Chapter 19: Love Hotline
I slowly dialled Avdol and Polnareff's number for their home in France. I put the phone at my ear and waited patiently.
Ring...
Ring...
Ring...
Ri-
A voice cut off the ring back tone, "Hello?" I immediately recognized the voice to be Avdol's. I gulped and stayed quiet, I was hoping no one would pick up. I felt a hand slap my back.
"Talk dammit!" The old man shouted clearly impatient.
"Hi." I responded flatly. I heard a slight gasp on the other end of the phone.
"Jotaro? I'm surprised you called!" Avdol said excited.
"Who called Avdol?" I heard someone ask in the background. Their voice was much quieter than Avdol's so I couldn't tell who it was that might've spoken.
"It's Jotaro." Avdol answered, holding back his excitement.
"Mon dieu!" The person cried out. Polnareff, I should've guessed. I heard a commotion on the other line, it sounded like stomping and then...struggling?
"Jean give me the phone back!" Avdol exclaimed, it was soon followed by a grunt.
"Jotaro you son of a bitch! Why haven't you been calling us, at the end of our journey I told you to call me! Is our friendship not important enough to you? You said you could never forget about us even if you wanted to so why the fuck haven't you called! I've tried calling you but you never answer!" Polnareff started ranting in French from that point on.
Good grief, this yelling is the reason why I haven't called this crazy French man in the first place. Although calling to talk with Avdol would be good once in awhile. My attention went back to the phone when I heard Polnareff start speaking English again.
"I'm fine putting that all behind me however, I'm just really glad that you called. Wait, why are you calling anyway?" Polnareff's voice changed from grateful to sceptical in a matter of seconds. I paused at the question. Why did I call in the first place? I turned and looked at the old man who was standing next to me listening in on the conversation. I covered the phone's speaker with my hand.
"Say it's about Kakyoin." The old man whispered. I nodded my head slightly and took my head off the speaker so I could talk into it again.
"It's about Kakyoin." I deadpanned. The line went quiet for a little bit until I heard Polnareff's voice again.
"So your dense ass finally realized your feelings for Kakyoin." Polnareff said, sounding extremely pleased. Feelings, what does he mean by feelings?
"What the hell are you talking about? Quit spouting bullshit." I snapped. What's with everyone saying things I can't understand? It's starting to get on my nerves.
"Jotaro, Jotaro, Jotaro, there's really no use in hiding it. I'm in a relationship with Avdol aren't I? I wouldn't judge you." Polnareff reassured.
"I still don't get it, what exactly am I hiding?" I grumbled through clenched teeth.
"You're really going to make me do this huh, allow me to explain." I listened to Polnareff take a deep breath in. "Well the first time I noticed it was when Kakyoin had suggested that you and him share a room in Singapore. I noticed that you had put your hand down and said nothing, which meant you were in deep thought. I had come up with the idea that you were struggling to share a room with him because of arising feelings, but it was too early to really come to a conclusion."
He took another breath and continued, "After that it was easy to tell that my initial thoughts were correct. Every time we travelling and were talking your eyes always seemed to linger on Kakyoin even when he wasn't speaking. Whenever you two sat next to each other and your legs would touch your face would get bright red. Not to mention that whenever you two talked your mood would immediately brighten up."
Polnareff paused for a second and continued, this time his voice was more mellow, "Then there was that depressing state that you would always go into when Kakyoin got injured. The period when Kakyoin was in the hospital due to his eyes and we had to go on without him, you seemed half dead. You barely talked, and you were constantly out of it. It was like a part of you was missing. It was like watching what I was like when I thought Avdol had died."
He heaved our a long and heavy sigh, "It was so obvious that you were hopelessly in love with that noodle haired, cherry licking idiot. Sometimes I just wanted to shove your faces together. It was truly infuriating to watch." The silence that followed his last sentence was deafening, it felt like time had just froze without my control.
"I'm in what?" I said in a meek, tiny voice that was much different from my usual gruff tone. I shifted uncomfortably. I heard moving on Polnareff's end.
"Wait, you mean you didn't know?" Avdol yelled shocked. I began choking on my own words.
"If you didn't know then what were you calling us for about Kakyoin!" Polnareff shouted into the phone.
"I was going to explain some things that have been happening with Kakyoin in the past few days but then you...already mentioned most of them." I trailed off at the end of my sentence due to me going into a state of shock. The old man was right...I am an idiot. The way I felt was so fucking obvious, how did I miss it? I've never been attracted to a female in my life.
