"Hey... Do you think the waves talk to the sand everytime they clash together?"

"Alfred, were you smoking?"

"No, I'm being serious."

"...are you sure?"

" Yea Mattie, I'm sure."

"Well no I do not."

"..."

"..."

"Why not?"

"I don't believe in things like that."

"Do you believe in Arthur's friends?"

"The fairies?"

"Yeah."

"No, I don't."

"How about God?"

"... Not really."

"Mattie, do you want to go to heaven when you die?"

"It would be nice if I believed I could."

"Can I tell you something?"

"Hm?"

"When I die... I don't want to go to heaven."

"Why not?"

"I would rather stay here, on earth."

"Eh? Really?"

"Yeah. It's beautiful here. Don't you think?"

"I don't think so. I mean look around. There's murder, war, disease, assholes... Life isn't perfect Al."

"Yeah. Life isn't perfect. But you don't have to worry about that when you're dead."

"I suppose."

"If I could, I would stay here and watch the waves for eternity. And when I got tired of the ocean, I would just lay back and watch the sky."

"You're into that?"

"Yea... I think it's beautiful. Pretty cool, because each wave will be different. The sky is never the same either. I want to see it in every possible way it can look."

"Al?"

"Yeah?"

"Are you scared to die?"

"Mmm... No.."

"...I am... It's because I can't believe in God that I become scared of death. I don't believe in God and the afterlife and because of it... It scares me to know what I will feel after it's all over. I'm scared of being nonexistent. I'm scared of not functioning and not being able to feel. How does it feel to not feel anything? I'm sca-"

"Matthieu..."

"Huh?"

"Don't be scared... Its inevitable but you shouldn't be expecting it so soon."

"Al?"

"You still have a lot to do before the time comes. Fill your life with many feelings. Good and bad. When the time comes, you will hold onto those feelings. You will remember the feeling of life and that alone will give you eternal warmth."

"You think so?"

"Of course. So don't be scared. Life is short, don't live it waiting in fear for death to come."

"Yeah, you're right."

"Of course I'm right."

"Al? How did we even get to this conversation?"

"Well we were watching the ocean and things got deep."

"I see... Maybe we should get back home. Eh?"

"Yeah. Arthur will freak out if he found out we were out this late."

"Hey Al?"

"Yeah?"

"I'm really happy you're my brother. Thanks to you I don't have to live in fear so much."

" I'm happy you're my brother too Matt."

Hey! Sorry if this was confusing. Each line was alternated between America and Canada. This isn't exactly fluff and may not seem much like love, but it's there.

Mattie plays the role of the one with anxiety over the thought of death while Al plays the day dreamer. Having experience with constant anxiety, I know how hard it can be to be alone with your thoughts sometimes.

However sometimes it takes a certain person or activity to be pull you out of the anxiety attacks, usually someone you are close to, this person being Alfred.

It may seem like nothing to people who do not suffer from constant Anxiety attacks but for those who do, they may understand the deep sentiment between the two better, with Al being able to calm him down so quickly.

Hope you enjoyed anyways. Inspired by my actual thoughts as someone who suffers frequent Anxiety.