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All I want to do is be more like me and be less like you.

He comes over to my place again the next day, still being really caring and thoughtful. And for most people this would be amazing, but he hasn't been like this since I was just a little thing.

"I know we've been having a great time since you showed up, but I'm not really sure what to do with you being this nice." I tell him, wondering what's up with him.

"Am I not allowed to be nice?" He questions, a bit of something harsh coming out in his voice.

I put my hands up, "Whoa there. You can be nice, but it's just weird to have you like this. I mean, we just went from not talking for years to being bff's in a snap."

"We didn't talk because you never wanted to talk to me!"

"I didn't talk to you because every time things started going good between us, you'd go and screw me over. We'd start to have fun and then you'd take it too far!" I snap, having enough of his crap throughout the years. 

He rolls his eyes," There we go again with everything being my fault. You were spoiled, and a big baby."

"I was only spoiled because I had a terrible childhood, and mom was trying to make up for it." I huff out. "And it's not like I expected the world, I just wanted to fit in with all of you, and to stop being treated like trash!"

"You expected the world from me."

"You know what, I did. Because from the day I was born you made it your mission to make me just like you. If you could expect so much out of me, why couldn't I expect the same from you? You were selfish enough to make me suffer under your thumb because I wasn't good enough for you." 

"You were the selfish one for wanting me to stop my whole life so I could be there for you." He shot back.

"You were my brother! Leaving me behind once the next best thing in your life came around shouldn't have even been a thought in your mind, nonetheless something you actually did! All I wanted was help."

"I've told you this so many times; my real family needed me."

Everything froze for a moment, "Did you not consider me your family? I know we don't share a dad, but we're still family."

"You grew up so far from us that we could barely even be considered friends. Being family was thrown out of the picture a long time ago."

"Get out. Get out of my house. Get out of my life!"