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Jaime's cell phone is more or less plugged riiiight into his brain, so he tends to pick up like 99% of the time! If not, however...

"Hey, Jaime here! Leave a message, and I'll get back to you ASAP."

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khajidont

Anytime.

[Jaime shakes himself out of his own, private ruminations, and offers Killua a sheepish sort of grin.] If he shows up, I would tell you it's too dangerous, except I figure that'd make me a hypocrite.

[That, and Killua can clearly take care of himself. Why on earth would he listen to Jaime?]

Just be careful. I wouldn't want you to get caught in the crossfires of those needles. [He looks a little blankly at Killua's outstretched hand, raising his own a little tentatively.] Are - are we doing the Predator handshake right now?

[Next course of action: show Killua Predator, stat.]

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gonstop

[And not just with him, Killua thinks. If there's another incident like with the Manipulator, he's going to try to fight against that voice in the back of his head and do something.]

I'm always careful. [He was raised to be! Actually, it's his biggest downfall right now-- but he pauses from that, blinking curiously at Jaime with that question.]

Huh? What's a predator handshake? [Really, does he have to spell this out? He reaches over a little extra so that he can clasp at Jaime's hand, giving it a squeeze before he shakes it at him for emphasis.]

It's just this! Don't tell me you're too old...

From:

khajidont

Never mind, [Jaime says with a laugh, clasping Killua's hand right back as he was bidden to. It's strange doing this with a twelve year old, but hey, it's not like he cares too much about appearances... so long as Killua isn't carting him around again.]

If you keep calling me old, I'm gonna get a complex.

From:

gonstop

[There's a childish 'heheee' at the way Jaime gives in to it, and shortly after, he drops the grip. Whatever, he'll bug him about a predator handshake later.

For now, he zones in on the age comment, pointing at him as he speaks.]

Why? You're like, 19, right? [Leorio's age-- that's a safe, young guess right? He'd still call that old.]

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khajidont

[Jaime does a doubletake when Killua guesses at his age. Nineteen? Does he really seem that old to kids? Oh god, maybe he is acting too old! According to Killua's guess, he should be in college!]

What - you've seriously been thinking I'm nineteen? I'm sixteen!

[If that. He's not sure how to quantify his age after that missing year, but he and his family have made the collective decision to just ignore it.]

From:

gonstop

Ehhh?! Really?!

[Jaime's not the only one surprised here. Killua has to grip the table a bit. So Jaime is closer to their age than he thought?! He's even younger than Milluki! When the shock has a few seconds to set in, Killua narrows his eyes in childlike accusation, jabbing a finger in Jaime's direction.]

Then you should talk to Hisoka even less!

[This is where his train of thought goes, it's true.]

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khajidont

[Jaime places his face firmly in his hands, half because Killua genuinely thought he was that old, half because of what he said immediately afterwards.]

I can't believe that's the first thing you thought of.

[You're only sixteen? Then you definitely shouldn't be talking to the pedophile!]

That goes double for you too, you know.

From:

gonstop

It's too late for me.

[He's mostly joking to see if Jaime will react to that line, honestly, but it's got a bit of truth, doesn't it? It's not like he can just not talk to him and leave it at that! Jaime, though, still has a chance of being boring and slipping under the raydar.

It was a perfect chance to slide that comment in.]

I didn't know you could grow a beard at 16. [Pointing at any chin hairs Jaime happens to have right now. What a mystery.] You're pretty naggy, too. [But then, Kurapika can be too, and he's only 17... Hmm.]

From:

khajidont

I'm naturally naggy. It's in my blood, [Jaime says dismissively and absently rubs his prickly chin. He should probably shave more, but he always forgets... maybe one day it'll grow in all the way and he won't have to worry about shaving at all!

Maybe when he's nineteen. He leans back in his chair and picks up his own drink (a simple coke; he likes sweets well enough, but he hasn't got the sweet tooth Killua's got), slinging his free arm across the back of the booth, taking up space in the way only teenage boys know how, no matter their physical size.]

