[As he gets settled on the bed next to Polnareff, he looks up at him with those wide eyes, uncertain and worried. He loves Polnareff so much, he doesn't want to make him uncomfortable. But it's becoming clear very quickly that looking at each other during this conversation might be the worst thing ever. He's still all red anyway.]

[So, after brief consideration, he buries his face against Polnareff's arm and just lets words happen how they happen.]

You don't have to be. It's not like I'd know how to be a son anyway. I'm not a normal person, I know. I don't mind it, but I know fathers want things from their sons and I'm not really any of those things and I never will be. And besides, just because things were like that then doesn't mean they have to be now.

I want you to be happy. It's so important to me that you're happy. I missed you so much when you weren't here I thought I'd cry, and I never wanted to say because Jotaro and Kakyoin knew you better, but I feel so much safer now that you're here. So you don't have to be any one thing, you just have to not leave me. You can't leave me, I don't want to be alone again.