It was a peaceful night. The moon and the stars were up in the sky where they give the world a glimpse of light from the total darkness. These bodies of the universe were once used for navigation as not to get lost and to be able to find one's way back home.

Looking up above the familiar sky, Can knew that he was home.

In front of him was a white gate that was next to an old light post. It has already lost its pristine white color, since it was already covered with rust. Can must remind his mother that they have to repaint the gate.

As he was about to touch the lock of the gate to open it, he hesitated all of a sudden. How was he supposed to greet them? Would it be better to visit them in the morning after all?

In the end, after contemplating, Can still decided to go inside. He wanted to meet them as soon as possible and tell them that he is still alive. He knew that his family has suffered enough.

Opening the lock of the gate with his key that he kept in his storage ring, he entered. Slowly, he took his time as he looked around and reminisced the moments he had at the small front yard that they have. His parents used to plant their own vegetables in this small area. Ley and he would help out from time to time to help nourish the plants. It was a fun bonding activity for the entire family. Yet, after their father died, somehow planting and nourishing vegetables were not as fun as they used to. It was suffocating even. In the end, the plants died and the front yard became empty.

Now approaching the door to his house, Can suddenly became nervous. As he took a deep breath to calm down, he took out the house key from one of his pockets. When he finally unlocked the door and came inside the house, he turned on the light of the living room. Surprisingly as he looked and walked around the room, there were no changes. Their old television was still there. The small green sofa, the small wobbling wooden table, and the cheap shelf with a bunch cheap decorations were still there.

When he walked towards the shelf, the picture frame that was on the top shelf of his still complete family caught his attention. He grabbed it and looked at it for a great while. This was the picture of him with his family when he was still young. It was taken when they went out to the mall to celebrate Ley's birthday. It was the last picture that they have taken as a complete family.

"I'm home," Can whispered with a weak smile on his face as he softly touched the picture of his father.

Putting back the picture frame to the shelf, he decided to go to the kitchen. He looked around once again. There were no changes. The kitchen was still the same.

Suddenly, Can's stomach grumbled. He was unable to eat normally today due to the nervousness of going home. It was unexpected of him since when there was usually a problem, he would eat until he felt better. It was not the case this time. Thankfully, Xu Xian, Bacsojin, and Pond were forceful enough to make him eat. Speaking of them, the three decided to roam around Thailand and visit wonderful places at night while they left him to deal with meeting his family. Talk about supporting a friend...Those three might have gone to the night market and eating great food.

Quickly, Can opened the refrigerator and saw some leftover home-cooked food. When he checked the contents of the plastic container, his eyebrows slightly frowned. There were ham and cheese hot pockets.

"Who made these?" Can whispered with confusion evident on his face.

Usually, he was the only one who would prepare this kind of food in the house. Was it Ley? It would be impossible if their mother made them since she did not know how to cook.

Taking a piece of the already cold food, he took a bite. They were less flavorful compared to the ones he made. Still, they taste good. Actually, it could be that he was too hungry, which could be the reason why they taste good. In any case, he would eat them since he was hungry.

While eating food from the plastic container, he decided to go upstairs to go check his room. He wanted to go check on Ley, at first, but he was curious if there were any changes in his room.

As he was about to open the door to his room, the door was somehow already opened slightly. Can did not put much thought about it as he entered.

Turning on the light of the room while chewing on another piece of hot pocket, he noticed that his room did not change either. It was still the same. He thought that his mom would sell his stuff away and move Ley's bed in here since she liked this room due to the better air ventilation from the window in the room. It was great that it did not happen. He liked this room.

Speaking of the window, it was open. Why would someone leave a window open? Are both Ley and his mother not worried that someone might sneak in and do something bad?

"Did you like the food that I made?" A whisper behind Can's left ear could be heard after the door to his room was closed.

It was then when Can realized that he was not alone in his room. The moment he turned around, he was pushed to his bed. As he was pushed, the plastic container and the food in his mouth were dropped.

"Ti-Tin!?" Can whisper in surprise as his eyes widened in disbelief when he saw Tin. When did he get here!? How did he know I was here!?

While being pinned to his bed, Tin said, "You came back without saying anything to me? Why are you being cruel to me, hmm? Do you want me to chase after you?" 

Tin gripped both of Can's arms while on top of him, so he would not be able to escape. His expression was filled with suffering and slight anger as if he was wronged.

When Can looked at Tin, he looked scary as if he was mad. Can became uncomfortable as he slightly struggled. "I-I had trouble coming back, so I had to....What happened to your arm!?"

Seeing the missing left arm that has a huge bandage that was dyed with blood, Can was suddenly filled with worry.

As if he did not hear him, Tin continued to complain. "This time, now that I have you cornered, I won't let you escape. If I have to, I'll lock you up in my room and never let you out!"

