Pain is nothing but a contender

"Okay, good. You better." She almost continued with 'not leave me again' but stopped the words before they came. She'd mean it in a joking way but she wasn't sure he would take it as such. He'd been so full of guilt where she was concerned for so long that she wished to keep strengthening their relationship, not dredging up old things like that. Happy things were much better, were they not?

"Is that all that was bothering you, mopey-face?" she jested, nipping at one of his ears playfully. She felt like she didn't really know what was going on in his life anymore, a failing on her part on the role of 'supportive older sister'. She'd like to rectify that if possible.