The Ludicrous Escapade Pt.3

Better Lock It in Your Pocket

"Hey! It's one of Diego's dinosaurs!" Johnny aimed his nails at it and Gyro started reaching for a steel ball.

"Wait. It's not trying to attack us." You unmounted Moxy and crouched down in front of the small dino. "Hey, what is it little guy? You trying to show us something?" You followed it over to the railing along the Delaware River. It hopped a few times, trying to point out to you the scrap of pink fabric stuck to one of the metal bars.

You read the message out loud. "It says, 'The name of the ship is the S.S. Blue Hawaii.' And Lucy signed it at the bottom." You were honestly surprised that Diego had even helped out.

"Look, he's going across the river." Gyro spotted the Brando riding alongside Hot Pants on the bridge. "I'm definitely going to kill that guy someday, but right now we need friends more than we do enemies. Thanks Dio's little dinosaurs. I threeally can't thank you enough four this."

Another dinosaur skittered up to you and dropped a folded piece of paper into your hand.

"What is it?" Asked Johnny, still wary the Brando might be doing something.

You skimmed its contents. "Seems he just wants me to catch up with him for the fight." You pocketed the paper. "If you don't mind, I might take him up on the offer. You two need to rest up way more than I do." Johnny had been shot in the face and Gyro had been thrown into a fight with a different one of Valentine's employees.

Johnny frowned, "I guess you have a point..."

"Say..." Gyro just thought up what he believed to be a great idea. "before you go, (Y/N), why don't we all tell each other secrets? We all have something to hide from everyone, right? Right now, right here, let's tell each other. I'll go first. I'll tell you guys and only you guys my real name."

The Zeppeli cleared his throat, his face already going red with embarrassment. "Gyro is a pet name, or rather a nickname. My full name is Iulius Caesar Zeppeli. My father gave it to me. Even my younger brothers don't know that name, so you you better not tell anyone. Okay, now someone else go!"

Johnny's eyes widened slightly. "I'm really surprised! Wasn't that this year's biggest hit? Iulius Caesar? The one read as 'Julius Caesar' in English? The ancient Roman general? I'm super number one flabbergasted! Are you serious about that, Gyro? Your old man's incredible!"

"Wow... Caesar, huh?" You smiled faintly. "I think it's a good name. You don't need to be so embarrassed about it."

Gyro elbowed you in the shoulder, "Shut up, you jerks! Never say that name again! Now what about you, Johnny? Didn't you mention your real name was Jonathan or something?"

"Yeah. My real name is Jonathan Joestar. People used to call me JoJo because of that, but they stopped once I started going by Johnny. But, uh..." Johnny rubbed the back of his neck, his own feeling of embarrassment beginning to settle in. "I guess there's a secret I could say, but I feel like I'll regret it as soon as I do."

"That's because it's a secret! Hurry up and say it!" Gyro didn't want to be the only telling such embarrassing things.

"The truth is..." Johnny kept his gaze away from you, not wanting you to think weirdly of him for what he was about to say. "How do I say this... Do you know what a fetish is? I've got a little fetish... Uh, well... when a girl gets bitten by a mosquito and their skin swells and gets a little red. That excites me! That's all! Don't tell anybody!" He peaked at you from the corner of his eye. "Ah, I knew it! I take it back!" He started pulling the front of his jacket up to hide his face. "(Y/N), just forget I said anything!"

"Oh..." You suddenly a felt a little awkward for having shown him that bug bite on your neck a while back. "But it's okay, Johnny." You gave him a pat on the shoulder. "I'm not going suddenly start hating you because you have a bug bite fetish. It's not like you're killing people over it."