Sean made a simple nest for the kittens in the unoccupied guest room. He was forced by William to take several baths with body wash before he went to bed.

William leapt on Sean onto the bed and sniffed at his body.

"What do you smell?" Sean's neck was very sensitive, which iched by his hot breaths.

William bit his sunk collarbone gently: "The smell of the cat."

Sean held William's face, kissing his brow risge again and again lightly: "So you just hold the cats in the future."

"You want to get laid?" William kissed the his body, from his face to the soft belly.

Sean groaned lightly, unconsciously pandering to him, which was somewhat rare. Sean's voice was euphonious with a clear and soft ending sound. It was quite enchanting when he groaned restrainedly and coyly.

"Don't leave me a mark......" It would be so embarrassing when taking off his coat in the hospital tomorrow.

William entered Sean's body gingerly and slowly. Sean gasped lightly with watery and moist eyes: "......Hmm...... Slow......A little slower......"

"Slow enough." William stroked Sean's hair gently, and the movements of his body were not affected an iota: "You got the hair cut?"

Sean bit his lip. He couldn't say even a complete sentence by William's fierce movements: "Cut......Well......Yes......"

Sean put his hands tightly around William's neck face to face, kissing his chin and Adam's apple fawningly and begging him for tenderness.

It was rare for William to see Sean's voluntary responses, so his heart just trembled then. Sean looked ravishing when he responded to him.

William could not bear it at all. Finally he almost used all his strength in bed. Sean's legs were folded and pressed on the bed. He even begged for mercy with a cry out of William's ferocious movements: "Jiang......Jiang...... A liitle slower...... Please......"

Finally William got fully satiated. He hadn't had such wonderful feelings for a long time. Sean was so tired that he lay prone on William's chest and fell asleep. William stretched out, holding Sean's whole body in his arms. He caressed Sean's back bit by bit, muttering in an undertone after a long time: "......Why you get so thin all of a sudden?"

When Sean got up the second day, William had left and there was only coldness around him. He sat silently for a while to relieve the acid pain on the back and then he got out of bed. He had to receieve chemotherapy this day.

It surprised Sean that William had helped him feed the cats already when he got out of the bedroom. There was a note and some cooked food left on the table, which he could eat after heating it with the microwave oven.

Sean shook his head, smiled and then threw the note. He cuddled those fluffy little things one by one, took the medicine and then changed his clothes to go to the hospital.

Sean was cautious this time. He specially looked himself in the mirror carefully before he went out. Fortunately, William had heard his words and hadn't left marks in conspicuous places, although there was totally a mess in the places covered by clothes.

He felt peaceful on the way while got more and more nervous when he got closer and closer to the hospital. Gene had told him explicitly that he must be hospitalized during chemotherapy, but he refused without hesitation. He didn't even want to hear about the horrible sequelae and reactions to therapy, because when a man was fearful of something, he just couldn't get over it then.

But Sean hadn't thought that the process could be so painful. He felt the chemotherapy was almost tantamount to death, which made him truely anguished. He got a headache and nausea, his body ached like it was going to explode and there seemed to be countless insects biting and bumping in his blood vessels, which were really a baptism of fire. Sean was afraid of pain, but he could only endure it himself, which became more and more grievous. His pale cheeks were wet with cold sweat, and his lips were stained with blood.

Gene told another doctor to be on duty for him for a while to accompany Sean, and his heart ached when seeing the scene. He got a heartache.

"Dr. Ai......" Sean was almost out of consciousness, half in Gene's arms. It might be the cold sweat or tears that soaked Sean's face, which could be really beautiful if there was some color in it. His lips had turned blue: "You...... You didn't tell me it would hurt like this......"

Gebe patted him gently: "It's all right......It's all right...... You can get over it. I'm here."

Sean smiled with a dimple on his left cheek, which made him look so meek, while his eyes were brimming over with such grave sadness: "It reall hurt...... It For a long time...... What if I can't stand it......"