【Fated Journey】 Vento Aureo x Reader

Chapter 5: Tagging Along, Sort of

The battle against Black Sabbath had finally ended and you were free to relax for once since you'd been here. You sat up from the floor, running your s/c fingers through your h/c locks to rid your hair of any pebbles or dirt. Your ankle ached from the tight grip the enemy had on you as well as going through Echoes ability, needless to say you had a rough first day here.

"Excuse me signora," the blonde asked gaining your attention, "That stand, was it yours?" 

You avoided eye contact with Giorno as you thought back to the last part of the battle against Polpos stand, you remembered there being a third humanoid being that jumped in as the fight was concluding. You recalled it being yellow, or at least somewhat yellow. Perhaps that was your stand.

"I-I think it was." you timidly answered the boy, your gaze still fixated on the ground with your hand fumbling with a strand of your hair. "It w-would make sense, wh-when I was held by Blac-" you cut yourself from making a mistake, you cleared your throat," I m-mean by that s-stand It attacked me with th-that arrow and said I was a chosen one." you finished. Giorno stood listening to your explanation while giving a subtle not at your conclusion.

"I see," the blonde spoke, "But answer this for me, I assume that was your first time seeing a stand, so tell me," he paused causing a bead of sweat to form on your brow, "How did you know about the enemy stand and how it worked?" 

'Oh crap.'

You completely forgot about that, you probably looked super suspicious in his eyes. Yet again you put yourself in another situation where you would have to come up with an excuse to hopefully prove your innocence, and you thought Koichi was spooky. 
You sat on the ground silently, you were shaking due to the nervousness that loomed over you as soon as Giorno had asked that damned question. An idea had popped up in your head but you wondered if it would only worsen his suspicions. You had no other option, if you kept him waiting any longer he would only assume the worst, so without giving it any more thought you opened your mouth to say the following:

"W-well you see umm...I-I knew about it because I.." you thought about the next words that were going to come out of your mouth, "Because I...I knew someone who was a stand user! Yes, a-and..his name was..Kakyoin?" god you hated yourself right now. 

Giorno looked at you with a cocked brow, he was unsure if he should trust you or not, but then again you did help him. Both with his well being and the fight, he had his suspicions but he believed you were a good person with good intentions. "Ah, I understand, then I'll be taking my leave now." he bowed, "Thank you again for helping me back at the stairs, Y/n." and with that he turned on his heel and began walking away.

Once he was out of sight you let out a breath you didn't know you held, you stood up from the ground and brushed off the dirt and rubble off your already tattered clothing. You looked back to where the blonde had disappeared and thought about what was going to happen next, he would go to Polpo and become an official member of Passione, that is where you needed to go next. Tomorrow you join the Bucci Gang.

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☆Giornos POV☆ 

The lighter burned bright in my hand as I stood before the entrance of the prison where Polpo stays. I performed the same trick I had used when I first received the lighter, turning it into a flower while hiding the flame within it. The door to the prison opened and I proceeded to walk inside, but I was surprised to hear a second set of footsteps directly behind me. I stopped and looked over my shoulder to see that same girl from yesterday. Had she followed me? Why here of all places?

She walked past me but I could tell she was anxious, I didn't think much of her sudden appearance and shrugged it off as us seeing each other again as a coincidence, but I had a feeling this wasn't the only time she'd show up.
Continuing my duty, I walked past the gates and soon enough caught up with the female. As we walked I stole some glances at her features, she was undeniably a fairly pretty girl. Her clothes we ripped and riddled with blood stains, I wonder what had happened.

☆Y/ns POV☆  

'I can't believe I'm doing this.' you panicked in your mind, thinking about doing this was silly as it was but actually going through with it? Yeah, that's a whole knew level of god help me. You had walked ahead but Giorno soon caught up with you, he walked beside you for a good few seconds before passing by, him now leading. 

Entering the prison, we were met with guards wielding firearms as well as a man sat at a desk with an orange tray set in front of him, on the other side was a female guard, once we were done putting our belongings in this tray she would be the one doing the pat down. 

"Place your belongings in this tray, once you've finished you can proceed on to the pat down." the man sat at the desk ordered.

Giorno fumbled around in his pockets to prove he had nothing on him except for a flower, you on the other hand did as told and copied Giornos movements but ended up finding something in your back pocket. Taking out the cold item you were happily surprised to find your phone, you wanted to jump around in happiness but you suppressed the urge and put it in the orange tray. The gate to the next room opened and you both walked in.

"Please stand over there, hands behind your head." the female guard instructed. You both complied.

As the female was patting down Giorno, she looked over at you with a face that reads 'State your business.'

"You. What is your purpose here." she asked coldly, it made you gulp nervously.

"I'm with him." you answered. Giorno turned his head over at you, his expression stayed but deep down he was shocked. You didn't dare look back at him so instead you stayed facing the lady guard. 

"Is that true?" she turned to face the blonde whos arms were still held above his head. 

Giorno stood still for a good few seconds before replying with a simple answer. "Yes." the female guard nodded at his answer and proceeded to pat you down. As you expected she found nothing in your pockets. Once she finished she signaled to the others on the opposite side of the bars and a separate door opened. Giorno was the first to enter, you following. 

With both of you inside the door behind you closed, causing you to jump. Well, there's no going back.

Now, you meet the capo himself, Polpo.

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This chapter was so hard to write Jesus frick. AlSo I'm not entirely sure what Giorno did with the lighter so I just decided to make him use the flower trick again, so DeAL WiTH iT.