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Chapter Ten

Dr. Lawrence told Ryou "when you go in to talk to Seto I want you to be aware that he isn't the same person you use to know. Seto has changed drastically, he will seem withdrawn and his appearance will shock you. If you need to leave before you're through talking to him, just tap on the door and I'll let you out. Please just be yourself and everything will be alright." Then he opened the door and Ryou walked in.

When Ryou walked into the room, Seto was sitting looking out the window and his back was towards the door. Ryou said "Seto" and he turned around and when Ryou saw how badly he looked it brought tears to his eyes. Seto's hair was longer, he had black circles under his eyes and he was terribly thin. As Seto stood and faced him, Ryou walked over and took Seto into his arms and as he wrapped him in his embrace Seto started "sobbing and begging him to forgive him to forgive him for being such an asshole." Then sank to the floor and it was all Ryou could do to hold on to Seto's shaking body as he sobbed uncontrollably and Ryou said "Seto we will get through this together, but you have to stop crying or you'll make yourself sick."

Seto wiped his eyes with his sleeve and he looked into Ryou's eyes and he said "will you help me get better?" Ryou smiled at him and gave him a kiss and told Seto "yes, together we will try to find a way to make things better." Seto just laid his head on Ryou's chest as he held onto him as if he were to let go Ryou would disappear and he would be alone again. Finally Ryou was able to get Seto to stand and they sat on the bed and talked about all the things that happened and how now that he was back on his medication that Dr. Lawrence hoped that he wouldn't ever have another episode like that ever again. Then Seto just sat there holding on to Ryou and he whispered "will you ever come back to me?" Ryou softly told him "Seto I will try, but you have to realize how badly you hurt all the people around you and that it will take time to get past all of that, but I promise to be here helping you and who knows we just might get back what we lost. Will that be alright with you?"

Seto then looked into Ryou's eyes and he said "that's all I'm asking and thanks for coming and talking to me. I only wish that Joey could come and talk to me too." Ryou then told him "right now all Joey wants to do is to be with his wife their little son and his father and you can't blame him for not wanting to come and see you right now, but maybe someday he will change his mind but until then you need to get better so that you can come home to your family." Ryou stayed there talking for Seto for over three hours and then he said "I really have to get home and I will call all our friends and let them know that you are going to get better soon." Seto held Ryou and gave him a kiss and whispered "come back tomorrow please." Ryou smiled and walked to the door and tapped on it and Dr. Lawrence opened it and Ryou walked out and straight into the arms of his brother and completely fell apart.

Joey was helping Mai fix dinner while Jacob played in the playpen. As they stood side by side Joey reached out an pulled Mai into his arms and passionately kissed her and it took her breath away and when he lifted his head she said "that could get you into all kinds of trouble mister." Jeoy laughed and went back to cutting the tomatoes for their salad.

Mai thought back to when Joey first came home from the hospital and he told her "I love you so much but I don't know if I'll ever be able to be with you sexually again and it that bothers you to much I'm giving you the chance to pack your things and take our son and leave me now." When he was through she wanted to take a paddle and whip his ass till he couldn't sit down but instead she told him "hon, I didn't marry you just for the sex, which I have to say is really great, I married you because I love you and wanted to spend the rest of my life with you, so get those thought out of your mind right now or I'll paddle you ass for you." Joey held his wife who was also his best friend and as he cried he told her "baby I love you more today then I did first time I met you."

Today they are finding their way back to each other and Joey woke her up one morning by touching her breasts and when she opened her eyes he smiled wickly at her and lifted her top and started suckling on her nipples and that lead to him stripping her naked and touching and kissing her all over her body and then when they were both about to go out of their minds, he took off his t-shirt and boxers and easing himself between her legs he made love to his wife and it was like the first time they made love, it was so wonderful and they were both sent to another place and time and when they reached their orgasmic peaks, rockets burst in their heads and it felt like they were going into outer space. When they both finally were able to breath again, they had tears running down their faces and Mai said "Joey I love you so much and I'm glad that you're here with me and our son."

Roland was concerned about both Seto and Joey so he called and "asked if Frank would meet with him to talk about what could be done to try to bring them back together as the friends they use to be." Frank agreed to meet with Roland but he didn't see how that they could ever be friends again. Frank could see how this whole thing was affecting his friend and it worried him. As the sat down and had a beer, Roland asked "how's Joey, Mai and their son doing?" Frank told him "their doing better then I thought they would be doing." And then Frank asked about Seto and Roland started crying which bothered Frank terribly because he too loved his son as much as Roland loved Seto.

Roland explained how Ryou had gone to talk to Seto and how better Seto seemed after the visit and then he said "I know that Joey wants nothing to do with Seto or any of us right now and I can't blame him, but I only hope that with time they might be able to at least talk." Frank then said "listen right now Joey wants nothing to do with Seto or any of you and I don't know if he'll ever change his mind and I'm not going to do anything until I know that Joey is ready to talk to Seto himself." Roland knew that it was all he could ask for and he then said "plesase tell Joey how terrible I feel about what happened an if he'll come and talk to me." Frank promised to talk "to his son and just maybe he'll talk to at least you, but not to Seto just yet." They shook hands and then Frank gave Roland a hug and said "I'll call you later."And then they went their separate ways.

When Frank got back from talking to Roland, Joey was asleep and Mai asked "what did Roland say about the two of you trying to get Joey to talk to Seto?" Frank laughed and gave his daughter-in-law a hug and said "I really think that if Joey could talk to Seto it could help them both heal from what happened." Mai agreed with Frank but she didn't say anything just yet, she needed to figure out a way to get them together in the same room, locking the door and forcing them to talk, fight or what ever it would take for them to start talking like the friends that the once were.

Please R&R...

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