Arthur was out of the shower when Digitalis entered the bathroom, wearing Digitalis's bathrobe and drying his dark waist-length hair. Arthur's jet black crow-like wings were spread slightly, drying in the humid air.
In contrast, Digitalis was fully-clothed in a university sweatshirt and a pair of flannel pants. His short, blunt-feathered bluejay wings were still a little damp from showering, as was his short, wavy blue hair.
"That was fast. Did you need help with the rice?" asked Arthur. "Or did you decide to take me up on my offer to help you out with that boner-...Digit, what's wrong?"
"It's not...wrong," said Digitalis apprehensively. "Your brother's at the front door."
Arthur inhaled sharply and muttered to himself, "Dammit Rabb."
"Bear..." Digitalis gulped. He'd been meaning to ask this question all morning, but Arthur had been so worked up that he hadn't, and there wasn't any way around it now without messaging Rabb or Milly. "What happened?"
Arthur took a deep breath."Do you remember the camping trip we took this summer?" Digitalis nodded. "When we ruined that blanket, then I called you a dork and said my dad wasn't dead?"
"I remember," Digitalis approached Arthur and put a hand on his forearm.
"Well..." Arthur steeled himself and grasped Digitalis's extended arm, squeezing it for comfort. "He is now."
Digitalis gasped, "Bear, I'm so sorry!"
"I'm not, really," said Arthur dispassionately. "Since he's already dead, I'm guessing that my brother is here to try and get me to go to the funeral."
"Do you want to go?" asked Digitalis. Before Arthur could answer, the bathroom door opened. Arthur's brother stood in the doorway to the hall. He looked almost exactly like Arthur, though his dark hair was cropped short and graying around the temples, his wings were gray and the same color as a magpie's, with a wide white stripe. His freckled face was flushed and his jade green eyes were wide, giving them the same curious, awkward look that Arthur had given Digitalis over a cup of that awful blue fruit punch on the night they'd first met.
"Looks like I forgot to lock the front door," sighed Digitalis, glancing at Arthur. He noticed that Arthur had turned pale, so he took Arthur's hand and squeezed it. Arthur squeezed back tightly.
"Uhm...Hi Arthur...M-mister Digitalis?" Arthur's brother stammered. "I wouldn't have barged in normally, but two guys came to your door and said they're here to pick up a couch?"
Digitalis ran out of the bathroom and hurried to zip the soiled couch into the furniture bag before letting in the men that were there to pick it up. They were very quick, and within five minutes, the couch was in the hall and they were apologizing for showing up early.
With that done, Digitalis turned his attention back to the bathroom. A loud, awkward silence seemed to emanate from the partially-open door. Inside, Arthur and his brother seemed to be staring each other down; Arthur's face was as flushed as his brother's was pale, and they both looked like they were bout to either shout at each other or burst into tears. Digitalis reluctantly approached.
"So, you must be Fox," said Digitalis awkwardly. "Like Fox Mulder?"
Arthur's brother - Fox - turned to slowly look at Digitalis and sniffed, "Who's that?"