Love Me Tender

I can't sleep at night.

Jotaro's POV.
I'm trying to process all that's been going on lately but I'm not really not open to talking to my mother about it, I'd rather just think it through by myself. It's not that I'm upset with Nori, it's just, I'm not sure how I should feel. How I'm feeling now and the way I should be feeling are very different sentiments. I feel elated. I feel like I'm over the fucking moon- he's back and with me almost every day. God damn it I am so happy he didn't die, those long and taxing months without him were awful, I felt the only way I could escape that feeling was sleep. I would sleep for long periods of time only to be woken up either by my mother of a piercing nightmare. But I'm those unconscious moments is where I found my refuge.
I'm so busy in my head and I haven't spoken to anyone really in a while, of course I'll small talk with Kakyoin and the nurses but mostly I'm too deep in my own thought to delve deep enough into conversation. My mind is too occupied to even sleep! I can't sleep at night anymore, part of me thinks it's because my thoughts are bouncing off the walls of my skull, but the other part could debate that it's because I can't sleep without him. I know that my cherry is back, I know what it feels like to hold him in my arms, how comfortable that is... it's just comfortable that's why I need it. He makes me feel like I'll never have to be lonely again, I don't feel embarrassed to wrap myself around him and show affection- uh.. it's a platonic affection.
Like when I'm extremely stressed out sometimes I just sit down next to my mom and drop my head into her lap just to be held. I sound like a big fuckin' baby but that's always been what's able to calm me down. So I'm not surprised now that I know he's back that I can't sleep without him- it only makes sense. Who am I kidding here... that's not why I need him close, that's never been why... I shake my head violently, get up from my bed to stretch out my legs and head to the sink to splash some cold water onto my face- it feels warm. As I turn the knob to the sink, I remember the look on my cherry's face the last time I ran the water when he was here. I remember how horrified it made him feel, even though he's not here I quickly fill my cup and turn it off as fast as possible. I'll make that a habit... just in case.
Suddenly I am greeted by a short and all too cheery nurse telling me to follow her up to the second floor. I don't know why but I also don't care too much since there's nothing else to do. Once we get out of the elevator I'm met with a hit to my shin from some kind of... metal?
"Oi what the he- Nori?" Hes trying to keep in a laugh I can tell, "I'm s-pfff I'm so sorry Jojo, I guess I wasn't paying enough attention! Anyway, why did you come up here?"
"I dunno, nurse told me to go. So I did."
The annoying nurse that accompanied me here interrupts our conversation, "well~ since you two get along so good... we decided it's safe to let Jotaro here be your company when going out into the yard!"
"Y-you mean I get to go outside whenever? If Jojo can come with me I can just go?" He lights up,
"Of course you'd have to let someone know beforehand but, yes!"
"Sweet!"
"So can we go now?" I just want to get rid of this squeaky lady as soon as possible...
"Yes, yes! Be back within the hour boys!"
"Whatever."
"Okay~!" He's so cute. Fuck.
I take to pushing him in his chair seeing as he's much too excited to push himself, he's like a child.
"Good grief. What do you want to do when we get outside, cherry bomb?" I'm in a good enough mood. Nicknames are fine amongst friends... nicknames are cute.
"Hmm let's see when we get there my ocean man!" He says in that damned mischievous voice he takes on when he's fuckin' around with you. Ocean man, huh? Fuck...
"O-Oi Nori?"
"Uh huh," he speaks with an almost ecstatic smile as we reach the exit,
"Could you uh.. could you maybe let me stay with you tonight?" I just want to sleep with him... what the hell no I don't not like that I mean I want to sleep beside him...
"Hmm miss me too much already Jojo?"
"Yes or no. Then shut up."
"Okay fine, yes! BUT~ you have to say the magic word!"
"Shut up."
"Okay that works too!"