Ok, so, this one is a bit of a special one. But first, I've gotta say this...If you are triggered by sights and talk about suicide or self harm, please do NOT read this. And if you do have thoughts like that please call the hotline (1-800-273-8255) and know that this dude here (Me 😊) has you're back. Ok, now that that is out of the way, the other thing I've gotta say is that this story is my first attempt at a song - story type of oneshot, I don't know if it actually has a name for it or not. AKA, I turned a song into a story where I needed to use every line from the song (Which for this song seemed to have different places saying varying slightly words so my apologies if you look at the lyrics and they're slightly different than the ones I used here). The lines from the song will be bolded so if you just read the bolded words, you'll get the lyrics of the song. I hope you enjoy the song and maybe even guess what song it is, (It's easy though since literally all of the lyrics are in here but whatever) Anyway, sorry for the long talk. I hope you enjoy it. :D


Ness and Lucas were just watching tv, like any old day. Lucas was lying down, with his head on Ness's nap. Unlike their normal chill time together, Lucas's mind was drifting. He had a lot on his mind. Lucas turned his head to look up at the very invested Ness. "Hey, Ness?" Lucas questioned. Lucas's voice alone was enough for Ness's intense focus on the movie to break. Ness looked down at Lucas.

"What is it, babe?" he asked.

"You…...you'll always love me, right?" Ness smirked as he put his hand on Lucas's soft cheek. "Of course I will. No matter if we're loving and fighting, accusing, denying. I can't imagine a world with you gone," he said as he rubbed Lucas's cheek. This somewhat calmed Lucas's nerves. Lucas looked away, but his thoughts only came back. He soon picked his head up. "Lucas, is something wrong?"

"I dunno, Ness….I'm just…..confused."

"About what?" Ness grabbed Lucas's hands, completely worried about him. Ness saw Lucas's eyes were sad. Lucas's eyes were always very happy and always looked to the future, but these eyes, the ones Lucas was holding at that time, were sad. Ness knew Lucas had a very bad tendency to look into the past when he lost his mom and brother, but he never once doubted Ness's love for him. "Lucas, you can tell me." Lucas slowly turned toward him.

"Why…..why do you love me?"

"Because of all the joy and the chaos. You're so fun to be around and I love it." Lucas chuckled faintly by it, but Ness could tell the way he answered it wasn't exactly what Lucas wanted. "Even though we both have the demons we're made of, whenever I'm with you, I always can forget they exist." Ness placed his head against Lucas's warm neck. "I'd be so lost if you left me alone." Lucas grew a smile, but Ness couldn't notice the fakeness in that smile.

"Hehe, th-thanks Ness. I love you." Ness made a small moan.

"I love you too, Lukey Pooky in my little Swooky." This caused a lighthearted giggle to come out of Lucas. Ness took his head from Lucas's neck and kissed his cheek. "Wanna return to the movie or wanna head to bed?"

"The movie." Ness nodded as he patted Lucas's thigh. Once Ness turned back toward the tv, Lucas's smile disappeared. He laid back down on Ness's lap, mainly allowing himself to go into deep thought without Ness seeing it all over his face. Little did Lucas know, he was slowly but surely drifting off to sleep.

Lucas and his family were camping. Flint and Claus, being the manliest of men they were, walked over with the firewood. They fixed it up to be the campfire without the fire. The fire was Lucas's job. Lucas kneeled in front of it and grabbed two sticks that were lying awry from the rest of the sticks. He continuously rubbed them together until they caught on fire. Lucas placed the blazing sticks into the large campfire and within minutes, the fire was a full blaze. Lucas walked back and sat on his half stump, which wasn't too far from the fire. Claus's half stump was next to Lucas's. "I have to applaud you, that's one nice fire," Claus complemented. Lucas happily smiled.

"Thanks."

"Ness will for sure regret ever even thinking of cheating on you," Claus nonchalantly said as he stabbed a marshmallow with a stick. Lucas did the same.

"Oh he for sure would," he maniacally giggled. The twins started roasting their marshmallows as their parents went out to hunt together. They came back, not being very successful whatsoever. They sat on their stumps in a slump. "Nothing?"

"Nada," Flint said. Lucas happily smiled as he bit into his roasted marshmallow. He gave a very satisfied sigh. That was when there was a cracking noise. Hinawa looked into the woods.

"You heard that, hun?" Hinawa asked.

