Hospital Trip #3 (Open)

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He had dropped the children off at school, and he was back for a check up since he got sick in the first place. Gabriel didn't want to hear lectures about how bad he'd been doing. How horrible his health was. He was a single father raising three kids with the help of a friend. But no one truly knew he wasn't feeling well. He kept that to himself at the school, at home, and with the Vindice. No one really knew even when he looked a bit pale. Gabriel was constantly hiding how he felt. Not from the doctors always but from everyone else he did. Gabriel settled down in the bed for his treatment and groaned as the needle slipped into his skin. Chemotherapy was one of those things he had to deal with. And he knew he didn't enjoy any of it. Gabriel hated how sick it made him feel, it was hard to spend time with his children. He didn't want to shove them off on other people either so it raised his stress level and made him visibly tense.

Being poked and prodded for his cancer was not fun. He felt horrible already, the male had found it harder to sleep lately. Which annoyed him to no end. He'd rather not deal with. Why couldn't he get healthy already? He had children, he had a life, he had friends. Getting sick had never been in the cards, and now he was stuck dealing with it. Holding onto the IV pole he slipped out of the bed. He knew the doctor would probably lecture him for doing this. But he'd rather keep moving, he felt a bit dizzy. But he didn't have the patience to stay in the bed. This was already so weird for him. Yet he barely knew what he was supposed to do. It'd probably not end up helping him to be honest. He felt that he might be stuck in his own life, dealing with the negative aspects of being ill like this. He wandered around the hospital smiling at the children. It sucked to see kids in the hospital. He would never be able to stomach seeing his children here.

He wanted to call Sebastian to pick him up. He almost felt as if he'd be too tired to get home on his own. And getting into an accident was not part of his plan today. Maybe he'd walk home, but that sounded like a bad idea too. He could tell Sebby to pick him up and take his car. That would solve two problems wouldn't it? He didn't try to avoid the doctors, though as he walked it was harder to breathe. Pushing his body this way would never be good. And he didn't like it for a second. "U-ugh..." He groaned and paused, he was feeling worse now. The drugs were supposed to make him feel better after making him feel like crap. Maybe leaving his room was a bad idea. He needed to find a spot to sit for a little while. If he could find one, and he only kept walking. Putting most of his weight on the IV pole. He felt dizzy and weak. He wouldn't be able to stomach this anymore. Couldn't his treatments just end.

He found a spot to sit and rested there, his head was spinning and he seemed to be weaker. He wouldn't get back to his room on his own now, until his chemo treatment was done. They would be able to find him, after all most of the doctors knew him well enough by now to know where he went.

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"Spare me

the details."

made by CAPTAIN of GANGNAM STYLE

[RYUU YAMAMOTO]

We were the fire on the moonlit skies

His college professors had once told him that his intern year was going to be filled with monotonous labor of doing the work that nurses' couldn't do and the work resident doctors didn't want to do and that the hours would be long and unforgiving. However, Ryuunosuke found that it wasn't that bad. Although, considering that he had been at the top of his class and had been highly wanted by the hospital, it was no wonder that they seemed to favor him over the others. He didn't really much care for being favored without first proving himself, but it wasn't that big of a deal. He would do that soon enough.

Blue eyes flickered over a lab report as he looked up at the resident he had been working with as of late. He was an orthopedist, which was one of the branches of medicine he wanted to go in. He usually flitted between the trauma specialist and this doctor on a regular basis as well as the ER. "It doesn't look like the chemotherapy is working," he reported, dropping the lab reports he'd just picked up in front of the doctor. "The last option, I think would be a bone marrow transplant...but it's difficult to find matches as is. His family doesn't know, so they'd be out as potential donors..."

"That's a good opinion, Ryuunosuke-kun," his doctor said as he glanced over the lab reports himself. "We'll give it a few more weeks and then start trying to find potential matches for him..." he stated, picking up the lab folder. "Go check on him and let him know his future options..." the doctor sighed and rubbed his temples. "His outlook really isn't that good, though. Especially since he's also hiding it from his family and is a single father...I'd suggest the Riva Corporation, but they're stationed in Europe and America...and they're expensive. Wish we had their technology, though. Don't know how they do it," he rose to his feet, looking at Ryuu for a moment. "I have some other patients to look in at...finish with O'Conner-san and then you can switch to the ER and Trauma ward for the rest of the day."

