Hey sorry for the long wait, I will now be updating more recently now I have finished uni. As usual please let me know what you think :)
Brax sighed as he sat next to Heath after putting Casey to bed. He had made him take the bed in their shared room, and he would take the mattress that Casey usually slept on. The house they were living in was only two bedrooms and when Casey moved in Brax had given Heath one of the rooms for himself as he thought it was more important for Heath to have his privacy at his age. Brax had meant to get Casey a bed but with money being so tight he had not got around to it so his youngest brother had been staying on a mattress. Which Casey secretly quite enjoyed because it was like having a sleepover with his big brother every night. However, with school life and not being in his own home obviously tiring Casey out he believed it was for the best he slept on the bed for a couple of nights, until he felt better.
"Im worried about him," Brax said as he stretched slightly, "Hes usually bouncing off the walls". Heath changed the channel not looking at Brax, "I'm sure he's fine, probably just finds school as boring as me" he smirked making Brax roll his eyes with a small chuckle. The boys watched sports until Brax declared it was time for bed, causing Heath to moan, although he did what he was told, to tired to bother to argue.
Brax quietly went into his and Casey's bedroom, pulling off his shirt, getting ready for bed. Before he settled himself onto the mattress for sleep he checked on Casey. He was sleeping peacefully, wrapped up in the duvet causing Brax to smile fondly. He stroked his youngest brothers hair back slightly, frowning as he felt how warm Casey's forehead was, he was burning up. Assuming he probably was coming down with a bug or something. He decided he would open a window and pull the blanket off him slightly to try and bring down his temperature. Casey stirred slightly as he did so "Brax?" he mumbled stretching slightly. "Its just be bud, go back to sleep," he whispered.
Later that night Casey woke up drenched in sweat feeling queasy. Not wanting to wake Brax he took some deep breaths trying to settle the uneasy feeling in his stomach, swallowing the excess saliva that kept coming up. All of a sudden he felt the taste of vomit come up, he retched before throwing up all down himself. Brax stirred in his sleep. Casey vommited again as he tried to get up to get to the toilet. Tears were streaming down his face, he felt so ill. He shakily walked past Brax who was still asleep, he didn't want to wake him, he had to be brave. Again he retched and was sick, this time covering his mouth so not to make anymore mess, he was now quietly crying. Brax suddenly came around, it took him a few seconds to realise what was going on. When he saw his baby brother standing there covered in his own sick he swore under his breath jumping up and bundling Casey up in his arms carrying him to the toilet. This caused Casey to cry more, ashamed. Brax held him over the toilet rubbing his back and him himself not trying to be ill with the smell. "Dont worry about it mate, get it all up" he said softly. Once he had stopped Brax sat backholding Casey in his arms. A sleepy Heath peered around the door, grumpy at the fact that he had been woken up. "Casey's not feeling too hot" Brax explained.
"Ah, okay" he grunted stretching and scratching the back of his head. "You alright mate?" he asked Casey. Casey sniffed, nodding before snuggling into his eldest brothers chest, he felt so poorly. "Go back to bed Heath, you have school tomorrow, we'll be okay". Heath yawned and made his way back to bed. Brax sat Casey on a little stool next to the toilet while he went to sort out the bedroom. He winced slightly as Casey retched a couple of times before being sick again. He bundled up the soiled covers chucking them in the washing machine. Deciding it would be easier and would disturb Heath left if they slept downstairs. On the sofa he bought out some more blankets and put a bucket down before going back to take Casey down stairs where he would be more comfortable. He picked his youngest brother up after giving him a sip of water and washing his face. Downstairs he took Caseys pyjamas off so he would cool down.
Heath came down in the morning, Brax and Casey hadn't got much sleep so he decided to let them sleep. He got himself some breakfast and got ready for school. He had thought of taking advantage of the situation and wagging but decided against it as it was the last thing his big brother probably needed, that and he couldn't imagine anything worse then staying in this house and listening to Casey being sick. As he left for school he woke Brax up knowing he had to call to excuse himself from work and Casey from school. Brax was surprised by this but was also very thankful.
They spent the day on the sofa watching television with Casey drifting in and out of sleep, occasionally being sick, but it was mainly just water now. Brax was worried about Casey but told himself to stop being silly. School kids were always catching stomach bugs.