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[starmark]

. . . Yare yare. What is it? Hurry up and say something already.



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[starmark]

No. Just not here for a while.

Somewhere far away from Dio.

[lapidarius]

Leave it to your most capable strategist. We'll get clear out of the city for a while.

[starmark]

...i don't want to freeze to death in the fucking tundra either kakyoin

[lapidarius]

We won't.

[...he was trying really hard to be smooth and you went and pulled the emergency brake on that so hard there are tire treads all over his valiant attempt.]

[good work, jojo]

Trust me.

[starmark]

i do trust you







i need you

[lapidarius]

Of course. You'd be running around like a chicken with its head cut off if I wasn't here to handle things.

...That's why I'm not going anywhere without you. Ever. No matter what happens, you'll always be able to find me nearby.

[starmark]

i'm serious

i need you

[lapidarius]

I didn't really think about it until a while ago, but I was really screwed up before you got here. Just as bad as Caesar, probably.

Listen, I meant it when I said you're as much a part of me as Hierophant--I can't be myself without you. You're the one who knows Kakyoin Noriaki better than anyone, and I have no intention of ever letting go of what I've wanted for so long.

So you can need me as much as necessary. Because I'm your partner--I'll be here every time things get difficult. Let me support you when you can't handle it alone, like you always do for me.

[starmark]

I know.

Dio found out about me. Who I am, that I have a Stand. His name. He knows that now.

[lapidarius]

I don't know if he can do much with that yet.

[Boy oh boy, how wrong he technically was.]

Are you okay? He knows about Hierophant, too--I told him myself.

[starmark]

no, i'm not okay

i'm not the one who told him

[lapidarius]

What? How the hell'd he find out?

[starmark]

nanna. she told him.

[lapidarius]

[What the hell, teacher. He'd facepalm if Caesar and Joseph weren't right there.]

Someone was bound to slip up about something eventually. I expected better from her, though.

...This probably isn't the time for this and just thinking it makes me wonder if I'm insane, but I don't know if he's guaranteed to end up being a real threat.

[starmark]

i don't want to talk about it.

i just wanted you to know.

[lapidarius]

Okay.

[He dropped it immediately; if he didn't want to talk, he didn't want to talk. They could work it out later.]

[...Somehow.]

Did you know there are hot springs a couple miles out of the city? Just a little to the west, I think.

[starmark]

hot springs are supposed to be good for you.

relaxing and shit.

[lapidarius]

Yeah. I've never been there myself, but I know they're around.

[He probably owed Ishimaru an apology for being so adamantly opposed to actually going. If he ever got back, Kakyoin would have to explain the reason why.]

Actually, I've never been to one in general. And I don't exactly think a lot of people would want to go out even just that far in this weather, so it'll probably be quiet.

[starmark]

So you want to go to one with me? Together?

You're inviting me to a hot springs, right?

[lapidarius]

I am, if you want to go.

I mean, I know I'm kind of a mess to look at without a shirt, so we don't have to do that. If you don't want to.

But if you think that'll be a good way to get the hell out of here for a while, we could do that.

[starmark]

If I saw you without a shirt I don't think I'd be able to keep my hands off of you.

Don't call yourself a mess. I love you.

[lapidarius]

[...Oh. Kakyoin quickly hid a smile behind his hand, silently hoping he didn't start turning red enough for the others to take notice.]

Sounds like pretty good incentive to me, as long as it doesn't bother you.

I love you too, Jojo.

[starmark]

You're not off the hook.

Hurry up and invite me to the damn hot springs, if you're asking me out then do it like you mean it.

[lapidarius]

Okay, okay. Give me a break, I've never done this before.

Jojo, if you're not busy would you like to go out to the hot springs with me tomorrrow?

[starmark]

Not tomorrow. I want to stay close while my mom adjusts. Seeing a Jiji who doesn't recognize her is going to be hard on her.

But the day after tomorrow, or the day after that, then yes.