Camilla and Marx were staying at their old childhood home for the first time in quite a while, though they couldn't say they were happy for the reasons why. Admittedly, they likely wouldn't have gone back for a few months had their younger brother not attempted suicide, but that didn't exactly make the situation any better. Elise stayed at Sakura's house the night after the incident, and didn't return to her home until night began to fall the next day. Marx spent his time working on what he could, alongside his father. Camilla, on the other hand, had called her work, telling them she had pressing family matters to attend to and wouldn't be able to return for at least a week.

The family went to see their youngest male member as soon as they could. He looked awfully thin and pale in the white room. His face was tired and ashamed, and he refused to meet any of their eyes when they walked in. Garon attempted to speak with him, but Leon's mouth seemed glued shut. He kept his gaze focused on some spot on the ground, off to the side so there was no chance of even looking at his family.

"Leon…" Camilla walks forward, voice soft and motherly. She sat on the edge of his bed, disrupting his line of sight and causing him to look up at her.

"..." He blinked several times, biting his lip as he looked down at his lap. "I know. I'm disgusting."

His voice was quiet, yet surprisingly harsh, and the inhabitants of the room were startled by its intensity. Nobody knew what to say, and the older family members were silent. They tried to think through what the could possibly tell him, but came up with nothing. It was Elise who broke the uncomfortable silence.

"No you're not!" The young girl was clearly upset, biting the inside of her cheek and wiping quickly at the tears forming in her eyes. "None of us think that, you dummy!"

She plopped herself on Leon's other side, hugging him almost without warning. He tensed up, not knowing how to react. A light tug pulled him closer to Camilla, and he found himself resting against her torso as Elise buried herself into his. Though initially uncomfortable with her proximity, Leon found himself fighting back tears as he slowly hugged her back. Marx and Garon smiled subtly at the small group hug. Leon met his brother's eyes before looking away, embarrassed by the fact that he was both crying and in the hospital for his idiotic actions.

"You know we care for you, don't you?" Marx's voice was stern as always, but it had a gentle undertone Leon couldn't remember ever hearing before.

"I think I speak for everyone when I say I'm glad you failed." Garon spoke, turning Leon's gaze towards him.

The older men walked to stand beside the bed, and the sisters moved to make room for them. They almost looked embarrassed (Marx even let out a short laugh) as they joined in the group hug, and Leon leaned down slightly, hiding his own face from view. His shoulders shook as he cried, and the five of them stayed like that for a while.

Garon was the first to break away from the hug, informing them that he needed to speak with whoever he needed to speak with to bring Leon home. Marx stood soon after Garon left, only going far enough to seat himself in a chair next to the bed. Leon pushed his sisters away as soon as he felt himself stop crying, and while Camilla (reluctantly) respected his personal space, Elise refused to move. He would have tried harder to pry Elise off of him, but Camilla's next words made him rethink that course of action.

"Elise was the one who found you, you know." The woman sat in a chair on the other side of the bed from Marx. "I don't want to think about what would have happened to you if she hadn't." Leon bit his lip, feeling guilty.

"I… I'm sorry." He said quietly, going back to hugging Elise after he wiped his lingering tears away. "I wasn't thinking of the consequences my actions would hold."

"Do try to remember we care about you if you ever want to do something like this ever again. We want to help you, Leon." He bit his lip, nodding at his brother's words.

"And I'll stay in your room every night so you don't feel lonely!" Elise chipped in. "Every night until you feel better again!"

"Elise, that's not necessary-"

"You bet your stupid butt it is, mister!"

Elise's angry, pouting face was so adorable with her cheeks puffed out that Leon couldn't hold back his laugh. He laughed for a good, long while, and it made the rest of his family laugh as well. Everyone smiled at him, happy that he was doing better, by at least a small margin. When Garon came back it was with the news that they would be taking Leon home before night fell, and it seemed as if everything would be alright. Sure, Leon noticed that the medication had all either been locked away or replaced. Sure, he saw that the sharp objects had been locked up. The precautions threw him off a little, but in the end he decided he didn't mind. It showed that they cared, even if they couldn't trust him not to hurt himself. Marx and Camilla even stayed over and spent time with him during the week after the incident, and he could say he definitely felt closer to them by the end of their stay. Leon was honestly grateful for everything his family was doing for him, and by the time he started school again he was so relieved that he'd failed in killing himself that he almost cried. Again.

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This is so short I apologize

I couldn't think of a better conclusion like at all wahh

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