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[That sounded almost comically surreal. Kakyoin didn't know if he could reconcile Dio with Dio, a conflicted kid that got into pillow fights and the monster that had done more than he cared to list.]

[He didn't think he was capable of giving Dio anything resembling a 'second chance'. But that left Kakyoin with an abundance of hatred and a wrong target for it, so what else was left but to attempt coexisting?]

That's good to hear, I think. It's something.

It's weird as shit, Kakyoin.

I was trying to be nice.

It's weird, but I'd prefer that over a minuscule psychopath-in-training.

You don't have to be. Nice is overrated.

Don't get me wrong, I think he's still dangerous. But I think he's starting to remember what trusting is like, and that's important.

I'm not remotely about to think of him as 'not dangerous'and most likely never will. But 'less dangerous than he could be' is still a step in a direction I won't object to.

I suppose what I mean is I'm not going to do anything careless.

You're not a careless person, Giorno. I trust you.

I'm glad you do. But I think it's still important to say. There's the potential for strong bias here.

I understand that. I'm not exactly an unbiased participant here either.

I'm your friend, Giorno. So it's important to me that you realize this: if you need any kind of help or even just another perspective even when it comes to dealing with him, all you ever need to do is ask me.

I will.

Oh, I told Mr. Joestar, by the way, right before we left. He probably hasn't told you, but I thought you should know. You don't have to keep that a secret or anything.

He didn't exactly mention it. I think we managed to get the rest under control, but we should do what we can to keep Dio away from him just in case.

Don't worry. Dio's not going anywhere near him.

I know. I'll help if you need me to.

I don't want you to get in the middle of this.

I'm not going to put myself in the middle of anything. But I'm offering, if you need help at any point. I don't want you to have to handle this alone.

[. . .]

[He doesn't respond for a while. The trouble is that - he understands what Kakyoin's saying, he does, and he appreciates it in his own way. He knows it's important to Kakyoin especially that the people he cares about not be alone. But at the same time, he and Dio are alone in this. That's how the lines have been drawn, according to Joseph himself. They are the enemy bloodline. What he was afraid of from the start, that's what's going to happen if things escalate, and if Kakyoin helps it will be putting himself in the middle whether he thinks it is or not.]

[He doesn't want to tell Kakyoin about the threat. He thinks he should, but he doesn't want to.]

I'll think about it. But in this case I'm not sure that I can promise anything.

I can accept that.

[It was probably better that Kakyoin didn't know just yet, primarily because he'd probably want to start a fight with Joseph over it within the hour. If it did eventually come down to that somehow, he knew damn well what he'd end up doing. As uncomfortably close as it came to being on Dio's side in something, Giorno hadn't done anything wrong. He'd defend that with all he had no matter how right both sides were to a point.]

[...And he really, really hoped that Jotaro would see it the same way if things got that bad.]

I won't push it. All I want is to be sure someone's taking care of you while you're taking care of everyone else.

You're good to me, Kakyoin.

You'd do the same for me. We're friends, I'm pretty sure that's how it works.

Let's change the subject, okay? I'm sure neither of us want to be this serious right now.

Edited (it would be awesome if i didn't waffle on tags hours later i am so sorry.) 2016-03-07 23:58 (UTC)

Si, ma ti voglio bene, Noriaki.

I still don't really understand White Day.

Ti voglio bene, Giorno.

That's actually what I originally called to talk about. I need your particular range of knowledge on something, but first I'll explain that. On Valentine's Day, it's customary for women to be the ones to give chocolate out of either obligation to acquaintances or as a show of affection for someone significant.

The latter of those is what's answered on White Day, with the general rule being 'sanbai gaeshi', or 'triple return'. In other words, one should reciprocate with roughly three times the original value.

I suppose it's just meant to be easier than doing both sides on a single day.

Jotaro explained it. I understand some of it on an abstract level but the triple return part still doesn't make sense.

It doesn't really have to but why though???

Why not?

Why not why?

Are you of all people questioning an excuse to be extra nice to someone?

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don't apologize ur cute

wow rude

but true

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