bad kid, that's why big brudda is hurting" he whimpered in between his sniffling
"No you aren't." He stated clearly, "Hey, do you want Big brother Arthur to feel guilty? You know that's how he feels whenever he sees us crying"
"No. Big brudda said I have to stay put but I wandered and lost his dagger. I didn't know it was a real one I replaced it with"
"Oh come on, It wasn't intentional. Stop berating yourself" he mumbled, trying to soothe the kid. Now everything's clear why a real dagger would be in the props.
The child wriggled uncomfortably and whimpered, "I don't want him hurt... I don't want to lose him" as soon as he said his last words, he started bawling once again, only this time, he's clinging tightly and curled on his older brother's chest.
"He's gonna be fine, Pete. Arthur promised, remember?"
"uhn"
"Then stop blaming yourself and just pray, okay?"
it took the child a while but soon he nodded and started to wipe away his tears. His eyes brimmed with a renewed determination as he put his hands together and started praying. The sincere sight made the American smile a bit despite the worry bubbling in his chest.
"Mon cher, the car is ready" the Frenchman gently tapped the American's shoulder and pointed towards the drop-off. "Just follow if you're ready" he condescended
"Right, thanks, I owe you again"
The oldest blond just waved him off and left to let the brothers settle the matter themselves.
Alfred drew Peter a little farther from him so that he could look him in the eyes and told him that they are going to the hospital and assured him that no matter what happens, he'll never be alone. Peter understood and followed him towards the waiting car, fervently hoping for Arthur's well-being.
'Big brother, please be okay' they both thought simultaneously as they entered the car that sped off towards the hospital
'Arthur, please don't hop away'
[A/N: arrgh it's dragging, confusing and boring, I know T~T just shows how much of an amateur I am, sorry! ...oh and the last sentence is actually the BTT's shared thought- him hopping away is in reference to them calling him bunny...ah~ this is what I fear, I caused the magick to disappear buuuuu...oh well, have a happy day pipz! ]
