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Time always passes by inadvertently, and in a blink of an eye, Halloween is here.The overcast weather sets a good mood for Halloween.Many businesses put up pumpkin lanterns, lanterns, clown masks, wizard hats and other items to add festive colors and attract customers.

Lucas is actually in hell.The gray and gloomy sky is full of endless desolation.The evil autumn wind is like a blind animal, wandering recklessly among the bare treetops, and the struggling branches want to break free from their sinking fate.The Grim Reaper walks through every corner of the earth like a child, knocks down the last bastion of people, and sends misery and torture from the west to the east.Even sitting in a room full of bright orange lights, Lucas felt the air was cold.Looking at the flickering lights outside the window, it was like looking at the wandering eyes of a dying person at the last moment.Nestled in the small sofa, Lucas felt that his soul was like an unstringed harp, with which Death played desperate music, endless loop, loop.

"Ding—" the phone on the table beside him rang.

Lucas is like a sculpture.

A few minutes later. "Ding—" there was another sound.

Nathan put the plate on the dining table, walked to Lucas, knelt down, and said to him, "Let's eat."

The phone rang.Nathan picked up the phone, and the word "Leo" was displayed on it.

Nathan pressed the answer button, and a cold male voice came from inside: "Lucas, how are you lately?"

"Hi, this is Lucas' call, I'm his cousin Nathan."

"Sorry, this is Leo Lee, his friend. Is Lucas available to answer the phone?"

Nathan looked at Lucas who was still staring out the window and replied, "It's not very convenient."

"Then I'll call again later. Please tell me, thank you."

"Sorry, he hasn't been able to answer the phone for the last few days."

"Ah?" The voice on the phone became low, "What happened?"

"He's sick. I'll have him call you back when he's well."

"Are you still in the hospital? I want to visit."

Nathan raised his eyebrows and paused.The other party seemed a little uneasy: "If it's inconvenient, then I..."

"No, if it's convenient, you can come, we're at the studio."

When the doorbell rang, Nathan had just finished feeding half a bowl of porridge.Putting down the bowl, Nathan went to open the door.

"Hello, this is Leo who called just now." Nathan shook hands with the visitor.Lucas on the small sofa moved and curled up even more.

"Hi, we met. Lucas..." Nathan moved away, and Leo saw the person sitting in front of the French window, "Lucas?" Lucas remained motionless and did not respond.Leonard, looking at Nathan.

Nathan looked back with a complicated expression, and said, "Didn't he tell you? Come in first."

Putting the gloves on the coffee table, Leo walked to Lucas and knelt down, held his hand, and whispered, "Lucas, I'm Leo."

Lucas withdrew his hand and turned his head to the side.Nathan was a little surprised by his reaction.

"Why is he ignoring me?" Leo asked Nathan for help.

"I was surprised." Nathan came over and sat on the arm of the sofa beside him. "Are you guys dating? Lucas told me."

Leo nodded.

Nathan looked at Lucas and motioned to speak aside.

The two walked into the kitchen.Nathan leaned against the console and looked at the handsome Asian young man in front of him: "He told me everything that happened before, and I apologize to you on his behalf."

Leo waved his hands and asked, "You said he was sick, what is it?"

"Bipolar disorder, that is, bipolar disorder, after a period of hypermania, followed by depression. Before locking you up, it should be his manic period. After hurting you, Lucas blamed himself very much and fell into depression. It’s been a long time since he got sick, maybe it’s because there are more paintings recently, he didn’t take the medicine on time, and you are in love.” Nathan glanced at Leo and sighed, “Painting needs inspiration, he loves painting very much, so he will be desperate , doing crazy things from time to time.”

Leo looked back at the person on the sofa with complicated eyes, turned his head and asked Nathan: "Does his family know?"

"I have notified his brother, but not his parents. His mother also has depression, probably partly hereditary."

"That day, I saw that he was not in good health, so I recommended him to see a Chinese medicine doctor, but I didn't expect...a physical problem." Leo said, "What can I do?"

Nathan looked at him for a while, and said: "Companion. He can hardly take care of himself now, and needs to take care of his daily life and diet. He also sleeps poorly, intermittently, and even has the morning and evening upside down. He also tried to commit suicide several times. His parents insisted on treatment at home, so usually We will all hire nurses. I am free for a few days, but I haven't found one yet."

