The Significance of Cherry Slushies

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trigger warning !!| read at your own risk!! 

this is a self-indulgent vent. i apologize if the self-indulgence flows through the fic 

SPOILERS FOR JOJO'S BIZARRE ADVENTURE PART 3!!

italics stand for your own thoughts 

The cold and sweet taste of cherry overfills your mouth.

"You need to slow the fuck down with those" Jotaro sharply tells you. He was right. You keep overdrinking these sweet-filled treats. But what for? When did this addiction to such a cold drink bring you over your tipping point? You bring yourself close to Jotaro's arms. Trying to recall when this addiction started.

The sweet flavor makes you think back to your recent journey to Egypt. Your memory of your late best friend, Noriaki Kakyoin, overloads your frozen brain. He loved cherries as much as you did, even his earrings were cherry-inspired. But was this where your addiction started? No, no, no. You KNOW when this started. You can't try to keep denying it. It was by Him.

Him. Him. Him. Him.

You think harder, however, a slight headache comes over you. "Ow-" "I'm taking this away from you. This has gone too far." Jotaro says as he snatches the slushie from you. You don't try to fight back, he was right. You desperately needed to stop. "Do you mind trying to explain how you brought yourself to such a random drink?" Jotaro asks as he shuffles back into his position on the sofa. "I don't mind at all. I just don't... know how to explain it" you muffle out. Jotaro shifts his hands onto your face, moving your (h/c) hair away from your eyes, causing them to look at his cold and ocean blue eyes. "Try to explain it. You don't have to, but maybe if you accept how it started, we can get a starting point somewhere.''

You close your eyes. Thinking back to your late teens, early teens, and then to your pre-teen years.

You know. You know. Remember. Remember. Remember his ugly eyes? The way his mouth shaped whenever he got angry? Remember the spit that his mouth would shout out and onto your skin?

REMEMBER?

*flashback*

"I said get the FUCKING remote," your father says, pissed and with absolute hate filling his eyes.

"I heard you the FIRST time. I don't need you to tell me another ti-"

Your sentence is stopped mid-way, as you suddenly see a metallic water bottle being thrown at your way. You try to dodge it as fast as you can, but the bottle hits your arm. And horribly fast. "Can't you see that you're hurting me?" you cry out. Trembling with absolute fear.

"No. And frankly. I don't care. It's discipline"

You storm out of the living room. Angered and tear-filled. You were tired of this. You were tired of your father throwing anything at you to get you to shut the fuck up. You reach your room and you plump yourself onto your bed. All you wanted is a nap. And a break from your father's relentless yelling.

A few minutes later, you heard a hard knock on your door. You shrugged yourself out of bed and opened the door. And a medium-sized cherry slushie was presented. Who else could it have been? Of course, it was from your father. "What a shitty apology," you thought to yourself. "At least it's something" you picked up the frozen slush and let it overtake your brain.

*End of flashback*

You look up at Jotaro's eyes. How can you just explain that your pathetic addiction is because it was a shitty coping mechanism your father implanted onto you each time he hurt you physically? You fought back tears. Jotaro shrugged as he looked at you "Are you going to explain?"

"It's because of my father''

You felt an uncomfortable shift in the sofa.

Jotaro knew about your father. He understood about the shitty things your dad caused upon you. Jotaro always seemed to want to bring out Star Platnium and beat the utter shit of your father, but you always seemed to stop him. He was your father for fucks sake. You were supposed to love him, right?

Right?

Your tears finally overfill you. You slowly cry out. But you wipe your tears with your hoodie as fast as they go out. Jotaro lets Star Platinum materialize beside you. You look up at Star Platinum as he hugs you. His silk soft skin brings you to a soft state of calmness. He turns behind you and he keeps continuously hugging you from behind, letting you look at Jotaro.

As your eyes fall onto Jotaros face, you notice his checks getting slightly pink. "Well... how did your father bring you to this brink?" Jotaro questions slowly. "Ora?!" you feel Star Platnium yell out. Star really didn't like your dad. "Yare yare... chill the fuck out Star. You're squeezing (y/n)" You slowly look up at Star, and he looks at your eyes. He pats your head and lets you try to find your words.

"Whenever my dad would just hit me or hurt me mentally, he would leave a cherry slushie outside of my bedroom door. And the size would depend on how much he hurt me. The intoxicating taste would always help me...'' you look up at Jotaros eyes ''... there were some days, where he would bring me 2 cups or even 4 cups throughout the day. That was the only ever apology I would get from him"

You feel Star hug you even tighter, and you hear soft 'oras' run through his mouth as he brushes your hair. You felt so warm, that you could melt through his arms. You close your eyes and you hear Jotaro shuffle his way closer to you and he brings his hands to your face.

In the softest of voices, you hear Jotaro say "I love you so much". You flutter your eyes open and you see that he has removed his hat and you can see the flush of pink that has entered his face. He is letting you see the most vulnerable side of him. Tears fill your eyes again as you quietly say "I love you too"

Star Platinum lets you go and you give Jotaro a soft kiss.

I don't need cherry slushies anymore

i hope you enjoyed the fic.

made with love,
xoxo anne

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