Rocky sat in a chair next to Riker who is still unconscious from earlier. "Riker please wake up I need you" Rocky sniffled then the doctor walked in "ok well mister lynch passed out for two reasons. the first was heat exhaustion" the doctor explained "what's the second reason?" Rocky asked "well he also collapsed because of lung cancer" the doctor frowned "he can't have lung cancer, he's a singer. it'll mess up his well our career and he'll die if he can't sing" Rocky argued "I'm so sorry but can you contact your parents so we can discuss his treatment?" the doctor asked "how did you know we are brothers?" Rocky asked "R5, my daughter is a fan" The doctor smiled and walked off. Rocky had to do the right thing to help his brother so he called his dad.
Mark got off the phone in shock and looked at Stormie. "what's wrong?" Stormie asked "Rocky called and he's at the hospital with Riker, Riker has lung cancer and collapsed on the beach earlier today" Mark explained "oh my gosh, it's all my fault too" Stormie said "what do you mean it's all your fault?" Mark asked "Rydel texted me this morning saying that they had slept together and they told her that they are dating so I went over to the house and told them to break up or else Rocky would move back in with us and be on strict watch so they couldn't see each other, other than band meeting and stuff" Stormie explained "Stormie you can't make them do that, I don't care that they are dating. not only are they boyfriends but they're brothers. how would you like it if you only got to see your brother who is also your best friend only an hour a day?" Mark asked "now I see what I've done and it's bad now let's just get to the hospital" Stormie sighed so mark grabbed his keys.
Rocky saw his parents walk in and glared at Stormie. "I'm not leaving his side and I'm not breaking up with him" Rocky said sternly "rocky we don't care that you're dating your brother we just care about making sure your brother gets proper treatment for his cancer" Mark sighed. "so you're not making us break up?" Rocky smiled "you can stay together" Stormie sighed "oh my god thank you" Rocky smiled and hugged his parents.
All the Lynchs and Ellington of course were sitting around the hospital room waiting for Riker to wake up. Ross, Ryland and Ellington didn't know about Riker and Rocky dating yet so Rocky was acting really weird to them. Rocky looked at Riker and smiled as he saw the blonde's perfect hazel eyes. Riker leaned forward and connected the two's lips. "whoa" Ellington said "last time I checked that's not how you said hi to your brother" Ross said in shock "I think I'm going to puke" Ryland gagged.
Riker pulled back and coughed "does my breath really taste that bad?" Rocky frowned "no, I just couldn't breath for a second" Riker chuckled "hold on, what the hell was that?" Ross asked "oh yeah Rikey mom and dad said they aren't going to make us break up" Rocky smiled "oh my god thank you" Riker sighed "we figured you'd need Rocky after finding out why you collapsed on the beach" Stormie sighed causing Riker to become worried "Why did I collapse on the beach?" Riker frowned "Rocky I think he will take it best if you tell him" Mark said "what? yeah because everything sounds better when I say it" Rocky said sarcastically "just tell him" Stormie commanded "Riker you collapsed because of heat exhaustion and you have lung cancer" Rocky told Riker "no, no, no, I can't have lung cancer. how is that possible? I've never smoked or done anything to hurt my lungs" Riker said with tears then the doctor walked in.
"I'm guessing they told you" the doctor sighed "how did I get it?" Riker asked through tears. "we don't know and we know that you've never smoked or anything like that so it must have just found some way to get to you" the doctor explained "will I still be able to sing?" Riker asked "we will have to find out after treatment but I'm pretty sure as long as you can breath you can sing but for now you'll be on twenty four hour oxygen. your treatment will start in a week so you can go home until then" the doctor explained "ok thank you" Stormie smiled "ok I''ll bring you three oxygen tanks to carry around with you that should last you until next Tuesday" the doctor smiled and walked off. Riker sat up and hugged Rocky. "Rocky I don't want this to happen to me" Riker sniffled "it's already started so you have to get through it, for me and for the R5 family" Rocky told him "you'll still love me with cancer and all right?" Riker asked "I will love you no matter what. you could have dementia and forget who I was every five minutes and I would still love you" Rocky assured him "I wish I had dementia so I could forget this" Ryland said "Ryland be nice" Stormie hissed then the doctor walked in with three medium grey tanks and a box. "ok Riker, I have three tanks and a carrier incase you need or want to go any where" the doctor explained and pulled out a long clear tube. "Ok so these two little tubes go into your nose and the tubes go over your ears" the doctor explained showing Riker how to put the oxygen tubes on his face and turning on the oxygen. It felt weird to Riker at first but he just ignored it and got used to it. "ok well you can go home now and I'll see you next Tuesday when your treatment starts" The doctor smiled so Riker tried to stand up but ended up clinging to Rocky to support him. "be careful, see you soon" the doctor chuckled and left. Riker grabbed Rocky's hand and the handle of the oxygen thing. Riker dragged his oxygen thing behind him and they walked out together.
Rocky was driving and looked over at Riker who had fallen asleep. He chuckled and smiled at Riker's hand in his and pulled into the gas station. He got out and filled up the tank and went inside to get him and Riker a quick snack. Riker had woken up while Rocky was inside and was worried for a second until he saw rocky walking across the parking lot to the car with a bag. "hey sorry if I scared you but I got you some chips and a sprite" Rocky apologized handing Riker chips and a sprite. "that's fine and thank you" Riker smiled and Rocky started to drive again. "hey can we stop at get shaved for some ice cream before we get home?" Riker asked "sure" Rocky smiled and turned.