Rising to his feet, Ryuu made his way down the hallways, trying to think of a way to solve Gabriel's problems. He was a member of the Vindice and while he didn't much care for the Vindice or their methods...he didn't want to leave him like that. The mention of the Riva Corporation though, made Ryuu remember. Didn't his fiance once have a student under the name Riva and wasn't he a member of the Spaiggia? She had regularly complained about him not showing up for classes and had been tempted to drag him to school, like she had him at times. It wasn't like Ryuu had been a bad student...he just liked not going to school once in awhile. Or it could have been just he had wanted to see Silvia at the time, so he tested her about his school-skipping. The Spiaggia were an odd bunch indeed, nothing like the Giglio Nero had been. Their current boss had all but dismantled them. It was possible that Sheeka was a scion of the Riva's themselves. Silvia probably knew whether or not he was through his school records. He'd have to ask. He didn't really know too much about the current Spiaggia, so it was hard to say.

Entering the hospital room Gabriel was supposed to be in, Ryuu sighed, unable to find him there. He wasn't supposed to be leaving yet, especially with his current health. He supposed he better go find him. As Ryuu moved along the hallways, questioning nurses and other interns and doctors whereabouts, he eventually found him. "O'Conner-san, you really shouldn't have left your room," he scolded like a mother scolding their naughty children. He really couldn't say much because Ryuu found it hard to stay put sometimes himself. Taking a wheelchair from a nurse rolling one down the hall, Ryuu helped the other sit in the chair before grabbing onto the IV pole with one hand and pushing the chair down the hall with the other back towards his room. "Your lab results came back...there hasn't been much improvement, I'm afraid. There is the bone marrow donor option, but the chances of finding a match outside of your own bloodline are fairly low."

Tags; Gabe
Word Count;734
Notes;boop~

BY AERIE OF GANGNAM STYLE

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He felt over heated and tense, he wanted to ignore this. What was he going to do? Honestly he didn't know what to do. The boy sighed lightly and tried to sit up. He felt that his stomach started to twist again. Gabriel wanted his treatment to end so he could go back home. He had three kids to take care of, and he didn't bring them to the hospital. Not often. He knew his children would ask a lot of questions, they'd cry. They would worry. His body wasn't strong enough to stop everything right now. He tried to keep them oblivious. He tried to keep most of his family and friends oblivious. Though no it wasn't going to work. Pretending he didn't have cancer would only work so well. Using flames to keep his body looking somewhat normal was easier said then done. He didn't know what he was doing. Now he regretted even leaving his room. It made him feel bad to know he might end up dying because he was stupid. Reckless as always didn't sound very good to him. He didn't think he'd see Ryuu though. The man opened his eyes and glanced up at his doctor. "That room was getting too stuffy for me...I know I should have stayed put. It's too hot and closed in there.." He said, though of course his health was bad. He needed to rest. Even though he hated that room.

He did not want to hear he needed to take more from his family. He didn't want to take anything from them, the donation would not be worth hurting them. He was way too worried about that stuff, when he also didn't want to die. He was stuck in a crossroads and had no idea how to get past it. How could he figure this out. Why couldn't everyone be happy, he wanted to live. But he also wanted his family to be safe. They needed to be careful, and then also well cared for. Gabriel could only hope that Ryuu didn't lecture him too much this time. "So there isn't much improvement...it's not supposed to improve that fast anyway right? It'll probably improve later." That was all he said, though right now he wouldn't change his mind. For this moment he didn't know what he was going to even do. He wanted to have some hope in that. It'd end up changing and getting better.

Trying to resist chewing his lip or yanking his iv out, he was only trying not to stress over matters. What was he supposed to do at this point. He needed to tell people. His family deserved to know he was sick and possibly dying. But the children. As a father he didn't want to tell his children that one day soon he might not be there anymore. That on it's own was a serious bad idea. "I really don't want to use my family for that. I don't even know how to begin to tell them without scaring them." He sighed, Gabriel always acted so happy for his family. Well as happy as someone with his personality could be. Those children didn't need to know that the man they were raised by was suddenly going to pass away, or leave them.

