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JoJo De La Guerra - I'll Kill Them

(TW for mentions of R@pe.)

I open the door to the lodging house as quietly as possible, hoping to not wake anyone.

I'm about six hours later than my usual arrival time, due to the Delancy brothers cornering me in an alleyway.

My face is wet from tears and everything hurts from them trying to touch me and from them hitting, kicking and punching me.

And so much for not waking anyone, everyone is still awake, despite it being past midnight.

"Y/n!" They all yell

I wince at the noise, deciding to just ignore them.

I try to head upstairs but am stopped by a hand grabbing my arm.

My eyes go wide and I quickly try to pry the hand off of me, repeating the words "let me go!"

The hand quickly releases me and I turn to face the person while backing up quickly.

It's JoJo. His eyes are red and he looks like he's been crying.

"Y/n, I've been so worried, where were you?" He asks me.

"I don't wanna talk about it. I just wanna go to bed." I respond.

"Y/n, please, I just wanna know what happened and why you're so late, you're my best friend, and I can tell you've been crying." He says.

"Fine! You wanna know? The Delancy brothers almost raped me in an alleyway. Thats where I've been, ok?!" I half yell half sob, running up the stairs when i finish speaking.

I hear gasps, but I ignore them.

I run all the way to the roof before curling up in a ball, sobbing.

I hear someone come up onto the roof with me so I say "I wanna be alone right now, please go away"

"Y/n...I'm so sorry" JoJos voice rings out over the roof.

I look up at him and am hit by a new wave of tears.

He moves to sit beside me, making sure to leave a few inches between us.

I look at my best friend beside me, throwing my arms around him.

He holds me close as I sob into his shoulder.

He gently rubs my back, just letting me cry.

"I'll kill them" He whispers to me

"What?" I say, looking up at him.

"I'll kill them. The Delancys." He says.

"As much as I'd enjoy seeing that, right now can you just...can you stay with me for the night?" I ask him.

"Yeah, of course, wanna go to bed inside?" He asks

I nod, and we go back into the lodge.

The guys are all still downstairs so I tell JoJo "I wanna go see the boys for a minute, come with me"

He nods and we walk down the stairs.

The guys all look at me, and Jack walks up to me and holds his arms out, asking for a hug.

I run into his arms, wrapping mine around him. Jack is like a big brother to me, and i know he'd never hurt me.

I'm glad the guys aren't trying to be all up at me and they're giving me space.

I sit on the couch once Jack releases me from the hug, and the guys move over to give me space.

Race moves a little closer to me, and says "you ok?"

"For now I am..." I whisper

Race takes my hand gently and presses a kiss to the back of it before backing away again.

"I love you guys" I say softly.

"We love you too y/n" Mush says on behalf of everyone in the room.

I stand up and give each of the boys a gentle hug before going back to JoJo to go to bed.

I get into bed, and lift the blanket so JoJo can get in with me.

He lies down and I cuddle against him.

He gently holds me as I drift off to sleep.

I have a nightmare which leads to me waking up at around 5 in the morning.

I have to be up soon anyway, so I don't bother going back to sleep.

I see JoJos eyes flutter open and he looks at me through his lashes.

"Hey y/n...how ya feelin?" He asks

"Shitty" I tell him

"I'm sorry baby" He whispers.

"Not your fault they're shitty people" I whisper back, feeling a tear fall across my face.

He gently moves to wipe the droplet off of my face.

I wince slightly at his touch and when I open my eyes back, JoJo looks sad.

"I'm so sorry baby" He says again

"Its time to get up, c'mon" I say, sitting up.

He nods, also sitting up.

We get out of my bed and head downstairs. We slept in our regular clothes, so we just put our shoes on and wait for the other guys.

Eventually it's time to go to the circulation gate which I've been dreading.

JoJo stands beside me, holding my hand the entire time.

As our turn approaches, I feel my stomach start to turn seeing the brothers there.

Eventually it's JoJo and I's turn. He stands closer to the desk, so I don't have to be near Oscar and Morris.

I feel my breathing quickening as I look between them.

They give me a dirty look.

Weasel doesn't miss this, and he looks between them and me.

"Hold on," he says, holding his hand up to pause the line "y/n, what's wrong? Did these two do something to you?" He asks in a caring tone.

I nod and I look at JoJo to help me because I feel like I can't speak, because my throat feels tight.

JoJo quickly whispers what happened to Weasel, and I've never seen him look angrier.

He turns on the brothers who look terrified.

In one swift motion, he slaps them both as hard as he can.

"Your father raised you better than this. Both of you go sit over there, I'll deal with you more later" He yells at them, and they quickly follow his orders.

"Thanks Mr. Wiesel" I whisper

"Of course, y/n. I may act like I hate you newsies, but I don't really. If they mess with you again, don't hesitate to tell me" he says.

I nod with a gentle smile.

JoJo and I decided to sell together so I wouldn't be alone.

We had a good selling day, and he kept me safe from any harm that could've came to me.

As we walk back to the lodging house, I whisper "I love you, JoJo. Thanks for protecting me" making him freeze just a bit before he responds.

"I love you too y/n. I'd do anything for you baby."