Life can do terrible things

This was no joke. As much as Gavroche wished their brother would sit back up, call them both fools for falling for a trick, he knew that he wouldn’t. Baecette was gone. He felt numb, tears pricking his eyes as he stood there breathing hard. Where had they gone wrong? Why hadn’t they been able to help him? He was lost, almost consumed by his emotions until Ikuchi spoke again. “It wasn’t you, Ikuchi.” The young male said softly, looking over at his brother as tears ran down his face. “I’m.. I’m not sure what we can do… We might just have to wait for mom and dad to get back…” He moved over to Ikuchi and hugged him close. Both for himself and his brother’s sake. “Mom is going to be so heartbroken… Tani too…” He whimpered. His own heart ached, throbbing within his chest over the loss of a sibling. Divinities above… why did life have to be so cruel?

"Speech," 'Thought.'