33

"Yeah but then today, during the day I heard how Jo explained everything, s-saw his room," Mr. Min let out a soft huff before falling back onto the couch. "I saw how terrified Nathan was, then and now too. H-He's afraid of being judged by us-"

"Of being thought of as a freak," Josh said, his arms tightening around me and I was suddenly reminded of the conversation that Mr. Kim had heard and how terrified he was after.

"H-How could I not know? The signs were right there in front of me! Am I-I that dumb?", I whispered, my voice shaking as hot tears rolled down my cheeks. I knew he'd be a lot better in his behaviour if he opted for therapy but I never brought it up thinking that maybe we could just let it go, maybe he'd be over in a few years, that maybe he was just naturally an angry person but nobody was 'naturally' an angry person.

There has to be a reason why his mental health is where it is but no matter how hard I tried to think of it, nothing seemed to be of