March 23, 1989
8:02am

What a chaotic morning. I woke up with only one goal in mind, seeing Kakyoin. I've never gotten ready so fast in my life, and I practically inhaled my breakfast. I'm currently speed walking to his house. I can't stop thinking about his scar. I can't handle the thought that Kakyoin had been going through this sort of thing and I didn't know. Right now, I just want to make sure that he is safe.

I saw Kakyoin standing in front of his house in the distance, I started walking even faster. I was basically jogging at this point. Once I finally reached him, he was giving me an amused look.

"Good morning Joot, you seemed eager to see me." Kakyoin's smirk was apparent in his tone.

"Good morning Nori." I greeted back. "I wasn't eager to see you by the way, I just want to get to school on time." I said trying to search for an excuse.

Clearly Kakyoin didn't believe any word of it. "Sure, let's start walking since you don't want to be late then." I nodded my head and we both began walking in the direction of our school.

"How is your stomach?" I asked nonchalantly.

"Ah, now I know why you were so eager." He chuckled a bit, "It's a lot better, I'm walking normally again which is good."

"That's good." I said simply. I feel a lot better now. We walked in silence for a little bit before I decided to ask something that has been on my mind. "Hey Nori, can I ask you a question?"

"Go for it." Kakyoin replied.

"I was wondering who you planned on going to the dance with." I said, making sure to avoid eye contact. He stayed quiet for a little before responding.

"I actually wasn't planning on going, but if someone asks me to go then I will." During the sentence I couldn't help but notice that Kakyoin kept looking between me and the ground. I don't know how it happened but I felt myself smile a little after hearing his response. So, no one has asked him out yet. "Who do you plan on going with, you have so many letters I wouldn't know what to do." Kakyoin spoke up.

"I don't know who I'm going to bring." I answered honestly. I watched a Kakyoin's face brightened up as a ghost of a smile graced his features.

"Good to know." Kakyoin beamed.

***Time skip brought to you by worrying Joot***

The teacher had dismissed us from class and I grabbed my bento, making my way out of the classroom as fast as possible. I made my way to the stairs shoving off any girl who tried clinging to me. Just as I was about to go up the stairs I spotted Kakyoin, I was going to walk up to him but I saw a girl approach him instead. She yelled for him to stop. I stood still and listened to the conversation.

"You told me to stop right, what is it?" Kakyoin asked politely as usual. I watched as the girl got all fidgety.

"U-um, I," She stuttered and then mumbled something out.

Kakyoin's head tilted to the side slightly, "I'm sorry what was that?"

"I-I said," the girl shook her head vigorously then shouted, "Will you got to the Waltz with me Kakyoin?" She blurted. At that moment I felt my stomach drop, it was like someone had just hit me with a car. I felt sick to my stomach. I watched as Kakyoin eyes widened, he stood there stunned for a couple seconds. After a while I heard him take a deep breath as he collected himself.

"I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to decline." Kakyoin said slowly but firmly. "I sincerely apologize." This time his voice came off sounding more sympathetic. His brows were furrowed as he looked at her.

The girl looked down, "I understand, I'm sorry for the trouble." She sounded like she was trying to hold in her desire to cry, but it ultimately failed when she broke out into a sprint down the hallway. Tears trailing behind her. At that moment I felt extremely...shocked. However it quickly faded into an emotion I didn't expect. Happiness.

The fact that Kakyoin rejected that bitch made me so incredibly happy, I almost feel disgusted with myself. I got over it when the confusion finally took over. He rejected her. My attention went back towards Kakyoin who was letting out a long sigh before he continued walking up the stairs to the roof. I waited a bit before following suit.

I don't understand, wasn't it just this morning that he said he would go to the dance if someone asked him. Now someone had just asked him and he declined. I don't know what to think.

I opened the doors to the roof and saw Kakyoin sitting down staring at the sky. I made my way to him and tossed my bento down in front of him. Kakyoin jumped a little bit.

