I remember staring at him with so much questions to ask, but didn’t know where to start. He knew the look in my eyes. He’s known me for way too long to not know the looks I give him.

“Why do we go through life?” I finally asked.

“Why do you ask?” He asked back.

“Why do you go through life?” I asked staring straight at him, making sure that he doesn’t stray away from my question.

“I go through life to see where I’ll be standing in the end.”He responded, not sure if that’s what he wanted to say.

“Why do you want to know where you stand?”

He looked away as he started thinking to himself. I was only five years old, but I remember that day clearly as if it was yesterday. Our family wasn’t perfect. We were always fighting and arguing, but he was always the one who stood by me and protected me. In my eyes, I saw so much, but understood so little. I was always asking questions and he was the one who’ll answer them. He then looked down at me and gave me a look, not sure how to explain to me what I wanted to know.

“Why do you want to know where you stand?” I asked again, tilting my head a little to the side.

“I want to know where I stand because I want to know what beautiful things life has to offer me.”

“What are the beautiful things that life has offered you?”

“Well, the most beautiful thing that life has given me is the chance of meeting you.”

“Really?” I asked with a bright smile looking up at him.

“Yes really. If I haven’t met you, then I probably wouldn’t be standing here." He said with a smile, looking back down at me.

“Where will you be if you hadn’t met me?” I asked with confusion.

“I’ll probably be in a fairy land with tall green grasses, and a clear blue sky with white clouds. In that fairy land, you’ll find me under a tree in the middle of the tall green grasses under the clear blue sky with white clouds.”

Four years after that, this is where I found you. Lying under the tree in a fairy land like you said. It’s been twelve years since you left. Now, here I am, going through life to see where I’ll stand and what beautiful things life has to offer me. But one beautiful thing life has given me is the chance to have met you and have you as my brother…