So... the final chapter. Thanks for those of you who stuck by. It's been a long couple of years... This story was my venting/therapy. Um... ya. Sorry for the forever long wait. This is the first story I've ever finished.

Don't kill me for the ending please.

Final Chapter

He woke up disoriented. His arms and legs felt heavy. Running his hand through his hair he glanced at it in curiosity.

"What the fuck..." He groaned when his voice didn't come out at all. He looked at his arms and his eyes widened in shock.

Needles. His arm was covered in needles and bandages... and it seemed he was being fed intraveinously.

He felt sick. What was going on?

The door opened and a shocked orderly was immediately yelling for a doctor.

His head hurt... and the effort it cost him to move his body drained him almost completely. Tears of pain slid down the sides of his face to soak his hair.

The doctor was infront of him within moments and he tried to stop his tears.

"How are you feeling?"

"I..." He tried to talk but his throat was so dry... he didn't think he could.

A cup was held to his lips and heavenly cold slid down his throat. The burn subsided and he could breathe easy.

"Okay..." He faintly croaked.

"Any headaches, nausea, aches and pains?" The doctor looked at him with sympathy.

Duet nodded three times. The doctor wrote on his clipboard. "Do you remember anything?"

The boy thought. He wasn't sure...

He shook his head, unsure of his own name even.

More writing. "Your name is Duet Maoim. Do you remember your age? Birthday, parents names, siblings, the date?"

He attempted to shake his head but that sent a fresh wave of pain. "No... I'm 17?"

The doctor raised an eyebrow.

"Really?" He wrote something in a hurry. "Last memory?"

"Ryo... Dee... boyfriend Bikky..."

This time the doctor stared at him.

He looked up questioningly.

The doctor ignored the comment. "Do you remember school at all?"

The puzzled look he sent the doctor seemed to have been enough.

"You must have been having SOME dream kid..." He made more notes and the clipboard before setting it on the bedside table. "You've been asleep for about three years... you ARE 17... When you were 14, you overdosed on cocaine and extacy... and you were found abandoned... There was a drug bust, and the cops that pulled you out were Ryo Maclean and Dee Laytner... And finally, Bikky is a young man who has come to visit you a lot..." The doctor sighed. "You knew neither of them previous to waking up..."

Duet blinked. What? How the hell...

"Incidentally... the people who abandoned you are in jail for trafficking, possession, statutory rape, and prostitution."

The memories came flooding back. Promises of love and affection, of drugs and booze, of freedom. The man he'd trusted enough to leave his home for had betrayed him.

How foolish... he was so stupid...

Tears came fresh from his already swollen eyes. Blow and E... he'd been so addicted to it... and he'd let the man do anything to him... and his friends, and soon he was standing on the street corner for the man he thought he loved. He'd become so thin on the drugs... and he rarely slept at all. It was all a haze.

"Oh my god!" A woman's yell errupted from the hallway. He saw a flash of purple hair and brown skin before he was carefully folded into loving arms. "My baby..." The woman stroked her hands down his face and hair as she murmured under her breath.

"Mom?" He croaked out.

"My baby... my baby..." The woman was now sobbing. "I'm so sorry... we couldn't..."

More flashes of memories. A woman who had condemned him for his looks and preferences. Who'd told him that if he left he'd never come back. Her rich red brown eyes boring into him hatefully.

He pushed her away with the last of his strength.

"I'm still gay mom..." He whispered wearily. It seemed that was the most his throat could handle for now.

This only made her sob harder.

"I know... I was so wrong to say the things I did..." Her breath hitched. "If I hadn't, you wouldn't have almost died..."

Duet understood the words his mother spoke only because she was close. Her voice had diminished to a whisper and the sobs were still loud.

His eyes grew heavy and he drifted for a while.

'Is this normal? He'll still wake up again right?'

'I'm not sure. You'll have to wait and see...'

More sobbing.

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'Hey... I heard you woke up earlier... sorry I had to miss it. Sounds like it was rather eventful. The doctor told me that you knew me... So I guess when I was talking to you and telling you about myself you were really listening. He said you know Ryo and Dee too... so that's pretty cool. They don't visit as often... But then again, they're adults and they have to work. I don't really care if I miss school so Carol and I visit every now and then. Well, I visit at least four times a week... Carol comes in a bit less. I can't wait to really talk to you. It'll be great. Maybe you'll wake up with like... superpowers or something... It would be so amazing. Like, maybe you'll be able to read minds...'

Duet blinked open his eyes. He knew that voice.

"Bikky shut up... you talk too much..." He noticed his throat felt a bit better. Enough for maybe a little stage whispering.

The gasp from the other teen was audible.

"Duet?" Bikky's hope shone through his voice like a beacon.

"Yeah it's me stupid... now get me some water. I'm thirsty."

When he didn't hear anything he turned his head to get a good look at the boy. His violet eyes peered up at the blond.

His mouth was twisted into a grin.

"Long time no see Bikky..."

"Yeah..."

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THE END. Holy crap. What a monster that chapter was. (sarcasm)

For those of you who waited... I love you. And for all you reviewers... you really made my day back then when I was really depressed. Thanks. Thank you especially to Akasha who basically kicked me in the ass to get writing again. It's been a long time since all the chaos in my life started... and the worst is finally over. But I think I'm happier now. Hopefully I could make some of you guys smile in your down times. I dedicate this story to... myself for one. It's my therapy story. But most of all, to my friends and the reviewers. You all helped me through a tough time. Thanks for sticking through it. Have a good one!

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