"You scared me." Kakyoin laughed giving me a smile.

I just shook my head, "Good grief."

"What do you mean 'good grief'? Is that really all you have to say after nearly giving your dear friend a heart attack?" Kakyoin shouted, feigning shock.

"Have you been hanging out with the old man lately?" I gave Kakyoin an amused look. "I swear he said and did that exact same thing a couple days ago." I joked.

"Technically I have been hanging out with Mr. Joestar, I see him every time I go to your house for lessons." Kakyoin answered thoughtfully placing a hand under his chin.

"Whatever." I scoffed. He looked at me and started laughing to himself.

"Alright, alright, let's just eat shall we?" Kakyoin suggested. "I've been dying to eat Ms. Holly's cooking all morning." I punched Kakyoin in the side lightly for the comment. "Hey! I was just kidding, kind of." I gave Kakyoin a glare. "Please don't hit me." He held his hands up in a surrendering position. I just clicked my tongue and grabbed his bento.

"Shut up and eat." I grumbled.

"Got it!" Kakyoin instantly started eating the contents of the bento. I slowly started eating. I'm not really hungry, I'm more focused on what transpired a couple minutes ago. Should I ask Kakyoin why he rejected her or not? Maybe he rejected her because she wasn't his type. If not then what is Kakyoin's type, not that it matters or is any of my business. Moving on, I probably shouldn't ask. I wasn't supposed to watch that unfold anyways so he would probably just get mad.

After we finished our bentos Kakyoin dusted himself off and stood up.

"Time for our lesson!" Kakyoin sang.

I frowned a little bit, "Nori, is it really ok for you to dance with your stomach being in that state?"

"I'm fine , it's nothing a few pain killers couldn't fix." Kakyoin responded confidently. I gave him a sceptical look. "Joot listen to me, I'm not in any pain ok."

I sighed, "I believe you." A genuine smile appeared on Kakyoin's face.

"Good, now for this lesson we will be doing the full box step waltz since we didn't get to finish yesterday." Kakyoin explained. I nodded my head. Without hesitating both Kakyoin and I got into position.

This specific time I felt something different in how we were dancing. A warm feeling spread through my chest, and I felt my stomach do flips. It was so nice and scary at the same time, it was like, something I had been wanting for a long time was finally given to me. I found myself never wanting Kakyoin to leave my grasp.

All of a sudden it all came to me. The thing that I had been waiting a long time for was Kakyoin's touch. Ever since I held his hand yesterday it was like I became addicted to his warmth. When we stopped holding hands I felt colder than usual. It wasn't really a physical cold though, it felt like a part of me was missing. The question that I have now is, why does Kakyoin make me feel whole?

I was so focused on these thoughts that what usually keeps me from doing the moves properly was gone. I got through the entire box step waltz with Kakyoin in only a few tries. We let go of one another and took a step back.

"Wow Jotaro I'm impressed! You got through the steps much easier than yesterday, what's the cause of this sudden improvement?" Kakyoin teased.

"I guess I was more focused." I tried making myself sound serious, however what I said couldn't be farther from the truth. My body kind of went into autopilot.

"I'm happy you are taking it seriously then!" Kakyoin congratulated me. Right on time, the bell rang. Kakyoin and I gathered up our things and walked towards the stairs. I held the door open for him, he said a thank you before walking through.

We both walked down the stairs together before we had to eventually go to different classes. "Well, this is goodbye for now. I'll see you after school!" Kakyoin then started walking down the hallway. My mind was too fried from my earlier thoughts to let out a reply. I wish I could stop thinking sometimes.

.~*~.

1577 words

(Unedited)

Hello again my beautiful children! I'm sorry for the super late update, something happened that caused my chapter to get delayed. I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Jotaro is super close to realizing his feelings, I think. He is pretty dense so you never know with that guy. Anyways I'm just happy I didn't decide for Jotaro to beat up the girl who asked Kakyoin to the dance. Until next time!

~Author-chan