〖JJBA - EN〗- Last Judgement

Chapter 1: In the beginning, there was nothing.

Brest, France. July 12th, 1987.

"(Y/N), please, honey... can you bring me... my painkillers?..."

The young girl nodded and stood up in silence. She walked over to the old wooden dresser and opened one of the drawers to take out a small box of painkillers. She shook it lightly, a slight frown appearing on her forehead.

"Mom, the box is almost empty?"

-... that's what I wanted... to talk to you about."

Her mother's grave tone did not bode well. (Y/N) approached the bed again, as slowly as possible, as if dreading what was about to be announced.

"The doctor came by this morning..."

Suffering, the woman had no choice but to pause to catch her breath, reaching out her hand for her daughter to bring her her medicine and a glass of water. Which the young girl did without being asked.

"... thank you. I was saying, the doctor came by this morning... to prescribe me new medicine... they want to try something new but...

- But the medicine is going to cost more, right?"

The mother looked away, as though embarrassed at the answer she had to give. Sometimes she would prefer her daughter not to be so quick-witted. Without waiting for an answer to her question, (Y/N) exclaimed:

"It's okay mom! I will help you, I will... find a job!

- (Y/N), honey... no one with a good conscience will want to employ a fourteen-year-old teenager...

- Well... then I'll turn to someone with questionable morals! I wi-

- (Y/N), listen to me, I got to talk to your father..."

The young girl shuddered at the mere mention of her father, whom she hadn't seen for almost ten years now. Somewhere in Italy he occasionally sent a check to pay the costs of his daughter's existence. It was never enough. Not to be able to legally obtain enough to support herself while taking care of a sick mother. But about that, he did not seem to care a lot. He hardly ever called and would forget her birthday almost every year. So that her mother could have spoken to him? In his condition? It was a miracle.

"... What did he want?"

- He had an idea...

- So it has to be bad.

- (Y/N), please, put your resentment aside for a moment... it's important..."

Put your resentment aside? Easy to say knowing the reasons for the divorce of her parents and the departure of Antonio, her father, whom she would always refuse to call dad. Her mother sighed, which made her cough, before continuing.

"He offered to welcome you to his home... and pay you a good education in a high school... at the start of the school year..."

Silence. (Y/N) let out a nervous chuckle after blinking several times, unable to digest the information well.

"This is a joke, isn't it?"

-... no, he-

- Mom, that's out of the question. I don't care about good studies, I want to stay here and take care of you, there's no other option!

- (Y/N), don't miss this opportunity... you're brilliant, you can't d-

- My decision is made. I'm staying here."

Her mother looked exhausted. Not because her daughter was standing up to her, no. But because she too had made up her mind. And she wouldn't go back on it.