Anthony really did want to believe that Elijah genuinely cared, but it was hard. He looked away from him again, tears beginning to swell up in his eyes just from the sheer frustration and everything. He considered for a brief moment whether this was worth getting this mad over, and came to the conclusion that, yes, it absolutely was.

"Like– like when I told you that I want to kill myself. I– I tell you something like that, and you just basically go 'well, maybe you should be happy and glad about your life, instead'." Maybe the anger was making him misremember things, but he was absolutely certain that's how it went. "And, just...." he didn't finish his sentence.