Hold On, I'll See You Again

Chemo

I woke up to find myself snuggled up to Dan's chest. I felt his fingers comb through my hair as he played with it. I wrapped my arms around his torso and shuffled myself closer to him. "Morning Phil." I attempted to say morning normally, but I had a really husky morning voice. Not my favorite part of me. "Wow. Your voice is husky and sensual when you first wake up?" I nodded my head as I snuggled against him. "That's so hot." I chuckled as he said that and he resumed playing with my hair. Right on cue, my stomach rumbled in hunger. "I need a shower and some food." "Me too. Wanna go?" "Sure." I left Dan to go to my room to grab my clothes and soap, then walked with Dan over to the showers.

~Despite what you may think, there's no smut.~

We were the only ones in the room. "Want to share a shower?" "Yea sure." I was nervous. No one but my mother had seen me naked before. I didn't have the perfectly muscular body most boys desired, or a tan for that matter. Gosh I hope he won't hate me. Dan was already starting our shower, leaving me to strip down in the locker room area. I put my stuff in a locker and walked back to Dan, who was already in the shower. I shyly called out to Dan, asking if I could come in. After hearing a yes, I pulled back the curtain and went in, closing it behind me. I turned to see Dan standing under the running faucet, fully naked. "Wow, Phil." Dan breathed as his gaze travelled across my body. I blushed as I stood frozen under his hungry, yet loving gaze. He reached a hand out towards me, cupping my cheek. He pulled me underneath the running water, which stung my skin a bit. I looked into his eyes, shocked at how wild they looked in this moment. He crashed his lips into mine with such force, I nearly stumbled backwards. His hands grabbed my hips and pulled me closer to him. I threaded my fingers through his hair and lightly tugged on the wet strands as he smashed our lips together. I closed my eyes and let all other senses take over. In no time at all, he was licking my bottom lip, begging for me to open my mouth; I happily opened up. Our tongues fought for dominance, but I eventually surrendered. After a few minutes of him exploring my mouth and me tugging on his hair, he pulled back and rested his head on my shoulder, panting heavily. I removed my hands from his hair and rested them on his back while hugging him. "God, you're so hot, Phil." I softly pecked his temple as we stood panting under the running water, which was miraculously still pouring out hot water.

I reached around him and grabbed the shampoo. Pouring a good amount on my hands, I started washing Dan's head as he leaned against me. A little sigh of happiness escaped his lips as I massaged his scalp. "Can you lift your head up?" He pulled away from me until I was greeted by two soft, brown eyes. The hunger and wildness was gone from his dilated pupils. He looked amazing in his slightly muscular and tanned body, dripping wet hair, and round face. I rinsed the suds off my hands and put them on his hips as I softly kissed him. "Damn...Daniel." "No! Way to ruin the moment, Phil!" I laughed as he lightly hit my arm in frustration. However the anger was short lived when he started to wash my hair. I closed my eyes as his fingers grazed over my scalp and through the strands of wet hair. "Haha. Do you like that?" I murmured yes as I was sent into a state of bliss with Dan's fingers moving gently through my hair. Eventually, we finished showering and got dressed. "That was amazing." I said. "Definitely." He pecked my lips one last time before we went out of the locker room and back into the halls.

We ended up eating breakfast in the cafeteria instead of in one of our rooms. We were casually chatting about FNAF theories when we heard a cough behind us. "Um, hey. Mind if me and my friend sit with you guys?" "Sure! What are your names?" I asked the two brunettes standing near us. "Mine's Chris. This here is Peej." Peej gave us a small wave. "Well come and join us! We were just talking about FNAF theories." "Oh Chris! We've found people like us!" We all laughed as the two sat down at our table. Dan scooted next to me so the friends could be by each other. We ended up chatting for over an hour about games and we got to slowly know one another. Chris was a talkative person once he got to know the people around him, and Peej was quiet in general. I also saw Peej give anxious glances towards Chris. Looks like something might be going on between them. "Well, thank you for letting us sit and talk to you guys." "No problem, Chris. You two need to sit with us more often." "I second that." I said. The other two nodded in agreement, put up their trays, and said their goodbyes.

