Not until you say something. Even if it’s to tell me to get lost.
JOSHUA VALE
*pause*
Joshua's voice came, dry and faint
JOSHUA VALE
There’s nothing to say.
NOAH VALE
What bull...!
NOAH VALE
Do you even know how worried I was??
NOAH VALE
I ran through the whole city...! Why-
Joshua finally turned to him. His eyes were dull but sharp at the edges—like he’d sanded away anything soft.
JOSHUA VALE
You want me to say why I did it?
Noah held his breath in anticipation
JOSHUA VALE
I didn't do it for attention.
JOSHUA VALE
I Didn’t do it because of some breakup. Or grades. Or... any of the things they tell you to look for in pamphlets.
Joshua looked away again after finishing the last words
JOSHUA VALE
Sometimes... it just gets too loud.
JOSHUA VALE
Even the silence
NOAH VALE
...
Joshua's last words made Noah pause at his place, did he do it because he was too lonely? Because noah, his only family, left him on that big and empty mansion on his own?
Noah looked down at the floor. The cracks in the tile. The shoelaces he hadn’t tied properly. Anything but his brother’s face.
But he has to be strong, at least in this moment
NOAH VALE
We'll figure it out... everything will be fine
NOAH VALE
I'll come back to live with you once you are discharged from the hospital
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