"If I tell my family...and ask for help I won't have to use my children right. I don't want to take a handout from anyone but I don't want to hurt them. If I die they'll be left with Sebastian. Is there anything other then the donor option?" He sighed again and tried to relax. He rested in the wheel chair, though he was too tired for all of this. but he wouldn't fight Ryuu for now. Unless he was given a reason to fight him. So far he hadn't been though. At least he knew he had some form of hope, small as it was. Dying was not on his list of things to do.

RYUU YAMAMOTO

"Spare me

the details."

made by CAPTAIN of GANGNAM STYLE

[RYUU YAMAMOTO]

We were the fire on the moonlit skies

Ryuu could definitely understand the urge to leave the room. He wasn't the best patient either and would be prone to wandering off from his own room as well. "You should have asked a nurse or waited until one of the doctors came by," Ryuu continued to scold lightly. "I know you're trying to stay strong around your family and kids, but you don't need to do that here. We're here to take care of you and you should let us do that," Ryuu stated quietly as he wheeled the man back into the room he had been in. "You're not the big bad Vindice here, you're a patient.

Ryuu felt weird, lecturing a man who was older than he was as well as was a member of the infamous Vindice. It was also kind of funny, in a way. The way the mafia used to fear the Vindice in his grandfather's teenage years. That had been when Bermuda and his former Arcobaleno had been in charge. There had been changes in the following years after the curse had been lifted and the Pacifiers placed into Bermuda's care, rather than a group being cursed into protecting them.

"I understand...I wouldn't even know how to begin telling my fiancee or my mother if I was sick," Ryuu stated quietly, flipping the brakes on the wheelchair once they had gotten into the room. He knew how his mother must have felt after his father died and she subsequently lost a child. He hadn't meant to find a miscarriage in her medical records when he had looked...She must have felt the same way that Gabriel was feelings. Losing not only her husband, but a child and then to raise her young son without a father, as well as the daughter of her best friend. Ryuu had come to have a new-found respect for his mother in recent years.

Ryuu bit his lip slightly. He didn't want to get the man's hopes up about the Riva, but...he was a single father raising a few kids and also had a dangerous job in the Vindice. "I...don't want to get your hopes up...but surely you've heard of the Riva family in Italy? They have some of the best medical facilities and research in the world. And if memory serves, I believe the youngest child of their boss is in the country and a member of the Spaiggia family...he used to be a student of Silvia's..." Ryuu started to say, trying to think about it. "I've heard that the leader of the Riva is a kindhearted man...and I think he would take your situation into consideration. I'm not sure what they could do about your form of leukemia...however, the Riva are one of the few families who are open to using flame technology to civilians and I read the full case study, none of it redacted for non-mafiaoso, of them using Storm flames to corrode tumors. Sun flames to increase healing and sometimes regrowing entire organs from tissue samples...I'm sure trying them wouldn't hurt..."

Ryuu wasn't sure what else he could say, but he was fairly certain that this was one of his only courses of action concerning his cancer unless he found a bone marrow donor who matched, which was slim enough as is, especially when he wasn't putting his blood family into consideration on the matter. His chemotherapy wasn't working and the tests showed that he was starting to get slightly worse as time went on, but he wasn't about to tell that to him, not yet at least. He'd give his chemo a few more weeks before telling him...or if the Riva family option went through, he would leave that information to himself. He needn't know just yet that he was getting worse. Ryuu liked kids and didn't like the idea of Gabriel's growing up without a father. He had done that and it had been bad enough, but these kids also didn't really have a mother in the picture. It wasn't that he was feeling pity for them, but he knew the pain of growing up without a father. Especially when Ryuu had been especially close to his father.

Tags; Gabe
Word Count;697
Notes;D'aww

BY AERIE OF GANGNAM STYLE

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He could avoid going back to that room, but he doubted Ryuu would hear it. One Ryuu was the doctor, and he only had that patient mentality here. He was nothing else, even being in Vindice wouldn't change this. After all it wasn't like Ryuu feared him at all, Ryuu didn't seem to fear much of anything. From what he saw. Most of his trips to the hospital had ended in him sleeping while the drugs did the work they needed to. He felt that maybe this would be okay. Gabriel wouldn't live with the negatives, he knew he'd eventually get better. He had to, the male would not let this beat him. After all he had three children to raise, and Sebastian to help. Or was it Sebastian helped him? He'd rather not think too much on it since he knew it might not end up helping honestly. The exhaustion was starting to get to him again. And he hated all of that. "I know, I just. Never mind, I guess I'm used to thinking I have to be strong no matter what." He was a Vindice after all. And he was raising three kids which he couldn't alert to this. He didn't want to worry his children with what was happening to him. His body had a lot of issues but he'd work through it.

