Hey, teacher, leave them kids alone

[strikefirster]

Who: Johnny, Daniel, Ortus, Gideon Nav's Exquisite Corpse, Paul, Kaworu, Deku, Harrow, Maybe more?
What: Kidnapping, Forced Adoption, Getting these kids away from the Emperor
When: Shortly after boatgate
Where: The Bone House and Cobra Kai

Content Warnings: Probably references to Murder, Manipulation, Johnny Lawrence.

Prompts and Mingle will be in the comments.

Comments

[miyagimagic]

That could be the case. [ Daniel admits. It's not like he wants to sugarcoat all of this, not when other people's feelings are involved. Kaworu might just end up more hurt if he presents some overly optimistic view here, only for it all to come crashing down in reality later. Granted, judging by what these kids seem like, he feels like they'll forgive Kaworu - but he doesn't know them well enough to be entirely certain.

Of course he doesn't leave it at just that either. ]

But even if they do.. then all you got to do is do better in the future. Be the person you want to be for them. [ Does Daniel realise the romantic angle to all of this?

.. who knows. Probably not. But Daniel has experience both with friendship and romance, so it all works out when it comes to this advice. ]

Life is way too short to focus on our mistakes in the past, rather than the things we can do better in the future for the people we care about. [ He pauses, and then shakes his head with a faintly amused smile as he adds: ] As cheesy as I'm sure that sounds.

[ Sorry. He can't help it. He's cheesy by nature. ]

[peripheries]

I don't know what person I want to be. I don't even know what sort of person I am. If I can be considered a person at all.

[It's something that could be teenager and dramatic but Kaworu's voice trembles, betraying his honest emotions. His confusion at himself is real as is his struggle to navigate it.]

Doesn't the past define us and shape our future? If so, then the past will always matter.

[miyagimagic]

[ It's definitely the 'if I can be considered a person at all' part that makes Daniel wonder a little if there's more going on with Kaworu than first meets the eye. It's not something he wants to dig into without the other voluntarily admitting it, so he doesn't mention it, but it's something he stores in the back of his mind for further consideration at a later date.

Right now the man just sucks in a breath, seeming to think, before speaking up with: ]

The past only does that in ways you let it.

[ When it comes down to it, anyway. It's what Daniel wants to believe.

But, more so than that, what he really wants to ask here is-- ] .. What do you think is bothering you the most right now?

[ Because Kaworu is obviously troubled. But Daniel can't quite tell if it's mostly because one of the things the other has said already, or if there's some greater underlying cause. ]