"Probably just a raccoon," Flint said as he stabbed a marshmallow with his stick.

"But, that sounded like, I dunno, a bear maybe."

"Babe, trust me, there wouldn't be bears in Ultimatum." Hinawa reluctantly looked back at the fire. Claus hated seeing the fear on his mom's face. He stood up and started toward the trees.

"Claus, what're you doing?" Hinawa asked.

"I'm going to make sure it's not a bear," Claus fearlessly said. Hinawa stood up and ran toward him.

"Not by yourself, you ain't." Flint looked back as they entered the trees. He shook his head before looking at Lucas, who was enjoying his roasted marshmallows.

"They're too skeptical, aren't they," Flint chuckled. Lucas nodded. There was silence for a bit, until a sudden roar and a scream. Flint stood up and looked confusedly at the trees. Lucas was unaware, however. Flint squinted his eyes as noises of crunching leaves and sticks got closer and closer. Soon, a figure got into view. It was Claus. But something about him was….different. He had blood all over his face and he had a panicked, scared, and sad look on his face. This was finally what caught Lucas's attention. Lucas stood up as Claus ran into Flint. Flint, still in utter shock of seeing his son in a bloody and panicked mess, patted Claus's back. Claus was crying loudly. "Where's your mother?" Claus couldn't answer and just continued to cry. Flint gripped Claus's shoulders and moved him away from the hug. "Claus. Where's your mother?" Claus slowly looked up with tears in his eyes that, when rushing down his face, joined with blood to hit the ground. "WHERE IS SHE?!" Claus shakily looked at Lucas, who was clearly worried.

"Sh-she…...she's gone."

"No…." Lucas said under his breath. "SHE CAN'T BE GONE!" That was when a loud stomp came from the trees. Claus turned around and knew what was making that noise. Soon, a large bear stepped out of the trees with Hinawa's body partly in its mouth. Lucas's entire body froze up as he saw his mom's clearly long gone body bleeding and lifeless. He instantly started feeling light-headed. He dropped the stick and fell backward. Flint looked back at him.

"LUCAS!" Flint grabbed Claus's hand and ran over to Lucas's unconscious body. Flint shook Lucas, but he didn't wake. The bear spat Hinawa out and stared at Claus. Claus didn't know this, however, since he was worried and focused on his brother.

"We need to get him to the hospita—AHHHH!" Claus screamed as he was ripped away from his dad by the bear's strong jaw. Flint shot toward him.

"CLAUS!"

"AHHHHH DAAAAAAAD!" Claus's pained screams woke Lucas up. He sat up and saw Claus scream in pain as the bear walked to the trees. Claus tried to force himself out of the grips of the bear as he yelled, "DAAAAD PLEEEASE! IT HUUUUURTS!" Flint growled as he ran toward the bear, but before he could make it to them, the bear's bite finally broke through Claus's body. Claus gasped for air but didn't get any. His mouth was overrun with blood as he slowly looked at his now frozen family. With one single tear, Claus was gone. The bear grabbed Hinawa and ran off into the woods with the two bodies. Flint's eyes were flooding with tears. He was able to force himself to turn around to see Lucas, completely frozen. He wasn't crying, he wasn't blinking, he didn't even look like he was breathing. Flint stumbled over and kneeled next to him. Flint started to shake Lucas.

"Lucas. Lucas, wake up. Lucas. WAKE UP!" Flint's voice yelled as it seemed to merge with Ness's voice.

Lucas shot up and shook his sweaty and teary face. "Lucas, you ok?" Ness asked. Lucas stood up and showed he was slightly shaky. Ness knew now what was wrong. "You had that dream again, didn't you?" Lucas sporadically nodded his head. Ness stood up and grabbed Lucas's shoulders and looked deeply into Lucas's baby blue eyes. "Look at me babe, it'll be ok. If you want, we can visit them." Lucas shook his head.

"I-I don't want that."

"Then go take a shower, wash off, clear your head. After that, we could watch Hunter X Hunter, or, or HAIKYU! Perfect, we could watch Haikyu." Lucas giggled faintly.

"W-we could?"

"Of course we can babe." Ness leaned forward and kissed Lucas's lips. "Now go on, I'll get Crunchyroll and our snacks ready."

"Don't forget my gummy bears."

"I would never forget your gummy bears."

"I love you."