"Tin, listen to me! You're bleeding!" Can finally raised his voice as he stopped struggling. 

"Can, do you know how much I've suffered when I learned that you were gone?"

While Can was focusing on the bleeding bandage on Tin's missing left arm, he did not realize that Tin's eyes were filled with tears. As those heartfelt warm tears fell to Can's cheeks, Tin finally broke down and sobbed.

The sounds of Tin's cry finally caught Can's attention. When he looked up, his heart soften. As soon as he had the chance, he managed to remove one of his hands from Tin's grasp.

Slowly, he touched Tin's cheeks that were filled with tears.

"I'm back," Can whispered tenderly as he wiped the tears from Tin's eyes.

"Can...Can....Can....You're back...finally....," Tin whispered as he finally smiled.

Suddenly Tin collapsed on Can. Based on Can's observation, it was most likely from fatigue and continuous bleeding. It seemed that Tin escaped from a hospital since he was still wearing a blue patient gown. What a troublesome person! He was going to visit him next after he checked on his family, but he did not expect that Tin would be the one visiting him.

Carefully pushing Tin to his bed, Can quickly took a powerful healing potion from his storage ring. After removing the cap off the potion, he poured the red liquid inside Tin's mouth.

Soon, Tin started to sweat as his eyebrows frowned due to discomfort. Yet, within a minute, he was stable once again. The bleeding has stopped and healed the wound completely.

Looking at his missing left arm, Can wondered how Tin lost his arm. In the end, Can decided that he will ask him later when he wakes up. Can was not too worried about his missing left arm because he has a way for Tin to regrow it back.

With sweat covering Tin all over his body, Can grabbed a small towel from his storage ring. Softly, he wiped the unconscious man's face.

"He's still the same, except for the eye bags," Can whispered as he admired while at the same time feeling sorry about Tin's current state. He really did miss Tin terribly.

Thinking about it, he wondered what Tin did the entire time when he was gone. He wondered how would he react if he learned that he did not have the <Soul Fire> that he promised. Would he be upset?

Although Can has spent a long time looking for treasures in the Beast Gods' Dimension, he never found a tool that would allow for an individual to regain one's spiritual core.

Patting Tin's forehead with his towel, Can said, "You wouldn't want to be immortal in any case, right?"

"I bet you'll be sad if I'm gone....," he continued.

Immediately, Can realized what he just said and blushed.

"Ahh! Can don't be arrogant!" Can covered his face from the sudden embarrassment.

When he regained his composure, Can continued wiping Tin's face. In a little while, Can wanted to take this opportunity to examine Tin. Being a curious person and due to Pond's influence, Can became a little naughty.

With his index finger, he tapped Tin's red lips multiple times. Although they were a little dry, they were still seductive enough to tempt Can to touch them.

Shaking his head, Can snapped out of his daze. He should not take advantage of Tin's unconsciousness. Besides, the two of them were inside his house! How can he be this disrespectful to his family?

As soon as he finished wiping the sweat from his head, Can realized that he had to remove Tin's clothing and wipe the sweat on his body. His heartbeat quickly rose as he was filled with nervousness.

"I'm only wiping his sweat and nothing else. If I don't do this, he'll get sick. Right, there's nothing wrong with me wiping his body.....I can do this," Can reasoned as he took a deep breath once again as he swallowed his saliva.

Slowly, he carefully removed the top part of the patient gown which exposed Tin's well-defined and toned abs. When Can saw such a scene, he could not help it but blush even more. This guy was too damn attractive!

Refocusing, Can shakily but firmly grabbed the towel. He started wiping Tin's lower body then upwards. Since he was struggling a little bit at wiping his upper body, Can leaned closer to Tin where his face was close to his hardened chest.

At that point, the door of his room was suddenly swung open. Can did not move from his position at all. From that moment, he realized that there would be a huge storm coming.

When Can faced the door, he felt that his life was doomed. He wished that it was his mother who saw him, but it had to be the worst person possible. It was his BoyXBoy loving sister, Ley. His sister was just staring at him and the unconscious man in the bed with her eyes and mouth wide open.

Looking at Can's current position, it implied that he was going to do something provocative to Tin who was half-naked and unconscious. It looked like a defenseless man was being taken advantage of! This was not what he expected he would meet his sister! What kind of reunion was this!? This was a nightmare!

Can was about to explain what happened, but Ley suddenly chose to close the door. This action of his sister made Can confused. She just walked out without hearing his explanation?

Can's expected loving and tear-inducing family reunion became an embarrassing and nightmarish reunion.

Would it have been better if he did not come tonight after all?

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I couldn't believe I was able to write 4 chapters within a week. This is an accomplishment for me. Alright, thank you guys for your support! I'll see you on the next chapter.

Hope you enjoy this one. This chapter did not have too much intimate parts, but I promise you, it will happen.