[ There's a reason, but every time he explains it, it sounds so childish. Maybe that's just how it is when you keep something to yourself for so long, turning it over and over in your head so that it grows without having the chance to untangle and sort itself out. ]

I just... couldn't stand the pressure of it anymore. Taking care of five siblings from the moment I wake up, all the cooking and the cleaning and solving their problems... I got too tired. I wanted to live on my own.

[ Being a single parent of five wore him down so he ran away from home, yeah ]