Basil had been very dependent on you, for a long time. You didn’t mind, especially considering how he’d became after the “accident.” So when you were both adults and he asked if you two could live together, you accepted.

But now, he would spiral if you didn’t call him on your break, if you didn’t come home for what he deemed too long, if you didn’t pay enough attention, if you didn’t revolve around him every minute. He’d hurt himself, he couldn’t help it. He needed you so bad it hurt.