"I love you too." Ness patted Lucas's back, prompting him to run toward the bathroom. Lucas entered the bathroom, locked the door, and sighed. He cleared his throat before getting naked. He took his shower like normal and it even seemed to help. A good hot shower was usually always able to calm Lucas down. He stepped out of the shower, dried himself off, and covered his waist with the towel. He looked into the foggy mirror. Lucas started cleaning off the fog, but when he did, he found Claus with a massive chunk of body missing from his side.

"You left me, Lucas," Claus's ghostly and pained voice said throughout Lucas's head.

"Y-you're not real," Lucas tried to convince himself.

"Oh, I am very real Lucas. But there was one way I could be more real, but you took that away from me."

"Wh-what do you mean?"

"You just HAD to distract us, huh? If you weren't such a weak little BITCH, all three of us would've been able to leave. But NOOOOOO."

"I-I-I didn't want that to—

"OH SHUT UP! It's YOUR fault I can't feel what it feels like to feel things. YOU still have the luxury. YOU are able to still breathe. YOU are still able to smile. YOU are still able to love. YOU are still able to live. While I am stuck in the DAMN GROUND. With half of my FUCKING CHEST stuck inside the body of that GODAMMED BEAR!"

Lucas looked down, tears rushing out of his eyes and falling into the sink. He shook his head. "No….no….no…..no….S-stop this. You're not Claus. YOU'RE NOT CLAUS!"

"Of course I'm not Claus. CLAUS IS DEAD. YOU KILLED HIM. You're own brother. The boy you supposedly looked up to. DEAD.

Lucas started to cry loudly. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry, ok!" he cried.

"Tch. Tch. Tch. Tch. Little little Lucas. Always so dull. I am not Claus. But there is a way you can see him again…..and apologize to his face."

Lucas looked back into the mirror, the ghostly Claus was gone. He looked at the cabinets and sighed. He smiled as he opened the cabinets. "I love you, Ness."

Ness was in his and Lucas's bedroom with Crunchyroll prepared and a big metal bowl full of assorted gummy bears ready for consumption. He sighed as he grabbed one and plopped it into his mouth. He ate it but wasn't really satisfied. "I don't see why he likes y'all bastards," Ness said, directed at the gummy bears. "Do y'all know why he's taking so long?" The gummy bears, obviously, didn't respond. Ness realized what he was doing and his face grew blank and unamused. "Look at me, I'm talking to damn gummy bears." He groaned as he placed the bowl aside. He jumped from the bed and walked out of the room. "Lucas!" Ness called out to get no response. "Hmm, strange." Ness started toward the bathroom. Once he got there he started to try and open it, only to find it locked. "Come on Lucas, after all, we've done together, still, you lock yourself in the bathroom?" He still didn't get a response. "Lucas?" He asked, more concerned than before. "Lucas, are you ok in there?" Nothing. Ness grew scared. "LUCAS!" Still, nothing but silence. Ness's fear took over. He slammed his shoulder into the door. "LUCAS, IF YOU'RE IN THERE, BETTER OPEN THIS DAMN DOOR BEFORE I BREAK IT!" Ness was hoping Lucas was playing a sick joke on him, but he still didn't get a response. Ness continued ramming his shoulder into the door. He was fighting through immense pain until finally, he forced the door open. Once he did force it open, he fell forward. He opened his eyes as he was still on the ground to find Lucas's frozen eyes. "Lucas?" Ness picked himself up and looked at Lucas's floored body. Ness just stared at Lucas's wrists…...which were both slit. "Lucas…..LUCAS!" Ness kneeled back down and shook Lucas, only to get no response. "Lucas, please," Ness cried. Ness checked for Lucas's pulse and felt…..nothing. "Lucas….." Ness, his face full of tears, lowered his head into Lucas's neck as he grabbed Lucas's hand. "Lucas….please…..please…."

Ness, not too long after finding Lucas's body, called 911 and they rushed over. A cop sat with a very emotional Ness. Ness was slightly rocking. The cop, named Cloud Strife, placed a hand on Ness's knee. "Listen, kid, please, tell me where you found Lucas," Cloud said. Ness stopped rocking and shaking to look into Cloud's unusually sympathetic eyes.

"H-he w-was taking a shower. B-b-but th-then I realized h-h-he was taking t-too long. S-so I barged in there. And he was just…..he was just lying on the floor when I break through." Cloud patted Ness's back.