"Well that was fun!" Dan said. "I agree. Those two are funny." "Hey, did you notice that Peej was looking at Chris in some way?" "So I'm not the only one." "Maybe we can get them together?" "Dan! We only just met them! We need to become better friends with them before messing with their love lives." Dan sighed as he realized I was right. "Ok. Ok. We'll do it eventually?" "Yes, Dan." He got up and put up our trays. Grabbing my hand, Dan and I walked out of the cafeteria and into my room. "Dang. I forgot to unpack all of my stuff." There was a knock on the door. "Doctor Brown!" "Phil. We need to start chemo with you today." I visibly paled when he said that. "Doctor, may I speak for my friend?" "Yes." "I think we'll be able to schedule that for today, but can we do it a bit later? We just had breakfast, and we probably aren't mentally prepared for this yet." He looked at me to see if that was correct. I nodded. "Ok. Well, the latest we can do is at noon today. Is that ok?" I nodded. "Ok. Come in five minutes early to fill out paperwork." Dan said we would and closed the door after he left. I was still frozen in place.

Dan helped me get my mind off of what would come in mere hours by putting on Free! while we unpacked my stuff. I found many photos of me and my mum, some of my dad before he mysteriously disappeared one evening, but I didn't find my baby photos. "Aw, that's so cute!" Dan squealed. I got up and wandered over to where he sat with, as I guessed, my baby photos. "I didn't know you were a ginger! You were so cute!" I laughed as he flipped through photo after photo of me when I was less than a year old. "Aw, look at you in the bath." "Don't look don't look don't look!" I snatched the  explicit photo from him that my mother obviously took because she thought it was "cute." He laughed as my face turned red from embarrassment.

After that moment of trauma, we continued unpacking and putting stuff away. By the time we were done, I had 10 new shirts, 4 pairs of pants, lots of underwear and socks, some jackets, and three pairs of shoes. Dan acted like he was happy that I'd stop wearing his clothes, but he can mumble very loudly to himself sometimes. Apparently, I looked "cute" in his clothes. I'll let that slide. Along with clothes, I had new books that I decided to keep at the last minute, a bunch of anime DVDs, a lion stuffed animal, and a laptop.

*Ring ring* "Hello?" I asked as I answered the phone. "Chemo in 10. Be ready." And with that, the front desk lady hung up. I know who's on shift today. I sunk to the floor in dread of what was to come. Dan came back in to find me hugging my knees and sitting against the wall. "It's time?" I nodded. Dan walked over to me and pulled me onto my feet. He held my hand as he led me to the room he was in for his chemo. The doctor he had was there by the bed, hooking up a bag of strange fluids onto a pole. "Phillip Lester! I see Dan here is accompanying you?" "If that's ok with you?" "Of course. After all, you did the same for him." I walked over and laid down in the bed. Dan stood by me, rubbing his thumb against the back of my hand as he held it. The doctor asked if I was ready, and after I said yes, I felt a prick on my arm as he inserted a needle. After setting up the IV, he went over to his desk and started asking some questions.
"Weight?"
"Meals eaten per day?"
"Any other medical conditions?"
I answered all of these as the bag of chemicals slowly dripped into my body. Dan stood by me the entire time, never letting go of my hand. After about 20 minutes, my vision started to blur and my stomach started clenching painfully. Dan could see the pain on my face, and he knew what would soon come before I did. He ran over to the trash bin and carried it back to me. After placing it in my lap, he pulled me into a sitting position and rubbed my back as I started heaving.

After a solid 10 minutes of me losing my breakfast, I fell asleep from feeling so weak. I woke up in my hospital bed, and Dan was nowhere to be seen. I tried to sit up, but my head spun like crazy, forcing me to stay lying down. Dan entered my room soon after with a glass of ice water. "Hey, Phil. How are you feeling?" "Ugh. Well, fine. Except for the fact that I can't sit up yet without feeling like the Earth is rotating faster than normal." He gave me a sympathetic smile and sat down at the edge of my bed. Putting his hand behind my head, he tilted my head and held the cup of water to my mouth so I could drink. After a few sips, he put the water on my bedside table and pressed a small kiss onto my forehead. He started humming a tune that sounded sort of familiar, but I was so out of it, I couldn't tell what it was. I fell asleep as Dan sung softly to me.