The Pain It Causes To Breathe You In || Solby ✔️

Once

Terminal.

Only three months.

With treatment only seven months.

Nothing we can do.

Not just chest pains.

The infection may have worsened your condition.

Spread to your brain.

Im very very sorry.

Sam "lung cancer...he...he has...he has lung cancer?"
Doctor "again. I am so so sorry. It is very very severe. Worse than ive seen in a while. Without treatment he has three months and he will progressively get worse. With treatment its the same just with seven months. Radiation may help past seven if it works but its not likely."
Colby "it was just an i-i-infection.."
Sam "so the..the cancer. Ha-has spread to his brain. A-and has made it m-m-more severe? A-and the antibiotics f-f-fed into the cancer while a-also treating the infection...how does this even happen?"
Doctor "it's rare but it can happen. Usually we find it in early stages of spreading but it wasn't like that in this case. It was caught very very late..i'm so so sorry..treatment plan is up to you colby."
Colby "c-can i have a f-few days...?"
Doctor "of course. You are free to leave whenever."
Colby "thank you.."
The doctor nodded and left apologizing again. Sam kept his tears at bay. As did colby.
Sam "it'll be okay...right?"
Colby "yeah..."
The boys drove home in silence. Both crumbling terribly.
Sam "i love you.."
Colby "i love you too sam.."
They pulled into their driveway and walked inside. They curled up on the couch and didn't leave it for a few hours. Until elton came over bearing food for the two boys who have been MIA since last night. They were both passed out in the dark livingroom holding each other like tomorrow would never come. Sam had a small smile on his lips. It was only visible if you looked for it. He was dreaming well. Colby was also smiling through the pain he was in.
Elton "boys? Sam? Colby? Nephews?"
Elton walked into the pitch black house. It was only six o'clock but it was mid fall and the sky fell earlier and earlier everyday. He left the food on the counter and walked into the living room flipping the lights on to find the pair curled up together. He knew something was up. They had always had people over on saturdays. But today was a day to themselves, meaning something bad happened. Elton left the food in the fridge and left leaving a note. The boys slept through until morning. Or colby did. Sam woke up at 9pm and stayed awake since. And now it was 2:30 pm and he had just been watching cartoons and running his hand through colby's soft curly hair.
Jake "boys? Are you even alive?"
Sam lifted his head and saw jake and tara in the doorway of the livingroom.
Sam "no. were dead."
Jake "whats wrong? We invited you guys over to ours and you didn't show."
Sam "we were tired."
Tara "did you sleep?"
Sam "yes."
Sam sniffled and wiped his eyes. Reality hits hard. He'd been crying for hours now. Not wanting to accept that he already knew colby was going to refuse treatment and he was losing his everything in three months. Sam blinked and tears streamed down his cheeks. He was unable to hide his pain anymore.
Jake "you dont have good news...do you..."
Sam "im not able to say. Its not me."
Tara "sam..."
Sam "hm."
Tara "are you okay?"
Sam looked up. He shook his head and started sobbing. This woke colby up in an instantly. His head was throbbing. His chest ached. But he sat up anyways and tiredly pulled sam into his chest as he sobbed. Colby started silently crying making his breathing worse.
Jake "what happened..."
Colby "d-d-doctor called....We have s-some news."
Tara "its not good..."
Colby "n-n-no..."
This made sam grip colby and sob harder.
Colby "im sorry babe..."
Sam shook his head as if saying it wasn't his fault. It wasn't.
Tara "what...what is it.."
Colby "i have....lung....cancer..."
Jake "i-is it bad..."
Colby "yeah..."
Tara "how long...?"
Colby "t-t-three months...without...treatment.."
Jake "well your doing treatment right? right? y-you have to. I mean. Your my bestfriend. My brother. I cant....i cant lose you..."
Colby looked up. As much as he didn't want to die. He didn't want to live in pain for seven months either. He shook his head and kissed sam as he sniffled and started falling asleep. Jake started sobbing. Tara tried to contain herself but she started crying too. They all sat in the livingroom and watched movies. The more people that came in the more people found out. The only people who didn't know of colby's condition waas colby's parents. And they would find out tomorrow.