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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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[digiorno]

I don't know, maybe it's normal. Are parents supposed to do this thing where they try really hard to understand you but are somehow functionally incapable of doing so?

[lapidarius]

...

[sweats nervously]

...yeah, actually. I think so.

[digiorno]

Oh. I didn't know.

[.....stares]

What?

[lapidarius]

What? Nothing.

[continues fidgeting with shirt, as one does]

[digiorno]

Kakyoin!

[A sharp look.]

You're looking at me like I've grown extra heads. You've been looking like that since you walked in, what is going on?

[lapidarius]

[OH MY GOD DON'T BE MAD MAFIA FRIEND]

I-I just...what exactly are you...er, wearing?

[digiorno]

[...... witness this deeply confused expression.]

What does that have to do with . . . ? It's a nightgown?

[Is that the right answer? DOES HE WANT THE BRAND NAME, LIKE WHAT]

[lapidarius]

It's just not exactly what I'd have expected, that's all!

[ain't gonna judge but good lord warn someone first]

[digiorno]

Well, I wasn't exactly expecting a party in the kitchen at 4 in the morning, Kakyoin.

[If he was he'd be wearing a suit, duh.]

If I'd known you'd be here and in serious danger of having a heart attack I'd have worn a wifebeater and boxer shorts as per societal custom.

[lapidarius]

Don't be ridiculous, it just startled me.

[give this child a break]

I'm not going to have a heart attack.

[digiorno]

That's good. You really wouldn't last long in this house if that was all it took.

[lapidarius]

No kidding.

[looks at literally all of passione]

...So now that we've cleared that up, I'm pretty sure that kind of thing is just normal for parents in general. Did Jonathan say something particularly strange?

[digiorno]

No, no. Nothing like that. It was more . . .

[Humming thoughtfully, he rested the spoon on the tip of his nose.]

He was trying so hard, you could see him trying, and . . . maybe I'm just not used to people trying so hard in that particular way for me?

[lapidarius]

Maybe not. I don't think anyone could blame you if that were the case. [Kakyoin fidgeted with the spoon in his hand, spinning it a few times like one might do with a pen. Finally he set it down and stood up, turning to keep his hands busy by making tea like he'd planned to in the first place. Two cups instead of one would be easy enough.]

But if he's trying so hard to understand you despite the fact that he may not be able to-...

['I'm his mother, yet I still don't know why he's like that.']

...it just means he cares about you enough to know it's worth the attempt.

[digiorno]

Mmm. That's what I was thinking. I just wasn't sure if I was doing something wrong. I don't really know how to be anybody's son. Especially not to a good person.

. . . He was trying so hard, though. It was sort of adorable.

[What a good papa.]

[lapidarius]

Jonathan's too good of a person to not try his hardest. I think that's really admirable, myself.

[the best]

But I don't really know if there's a wrong way to go about it, other than just resisting every attempt the whole way. [you know, like kakyoin]

[digiorno]

He wasn't resisting. I think everything was just so confusing, because it's so different from what he's used to.

It must be really hard to live out of time like that. Most people here are closer to where we are, aren't they? So it's not strange. He'd have a heart attack if he met Ibuki.

[lapidarius]

...Honestly, I think a lot of people would risk a heart attack if they met Ibuki.

[digiorno]

Oh, come on, she's not that bad.

[lapidarius]

I never once said she was bad at all. 'Overbearing' is the word I'd use.

[digiorno]

She's very sweet. She's always been sweet to me.

[Okay, but Giorno, you are overbearing.]

[lapidarius]

...She's sweet in much the same way you are. Aggressively so, refusing to take no for an answer.

[honey.]

[digiorno]

. . . Hm.

[He has to think about this for a few moments.]

Do you think I worry him? Jonathan.

. . . Do I worry you?

[lapidarius]

...

[Kakyoin paused, pulling his shirt collar a little closer again.]

We're family, of course I worry once in a while. I know you can take care of yourself and deal with your own problems, but when it comes to things like this I just worry about how you might be handling it and whether or not it would be easier to have help.

[digiorno]

So I don't - you don't worry about me being overbearing? I don't mean to be.

[Mostly.]