He still felt seriously worn out but he was not going to complain. The male knew this was part of his life till his cancer disappeared. And if it never did he'd live with it as long as he had to. When it got really bad there was a way to fix it. He'd be alright or so he thought. However he didn't know what this doctor had in store for him. The tests, the drugs, the constantly feeling sick even around his kids. It made his body want to throw up so much sometimes. But he kept it to himself. For now at the very least. He wished he never got cancer in the first place, his body didn't handle it very well. And at least they weren't in some life or death setting right now. That'd only end up making this matter a heck of a lot worse. Though he didn't mention that. As a Vindice he still needed to work, people could take over his position all the time.

At least Ryuu wasn't telling him his decision was stupid. Honestly the idea he made was in the respect of others. None of it had anything to do with him. Simple as that really. However he had to wonder what he was even getting into at this point. He didn't know exactly how things would go. Or how he'd handle them either, for a small moment he felt the stresses of possibly dying lurking again. He knew some stuff about Ryuu, but it wasn't like he knew that much. For now he'd rather not end up thinking about that, he knew his life was a bit out there with the things going on in his head. And well his body. Cancer could spread everywhere if he wasn't careful, and wanting to get treatment had been for his children. If it was him he'd probably have found another way or let it kill him. Unfortunately that didn't sound very good. He knew it'd hurt Sebastian if he heard that but the other male never would.

All Gabriel wanted was to heal, to find a way to get better. And take care of his family, and his friends. They were all so important to him. Though of course he wasn't going to tell anyone that. Stubborn man that he was, however most of his friends probably knew this already. He wasn't that hard to read at this point and he already knew that. What was he going to say? Would it improve matters at all? Probably not. Gabriel had a strong feeling he'd still be stuck coming back here for even longer now. He looked up at Ryuu as he spoke, what was he talking about? Someone who could help him, a family. Would it be fine for him to reach out to another mafia family, Riva or whatever. They'd probably help him. If he had to, he'd plead using his children. All he did was for his children and Sebastian after all. And well Vindice but that was one the back burner right now.

"Yes I've heard of them. Well..If it's worth a shot, might as well try. The worst thing they can do is say no to me. And if he's a nice guy he probably won't. So this kid, he's one of the Spiaggia. Seems I have other tasks to do, after I get out of here. They can make it go away for a little while longer can't they? I hope, I don't care if it doesn't stay away forever. While I'd love that even just a little more time is fine to me. Ryuu...I'm sorry for being such a stubborn person. So used to doing things on my own, relying on others including doctors is weird for me." This was not a lie, but what choice did he have. Gabriel tried to move from the wheel chair and he could only groan. His body was sore, and this was making it harder for him to move.

"Eh trying them can't really hurt. Now if body would stop hurting me this would be great." He laughed, he did seem to be so sarcastic now. But this was how he did things. He couldn't handle it any other way.

RYUU YAMAMOTO

"Spare me

the details."

made by CAPTAIN of GANGNAM STYLE

[RYUU YAMAMOTO]

We were the fire on the moonlit skies

Surprisingly, there was one thing that Ryuu was terrified of and that was spiders...but very few people knew about that fear of his. It wasn't a complete irrational fear, either...but that's a story for another day. He didn't much like bringing up the thoughts of a rather large box animal spider he had encountered once to cause his fear of them. It was when he was younger, still a child and it just sort of followed him to today. He tried not to reveal that fear, but sometimes...he couldn't help it.

Ryuu couldn't help but smile, but then he shook his head. "You don't need to be all the time though. People always need somebody to lean on during hard times." Obviously, for Ryuu, that person was either Silvia or his mother...but he also had so many others he could as well. "You have a lot of people you can lean on, even if it's not your actual family. You still have family outside of them," Ryuu stated after a moment before their conversation topic had shifted to the Riva and how they could help. Definitely the worst thing they could do was say no...but he doubted they would.

