The Jazz Fusion

Chapter VII: Third Mission: Heist ~Minesweeper~

3 weeks ago...

Josuke stayed silently and waited for his next date.

A tall woman appears and sits before him.

"Hey..." Josuke bowed his head. 

"Hi!" smiled the woman. "Sarah Saiku! Hahaha!"

"Josuke Higashikata..." said Josuke. "Uh... Kinda new... in the dating game..."

"Do you like comics and manga?" she smiled.

Josuke's eyes widen. "Y-Yeah!"

Tonight... In the hospital...

"God I'm so tired..." said an exhausted Erina. Erina drinks a cup of Espresso and sighs.

"Miss Zeppeli!" yelled a male nurse. "There's a new patient. Here's their diagnosis!"

"Black eyes, bruises on the arms, purple marks on the neck, sprained wrists, agitation, sleep deprivation, alcoholic...
You said that this person is pretty shy and meek?"

"Really apologetic, Doc! And they're so afraid of everything we tried to say to them..."

"I'll check 'em up, okay?"

Erina leaves and walks into the room. "Hello! I'm Erina Zeppeli, and I will be your Doctor-...
J-... Josuke! "

Josuke is shown to have bruises and black eyes around his body. He has a purple neck and sprained wrists.

"Crap...! Hey!" Erina looks at Josuke. "Are you okay? What happened?"

"I uh... Bad guy... Tried to uh... kill me..."

"Really? Josuke... These look consented..."

"She... She hits me... She... She hits me pretty bad..."

"Who...? Oh my God..." Erina checks up his eyes with a flashlight. "Who did this to you?"

"I don't wanna... say..."

"Did you tell the police?"

"They laughed... at me..." his voice broke. "It hurts to cry..." He gulped. "It hurts to breathe... To swallow..."

"We'll fix you up, okay?" asked Erina. "Don't worry... We'll have patient-doctor confidentiality. You can tell me anything..."

Josuke shakes his head.

"I'm so sorry..." said Erina. "For breaking your heart... I know that... Shit... Shit..." she began to cry.

"You care...?"

"What the f-!? Yes! Yes, I care! I don't want to see you like this! Shit... I'll get another doc-..."

Josuke grabs his hand, shaking. "I don't want... another... doctor..." he whispered in pain.

"But this is really weird... and... I really don't-..."

"I don't care... I just want... to be with you... Please..." he sobbed.

"O-Okay... I'll be injecting you with Steven's tears, okay?" asked Erina.

"Okay..."

"I strongly recommend you call the police."

"But... I'm a Superhero... And... they laughed at me... and hung up... because they knew I could handle it myself... I couldn't restore my wounds... *gasp...*"

"I don't care. Keep calling them and have this bitch arrested, okay? Shit... I feel... powerless... of helping you..."

"I'm surprised... you care..."