<A week later>

Dio sighed as he leaned against the wall of the alleyway, eyes wandering off into the distance as his companions kept talking about things he could care less about.

That was when he saw the familiar figure of (YN) appear from the corner of his eye, he tilted his head in confusion as to why you'd be outside of the mansion by yourself, you barely ever left, partly due to your mother not wanting you to wander off and get lost, and due to you not having a reason to leave.

"Hey wasn't that the lass with Jojo?" One of Dio's lackey's asked.

"Huh? Oh yeah! I thought Jojo was pinning for her, but I guess a better lass caught his eye." Another one of Dio's so called friends commented, laughing at the end.

Dio rolled his eyes at the mindless conversation and pushed himself off the wall to walk in the direction that you were heading in.

"Oi Dio where you going?" 

"I think it's about time I start heading home, you should probably do so as well. See you guys later." Dio waved them off, slightly annoyed due to the fact that they stopped him.  The lads looked at one another confused to Dio's abrupt change in behavior, but quickly shrugged it off and did as he told them to. After a few moments Dio spotted you and swiftly caught up to you.

"You know a girl such as yourself shouldn't be walking alone in these streets, you never know who you could run into." 

"Like a pretentious blonde dork who can't mind their own business." You snapped a reply, not bothering to look behind you to see who it was since you already knew it was Dio.

"You wound me dearest (YN)." Dio feigned being hurt by your comment.

You ignored him and kept walking, leaving Dio frustrated. "I don't believe that this is the proper way a lady should be acting."

"And I didn't think that you could act so much like my mother." Dio grabbed your shoulder and roughly turned you to face him.  He opened his mouth to retort until he noticed the glossy look your eyes held.

"I just need some time alone so leave Dio!" You shouted at him and turned back around brushing his hand off you shoulder to continue your walk, but he grabbed a hold of your wrist and dragged you behind him.

"Dio! Let me go this instant!" You demanded.

"I'd prefer for you to not make such a scene, we wouldn't want our parents to catch wind of this, so shut up and just follow me." Dio hissed at you.

You looked around to see the townsfolk looking at you and Dio, and you quickly looked at your feet as you walked. "Such a gentleman." You sarcastically muttered to yourself. 

Eventually Dio lead you to a hill far away from the town. He finally let go of your wrist as you two reached the top. "What happened?" He questioned.

"What do you mean?" 

"(YN) I believe you know exactly what I mean." He stated as he stepped towards you and cupped one side of your face with his hand. "Your eyes are tinted pink in the corners and glossed over, seemingly ready to start crying again at any moment. So tell me what is wrong?" 

You looked away from Dio avoiding his steel gaze, to which Dio narrowed his eyes in displeasure and let go of your face. 

"It has to deal with Jonathan doesn't it?" You didn't respond.

 "He has been gone rather a lot lately so I'm guessing you've been rather lonely." He paused. "And he has been coming home a bit too happy." Dio commented trying to see if anything stirred you.  "Maybe he has a girl?"

"He doesn't." You weakly stated.

"You sure about that love? That's been the talk of the town lately." Once again you didn't reply to Dio, you intended to keep the promise you made to Jonathan and not allow Dio to find out, you figured that this conversation was just his way of trying to get information out of you and you certainly weren't going to allow it.

Your eyes widened when you suddenly felt two arms wrap around you. "D-Dio?" You muffled into his chest after he pulled you close to him.

"It's okay if you don't tell me what's wrong for now, but just know that when you can't talk to that brute about anything you can always consult me about your problems." He stated, brushing his fingers through your hair. You nodded into his chest not wanting to form any words and hugged him back. Dio let out a mischievous smile as you did so, there was no doubt in his mind that Jonathan indeed did something to upset you and this meant that this was the perfect time for him to swipe in and steal you away from him.

After a while you two finally seperated. You weren't quite ready to head back to the mansion so Dio and you decided to lay down on the grassy hill and enjoy the lovely, sunny day, which was very unusual for English weather.

"You know." You spoke up after a while of silence. "We don't know much about each other."

"I believe that would be due to you avoiding me at dear Jojo's request." Dio smugly replied.

"Oh hush! To be honest you did terrify me when we first met." You shyly said.

"Oh really? And do I still scare you now?" He asked.

"Only slightly." You joked.

"So what do you want to know then?" He questioned putting you on the spot.

"Uh..." You trailed off trying to think of something not too boring to ask him. "Um well what do you plan to do for your future?" Dio raised an eyebrow at the out of the blue question before responding. "Well I plan to study law in college."  You got the picture of Dio being a lawyer and somehow you could imagine it being real. "It suits you, you'd probably terrify the defender of the other person in court so much they'd run out crying before they could even defend their own client." You laughed at the scenario you created in your head. 

Dio couldn't help but let out a small smile at your laugh, that he found adorable. His eyes widened as he realized the thought that just crossed his mind, and quickly shook his head of the thought, trying to get it out of his head. 

He cleared his throat. "Well what do you plan to do?" You pondered for a moment. "Well I never really thought much of my future. It's not like I can go to college." You lightly laughed, nervously thinking about what the universe had planned for you. Dio noticed your nervous look and lightly patted your head. "Well I guess you could always stay with me." You blushed at the statement he made.

"If that's your way of proposing to me that's not going to cut it." You teased him. 

Dio 'tsked' at your reply and looked away, making sure you didn't see the light tint of pink cross his cheeks. "Yeah right who'd want to marry a brat like you?" You huffed at his statement. "Besides I wouldn't propose in such a cheesy way." He barely mumbled, but you still managed to hear him, making you chuckle.

You both enjoyed the quiet scenery, the light breezes that would come and go, and little chirps from birds could be heard from the trees. 

"You know he said the reason for not wanting me to be around you is that he believes you'd cause a wedge between him and I." You suddenly announced to the blonde. 

In which Dio responded after he realized who you were talking about. "Seems as though he did that himself already, whether that was subconscious or not." Dio and you locked eyes together. 

You felt your heart start to skip a beat after you realized that he no longer held that predator gaze towards you, his gaze seemed to be softened as he looked at you. 

You nervously gulped and got up, dusting off your dress. "I think we might want to start heading home." You pointed out, noticing the sun going down. 

"I guess you're right." He held out his arm for you to hold onto after he got up. You took up his offer with your heart still beating fast as you two walked home.

'Why am I now seeing him under a different light? Is it just because Jonathan is neglecting me? Shouldn't I be weary of Dio?'  You thought to yourself in worry.

Once you got to the door of the room you were staying in Dio finally released you from his arm. By the time you reached the mansion the sun had already set. 

"Well I guess this is good night." You awkwardly said, not quite sure how to leave things between you two.

"Hm guess it is." Instead of kissing the top of your hand like usual, Dio kissed your forehead. "Sweet dreams (YN)." He whispered before walking off to his own room, leaving you standing there in shock.

'What is happening to me?'  Was your final thought before heading to bed.

**(A/N) Hey guys! Wow finally reached chapter 4 of this such an accomplishment!! I just thought I should let you know that school is starting soon for me so I'm not sure how much I'll be able to update and I wanted to get your opinion on the next couple chapters. So should the next chapter be the last chapter before the time skip or would you guys like to see more of younger Dio? Let me know! ^_^

~SC