Silent (jotakak)

Cherry Red

'Well' kakyoin thought on his way to his next class 'that was certainly unexpected' he continued walking, speeding up a little when he saw a clock that told him he would be late otherwise, even though the hallways were bustling with students, he looked for jotaro, hoping to see him over the crowd, kakyoin gave up as he neared his class, opening the door quietly, he realized that he shared this class with jotaro when he saw him sitting in the back, jotaro looked at him for a second, but quickly covered his face with his hat.
Jotaro crossed his arms on the table and rested his head on them, he still thought that kakyoin was grossed out by him since he didn't hear his comment earlier, and he didn't want to see his face in fear of it being filled with hatred or disgust, Kakyoin was the only person that talked to him, let alone his only friend, if they were even friends after what had happened earlier, he felt a tap on his shoulder and turned to see who it was, kakyoin was sitting there, all he did was smile at him, jotaro was filled with relief, smiling back
'He doesn't hate me?' Jotaro questioned in his mind, he put his head back down, deciding to sleep this one out

The bell woke jotaro up, startling him slightly, he looked a bit confused for a second and realized that it was time for the next class, hearing a laugh, he looked over at kakyoin to see him looking and him giggling a little with his hand lightly covering his mouth, even though jotaro found it cute, he got embarrassed and blushed

"I didn't think such a big guy would get scared by a bell" kakyoin teased while packing up his stuff, jotaro quickly wrote something down and showed it to kakyoin
'I actually get scared pretty easily' it read, kakyoin looked a bit surprised, his expression changed into a bit of a playful but serious look

"Don't worry, I'll protect you~"
Jotaro's eyes widened as face flushed with red at what he said and the tone of his voice,
'Wow, that was... really hot' he thought, he shook off the feeling 'no, don't think of him like that' he got up from his seat and started walking to his last class, kakyoin didn't share it with him so they had to walk in different directions, as he got to class he sat down and rested his cheek on his palm as started thinking, ignoring everything the teacher was saying 'why do I keep thinking about him? It's because he's my only friend right? I know we've only known each other for one day, but why do I keep thinking about the way he smiles?'

After a long time of spacing out, the last class was finally over, getting up quickly and grabbing his bag to get to the front on the school, he didn't have a meeting place with kakyoin yet so he decided to try and catch him before he left, he stood by the entrance leaning on the wall trying to not look at anyone while simultaneously looking for his friend, it proved to be rather difficult, he didn't want to look at anyones face and see fear in their eyes, he knew he looked threatening even though he didn't want to be, often beating himself up mentally because of it, for looking so mad, for being so tall and muscular, anything that anyone would be afraid of, he used his torn up hat to hide his face, both blocking his view of others and other's view of him, he didn't show much emotion, he didn't know how, maybe expressing some emotion would make him less threatening? But if he did it wrong then it might scare people more. Jotaro tried to not think about it and focused on finding his cherry colored friend, he accidentally made eye contact with a classmate, she looked scared as she immediately shuddered and walked faster, he started to freak out a bit, gripping his shirt under his long uniform and his breathing got a little heavy as he tried to calm himself down, he looked at the ground and closed his eyes

"Jotaro?" His eyes shot open in to see the red head very close to his face, since he was short enough to be right under his face, kakyoin was very close to his chest looking directly up at him, jotaro jumped back in surprise and fear, he processed what just happened and started blushing 'our faces were so close...' he thought, before he could hide his face with his brim, kakyoin spoke

"Is something wrong? I came over here and you looked really stressed" jotaro smiled a bit 'he cares about me' he shook his head lightly, just happy to see his friend, his hand was still up to his chest (very anime, I know) they started walking in a comfortable silence, reaching the gate of the school

"So, which direction do you live in?" Kakyoin asked, gesturing to the cross road's different sidewalks, jotaro pointed to the left one

"Sweet, me too" kakyoin smiled looking up at him 'he wants to be around me longer?" Jotaro smiled thinking about it, as they were walking kakyoin started a sort of one sided conversation, occasionally asking yes or no questions, which jotaro could answer, he didn't mind all the talking, since he liked listening to kakyoin's voice, it made him feel safe somehow, he was busy looking at kakyoin next to him when he tripped on a cracked part of the sidewalk, nearly falling into traffic, thankfully kakyoin has quick reflexes and grabbed his wrist to yank him back, jotaro got stable footing again close to kakyoin as he looked at him, obviously frightened from nearly being run over, kakyoin gave him an apologetic look

"I told you I'd protect you, didn't I?" His hand still holding jotaro's wrist, jotaro's other hand was holding his schoolbag, so he couldn't cover his face with his brim, his face quickly relaxed with a blush appearing on it 'why does he make me feel so calm?' He nodded and they continued walking, kakyoin forgot to let go of his wrist but jotaro didn't mind, kakyoin took a little bit, but he realized he was still holding on to jotaro, he got flustered and retracted his hand, jotaro couldn't help but feel like kakyoin was uncomfortable because he wasn't talking

"Damn, I was hoping they wouldn't be here today" jotaro got a bit confused, 'who is 'they'?', although his question was quickly answered as he saw a group of girls run towards kakyoin, they had surrounded him and were all talking over each other, a few of them looked over at jotaro and changed expression to be a little scared.

kakyoin tried to be nice even though they were all very annoying, he looked back at jotaro and saw that he looked really uncomfortable

"Im sorry, but im in a hurry today, I have to go" he grabbed jotaro's wrist again and speed walked far away from the thots, he hid behind a large tree to make sure they couldn't still see them

"Are you okay?" Kakyoin asked jotaro, he nodded in response, but his face said otherwise, his eyes were closed tight, and was slightly shaking with his fists clenched, kakyoin didn't know how to calm him down so he did the only thing he thought might work, he hugged jotaro

"Its going to be okay, they're gone now"
Jotaro got surprised, but hugged him back anyways, he started calming down quickly, 'I don't think I've ever calmed down that fast before, what is it about kakyoin that's so comforting?' Jotaro didn't want to let go, but he knew he had to otherwise it would start to get awkward

"Are you good now?" Kakyoin looked at him kindly, jotaro smiled as he nodded a bit, they continued walking, soon they got to kakyoin's home

"This is my stop, bye jotaro" kakyoin waved goodbye, he waved goodbye back, walking a little more to his house, they apparently didn't live that far away, with only about a block in between, he entered his home, taking off his shoes with his mom greeting him

"Welcome home jotaro!" She bear hugged him tightly

"Hey mom" jotaro replied with a comforted expression, she let go of him and started to walk back to the kitchen to make dinner

"How was school today?"

"I..." he smiled as he thought about kakyoin "made a friend today" she practically squealed at the news

"My baby made a friend! Im so happy, you haven't had any friends in so long, tell me about them!"

"Well, he's a bit shorter than me, has bright red hair, cherry earrings, pretty purple eyes, a nice smile and a comforting voice and... he..." jotaro looked towards the ground, started getting quieter about halfway through, but his mom could still hear him, she looked at him with a smile and one eyebrow up

"He sounds like a bit more than a friend..." she teased, he quickly looked up again with a red face

"N-no, I don't- he isn't- I... I'm going to my room" he sighed in defeat and walked to his room, she just giggled, she could already tell he liked this 'friend', she just had mothers intuition ;)