...and he goes back to school like he said he would because Narancia Ghirga is many things, especially if they're rude, but he's not a liar.
He'd do a lot of things but he wouldn't lie to his friends.
And it's okay, school. It's not easy because he's missing several years of education and it turns out he's got ADHD and dyscalculia, but he graduates high school, graduates college. And he does his best because it's what Fugo would have wanted.
So he goes home, back to Naples, and he doesn't move back in with his father because that man has nothing to do with him anymore, thank god, but he takes over Buccellati's house. He thinks that maybe it's not actually legal to just declare ownership of a dead man's place and, at very least, he should sign some paperwork or pay someone rent, but he moves in without issue and no one ever asks him for money.
Mista used to tease him because his room was so messy but he keeps the house clean and tidy because he'd do a lot of things but he wouldn't make a mess of Buccellati's house.
And he makes it his own because it's what Buccellati would have wanted.
Abbacchio told him once to never drink, never become a cop, and to never let any assholes make him feel bad for wearing lipstick. He didn't wear it much then but he wears it now, black like Abbacchio. He found the first tube of it in Buccellati's nightstand and it seemed a shame to let it go to waste, and he only realized when he got to the end that it probably belonged to Abbacchio. He drinks wine with dinner sometimes but never to excess, but he's never had the urge to become a cop, so he hopes Abbacchio is proud of him.
He bought a record player. He used to make fun of Mista for listening to old records, used to call him a grandpa, but it turns out he was onto something. Music does sound better on vinyl. He pretends sometimes he owns the record player because it's trendy now because it's hard to explain that he owns a record player because all his friends are dead. He mostly listens to rap but on Mista's birthday, he digs out his copy of Close To You and he listens.
His English isn't so good but he understands now why Mista liked Karen Carpenter so much. And if Mista were here, he'd probably tease Narancia for spending so much time making fun of his taste in music only to wind up liking it.
He didn't have the chance to talk to Trish much. He buys French mineral water sometimes and it does taste better.
Narancia didn't know Giorno very long. He liked him but he didn't know him as well as he could have, as well as he would have liked to have known the boy, so he doesn't know if Giorno would have understood why he didn't choose to take over the gang or if he would have been proud of the fact that he walked away from it all and let it collapse on itself. He doesn't know, but wherever Giorno is, he hopes he understands. He hopes he's at peace.
He goes to work.
Starts a family.
Lives.
And he does it for them and he does it for himself, and yes, he misses them all, and yes, it hurts sometimes, but he owes it to them to live the normal life none of them got to experience.
Narancia lives.