〖JJBA - EN〗- Last Judgement

Chapter 51: Nascent love, dying love.

Morioh, Japan. June 12th, 1999.

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It had already been two days since (Y/N) had arrived in Morioh, two days she had preferred to drown in the work that came with the investigation rather than socialize. However, she had very often received visits from Koichi, her only link with the outside world. He seemed particularly curious to get to know the young woman, and especially her Stand, which he had heard of but had never had the opportunity to see. But (Y/N) only very rarely used her Stand anymore. And she wasn't expected to use it anytime soon. That morning there was a knock at her hotel room. She expected to see Koichi again, but when she opened the door, she was rather surprised to see Josuke. The teenager gave her a huge smile and scratched his head before handing her a coffee.

"I figured you would need it for work!

- Ha, thank you Josuke. Go ahead, come in. You don't have class today?

- No, it's Saturday.

- Ah yes, it makes sense now that you say it."

She invited him in, before returning to sit at her desk, coffee in hand. He leaned over her shoulder to check her research's progress. But he seemed to have his mind elsewhere.

"Say... When you said you already knew Jotaro...

- Right now, I'd rather not talk about it, Josuke.

- Ah yeaaaaah, so it's super tense between you two actually.

- Mmmh..."

She took a sip of coffee, her face closed as if nothing could disturb her.

"Say, did you have time to visit the city?

- No, I had all these documents to file for the investigation.

- Would you like to go out for some fresh air?

- I'm not sure I have time.

- Honestly, I don't want to offend you but you haven't made much progress. So... maybe going out and meeting people would allow you to come up with hypotheses?"

She sighed and put down her pen, before raising her (E/C) eyes to the teenager who was rubbing his head.

"Mmh. You know what, I think you're right. A bit of fresh air wouldn't hurt."

She stood up and slipped her notebook into her bag, in case she needed it. In one go, she finished her coffee before following Josuke outside. The sun was shining high in Morioh, the weather was particularly beautiful.

"Tell me, Josuke.

- Mmm?

- I read your file and-

- Yes yes, he is my father.

(Y/N) blinked slowly, before shaking her head when she realized what he was referring to.

"No, that's none of my business. Unless you want to talk about it, of course.

- Eeerrrh... Not really. I don't have much to say, I haven't known him for a long time.

- It's complicated to have to rub shoulders with a father who was never there for us. Believe me, I'm in a good position to know that. Come talk to me if needed.

- Thank you. Hey, you're actually really cool!

- What do you mean, "actually"?" she asked in an amused tone.

"Well you look a lot like Jotaro in your attitude, so I thought you were the same. But actually you're cool."

(Y/N) couldn't help but let out a small laugh. Take this, Jotaro.