"Well...at worst, you may just owe them a favor as a member of the Vindice," Ryuu stated casually as he took a seat in one of the extra chairs in the room. "Yes, as far as I know, the son of Alessandro Riva is the Spiaggia's Mist Guardian...and from what they're like...I doubt their boss will even let either of them say no about it...besides, I believe Riva-san actually adopted his children...so you know he's got a kind hard if he does that." Ryuu stated with a shrug. "I believe, right now, the Spiaggia is really considered just mafia in name over actual dealings anymore after the Inazuma family took over the leadership from Yuni-san and Byakuran-san." Ryuu had met Byakuran a few times over the years, his grandfather seemed to speak highly of the man...especially after he had saved his life. If he hadn't done that, then Ryuu would have never existed at all. He stretched, yawning slightly. He still had more work to do after this, but a break was nice once in awhile. He watched as Gabriel tried to move and he got up to help him, thoughtfully closing the door behind them.

"I might be able to do something about that," Ryuu commented as he allowed his rain flames to coat over his hands. "Tell me where the pain is and if this helps..." Ryuu had taken several courses in massage therapy while in college, so pressing his tranquility coated flames against his shoulders, he began rubbing in the numb feeling into his shoulders, steadily moving down to his back. "I'll write up a prescription for a pain killer and if this helps a lot, then I'll have it be a muscle relaxer...which should also help you sleep. He explained. He gave Silvia massages once in awhile and she always loved them. He knew how the human body worked and where specific nerves and points were that could help relieve stress and pain and with the addition of his rain flames into the mix, it was always even more helpful than without. "Don't tell too many people I give awesome massages, though. Then Silvia will get jealous if I give too many people them."

Tags; Gabe
Word Count;567
Notes;D'aww

BY AERIE OF GANGNAM STYLE

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Gabriel knew he could relax a little bit here, but did he really want to. The question for it was would he want to? The boy felt weird. He didn't entirely know what he was supposed to say. Things weren't so normal for him. But of course he'd learn to figure it out in some other way for now. It'd probably be all he could do. The cancer was eating him alive from the inside. He needed to deal with it, whether he owed the Riva family anything. He would do this for his children. They needed him just as Sebastian did. He refused to change his mind. Even if it was a painful process he'd handle it for his children. That was the only thing that mattered here anyway. To him and probably Sebastian at the very least.

"I guess so. Might as well start somewhere." Though at home he found it hard to rely on other people. His body and heart didn't want to. Everything about him didn't want to. But what else was he supposed to say right now. Ryuu did know how to make him feel better so at least this was a plus in some way or another. Even if he might not be that sure on what to do. Sighing lightly he tried to get his body to relax. He needed to get rid of how sore his body was, the pain had to be a bit worse now didn't it. Maybe leaning on people wouldn't be so bad. Yes he still felt uncertain about that. But did it even matter right now?

Favors were fine, as long as he lived. He didn't wish to pass that to his children. They were too young to be forced into this. That he already knew, however he'd rather not talk about it. What good would it do to talk about these things. Gabriel already knew he had to work on his cancer first, before it got even worse. Or before something else really bad did happen. He did not wish to die and live his cute children or that guy alone. That guy had helped him so much even without asking to. It was already weird enough for him. Right now he felt that things weren't entirely going as planned.

"Hm I see. Well then this should be alright, he has a soft spot for kids maybe he won't leave me hanging. For my Kid's sake at least...they are slowly starting to figure this out I bet and I don't like it." He sighed, as he tried to rest back on his bed. Really his body was so sore, there was nothing he could do about any of it. He didn't think someone would try to help him in this way but he relaxed with a low purr. The pain had been spreading over his body. Mostly the stabbing pains in his back. "I'll tell you when to stop, my whole back hurts more then the rest of me....internal pain is even worse isn't it?" But he'd learn to deal with it somehow.

Even if it'd probably not help Gabriel in the long run. Getting a small massage sounded truly nice. He'd feel alright for a little while longer. "Oh please..whatever you can do. My body needs a lot of rest it seems.." With a small sigh he felt that he was starting to relax. His energy was fading, it already seemed as if the cancer patient was starting to fall asleep. Ryuu had to be good at his job didn't he. Even someone stubborn like Gabriel might as well melt at his hands.

"That'll stay between us then. For her." He smiled as he spoke though his words were slurred just slightly at this point.

