[It's so strange. He knows this move. He used this move. A lot. He was good at it. And he'd never use it with Joseph, because he'd know, and he'd just start making fun of him, and there wouldn't be any point. And besides, Joseph is - is taller, isn't he. Joseph has a few inches on him.]
[And he's tilting Caesar's chin up until he can't help but look him right in the eyes, and then he has to swallow because, oh, okay. That's, that's what it's like, isn't it. To have someone look at you and think you're the most important and beautiful thing in the world.]
[This is what it's like to be the center of someone's universe.]
[His eyes are a little wide - not quite startled, he's still too dazed to react that strongly - but surprised, yes. It's hard to connect the man in front of him with the boy he met not all that long ago, the one who hit himself in the head with his own weapons, the one he hated. He did, for maybe ten whole minutes, he did hate Joseph a lot. And now - this.]
Jojo . . .
[Never in his life has he been so desperate to be kissed. Never in his life has he ever needed someone else to move first.]
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[And he's tilting Caesar's chin up until he can't help but look him right in the eyes, and then he has to swallow because, oh, okay. That's, that's what it's like, isn't it. To have someone look at you and think you're the most important and beautiful thing in the world.]
[This is what it's like to be the center of someone's universe.]
[His eyes are a little wide - not quite startled, he's still too dazed to react that strongly - but surprised, yes. It's hard to connect the man in front of him with the boy he met not all that long ago, the one who hit himself in the head with his own weapons, the one he hated. He did, for maybe ten whole minutes, he did hate Joseph a lot. And now - this.]
Jojo . . .
[Never in his life has he been so desperate to be kissed. Never in his life has he ever needed someone else to move first.]
[But there's a first time for everything.]