〖JJBA - EN〗- Last Judgement

Chapter 55: Home truths.

Morioh, Japan. June 18th, 1999.

[default: English / italic: Italian]

When she arrived at the restaurant, Mary was already waiting for her. And seeing (Y/N) appear, she showed a big warm smile, delighted to see her only potential friend in this city.

"Good to see you, (Y/N)!

- Good to see you too. It will do me good to spend girl time to breathe a little.

- I can imagine... Jotaro doesn't want to give me the details of your investigation, but it seems particularly demanding.

- You can't even imagine... Come on, let's go in."

They entered and Tonio led them to their reserved table. He offered them the chef's surprise and they accepted out of sheer curiosity. They also ordered wine, even after (Y/N) hinted that drinking before work might not be a good idea. But it wasn't every day that she got to relax like this. Especially since the wine in this restaurant was, like everything else, absolutely divine.

"So tell me, (Y/N), other than this investigation, what do you do for a living? You told me you had a very demanding job, do you work for the Foundation too?

- Mmm, no. Not really. I'm in charge of a team of agents in Italy", she lied without blinking.

"Oh, Italy! I've always dreamed of going there! But Jotaro always refused to go.

- Oh, but I'd love to welcome you to Naples. Even without Jotaro, mmh?"

Mary gave a small, reassured and grateful smile. Tonio brought them an absolutely delightful dish of spaghetti.

"You'll see, Tonio perfectly conveys the flavors of home. It will give you a taste of Italy!"

The chef made a small bow of gratitude before disappearing into his kitchens. (Y/N) continued.

"What about you? What do you do in life?

- I work in the laboratory part-time. The rest of the time, I am a professor at the university, I teach biology where I myself studied. With Jotaro by the way, we met in college.

- Ah yes? Are you telling me he had friends in college?"

Mary let out an amused chuckle.

"To be honest, not really. He was the lone wolf type when I met him. It actually surprised me a lot when he introduced me to all of you, I didn't expect him to have so many friends...

- Surprising, hm?" (Y/N) said, amused.

"Very. You two met in Egypt, right? With Polnareff and Avdol?

- Mm-mmh. Well, Jean-Pierre Polnareff is one of my childhood friends. But I met the others in Egypt.

- Was it a Foundation trip? I saw the photo of your trip, but he never really told me about it.

- Yes, in a way... Honestly, I'm not surprised that he didn't mention it. We lost one of our companions there...

- Oh, I'm sorry. All my condolences... But I understand better now why he seemed to be so affected by the mere mention of this photo and the trip...

- Yes, they were very close...

- Ah, I understand.

- No, wait... VERY close."

Mary frowned before raising her blue eyes to (Y/N) whose expression was particularly wistful. And that's when she understood. Her eyes widened, her mouth hanging open.