Don't leave me again. [Jotakak]

Chapter 2 - Paintings

[Jotaros POV]
After i arrived back to my apartment i started thinking about how to show Nori that i was truly sorry for leaving him alone. I began to think about the things he loved: Cherries, painting, gaming and almost anything that wasn't at the heart of evil. That's what Kakyoin was like, he didn't care who you were, what you did. He loved you if he knew you weren't pure evil. Nori inspired me so many times. I never understood how though. He had that effect on people; if you were in the lowest of despair he'd be there for you. He'd help you until you were satisfied. That's just how Kak was. That was his personality.

Even though i had only just arrived back home i went back out to a store. It sold numerous amounts of art supplies, as well as medias. I remember picking up a few things like paints, brushes, pencils and a canvas.

I wasn't very good at art, Star Platinum was but clearly i hadn't been given those skills along with my stand. As great as it would've been if Star had been the one painting for Kak, i wanted it to be something special, something made by me. No matter how bad it was i just wanted Nori to know i had put so much effort into it in order to apologise. I quickly got to work, at first sketching out a small idea of what to paint, i'd admit i had not a clue what i was going to paint. I began searching through my room for ideas, even went down to the lobby it my apartment block to take ideas from the art that hung there.

I finally made up my mind and went back to my room. I picked up the pencil again, pressed play on Kakyoins Go-to playlist and began to sketch a faint outline of what i was about to paint. I picked up the red, yellow, orange, blue and white paint tubes that i had left on my bed. I was planning on something Kakyoin would like. I spent around 3-4 hours adding a base colour, then highlights, then blending, then more highlights and so on.

After those few hours had passed i stood back and wiped my head with my hand, accidentally smudging red paint onto my forehead. I had painted a pair of lips which held cherries between its teeth. It looked beautiful. I wast an artist or anything but this one of the best things i had made. I hope Nori would be proud of me. All of the warm hues mixed well with the cold hues. All of the light tones worked well with the dark tones. Everything in the painting just fit together. I waited around another hour for it to dry then brought the canvas down to my car, placed it in the passenger seat then started the engine. I was going back to where kakyoin rested.

Again, it only took me around ten minutes to arrive where he was buried. I spent the next few minutes looking for Kakyoins grave. I didn't really know where it was due or the fact i had only been there at his funeral and earlier that day to visit him.

It eventually began to rain and because i didn't want to ruin the canvas i retreated back to my car. I sat in there for around an hour, looking at newspaper headlines and comments people had made about Nori's death.
"Did you hear, Kakyoin got turned into a cherry doughnut."
"I knew he wasn't as tough as he tried to appear."
"He deserves to die"
The week that Kak had died those were the only things i had heard at school. No one cared that Nori was trying to save their lives. No one cared that Nori had died. The cherry doughnut comments got me the most. They took something Kakyoin loved and morphed it into rude descriptions of how he died. He wanted to save them. I got into a lot of fights that week. I eventually lost all my friends. I eventually lost all hope. I knew he wasn't coming back.

Eventually the rain cleared up and i was pretty sure i had remembered where Nori was buried. I walked over to the area he was buried.

He wasn't there.
I spent around another hour looking for his grave, even after i had looked around the entire cemetery he still wasn't there. I collapsed to the floor. He was here earlier why isn't he here now.

"Do you need help?"
I heard a familiar voice.
I shook it off.
"I- I'm fine. I just lost someone."

Then i heard their footsteps grow more and more distant. Why did i recognise them?
I wanted to know but i didn't dare look back. After fifteen minutes i picked up my stuff and walked back to my car.

Where are you Nori?