Sea Star ☆ [DISCONTINUED]

Yukako Yamagishi

It's been a couple days after that incident with that Yukako girl. Koichi seemed mentally disturbed. Josuke, Okuyasu, Koichi and I gathered by a park bench to discuss what Koichi could do before they headed on to school.

"Don't bathe- girls hate that!" Okuyasu pinched his nose.

"Oh, having smelly socks is pretty bad too." Josuke added on.

"Eh? I don't think I can do that! I think it will make things worse." Koichi shook his head.

"Act like you're a bad guy. I'm sure she'll go away." Josuke sat down on the bench, tiredly.

"You know, I think Y/N might have the best answer." Koichi said, making all three of the teens look at me. I flinched.

"Uh, sure. Let me think..."

After a moment I came up with an idea. "Just tell her that you're not interested. It's simple really. Sometimes girls can take things the wrong way, so you have to be straightforward."

"Wow. So it's really that simple?" Okuyasu sighed.

"I mean, it's better than to lead a girl on and break her heart." I shrug.

"So how would he tell her?" Josuke took out a comb and fixed his pompadour.

"Easy. Tell her when she brings up the topic of liking Koichi."

"And you think this'll work? Yukako... she's kind of scary." Koichi scratched the back of his neck.

"It should work. Yukako is kind of weird, so I wouldn't know how she'll react."

"God, I hope you're right." Koichi

The three boys got up and said their brief goodbyes, heading straight for their school. I waved back, and decided to head into the shopping district.

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After I finished shopping for everything, I headed back to the hotel and went to check on Jolyne, who was coloring pictures of butterflies. Jotaro was in the office space and called for me.

I opened up his door to see him sitting down in his chair. He was still wearing his hat, even though it was quite hot in the room.

"Hello Jotaro. What's up?"

"I want you to do this assignment." He hands me a thin packet with perfectly hand drawn pictures. My jaw drops.

"Jotaro, did you draw all this? It's so... so detailed !" I smiled at it, holding up a graphite drawing of a starfish.

"No. It was Star Platinum. He helps me draw with his enhanced vision."

"Cool," I said. "What do I do?"

"You have to label each part of the basic starfish living in the area. Describe each part with three points. Then, complete an essay about your experience. It should be no less than 3 paragraphs."

"Sounds good. But where do I do the research?" I tilt my head, still holding onto the packet.

"Go to the Morioh Bay Wildlife Center. Directions are on the back of the first page." Jotaro shooed me off. I walked towards the door.

"Oh. And I've decided that you'll be doing a daily journal entry. Write about your experiences in Japan." He comments.

"Yes sir." I say, taking my leave for the wildlife center.