Everything Polnareff said about me on the trip was the truth. From the way I felt empty when Kakyoin was injured, to every time I would blush and get butterflies at the smallest touch. I guess I hadn't realized it, but at that time when Kakyoin suggested we share a room I felt really happy for some reason, but my heart wouldn't stop beating. It confused me then but it all makes sense now.
The constant blushing, sweating, and rapidly beating heart. The way I felt happier when I talked with him, and the way I felt so lost when he was hurt. It all makes sense. I felt myself smile, as my stomach started to do flips. The warm feeling I would get in my chest was back now and it was going away.
"I'm in love with Kakyoin." I breathlessly stated.
"Yes!" The other three shouted simultaneously catching me off guard. My initial happiness quickly wore off and instead I was thrown into a state of panic. I'm in love with Kakyoin. What will my mom think when she finds out I like another man, will she be disappointed in me? The old man seems ok with it but is he just pretending?
"What am I supposed to do now?" I thought out loud.
"You go and confess your undying love for Kakyoin!" Polnareff sang loudly.
"Calm down!" Avdol scolded Polnareff.
"I can't tell Kakyoin how I feel, what if he doesn't like me back? What if he becomes disgusted by me and cuts all ties with me?" I spoke frantically.
"I'm sure Kakyoin likes you, but there is really only one way to find out." Avdol explained through the phone. "When do you see Kakyoin during the week?" He asked after a few moments.
"We walk to school together every morning, we eat lunch together, and because of our school event that is happening in four days, Kakyoin has been giving me...dance lessons every day after school." I explained, lowering my voice when it came to the dance lessons.
"Dance lessons?" I Avdol ask in disbelief. The sound of Polnareff's laughter was heard in the background.
"Shut up." I warned. Polnareff instantly went silent.
"I have a question for you Jotaro." Polnareff asked into the phone.
"What?" I sighed, prepared for him to tease me.
"Is Kakyoin going to the dance with anyone?" Polnareff asked seriously. I was surprised by the question but I answered honestly.
"No." I responded, curious as to why he asked.
"This is perfect! I have an idea, why don't you ask Kakyoin to the school dance or whatever it is." Polnareff proposed.
"I just figured out that I like him, I can't just ask him out to the dance!" I argued.
"I have something to add to that plan then." Avdol intercepted. I stayed quiet waiting for him to continue. "Why don't you tell Kakyoin that you have a surprise for him tomorrow morning, and that you will tell him what it is the next day at your after school lesson. That way you have time to prepare yourself to ask him." He suggested.
"What if I can't do it?" I asked unsure of myself.
"Here, when you ask him out to the dance tell him that you want to go with him since he was the one who taught you the dance. That way it will look like you are saying thank you, then at the dance you can confess your feelings." Avdol recommended. That actually seems like a really good idea. That way if Kakyoin rejects me it will be the weekend the next day so I won't have to see him.
"Alright, I'll do it." I complied. I heard the two of them cheering on the other end. "Thanks, both of you guys really helped. I guess calling you wasn't so bad, I'll have to do it more often." I said my allowing my emotions to come through with every word.
"It's nothing, we were happy to help." Polnareff suavely stated.
"Anything to help someone gain the same love that Jean and I share for each other." Avdol commented.
My lips curved upwards a little and I let out a light chuckle at his words, "Alright, I'm gonna go for now. I'll call you guys after the school event to tell you what happened ok." I promised.
"Hold on! Before you go tell old man Joseph that he owes me money since he lost the bet." Polnareff said slyly.
"What bet?" I questioned him, confused.
"Why don't you ask the old man, au revoir mon ami!" Polnareff let out a satisfied laugh before hanging up the phone. I pulled the phone away from my ear and set it back down. When I turned around I was met by a dejected looking old man.
"Oh my God, I forgot about the bet." Joseph moaned.
"What bet?" My eyebrows knitted together.
"Back when we were on our journey, I made a bet with Polnareff on if you liked Kakyoin or not, I bet on you not liking him and Polnareff bet on you liking him." Joseph put his head in his hands. "Now because of that stupid bet I have to give 4K to that French bastard." The old man proceeded to start moaning and wailing.
I stayed silent and walked away. Leaving behind a miserable Joestar.
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It finally happened my dear children! The incredibly dense boy got some sense smacked into him by the French lover boy! And in the end Joseph Joestar failed miserably and now owes the French lover boy money! On a serious note I am so happy that I finally wrote this chapter, I've been waiting to write this for so long. Next comes the part that majority of you have probably been waiting for, but you are going to have to wait a bit longer for that. Whoever has read this far into my A/N, can I get some F's in the chat for Joseph Joestar please. Anyways until next time!
~Author-chan
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