"I can help take care of him for a while. The cafe downstairs is opened by my friend and I, and I will arrange it."

"Thank you for your willingness to help at this time. Having close people with you will help him recover. We will make up for the loss in the store."

Leo waved his hand and said, "I'm also responsible. Tell me what to do and what to pay attention to."

After a while, the two returned to the living room.

"You go and deal with things. Leave it to me here."

"Call me, or Noah." Nathan said, "Thank you again."

Leo nodded, watched Nathan leave, turned around, walked to Lucas, squatted down, put his head in his hands, and said: "Lucas, I'm Leo, I like you very much, you know ? You'll get better soon, I forgive you for what happened before."

Kissing Lucas on the forehead, Leo picked him up, put him in a wheelchair, pushed him to the guest room, laid him flat on the bed, took off his coat, and wiped his body with a warm towel.

"We'll be staying here for the next few days. Come and watch me." Leo rubbed his hands warm, turned Lucas's head, rubbed his face, and put a kiss on his lips, "Good boy!"

Then, Leo started massaging his limbs, talking while doing so.

"I can't see that you have a lot of muscles. That's right, otherwise how can you carry me?"

"Your fingers are so beautiful, they are very suitable for playing the piano."

"Your abdominal muscles are not as obvious as mine. How about exercising together in the future?"

"It's so big, reminds me of that night..." Leo kissed Lucas again, and Leo continued to massage.

"Long legs are strong and strong. Really sexy."

After the massage, Leola put on the quilt and covered her.

"I'll go wash up and come over in a few minutes, good boy."

Leo walked out of the room and took out his phone. "Old Qi, it's me. I have something to do here, please take care of me in the store for a few days...about a week. One of my friends is sick...OK, call me if you need anything. Goodbye."

After hanging up the phone and sending a few more text messages, Leo went to the bathroom.Back in the guest room, Lucas was still staring at the door when he left.

"Hi baby, I'm back."

After turning on the bedside lamp and turning off the headlight, Leo took off his clothes and lay down next to him, embracing Lucas' shoulder sideways, "I'm here, you're not alone. Have a good dream."

After turning off the bedside lamp, he kissed Lucas lightly on the forehead, and Leo closed his eyes.

In the next few days, according to Nathan's instructions, Leo washed, changed clothes, fed and fed medicine for Lucas like taking care of a baby; When you opened the drawer and took out the scissors, snatch them in time; got up in the middle of the night, hugged the crying person and whispered comfort, telling him "I love you" and "I need you" over and over again.

During the period, Noah came to visit once, the two exchanged, Noah gave some suggestions to Leo, and left.Nathan didn't have time to come, but he called every day.

This morning, Leo woke up and met Lucas' blue eyes.

"Good morning, baby." Leo pinched Lucas' nose.

Unlike the avoidance of the previous few days, Lucas slowly withdrew his hand from the quilt and put it on Leo's face, which made Leo overjoyed.

"It's me, Leo, remember?" Leo went up to Lucas and kissed Lucas, regardless of washing up. "We are lovers." After finishing speaking, Leo wanted to get up and get dressed, but saw the corner of Leo's eyes With tears streaming down his face, he opened his mouth and said something silently.

"What did you say?" Wiping Lucas's tears, Leo held Lucas in his arms and said while kissing his hair, "Baby, I'm here, if you are happy or sad, you can follow me Say, here I am, here I am."

When Lucas stabilized, Leo let him go and said, "Let's get up, wash up, and have breakfast, shall we?"

Lucas shrank into his arms, and Leo had no choice but to say, "Then get up later."

After straightening Lucas's messy hair, Leo said, "It's sunny today, have you seen the sun? Get up in a while to bask in the sun, okay? I'll continue reading yesterday's novel to you."

The phone rang.

"Nathan, um, we're awake, we haven't gotten up yet. Noah came once yesterday and didn't say anything. It's getting better this morning. Well, okay, you bring some ingredients, there are not many at home. See you later."

"Shall we get up? Nathan will bring you your favorite snack later. I also want to know if it is better than mine."

Leo got up and changed his clothes, put on home clothes for Lucas, and helped him walk slowly into the bathroom.Lucas began to be able to do it himself, but he moved very slowly like a patient who had been bedridden for a long time.Leo patiently assisted him, encouraged him and praised him from time to time.When the two sat down at the dining table, the doorbell rang.

"It must be Nathan." Leo stood up, "I'll open the door."

