To finish what I started.
My brothers and my sister hardly ever come around anymore. And very rarely to this house. Too many bad memories, I guess. So I’m just trying to give them something to come back to.
Jupiter
You miss them, your siblings.
My Not-So-Toxic Stepbrother
Of course, I miss them.
They’re my family.
Jupiter
You’re lonely.
My Not-So-Toxic Stepbrother
You got that because I’m trying to clean a room?
My eyes well up with tears and since I’m alone, I let them fall. I let them stream down my cheeks because yes, he’s alone. He’s so, so alone.
Jupiter
Sort of.
My Not-So-Toxic Stepbrother
So are you going to stay upstairs and have more epiphanies about me?
Jupiter
That’s the plan.
My Not-So-Toxic Stepbrother
Because you’re trying to make things easy for me.
Jupiter
That’s what friends do.
My Not-So-Toxic Stepbrother
Don’t wanna be your friend, remember?
Or at least, not the kind you have in mind.
Jupiter
That’s the only kind of friend we’re going to be.
My Not-So-Toxic Stepbrother
Kinda hard to do when I can smell you from down here.
Jupiter
