[Bruno brings the packages inside his room to open, which he is fairly careful about doing. (It'd seem wrong just tearing into it when that much attention had been put into its presentation, honestly.) He takes the time to go through each of the contents, piling and stacking them carefully. Fortunately, he still has the box in his lap when he opens the card, but he's probably still going to find gold glitter for weeks in various places in his room.]
[And yet, it's not something he entirely minds. It just wouldn't be a present or message from Giorno if it didn't contain some of his usual flair.]
[Bruno takes the time to place and put away each of the presents Giorno's given him, but it's the card that gets a little more mental consideration than anything. It's not to say that Giorno's gifts aren't nice, but given how recently it's been since Bruno and Polnareff said I love you to one another, and Bruno has had to at least start to face the fact he wants to go home, Giorno's short and simple message strikes a deep chord with Bruno.]
[Bruno isn't stupid or self-deprecating to an almost insulting degree. He's aware of the influence he's had over the others, but it's sometimes easier to forget that influence over Giorno from time to time. Giorno hadn't needed him as much as the others had. He was already headed down the right path before he even met Bruno. He just needed a little more time and a little more patient guidance to settle into it without question. No, it's always so much easier to think of things with Giorno as the other way around. It doesn't take much thought at all to begin feeling gratitude for everything, for having met and for being given a second chance. In some ways, it's felt more like Bruno needed Giorno more than the other way around, and maybe that's true. Maybe it isn't. But does it really matter?]
[Before Bruno even leaves his bedroom, he decides that it probably isn't. It really is as simple as Giorno wrote it in the card because everything else pales in comparison.]
[Bruno heads down the hall, stopping outside Giorno's bedroom door, and knocks.]
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[And yet, it's not something he entirely minds. It just wouldn't be a present or message from Giorno if it didn't contain some of his usual flair.]
[Bruno takes the time to place and put away each of the presents Giorno's given him, but it's the card that gets a little more mental consideration than anything. It's not to say that Giorno's gifts aren't nice, but given how recently it's been since Bruno and Polnareff said I love you to one another, and Bruno has had to at least start to face the fact he wants to go home, Giorno's short and simple message strikes a deep chord with Bruno.]
[Bruno isn't stupid or self-deprecating to an almost insulting degree. He's aware of the influence he's had over the others, but it's sometimes easier to forget that influence over Giorno from time to time. Giorno hadn't needed him as much as the others had. He was already headed down the right path before he even met Bruno. He just needed a little more time and a little more patient guidance to settle into it without question. No, it's always so much easier to think of things with Giorno as the other way around. It doesn't take much thought at all to begin feeling gratitude for everything, for having met and for being given a second chance. In some ways, it's felt more like Bruno needed Giorno more than the other way around, and maybe that's true. Maybe it isn't. But does it really matter?]
[Before Bruno even leaves his bedroom, he decides that it probably isn't. It really is as simple as Giorno wrote it in the card because everything else pales in comparison.]
[Bruno heads down the hall, stopping outside Giorno's bedroom door, and knocks.]