Which means I get to nag you about the fact that it's never too late, yeah? [He says before taking a sip from his drink. There's a grain of truth in that one, even if he's adopted Killua's light tone to say it.]

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gonstop

[At that, he makes a buzzer noise, forming an X with his arms.]

Wrooong! Even if I did, he's obsessed with Gon and friends with my big brother. [That light tone or not, he's wondering if Jaime's really worrying behind it. It's why he tries to leave it at that and press things on past it, kicking his feet a little below the table.]

If you're going to nag, you should tell Gon to do his own homework. It's not that I mind helping him, but he's totally going to fail any tests that come up!

From:

khajidont

What a combination.

[Oh, he's worrying about it all right, though he's trying his best not to show it. It's a bit of a vicious circle they're trapped in, because while he'd vastly prefer to not deal with Hisoka unless he's actively hurting someone, as long as he's got his eye on kids, he's Jaime's business.

Killua doesn't have to know that, though.]

Maybe failing will teach him to do his own homework, then. Even if I do nag him, I don't think he'd actually listen to me.

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gonstop

[Killua just smiles at that, taking the knife back up again to spin between his fingers.]

Yeah, but that's just Gon. He doesn't listen to anyone. [Which means he really just wants the nagging to be amused by, but details. He stops spinning the knife there and changes to a simple wobble back and forth, watching it intently.]

Don't take it personally. He does the same thing with me, too. [Aaaand he sets it back down.] But you don't have to worry, we've got each other's backs.

From:

khajidont

I know you do.

[That they have each other's backs, not that he's not going to worry. He worries like it's his job.

If he got paid for it, he would be a very, very rich man.]

Doesn't mean it hurts to have a few more people watching your back, is all. How've you two been settling in, anyway? Have you managed to make many friends yet?

[It can be a little lonely here without them. Jaime's not so sure that Brenda's made all that many friends... he's never sure whether or not he should be worried about that too. At least she has him.]

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gonstop

Of course!

[Spoken as if he's the cool kid in town, thank you. To prove this, he starts counting off on his fingers.] There's Kite, who we already knew back home. Then there's Jojo, Mabel, Kate... Though I don't know if we're friends yet. Ellie, too, I think.

[Well, at least one of them is also 12.]

From:

khajidont

I stand corrected!

[Jaime nods absently along with the list, though he doesn't know who Kite, Mabel and Kate are. He knows Ellie, of course, but... Jojo? He gives Killua something of an odd look.]

Jojo? Really? Where'd you meet him?

[He likes Joseph, he really does. He's also a rude ass.]

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gonstop

[Hilariously, he has no idea who Joseph is. In fact, the Jojo he's speaking about is Jonathan Joestar. But he doesn't know there's a misunderstanding here.]

Oh, he posted over the network about how he'd do favors for people so I got some free candy from him. [Delicious heaps of candy, in fact.] I thought he was a pretty cool guy after that, so I helped him out!

From:

khajidont

Really? What was he doing favours for?

[Likewise, Jaime has no idea who Jonathan is either. He only knows of Joseph and his apparently fish obsessed grandson! Doing favours for nothing doesn't sound like the Joseph Joestar way, though.]

From:

gonstop

That's just the kind of guy he is, I think... He wanted to help people out in whatever way he could. I think that's what he said.

[A light shrug.] I had to teach him how to use his bank account.

From:

khajidont

[He can buy Killua needing to teach Joseph about his bank account, but the rest of it? He's not so sure. He props his elbow up on the table, resting his chin on the heel of his hand.]

Huh. I guess he just really likes kids. I never knew that about him.

[That's got to be it, right...?]

From:

gonstop

When you put it like that, it just sounds weird.

[It really doesn't, but to Killua, he may be oversensitive to things like this.] He's like that with everyone!