After a few more questions from the cops and a psychiatrist about Lucas's mental health, Ness was taken to the hospital Lucas was taken to, by the approval of Flint, who was notified as Lucas was being rushed there. Ness rushed through the hospital until he made it to the hall where Flint was sitting. Ness felt guilty as he saw Flint's face. Ness slowed down and, slowly but surely, sat next to Flint. "F-Flint, I-I'm sorry I—"

"No, don't. It's my fault for not taking him to a psychiatrist sooner," Flint took the blame. Both of them sat in silence while leaning forward.

"Let's just say we're both to blame." Flint accepted that. They waited longer in frightened silence until the door to the hospital room opened. Both of them perked up as Dr. Mario stepped out with semi-bloody gloves.

"How is he, doc?" Dr. Mario sighed since he was the one who dealt with Hinawa and Claus and knew Flint was going through a lot already.

"He's stable. He lost a lot of blood…." Dr. Mario's look focused on Ness, "But since you caught him when you did he didn't lose a dangerous amount of blood."

"So…..so he's going to live?" Ness asked.

"Yes, he'll live. But…."

"But? But what?"

"Those cuts he did were pretty deep, and no matter how hard we try, he'll always have those scars as reminders." Flint sighed.

"He's already got too many reminders as it is." Flint's stressed face calmed slightly.

"You two want to see him?" Ness shot up.

"Is he awake?"

"No, he's not, but you could still see him." Dr. Mario stepped away from the door. Ness took a deep breath as he walked to the door. He noticed Flint wasn't standing up. He looked over at Flint and raised an eyebrow.

"Are you not going to see him?" Flint slowly shook his head. His hands were holding each other and were rubbing each other.

"It's not that I don't want to…." Flint's voice was so light and soft, completely unlike Flint's normal deep western-style accent. "It's that I can't see another son in a hospital bed fighting for his life." Ness understood. He looked into the room but only saw the corner dedicated to the doctor's workspace. Ness took in a deep breath before stepping in and turning. He saw Lucas, unconscious, on the bed with wires connecting to IVs. The slow beep of the heart monitor, mixed with the fact Lucas was that close to death, sparked that fear that he could still be taken away. He gulped before walking toward the hospital bed Lucas was lying on. The closer he got, the more of Lucas's stitches were visible. Ness pulled a chair closer to the bed and grabbed one of Lucas's hands.

"Hey there, Lucas. I've been wanting to ask you, why the hell do you like those gross gummy bears?" Ness sadly chuckled. Lucas clearly didn't respond. "You were never good at questionnaires. You remember that one time we took that compatibility test?" Nothing but the beat of Lucas's heart. "You were having trouble answering the damn 'are you a virgin' question since you didn't know if anal sex technically counted as losing your virginity," Ness continued to give some bittersweet laughs to the slow beat of Lucas's slow heart. Ness's somber smile slowly disappeared. "You don't mind if I pull you in to feel your heartbeat do ya?" With a single beat of Lucas's heart monitor, Ness took it as an answer. "I knew you'd allow me. You always allowed me to get away with whatever I wanted, you big ole pushover," Ness bittersweetly chuckled. Once he stopped chuckling, he placed his ear in the middle of Lucas's chest and heard his slow heartbeat. For whatever reason, this got to Ness. This made Lucas's situation feel much more real than a machine made it seem. Ness's eyes started to cloud up. "Lucas…...I know you're still in there." Tears started to form in his eyes. Ness closed his eyes as tears started falling from his eyes and staining Lucas's hospital gown. "Can you hear me screaming 'please don't leave me'," Ness cried out. Ness's cries grew loud, loud enough for the people immediately outside to be able to hear them.

Flint, who was one of the people able to hear it, stood up. "You leaving?" Dr. Mario asked. Flint cleared his throat before turning away.

"I can't hear him cry like that. Reminds me of when Lucas did it…...It was nice seeing you again Doc. I just wish it was just for the common cold or something." Flint started walking away.

"Flint, if you need anything, you know there are people here who'll help you." Flint stopped.

"Knowing that Lucas will live is all I need for now. If he wakes up, tell him I….I…...nevermind. Just….just call me." Flint walked off, leaving Dr. Mario, sympathetic, as he looked into the room and saw Ness crying into Lucas's body.

