[Slowly, Marie brought his arms up and hugged himself, trying to feel as small as possible. He briefly thought about how nice it would be if he could make himself so small he'd simply disappear, but his loud and angry thoughts took over.

His name sounded wrong on Vinnie's tongue. But he wasn't M anymore. No matter how much Vinnie wanted to insist, Marie knew he wasn't the Venusaur's brother anymore. He had other brothers. Real brothers. Brothers who could understand him and comfort him on a level that Marie would never have been able to compare to. No matter how many years he spent pretending they were actually brothers.

His throat burned, his head ached. Marie told himself Vinnie wasn't worth the tears. He could tell himself that all he wanted, though, it didn't stop Marie from choking out a sob and crying. For a split second, he imagined how nice it would feel to have Vinnie hug him. Thinking that just made him angrier, and made him cry harder.

And I'm sorry. ...]

Yeah. You should be.