And you could’ve told me that you wanted to get out for a while, and I would’ve been okay, man, take your time, maybe find us a place we can crash once training’s done?
Why do you talk about yourself like that?
Jotaro, we’ve been through this before–you tell me to leave and be with Noriaki, because you don’t think you’re as important to me as him, I start crying, we fight, and we get nowhere. We push it down and don’t talk about it until the next time it comes up.
[He sighs, too, crossing over to reach out for his hand. He takes it, squeezing his palm firmly.]
We can be happy together, Jotaro, I know we can. We need to learn how to talk when shit crops up, though, so you don’t have to get your dick smashed by some stranger before we can get that done. I…
I want you to be able to talk to me when you feel bad. I want to be able to help.
Whether or not you think you deserve it, I want to.
[He sighs, averting his gaze momentarily. He doesn’t move his hand away completely, but doesn’t really acknowledge it.]
No crying. I don’t want this to end up like one of those conversations. I’m not in the mood for dealing with that bullshit, I’m... I’m going through some things. Alone. I just want more time to think to myself..
Haven’t I told you before not to worry about me so much? Worry about yourself first. You only have so much in your life and you’ve got better ways to be spending it than around me constantly. I’ll be around, you don’t need to freak out if I’m not right fucking there next to you.
You can’t fix all my problems. No one can but me. If I want to get past the things I started, I have to work it out on my own or it makes all my efforts meaningless.