Ness and Lucas were in school. It seemed like any normal day. Until, for whatever reason, everyone but Ness and Lucas dissolved into nothingness. All of the doors to the rooms, since the two of them were in a hallway, also dissolved into nothingness. Ness looked around in confusion. "The hell?" Ness questioned.

"Ness….." Lucas's soft voice called out. Ness turned around and saw Lucas. Something about him was different though. His hands were missing. Lucas also had a bittersweet smile. "It's my time to go Nessy."

"What….n-no….don't. Y-you can't just…..you know, leave!"

"I'm sorry Ness. I've gotta see my brother….my mom."

"B-but hold on, I still want you. I don't want you to leave." Ness had tears rushing down his face as he tried to reach for Lucas's hands, only to remember, his hands were gone. Lucas leaned his head forward, colliding his forehead into Ness's. Lucas had his own tears falling from his eyes.

"I'm sorry Ness." Ness wrapped his arms around Lucas's body.

"I can't be without you, Lucas. I-I need you."

"Ness….it's time for me to go."

"IT'S NOT TIME…...NOT BEFORE ME!" Ness cried out.

"Nessy….you don't understand. I lost two people, you'll only lose one."

"AND YOU THINK I CAN HANDLE THAT!" Ness's voice was much higher pitched than it normally was, which was weird sounding since his voice was naturally rather deep. "I can't lose someone like you."

"You're strong, Nessy. That's why I fell in love with you. You're stronger than anyone I've ever known. That's why I still love you…...and that's why I couldn't tell you I was gonna do this. I know you're still very much strong, and I know you can live a happy life without me. I love Nessy."

"Lucas. I'm not strong. I-I don't know what you're talking about. I-I-I would never be able to live with myself if you're gone. So please, Lucas, don't leave," Ness pleaded as his cold tears waterfalled down his face.

"Bye Nessy." Lucas's body fazed through Ness's arms and he started to float up. Lucas's body started dissolving, but his tears stayed constant. His tears fell and collided into Ness's face, merging with Ness's tears.

"No…..PLEASE!" Lucas soon fully disappeared. Ness kept his glance up at where Lucas disappeared, expecting and wanting Lucas to come back and say "BOO, I was just kidding" and laugh, but no. Lucas wasn't coming back. Ness fell down to his knees. "Come back." Nope. Nothing. Not a soul was coming back. Not even so much as a pinkie toe came back. Ness leaned forward and slammed his head into the ground. "I still need you."

Ness slowly opened his wet and strained eyes. He sat up and saw Lucas's body. Fear drenched him instantly, but then, the beep. Ness gave a breath of relief. Ness's glance focused on Lucas's head, which looked calm but Ness knew he never truly was calm. Not even in death would he be calm. "Let me take your head." Ness's free hand went up and grabbed the side of Lucas's head. "I'll make it right." Ness placed his forehead on Lucas's forehead. A single tear fell from Ness's eye into Lucas's, making it flutter a bit, before falling down Lucas's face. "I swear to love you all my life." Ness tightened his grip on Lucas's hand, mainly to ensure he still had them and they still felt warm and not cold. "Hold on, Lucas," he said as he was fully sure and fully confident in the fact that Lucas was still alive and that his dream was just that…..a dream. Ness giggled a bittersweet giggle. "I still need you."

The next day, Ness was woken up by Dr. Mario for him to do some kind of check-up on Lucas. Ness was told to wait outside in the hallway. As he sat in the chair he sporadically tapped the ground. His fears that Lucas left the world as he slept clouded his mind. He didn't even realize that his friends had come to try and help him, but they couldn't even get Ness's attention with Baseball. It was then that they realized that what they thought was his favorite thing in the world, Baseball…...wasn't his favorite thing, but it was Lucas. Lucas was Ness's favorite thing in the world, and thus, the only thing that would make him feel better would be Lucas himself. They decided it would be best to just leave Ness alone.

Not long after they left, the door opened and Dr. Mario stepped out. Ness shot up and looked at him. "I have good news," Dr. Mario said, slightly happier but still stayed mostly sad.

"Wh-what is it?"

"Lucas is awake." Ness beamed. Dr. Mario knew Ness wanted to see Lucas, so he stepped aside. Ness was nervous but walked to the door anyway. He looked inside and saw an ashamed Lucas looking at him. Ness's smile crept back on his face. He jumped into the room with a chuckle.

