Down The Building

"It's so not like you to shy away from a topic," commented Xiang Weimin.

"I don't shy away from anything," replied Raelle. "But I don't like wasting my time talking about the past that would neither change nor will it come back. Why think about such pointless scenarios then?"

"There you go again being real all the time," said Xiang Weimin. "I think I'd like to still think about such pointless scenarios though. Because I genuinely wonder what it would have been like if we grew up together."

"Maybe you'd have hated me a little less."

"I don't hate you."

"Not anymore."

Xiang Weimin pursed his lips and spoke only after a moment, "I never hated you. Don't say that again." He took a momentary pause and added, "You were always my little sister and will always be. I'm already happy that accepted me as your brother."

"When did I do that?" asked Raelle.

"You've been calling me brother lately," Xiang Weimin pointed out.