[He looks away when he's supposed to, because of course he does. He looks away and he buries his face in Kakyoin's stupid frog hood, and he breathes and he breathes and he listens to the sound of messages whispering in one by one while Kakyoin goes through them and gets them right, line by line.
And finally when he sighs, and he says to look, Jotaro stays quiet and nods a little and lifts his head to see the results of Kakyoin's thoughtful, careful musing.
His eyes track over the words, one by one, and the longer he goes on, the more an inexplicable lump starts to form in his throat.
You don't need an excuse, you know. To stop for a while. I love you. I want to make you feel good. And I want to make you safe. Keep trying. Keep trying. Keep trying.
The next breath he draws in, it shakes. His eyes sting with heat. And he winds up texting back, if for no other reason than that he just doesn't trust his voice right now.]
i can't do it by myself not yet
i need
[The first word he writes is you, which is pretty and romantic, and not the right one. Not this time.
He knows what the right one is.
He plucks it out, letter by letter, only halfway looking at the keys.]
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And finally when he sighs, and he says to look, Jotaro stays quiet and nods a little and lifts his head to see the results of Kakyoin's thoughtful, careful musing.
His eyes track over the words, one by one, and the longer he goes on, the more an inexplicable lump starts to form in his throat.
You don't need an excuse, you know. To stop for a while.
I love you.
I want to make you feel good. And I want to make you safe.
Keep trying.
Keep trying.
Keep trying.
The next breath he draws in, it shakes. His eyes sting with heat. And he winds up texting back, if for no other reason than that he just doesn't trust his voice right now.]
i can't do it by myself
not yet
i need
[The first word he writes is you, which is pretty and romantic, and not the right one. Not this time.
He knows what the right one is.
He plucks it out, letter by letter, only halfway looking at the keys.]
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