"It was so worth staying along in this highway." Lucas stayed silent and just looked away. Ness walked forward and sat in the seat he sat in last night. He scooted forward, expecting some words to come out of Lucas, but still nothing. "You're silent beside me? Come on, you can talk to me." Ness grabbed Lucas's hand, and to his surprise, Lucas grabbed back. Lucas was still looking away from Ness, however.

"I…." Ness's body had a wave of shivers shoot through him. "I don't know what to say. I don't think there is anything I can say."

"How about 'help me'? Lucas, I love you. I always will love you. No matter what it is you're going through, no matter how tough it may be on you, and no matter how unaware of your feelings I am, I'll always be here. Through thick and thin, and thicker and thinner. I love you. Lucas. So please, lean on me."

"I-I can't, Ness. I can't." Lucas closed his eyes. Ness's own eyes lowered and his heart broke. He leaned back, letting go of Lucas's hand and surprising Lucas in the process.

"I see. So it's my fault." Lucas shot around.

"What?!" Ness stood up, his face full of sadness and guilt.

"I'm the one that's driving the nightmare I can't escape from. If my own boyfriend can't talk to me about personal things…..what kind of boyfriend does that make me?"

"Ness, th-that's not what I—"

"Answer the question, Lucas," Ness ordered, his voice all choked up.

"I…..I don't…..I can't….." Lucas, fully unsure.

"A bad one. A boyfriend that can't indulge in the other's feelings is a shitty one. I'M a shitty one. A boyfriend like me, a shitty one, doesn't deserve a boyfriend like you…...a perfect one." Ness rubbed his tears with his bicep.

"Ness, you're not a—"

"Stop it, Lucas. Just….just stop." Ness turned away and started walking toward the door. Lucas saw the pain Ness was going through. He felt guilty about it. It was his fault he didn't want to talk to Ness about his feelings. He knew that he was the shitty one. Ness was the one that stayed there through all the nights that Lucas had that dream. Ness was the one that fed Lucas when he was stuck in his feelings despite not telling Ness a single thing about it. Ness was the boyfriend Lucas didn't deserve. Lucas hated making Ness feel that the opposite was the truth. He knew what he needed to do. He knew, from then on, his goal wasn't to see Claus again. His goal wasn't to see Hinawa again. His goal was to make sure his dad, his friends, but most importantly, the boy he loved, stayed happy. Seeing them happy always made Lucas happy. While he was asleep, memories of all the times he was happy, played through in his mind. Only then did he realize he was happy. He had been doing what Claus wanted him to do, move on. He knew he would never truly get over what happened, he knew he would need to see a psychiatrist every now and then, but he also knew the best type of therapy for him would be to see his friends and family happy. And the only way to make Ness happy at this moment…...was for them to just talk.

"NESS!" Lucas yelled right as Ness got to the door. Ness stopped but refused to look back at Lucas. Lucas sat up. "You're not a shitty boyfriend, not even remotely close."

"Then….why do I keep helplessly praying the light isn't fading? The light is fading and the prayers haven't done shit. It's all my fault that the light is fading. I'm just some dumb stupid hypocrite."

"Why do you feel that way?" Lucas asked.

"I-I…...I keep hiding the shock and the chill in my bones. I got on you for not talking about your feelings when I haven't even talked about my—" Ness realized what he was doing. He looked over at Lucas. Lucas had a smile.

"I love you, Ness, so please…." Lucas held his hand toward Ness's seat, "Take a seat, let's have a chat." Ness fully turned toward him.

"Wh-who are you, Chris Hansen?" Lucas just winked happily as tears continued down his face. "I-I promise I-I didn't know he was a minor." Lucas giggled happily.

"That's not what the chatlog said." The two boys giggled happily as Ness walked over to his seat. Ness grabbed Lucas's hand and smiled.

"This is some wack TCAP, there aren't even any brownies."

"I'll bake you your brownies when we get home." The boys continued giggling happily.

"I love you, Lucas." Ness leaned his head down and kissed Lucas's hand. Lucas, with his other hand, reached over and grabbed Ness's hand, the one that was already grabbing onto Lucas's.

"I love you too, Ness."

After a long while of talking, they arrived at recent events. "They took you away on a table. When you went in that ambulance I felt so lonely and I was so scared that I lost you." Lucas patted Ness's hand. "But what was truly scary was when I paced back and forth as you lay still. You don't know how freaked out I was."