Sure enough, it was Nathan carrying a few bags.After receiving the bag, the two walked into the restaurant.

"Good morning, Lucas. It looks good today." Nathan took out a round box from the bag. "Your snack. I'm the first buyer."

Leo brought the plate, cut the cake into small pieces, put it on the plate, pushed it in front of Lucas, and put the fork in Lucas's hand: "Eat and see."

After looking at Leo for a while, Lucas turned his gaze to the cake on the plate, slowly forked a piece, and put it in his mouth.

"How does it taste?" Nathan was very happy.

Lucas forked another piece and continued eating.The third piece was sent to Leo's mouth.Leo smiled and bit off the cake.

"The recovery is faster than expected," Nathan said.

The two stood at the door of the kitchen, and Leo could see Lucas at the dining table by turning his head slightly.

"How are you doing these days? I have adjusted my work and can replace you for a few days."

"It's okay. I need to go back and get some clothes and things. I'll be back in two hours." Leo turned to look at Lucas, who was sitting there quietly eating food.

"It's good for you to stay for a few more hours. You have worked hard these few days."

"It's the first time I found out that I can take care of people so well." Leo smiled disapprovingly.

"Actually, no one knows when he will get sick next time. I should blame myself. The work arranged for him during this period is too stressful." Nathan took a sip of water.

"It's also because of me. I checked the information these days, and the stimulating effect of alcohol can cause mania. We all drank alcohol that day." Leo took a deep breath, "I will pay attention to it in the future."

"It would be tiring to have such a boyfriend." Nathan paused, considered for a while, and said, "If you want to break up, wait until he basically recovers, or he won't relapse for a long time."

"I don't know." Leo lowered his head and wiped his feet on the ground. "As long as I'm still by his side, I'll take good care of him. I can only promise so much."

Nathan looked at him and thought he couldn't force it: "Okay. I hope you can call me in advance so we can prepare."

That's the end of the topic.The two walked out of the kitchen one after the other.

Leo bowed his head in front of Lucas and said, "Honey, I'll go back and get some clothes. Nathan is here with you. I'll be back soon."

After speaking, he kissed Lucas on the forehead, nodded to Nathan, and walked towards the door while turning his head.Lucas followed him with his eyes, finally put down the fork, got up and followed.Leo hurried over and hugged him: "Five 10 minutes, okay? I'll go back and pack my things. I promise I'll be back."

Leo took off the watch: "Now this pointer is here, and when it comes here, I'll be back. Understand?"

Putting the watch in Lucas's hand, Leo nodded to Nathan who was standing behind. Nathan held Lucas' shoulders, and the two watched Leo go downstairs.Nathan helped Lucas to the window: "Look, Leo greets you. Let's wait for him here, shall we?"

Help Lucas sit down slowly on the small sofa, and cover him with a small blanket.

When Leo came up, he saw Lucas sitting by the window, listening to Nathan reading.Hearing the movement, Lucas turned his head.

Leo took off his coat and hung it up, walked over and kissed Lucas on the forehead, went into the guest room to put down his things, came out and asked, "Do you want coffee or juice?"

"Coffee. No sugar," Nathan said.

After a while, Leo came out with a tray, put two glasses of juice and a cup of coffee on the small round table, pulled a chair and sat down.

"It's okay to stay at home for a while. He's relatively quiet at this stage." Nathan took a sip of his coffee.

"I'm afraid he will be disappointed." Leo lifted the juice with the straw inserted into Lucas's mouth, and Lucas slowly sucked the straw in his mouth.

"How did he sleep?"

"In the past few days, I have slept more during the day. Sometimes when I wake up at night, I will find that his eyes are open, without blinking."

"In the next few days, you have to pay attention at night, maybe he will get up and run out in the middle of the night. It's best to lock the door."

"Well, I'm a light sleeper, and I'll wake up when there's movement."

"I'll try to come here a few times to let you catch up on sleep during the day."

"I can't hold it anymore, I will tell. Don't worry." Wipe the juice from the corner of Lucas's mouth, "If you have something to do, you can go. I can do it alone. Besides, there are my colleagues downstairs who will help I'll do the shopping."

Looking at Leo's firm eyes, Nathan put down his glass, stood up and said, "Keep in touch."

Leo nodded.Watching Nathan go out, Leo turned around and picked up the book on the table: "Where did you read it?"