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New had never expected to see his brother again. He’d never expected to find him alive, and even if he’d discovered what happened to him, he’d never thought there would be a body left to find and burn. No ashes to place with their parents at the shrine or to leave merits for. No one to hear his shameful apologies.
But Non is alive. Alive and seemingly happy, happier than New has ever seen him. Happy with one of the men who’d made his life miserable in school. One of the people New had planned to see dead in retribution for the loss of Non.
It takes him months to not startle internally every time he sees Non sitting downstairs on the couch or at the kitchen table every morning. To not sneak looks at him throughout the day as he tended his little garden or hung out with his boyfriends or their friends.
Non is alive. And he’s happy. And New suddenly doesn’t know why he’s still here. His brother clearly doesn’t need him anymore, and New isn’t even sure Non wants him here.
Series
- Part 2 of Guilt’s A Language You Can Understand