"Did you actually pace back and forth?" Lucas asked as he held a face of disbelief.

"Ok, maybe not physically but still, it's the same thing."

"Uh-huh, right." Ness put a finger over Lucas's lips as he shushed him.

"Quiet down, you're ruining the storytime."

"You've always sucked at storytimes," Lucas smugly said.

"I SAID SHUSH! Ahem, anyway, so, they pull you in to feel your heartbeat."

"They? You mean you?" Ness exaggeratedly breathed in.

"Lucas….I swear to God." Lucas giggled lightheartedly. "But yes. Me."

"Continue." Ness smirked as he scooted forward a bit and softly placed his head on Lucas's chest. He heard Lucas's heartbeat beeping just as fast as and just as normally as it always did. He smiled and sighed a happy sight.

"Can you hear me screaming 'please don't leave me.'" Lucas smiled as he rubbed Ness's head.

"I'll never leave you. I don't know why I ever thought it was a good thing." Ness turned his head around, but kept his head on Lucas's chest, and looked into Lucas's eyes. He gripped Lucas's hand tighter.

"You better hold on." Lucas copied the strength of Ness's grip. "Cause I still want you."

"I still want you too, Nessy." Ness slowly moved his head closer to Lucas's, but still kept it on Lucas's body.

"And, if you leave, you'd better come back."

"Oh? And why is that?" Ness moved his head more, making it to Lucas's chin, causing Lucas to giggle.

"Cause I still need you." While rubbing Ness's head, Lucas caught sight of his own wrist. He saw the stitches. Lucas's face dropped. Ness noticed this. He put his head onto Lucas's and looked deeply into his eyes. "And if your thoughts become bad again let me take your head, I'll make it right."

"How will you help me?" Lucas's voice was now lower as he saw his other stitched up wrist and the memories of him cutting rushed back to his mind.

"Well, first off…." This caught Lucas's attention and thus he looked into Ness's honest eyes. "I swear to love you all my life." Ness kissed Lucas's lips and they kissed for a while. Ness broke the kiss up and moved his head back further than it was right before they kissed. Lucas saw the giddy smile on his face.

"I swear to love you all my life too." There was then a knock at the door. "Come in." Dr. Mario stepped in with some strange looking lady in plaid.

"I'm glad to see you and Ness happy again Lucas, even if for just a little bit. However, to the recommendation of both the cops and your father, you need to talk to a psychiatrist," Dr. Mario said. The lady in plaid happily waved.

"I understand." Ness grabbed Lucas's hand with both of his hands. He didn't want to leave Lucas, but he knew he needed to. Ness brought Lucas's hand up to his mouth and kissed it.

"You better hold on, and not allow yourself to succumb to your demons." Lucas giggled.

"Ok, Mr. Poet." Ness grinned as he lowered Lucas's hand.

"I still need you so please…..please tell her everything so I can get you back sooner." Lucas giggled in a very high pitch, showing just how genuine it was.

"You make it seem like you own me." Lucas grew a small blush as he averted his eyes away from Ness. "Although if I was owned by you, I wouldn't mind it whatsoever." Ness chuckled as he let go of Lucas's hand and patted his thigh.

"Good luck, babe." Lucas looked back at Ness.

"Thanks, babe." Ness walked to the plaided lady.

"Please be gentle with him…..he's all I have."

"I promise I will," she said.

Lucas finished with the psychiatrist and was cleared to be able to leave as he seemed slightly more mentally sound. He still wasn't all there and would need to continue going to the psychiatrist for at least five more months. He left the room and saw Ness waiting for him. He also didn't see his dad, but he knew why. The boys started making their way toward the exit. "Your dad is waiting for us outside," Ness said as they made it into the main foyer of the hospital. This made Lucas stop. Ness looked back in confusion. "Lucas?"

"I-I don't know if I can see him," Lucas was scared. He didn't want to see his dad sad or even mad about what he did. Ness saw a look in Lucas's eyes that he had grown frightened about. A look of sadness and guilt. That was the look Lucas had when he first woke up. It was the look he had before he tried to kill himself. Seeing this look, feeling his aura, and knowing what he did…..all joined together to send a toxic wave of electrifying fear to shoot through him. Ness collided Lucas into a hug. "Woah, N-Ness?" Ness tightened his grip on Lucas's body, keeping his head on Lucas's chest to make sure he can still hear Lucas's heartbeat. "N-Ness….let go."

