(going in chronological order because my brain managed to tie some of them together)
For Fugo, I’ll admit, the best I could come up with was still pretty suspicious, but who knows maybe we could use that suspicion to help him connect a couple dots later down the line
with this one…… what if Giorno straight up sneaks into the college. It would’ve been practically impossible to get close to Fugo in the traditional social sense, and Giorno sure as fucking hell wasn’t letting this repeat, so at age 12, still tiny from his years of malnutrition, he sneaks into the college to try and change things
……..to say they go poorly is an understatement
the plan had been simple. Hide in the room behind some bookshelves, record the professor being Very No No with Fugo, then use Gold to intervene before anything actually happens and make it so Fugo won’t get blamed and the professor gets put behind bars (and maybe he could even use the footage to get his new guardians to make sure the man is dealt with)
only…….. well, seeing these things on paper is one thing
seeing it in person? seeing it done to someone you care about?
it’s something entirely different
And Giorno……. well…… he snaps
In an instant the plan he’d spent years crafting was no more, nothing but hot, protective rage left in its wake. And Fugo…… he honestly couldn’t explain what happened that day. He remembers a boy smaller and younger than he was jumping out from behind the bookshelves, remembers his professor bleeding and being thrown across the room like a ragdoll, remembers a sudden cascade of every kind of horrid, disgusting, terrifying creature he could think of covering the man, all before being dragged out of the room with boy running ahead and being taken far, far away
but no matter how hard he tries to remember, he could never recall seeing the boy touch him or his professor
and he doesn’t have time to ask questions either, as the second the boy looks back at him, the amount of terror that flits across his eyes is enough to make Fugo flinch. The boy stutters, hands shaking as if he’d only just realized what he’d done, before he blurts out “I shouldn’t have done that” and then he’s gone
Fugo still gets arrested and disowned afterward. Apparently the police found the strange kid’s recording device which just served as more evidence against him. The fact the professor was now in a coma of unknown cause didn’t help matters either
But he’s too busy thinking to be properly angry. Why did the kid have a camera? Why was he in that room? How did he do what he did? What did he mean by “I shouldn’t have done that”? Did he mean he shouldn’t have intervened, or that he shouldn’t have hurt the professor, or that he shouldn’t have done whatever he’d done, or that he shouldn’t have run, or-
Hundreds of theories swirl in Fugo’s head and he unfortunately isn’t able to find many answers
(what he doesn’t know is that what Giorno regrets was failing to help Fugo. That because of his emotions, because of his reaction, because of his impulsiveness, things have barely changed from the first time and that in his eyes that was seen as a failure)
For Narancia, I unfortunately don’t think Giorno would be able to save his mom, but Giorno would definitely try helping in other ways. He might even slightly befriend Narancia, but keep him at a distance in order to prevent getting too close. And he does do what he can to try and alleviate Narancia’s symptoms (not that the other boy knows it), but he needs a doctor which Giorno unfortunately can’t provide. Not without risking things worse than they already are
Although it’s faint because of the sickness and his mental spiraling, Narancia vaguely remembers someone. Someone who spoke in soft tones and brought him food, how when he was with him his eye always hurt less and he felt warm, who promised that he would get better and the future wasn’t hopeless
He never got their face, name, can’t even remember what their voice sounded like…… just that they were there
and……. what if one day was a bad day. The day Fugo was supposed to find Narancia, and for the first time in over a year Fugo and Giorno meet again. Fugo recognizes him almost instantly, but his infinite questions die on his tongue seeing the sick boy he’s holding
he doesn’t meet his eyes. If any, it seems like he’s doing everything in power to avoid meeting his. He’s bigger than when he had helped Fugo, but not by much and it’s clear he’s struggling to support the sick kid’s weight
“help him.” he whispers “please”
Narancia is……. a little confused and mostly going through the motions when Fugo takes him. He mourns the loss of his Warm Friend, but is too sick to respond much. He’s even more confused when he wakes up in the hospital
Narancia sometimes wonders is his friend was even real or just something his sick, lonely brain conjured up to make things a bit easier
(what he doesn’t know is that Giorno left him flowers every day he was in the hospital and watched from afar to make sure he healed correctly)
and then Mista. How boy Mista. While his isn’t very connected to the other two’s, I had no less fun coming up with it
I’m loving the idea with Mista planning to betray Passione. Just. imagine Mista standing there in court, watching this brave 14 year old kid hold his ground and stand up for him. They never talked nor had any time to interact outside of the court proceedings, hell Mista never even had a chance to get the kid’s name, but he cares for and respects that kid who tried to help him more than anything
But of course, this respect and admiration is only dwarfed by Mista’s fear, because yeah this seemingly random kid just went against the mafia for him. There’s no way he’s going to get away from this unscathed and the thought of this innocent kid who just wanted to help being put in danger makes Mista’s blood boil
And what if…… what if when he spends that one night in jail before Bucciarati picks him up, Giorno visits him. Using Gold he manages to grow something to hold him up to the window and he manages to peak in and with Mista a few words
And Giorno…… while he didn’t realize it, seeing this kid who already risked everything to help him apologize for not being enough, trying and give him words of encouragement, telling him that everything would be okay……. it helps give Mista back his resolve. Before he was terrified and calmly accepted prison, and now….. well, he was still terrified, but now he had something to look forward to. He has something to hold onto, a purpose to cling to, someone to remember and hope to meet again when he gets out.
That night, Mista decides the first thing he’s going to do when he gets out of prison is buy that kid an ice cream
……..but then he doesn’t go to prison. Instead, a well dressed man who’s clearly mafia ends up making him an offer. Join his team and Mista could be a free man, and he almost doesn’t accept it. After all, the mafia’s the whole reason he’s stuck in here to begin with……. but once again, Mista thinks back to the kid. Remembers the danger he could be in, realizes that with an in he could possibly do something about it, could protect the kid the same way the kid tried to protect him
so he does. He takes Bucciarati’s offer and becomes their gunman…… but no matter how hard he looks, Mista never manages to track him down
In between his revenge plots, Mista has spent many nights worrying about Giorno’s fate
(what he doesn’t know is that Giorno has a VERY protective family of assassins watching his back, all of whom are much higher up on the pecking order than a couple foot soldiers with a grudge)
And for all three of them, as the months and years pass, already vague details about Giorno grow fuzzy, loosing the clarity they once had. They never forget, but it becomes harder to remember the strange boy who did what he could to save them
so when a confident blonde boy with careful word walks in with Bucciarati on that faithful day, seemingly the boy’s opposite in nearly every way….. well, it’s only natural they didn’t recognize him at first