Riker got out of the car and pulled his oxygen behind him. A girl approached the two boys and looked at Riker. "hi, um I can't believe I'm actually talking to you but I'm a huge fan of R5" The girl smiled nervously "that's cool thanks for supporting the band but we might not be able to tour or perform for a while" Riker sighed "oh my god, I just noticed the oxygen thing, what happened?" the girl asked "I some how got lung cancer" Riker frowned "I'm so sorry that happened, hey let me buy you ice cream" the girl offered "oh no it's fine, we've got it. you don't have to" Rocky said "I'll buy you ice cream and you can pay me back by signing something of mine and taking a selfie or two with me" the girl offered "or we can sign something of yours and take some selfies and you don't have to bother buying anything for us" Riker suggested "you really hate favors don't you?" the girl chuckled "fine if buying us ice cream makes you happy then go ahead" Rocky chuckled so the three went inside.
Rocky and Riker got home and Riker was tired again. Riker hugged Riker and rested his head on his chest. "I'm so tired" Riker mumbled with Rocky's chest muffling his voice "let's go lay down then" Rocky smiled "you might want to come eat dinner first" Rydel said "what's for dinner?" Riker asked "cheese burgers" Rydel smiled "awesome" Riker smiled and walked over to the table.
Everyone including Mark, Stormie and Ryland. "hey Riker how have you been feeling since you got out of the hospital?" Stormie asked "good" Riker replied with food in his mouth. Riker finished the last bite of his burger and smiled. "you were hungry" Rocky chuckled. "uh huh" Riker smiled and looked down at his phone. Riker started quietly singing to himself while he scrolled through his twitter mentions. "sing louder" Rocky whisper and kissed Riker's temple "get me my guitar" Riker replied so Rocky grabbed an acoustic guitar and a pick. "What do you want to sing?" Rocky asked "you give me the guitar because I'm going to sing for you" Riker smiled taking the guitar. He strummed a few notes and smiled. Riker smiled and started singing always to Rocky.
Riker finished singing and started breathing heavily. "that was sweet but take it easy sweetie" Stormie smiled so Riker nodded and Ross took the guitar from him. Rocky hugged Rocky. "bedtime?" Rocky chuckled "yeah" Riker huffed "no sleeping together you two" Mark said "what? but no" Riker whined "Riker I said no" Mark told him "dad, please" Riker begged with puppy eyes "you're so gay dude" Ryland chuckled "mom tell dad to let Rocky and I sleep together" Riker whined "dude you're twenty three why are you even bothering begging I sleep with girls all the time with out their permission" Ross said then Mark and Stormie looked at him. "um yeah I'm going to go to bed so good night" Ross chuckled nervously and ran upstairs. "no, that's it and we'll come over tomorrow" Mark said so Riker groaned and went upstairs.
Riker woke up in the middle of the night and started coughing uncontrollably and trying to catch his breath. He tried to scream for help but it didn't work. Rocky was in his room next to Riker's when he heard Riker coughing so he jumped out of bed and ran to Riker's room to see him coughing uncontrollably and trying to catch his breath. "Riker oh my god" Rocky screeched and grabbed Riker's emergency oxygen and put the mask over Riker's face. Riker took deep breaths in and his breathing went back to normal. "oh my god are you ok?" Rocky asked worried and Riker hugged him with tears in his eyes. "Please stay with me tonight" Riker sniffled shaking really badly. "of course" Rocky sighed and held Riker tightly in his arms. "calm down, you're alright now" Rocky cooed. "I was scared you weren't going to come" Riker sniffled "I heard you coughing and I jumped half way across the room and pushed Ellington who was half asleep and heading to the bathroom into Ross's room so I could help you" Rocky explained and Riker looked up at him "I love you" Riker smiled "I love you too, babe" Rocky smiled and Riker cocked an eyebrow at him "do you not want to be called babe?" Rocky chuckled "no, I just wasn't expecting it and I like it" Riker smiled "well let's go to sleep" Rocky chuckled and the two laid down.
Mark got to the band's house early to wake the boys up to make sure they didn't pull anything in the middle of the night. "get up you two" Mark commanded so Riker opened his eyes and groaned "no" Rocky pulled Riker close to him and smiled "get up and I thought I told you two to stay in separate beds" Mark commanded "you did" Rocky mumbled "then what the hell are you doing in Riker's bed?" Mark asked so Rocky sat up and left Riker in bed. "well we did listen and he almost died last night and if I didn't hear him then you'd only have four kids! so you're really fucking lucky I disobeyed you!" Rocky shouted "excuse me but you have no right to speak to me like that!" Mark shouted back "I can when it come to my boyfriend's life! dad did you not hear me when I said he almost died last night?" Rocky yelled "he's not your boyfriend he's your brother!" Mark shouted "I don't give a fuck if he's my brother I love him more than anything and he's not my brother anymore, he more than that! You don't understand the feeling of your own father forcing you to stay away from someone you love when the person you love is dying!" Rocky shouted with tears streaming down his cheeks. Mark looked down ashamed and back at Rocky "I'm sorry Rocky, I shouldn't have yelled at you" Mark apologized and Rocky looked at him. Mark hugged Rocky then looked at Riker who had just fallen back asleep. Rocky chuckled and sat on the edge of the bed. "hey babe, wake up. we have to get moving" Rocky said into Riker's ear then kissed his earlobe. "I was told to go home and rest, I want to sleep" Riker groaned "but I wanna cuddle with the sexiest man in the world" Rocky whined "ok go find him" Riker mumbled "that's you, you're the sexiest man in world" Rocky chuckled "but I look ugly as fuck right now" Riker whined "you always look perfect" Rocky told him and kissed his jawline. "babe please get up" Rocky whined "I'll make cookies for breakfast" Rocky tried "no you won't" Riker mumbled "I know" Rocky laughed and flopped onto the bed next to him. "You could have me for breakfast" Rocky smirked "I'm leaving" Mark said and left. The two boys laughed and Rocky smashed their lips together.