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[lapidarius]

"This is Kakyoin Noriaki. Please leave a message, I'll contact you as soon as I can."

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[starmark]

Okay.

[And off he go.]

I'm glad you had a good time. And decided to dress up.

[lapidarius]

He mentioned something along the lines of wanting to see how it looked, so I figured it wouldn't hurt to try.

[...]

On top of that, he may have sold you out regarding how interested you were just hearing about it. So this was actually timed quite well.

[starmark]

He did, huh.

[Well. There may need to be revenge in the near future for that.]

...It looks good. But maybe it's still missing something?

[lapidarius]

He definitely did.

[sorry not sorry polnareff.]

You think it's missing something? Like what?

[starmark]

[He sets the Game Boy aside momentarily — WHICH IS MADNESS HE IS IN BATTLE WITH A SHINY AND HE IS NOT CATCHING IT JOTARO YOU MADMAN — and reaches over, lightly threading his fingers through Kakyoin's hair and playing with the strands with a deliberate sort of suggestive intent.]

You could...maybe, put your hair up...?

[lapidarius]

[EoH Kakyoin would have a very different set of priorities in this situation. Fortunately for all involved, this one had his attention on the correct thing, which was tilting his head into Jotaro's hand like an affectionate housecat.]

Hm...you're right, whatever was I thinking? It was careless of me to forget something like that.

[starmark]

...So will you? Maybe?

[SORRY EOH KAKYOIN DON'T HAVE AN ANEURYSM OUT THERE IN PARALLEL SPACE.]

[lapidarius]

[TOO LATE]

I might be able to do that. [Hierophant snuck out from its user's shadow, quietly rummaging through a drawer and pulling back to drop a hairbrush and a familiar cherry blossom pin into Kakyoin's hand.] How do you think it would look best, since you were the one to so thoughtfully point out what I've overlooked?

[starmark]

...Leave a little bit around your face. Kind of wispy, like you look in the mornings when you've just woken up. And then the rest...pinned.

[lapidarius]

Have I ever told you that you give excellent advice? [So, of course, Kakyoin committed the cardinal sin of disrupting The Noodle(tm) and started brushing his hair back into a different arrangement.]

[starmark]

Not usually. You're too much of a know-it-all for that.

[But he's teasing, man, he's just watching intently and enjoying the show.]

[lapidarius]

Now that's just cruel.

[He paused long enough to tap the back of the brush playfully against Jotaro's head, laughing.]

Someone around here has to be smart once in a while.

[starmark]

Ow.

[As though it actually hurt him. He is strong like bear.]

See, and that's why you don't tell me I give excellent advice.

[lapidarius]

I was foolish enough to entertain your ego, how could I? Someday I'll learn my lesson.

[But not today, because today he was too busy pinning his hair back.]

[starmark]

Someday.

[Yup, he's still staring. ButterLyne is all but forgotten.]

How does it feel? The pin. Is this the first time you've worn it?

[lapidarius]

I put it on to see how it looked a while after you gave it to me, but this is the first I've actually worn it.

[poor 1-in-8192-of-a-kind butterlyne.]

How's it look?

[starmark]

How do you want to look? Tell me that first. When you close your eyes and think about what you look like, what do you think I'm seeing?

[lapidarius]

I, er... [Caught off guard, Kakyoin stammered for a second or two before trying to fumble for a coherent answer.]

I'd...probably want to look nice without going so far as to seem like I was delicate or breakable, I think. Kind of like how Giorno seems to manage coming across like someone that would break your legs and not even have his hair fall out of place in the process. Does that make any sense?

[starmark]

...I was going to say, you look like a business executive about to conduct a negotiation.

[A SEXY NEGOTIATION.]

The kind where you end up on top, but everybody comes away satisfied.

[lapidarius]

I think that I could be a fairly good negotiator, on occasion. [He leaned a little closer, smirking.]

But when all else fails, stubborn persistence does tend to get me exactly the kind of complete victory I'm after.

[starmark]

Stubborn persistence? Is that what you're calling it?

[He reaches up, snaking his hands around Kakyoin's shoulders to connect at the nape of his neck, both to help pull him down and to prevent him from escaping.]

Don't make it sound like you have to try, in order to get me to love you.

[lapidarius]

Not at all, I know better than that. But I also know you'd much prefer a little willful stubbornness to someone passive and indifferent, wouldn't you?

[starmark]

I don't think you could ever be passive and indifferent. About anything.

[lapidarius]

You would be exactly correct, stella mia~

[Before any attention could be called to the Italian or the playful inflection, Kakyoin leaned in for a kiss that was very decidedly not passive whatsoever.]

[silvercrusader]

I could, but I don't. You see the difference?

[He narrowed his eyes and shot the ball, bouncing it off one of the walls before it made contact. It got close to a pocket, but didn't land, and Polnareff huffed in annoyance.]

I would never have--

[The words trailed off. Polnareff's eyes were trained on something behind Kakyoin, nestled in a shadowy corner on the other side of the Den.

They could come into houses now, of course. He'd known that. He'd woken up to one at the foot of his bed yesterday. But there was something terrifying about the way the Strangers could suddenly appear, there with no noise or warning. He'd been certain they were alone, and he'd let his guard down, and now--

It wasn't even doing anything. Just standing there, head tucked down, face blank. It didn't seem to notice the lapse in conversation, nor the way Polnareff stared. He couldn't hear it breathing, not this far, but he could well imagine that ragged wheeze.

Did it know he'd seen it? Maybe. But maybe not. Chariot appeared behind his user, blade drawn, as Polnareff said slowly:]

--cheated. With you. Not you.

[It was an attempt at casual conversation. If they could attack it without it knowing they knew, maybe this could be over before it began. Those things could move lightning fast, darting around in the blink of an eye. It would be too easy for it to get close if they just charged forward.]