Learning How to Live (15/22)

[jerseystrife]

Learning How To Live

Authors: jerseystrife , idioticonion and alixzin
Rating: mild M for some unpleasant adult themes
Summary: Something is terribly wrong with Barney Stinson and his friends have all started to notice him avoiding them. When questions arise, Barney fights to keep his secrets and to keep the life he's grown comfortable with living

Comments

[thelxiepia]

Oh no, Barney! *hugs him*
Is he going to miraculously get better? *hopes so*

[idioticonion]

Wow, I'm only just reading these comments. I'm SO CRAP!

But thank you.

[drsandy_15]

For a moment there I was like, NO! BARNEY'S GONNA DIE!

Aaaaand then! I remembered that James was calling his parents. Yeah. Go go, memory. There's still hope!!

Barney telling Robin... that was awesome. I don't feel angry for Robin not saying anything back to him which I think is a little weird, but... I'm okay with it? Odd, eh?

Awesome.

[jerseystrife]

Go memory! James called his parents AND we still have seven chapters.

I loved that speech to Robin. It's so very powerful because it reminds me of all the little things we had to work on to get to that point in this story. Barney isn't an open person about his emotions and actually telling the truth? Psshh..

It was a good emotional release for him.

[da_phoenix13]

*cries pathetically*

His speech to Robin made me all teary, which honestly doesn't happen to me that often. It was just so beautiful and sincere and yet hopeless at the same time because he knew it would be the last time he'd see her. His reflection on trading Armani in for cedar wood gave me chills (and I think I read it somewhere before, so it still gave me chills). And stopping treatment?! Barney! Haven't you been reading my frantic comments that want you to live?!?

And to make matters worse, My Chemical Romance's "Cancer" came up on my shuffle when I was reading this. Thanks for adding to my trauma, iTunes.

Hanging on the edge of my seat waiting for the next chapter.

(Oh, and I still need to know what happened with Charles and Doogie and Vinnie!)

[da_phoenix13]

I'm pretty sure it was something Idioticonion wrote a while ago... it was a couple of ficlets, and there were parts of chapter 3 in it too (like the "I'm going to teach you how to die" line). No idea what it was called, but I'm fairly certain that's where I saw it before.

[wuhdemah]

Ahhh, ahh, ahhh! Barney, you--you-- I can't even think up a coherent comment because his utter lack of hope at survival is so depressing that... it's depressing! See? Coherency, I do not have it.

I cannot wait for the next update. Just... ahhh!

(Also, confession to Robin = best thing evar. True story.)