I'd rather read a book than interact with most people most of the time...
[His shoulders slump a little bit.]
I mean some of my friends were jerks at times, but we're barely teenage boys. Or... were.
[They're not getting any older, at least.]
It's more that... I was cruel. Especially to my younger sister. I...
[He closes his eyes for a moment and takes a deep breath before letting it out slowly.]
I blamed her for 'our mother's' death. I'd take out my anger on her - hitting her, yelling at her, the works. But later I found out that she specifically asked my friends not to stop me... and then I found out that we actually weren't related at all - her parents, the ones I'd known, weren't even my biological parents.
I... never got the chance to apologize like I should have. And I'll never make up for the way I treated her. I know that. But... at least in her memory I can try to stop other people from being jerks.
cw: child abuse/bullying
[His shoulders slump a little bit.]
I mean some of my friends were jerks at times, but we're barely teenage boys. Or... were.
[They're not getting any older, at least.]
It's more that... I was cruel. Especially to my younger sister. I...
[He closes his eyes for a moment and takes a deep breath before letting it out slowly.]
I blamed her for 'our mother's' death. I'd take out my anger on her - hitting her, yelling at her, the works. But later I found out that she specifically asked my friends not to stop me... and then I found out that we actually weren't related at all - her parents, the ones I'd known, weren't even my biological parents.
I... never got the chance to apologize like I should have. And I'll never make up for the way I treated her. I know that. But... at least in her memory I can try to stop other people from being jerks.