AN: This is a random idea that I got that I wrote in like 15 minutes, but it made me really emotional. As a heads up, this story is about attempted suicide so please be aware of that if you decide to read.

"I know you don't want to do any of this. You don't want to leave the house, you didn't want to go on a hike, and a part of me feels like you don't want to kill yourself, do you?"

He grunted.

Her face broke, but she prevented the tears before they fell. "Well, listen to me one last time then. Take one more piece of advice from your big sister. Take time to smell the roses, hear the birds sing, and watch the sunset one last time. Remember your life, focus on the good. Live your last day in peace." She pushed away the bushes to reveal a beautiful hillside.

The pair had made it just in time to see the sunset. It was a short hike up the hill, but a beautiful one. At the end of their town, the Sun painted the sky with pale oranges and yellows, reds and violets. The sky darkened with deep gray clouds. The first speckles of the stars were on the horizon.

The Sun painted the tops of the trees golden as it slowly disappeared behind tall mountains. Their town was winding down, and from this point, she could make out significant points from their lives. They had grown up in this town all their lives. Downtown was strung with Christmas lights, and she saw the park where she and her brother had spent hours playing among the trees.

There was the lake where they raced on their kayaks to the island.

There was the coffee shop that bordered the library, where they had spent hours skimming novels or purchasing hot chocolate.

Soon, the first blanket of snowfall would come upon them, sugarcoating the mountains, the hill they stood on, giving the town's houses nice, warm "hats".

"Take a deep breath. Live in the moment, live life to its fullest. C'mon, it's your last chance."

She hadn't noticed her brother creep up next to her, his face still devoid of emotion.

"It won't be the same when you're an angel, y'know. Looking over the town, but never being able to talk to me, Mum, or Dad again."

She glanced at her brother again, yet his face hadn't shifted. She didn't bother to mask the tears now as they began to slide down her face.

"A-and, we'll have to spend Christmas without you. We'll never graduate high school together as we planned." She sniffled before taking out her phone.

Approaching her brother, she flipped the camera to selfie mode before holding up two fingers behind his head. She tried to put on a smile, but that was hard seeing how hard she had begun to cry. They had always taken pictures like this together, it was always her to give him the "bunny ears".

"One last photo with my brother, hmm? Capture this beautiful moment while it's still here."

She moved to wipe her eyes, and only once her phone was pocketed again, did she see him show emotion.

Was that the sunlight reflecting in his eyes, or was it a tear?

"You know, a permanent solution shouldn't be used for a temporary problem."

"You're right," he finally spoke. "I'm sorry."

She had never seen her brother cry.

"I'm so sorry for putting you through this."

She wrapped her arms around him as she whispered, "Be sorry later. For now, just watch the sunset."