Yeah, I know. I do. It's — easy to get scared. When he's like that.
[Because he remembers, of course, when Adrian disappeared. When he came back with welts in his flesh and guilt in his eyes. How he'd hidden himself and begged for space that Jotaro ached to give. How he'd blamed himself for disloyalty when he'd been the one most blameless of anyone.]
He wants someone to love him like you wanted someone to see Hierophant.
[He closes his eyes, nuzzling down into Kakyoin's hair again.]
But you kept him awake. Not just anybody could've. It wasn't just the things you did, Nori. Some of it — is because it was you doing them.
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[Because he remembers, of course, when Adrian disappeared. When he came back with welts in his flesh and guilt in his eyes. How he'd hidden himself and begged for space that Jotaro ached to give. How he'd blamed himself for disloyalty when he'd been the one most blameless of anyone.]
He wants someone to love him like you wanted someone to see Hierophant.
[He closes his eyes, nuzzling down into Kakyoin's hair again.]
But you kept him awake. Not just anybody could've. It wasn't just the things you did, Nori. Some of it — is because it was you doing them.