"I don't wanna let go."

"Why not?" Lucas grew worried at the sound of Ness's voice and the tight grip Ness kept around him.

"If I did, I wouldn't have you. And I know I'm not that strong."

"Ness, I've already told you, you're the strongest person I know. Why would you think you're not strong?"

"I just wanna hear you." Ness looked up and surprised Lucas with the tears and desperation in his eyes. "'Saying 'baby let's go home'. I don't want to see you hurt. And I know you'll only hurt more when you try to avoid your dad because of something you did. Don't run away from things like this, Lucas. As I've said, I'll be here, now and forever." Lucas knew Ness was right. Ness was always right. Lucas knew he was always too dull-minded to think into the future. Ness was that person for him. Ness was the person keeping him afloat. If it weren't for Ness, Lucas would've tried to die much sooner…...and if he failed, he would've wanted to try again. So, he knew Ness was right. And he hated seeing Ness cry. Lucas softly smiled as he wiped the tears away from Ness's cheek.

"Let's go home." Ness grew a very happy smile which made Lucas proud. "Yeah….I just wanna take you home." Ness stood up straight with Lucas in his hands. He cleared his throat after he shook his head.

"You better not tell the others about me crying. Or else I'll have to bring out the paddle next time," Ness winked. Lucas knew what he meant by "the paddle". It was one of Lucas's favorite activities when they were doing questionable things in Lucas's or Ness's bed. Lucas giggled.

"Oh? So I guess I'm gonna have to tell everyone." The boys laughed together before Ness turned around to look out of the hospital. Lucas was the one this time to grab onto Ness's hand. He gulped. "Ok, let's go." Ness nodded and the two boys started for the doors. They exited the hospital and looked around, soon finding Flint, leaning on his car, on his phone. Ness let go of Lucas's hand. Lucas took a few steps ahead before bolting in a run. "DAD!" Flint's eyes widened. He turned to his right and saw Lucas running toward him. Lucas collided with his dad with a hug. Lucas cried into Flint's shoulder. "I'm sorry, Dad. I'm so so so so so sorry! I know I'm not the best son in the world, but I'll try my best to be better."

"Oh, Lucas…." Flint said as tears welled up in his eyes and he wrapped his arms around Lucas's back. "You're the best thing to have ever happened to me. You and Claus both." Flint allowed his tears to fall before he grabbed Lucas's shoulders and broke the hug up to see Lucas's teary face. Flint smiled as more of his tear softly fell, and he rubbed more tears away from Lucas. "There is nothing, nothing in the entire universe that would ever….EVER make me even remotely hate you. No matter what you do…...what you say…..what you want….." Flint looked behind Lucas and saw Ness slowly walking toward them. "Or who you want to get absolutely pounded by…." Lucas chuckled as Flint looked back at him. "I'll still love you and I'll still always be here. And I feel Ness has said the same." Lucas nodded as he wiped his tears away. "Now if you went out and committed Genocide then that's a different story, but that's neither here nor there." Lucas happily laughed before pulling his dad into a hug.

"I love you, Dad."

"Love you too, Lucas." Flint and Lucas stopped their hug as Ness arrived. Flint cleared his throat. "Shall we head home, then?" Lucas grabbed Ness's hand and smiled. The three of them entered the car, with Ness and Lucas sitting in the back so they could be together. Lucas, instead of putting on his seatbelt, laid down and rested his head on Ness's lap. He grabbed Ness's hand. He could feel just how happy he was. He soon realized, Ness had said so much nice stuff earlier and Lucas hadn't really said enough back. Lucas looked up at him.

"Lucas?"

"You'd better hold on, cause I still want you," Lucas said.

"Uhh, you're just copying what I said earlier." That was the point. Lucas wanted to copy what Ness said to him to show Ness that he felt the same way.

"And if you leave, you'd better come back, cause I still need you. I love you, Ness." Ness, despite knowing Lucas was just copying his words, loved hearing him say this. Ness leaned down and kissed Lucas's now happy lips. After the kiss, he moved his head back up.

"You better hold on, cause I have no intention of ever…...ever leaving you." Ness and Lucas tightened their grip on the other's hand as Flint continued to drive, all three of them much happier and more aware of all of their feelings than they were earlier that day. All they needed to do…..all they still need to do…..was hold on. Hold on to each other and show that nothing can pull them apart.