RYUU YAMAMOTO

"Spare me

the details."

made by CAPTAIN of GANGNAM STYLE

[RYUU YAMAMOTO]

We were the fire on the moonlit skies

"You're not going to get anywhere if you don't rely on somebody once in a blue moon," Ryuu announced carefully. Everybody needed somebody to lean on and while Ryuu was being a little bit hypocritical in saying so since he tried not to rely on anybody to help him solve his own problems - Silvia aside...he couldn't tell her no to anything. He couldn't help that though...he had no reason to tell her no and she hadn't given him one. He was so obviously in love that it was almost sickening in a cute sort of way that somebody watching might catch diabetes. "I believe his name is Sheeka Riva - he's the adopted son of Alessandro Riva and is the Spiaggia's Mist Guardian, if I recall correctly from what I know of the Spaiggia...besides the fact that most of them are utter morons in every sense of the word. If anywhere, you'll probably find him hanging around Raitaro Inazuma - Silvia has several words to describe him...but he tends to skip school a lot...like everyday...and apparently is the reason why Sheeka-chan never went...and yeah. I don't know Raitaro personally, but I've heard that he's pretty much an kindhearted idiot...so if you can't get Sheeka's approval, just bug Raitaro until he otherwise convinces the other...the Spiaggia have a really bad rep as being morons and generally just rather dysfunctional...which is funny considering their old ties with the Giglio Nero..."

Ryuu's head tilted to the side slightly as he massaged his rain-flamed coated fingers into his muscles, finding the pressure points that would help relieve the pain as well as just generally giving him a nice massage. "Kids are a lot more perceptive than we are lead to believe. After my father died, my mother tried to hide how she was feeling...but you could tell...I don't think she's ever gotten over it..." Of course, there could also be the fact that she'd lost a baby after that from the stress as well as her own injuries...but it was his secret that he knew. Nobody else and he really couldn't understand how his mother could keep it to herself for so long without people knowing. As the other pinpointed the main location of his pain, Ryuu's hands moved to find the area in question, lightly massaging rain flames into his muscles. "Yeah...besides, I don't want people knowing I'll give massages to another guy anyway. That could turn awkward," Ryuu stated, slightly amused as Gabriel began to doze off from his massage. Enough rain flames could do that. "Do you want me to call somebody to take you home? I would, but I'm headed over to the ER after I finish up here," Ryuu offered casually. "I'll prescribe some muscle relaxers and painkillers for you to take as needed as well before you go."

Tags; Gabe
Word Count;471
Notes;Yep. The Spiaggia's rep is not good. XD

BY AERIE OF GANGNAM STYLE

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Gabriel had never learned to rely on other people, so he always did things himself. Why did it matter if he got connected to others anyway. The man hadn't done that as a young child, and he wasn't going to ask others to help him now either. Even with cancer he could fight it on his own. No one would know what to do with him. After all it wasn't like people could help him or make matters easier for him either. "I guess so, though I would really rather avoid that. People learning my weaknesses scares me the most." He said with a small sigh as he moved slightly. He was already starting to feel better. The work from the doctor did wonders.

Though he would still not tell anyone. Maybe he could ask Sebastian to do something like that. Sun flames weren't rain flames but they'd still at least be able to help him. That was something he was clearly sure of anyway. Though what was he supposed to say. "I suppose so, the reputation for them must be so much fun. I'll try to talk to them I suppose. Sheeka first of course, best to go to the Riva child. It's not like I'm that dangerous to people who haven't crossed me." Even with his cancer, his body was stronger, but it wouldn't be able to keep that up for very long. He tried to avoid fighting for that reason.

"There's a number in my phone you can call. Sebastian should be right there in the most recent calls...he watches my kids for me lately after all. Thank you really, I won't tell anyone. This is just one of those things that stays between us. Will the pills be a lot stronger then my old ones? and what side effects will they have?" Gabriel was still tired, his body seemed to be passing out right now. And he didn't know what to do. He felt a bit out of it, and he was probably going to sleep before he even got home. Which for the cancer patient it was probably a good thing anyway.

He felt better at least, though he knew he wouldn't be up for very long. He'd probably be sleeping so soon. That meant Sebastian better show up soon.

RYUU YAMAMOTO

"Spare me

the details."

made by CAPTAIN of GANGNAM STYLE