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‘Pannacotta took his backpack and got down following after his dad. This was going to be a long day.’
Domenico most definitely did not go into the office building. Instead of seeing staff members or administrators the halls were swarming with students, mainly freshmen trying to get to their classes ahead of time to make a good impression, and every other class lingering in the hallway not caring. Because at the end of the day what counts is if you show up, right? At least he never cared if he was late or not when he was in high school or college.
Pannacotta caught up to his father after a while, who seemed to be lost as he’s never been to his school once. “Goddamn technology, you know if they never made online registration a thing I would actually know where to go” Domenico said looking around the hallway. He was slightly surprised on how short everyone was, and the looks they were giving him. It wasn’t every day you see someone that looks almost as young as their son come to your school wearing the weirdest clothes imaginable.
“Or just maybe” Pannacotta started pointing at the signs near the intersections of every hallway,”just maybe, if you read the signs that are conveniently placed you’ll know where to go” Domenico looked at his son and smiled,”Guess you are my son with that attitude of yours, anyways lets get going, the faster we get you registered the faster both of us can leave” He said gesturing for Pannacotta to go first.
“Lead the way since I’m pretty sure you know this place more than I do” Pannacotta rolled his eyes and led the way through the swarm of students. Following Pannacotta wasn’t that hard, no one else in the building had silver hair, except for Abbacchio, but that doesn’t count since his is pure white.
“Oi ‘Bacchio” Pannacotta said. Abbacchio nearly didn’t hear the shorter teen talking to him due to him having his ears blown out by Monteverdi,”Oi Fugo.” Abbacchio looked up confused at Domenico,”Mr. Pucci” He said extending his hand.
Domenico shook it,”Domenico’s fine Abbacchio”
“Ok Domenico, what brings you here?”
“He forgot to come and register me so I’m not going to be there for the first few classes.” Pannacotta responded,”Well then you should probably run over there, there’s already a huge line and unless you know one of the counselors well then you’re going to be there a while.” Abbacchio responded
Domenico perked up at this and grabbed Pannacotta’s hand, who in response prepared himself to be hoisted on his father’s shoulders and know what it's like to ride on a bullet train.
“Well see you Abbacchioooooooo” Abbacchio laughed a little at the sight of Domenico running through the crowd with Pannacotta on his shoulders.
“Jesus Christ dad slow-” Pannacotta had to duck to avoid hitting the clock,”Do you even know where you’re going?” Domenico shook his head,”I have literally no idea, but I can tell through the wind.”
Pannacotta decided not to question it, whenever his dad wore this outfit he turned into a completely different person. Eventually they arrived at the main office and Domenico nearly collided with a pink haired woman, which prompted Pannacotta fly forward, being caught by said woman.
“Woah there… Pannacotta?” The woman asked. He looked up at said woman confused until he saw her face,”Aunt Anasui?” Who wasn’t biologically his aunt but grew up to know as his aunt.
“Oh hey Narcisa” Domenico waved at her,”Weather? Why are you here?” She said putting Pannacotta down. ‘God what’s her strength?’ Fugo thought to himself.
“Oh I forgot to come register Pannacotta and I heard there was a giant line so I came running here, and maybe caused a few accidents on the way here but it’s all good.” He said looking at the way shorter woman. He took notice of her attire, it looked… formal? She wore red dress pants, a white buttoned up shirt, and a black cardigan with a name tag that read ‘Anasui’.
“Oi Anasui, do you work here or something?” He asked confused,”Uh yeah I’m one of the new counselors, the school is going into 6A territory so they need a lot more than just 6 to have everything run smoothly here.” She explained. Domenico nodded still confused, not because of the counselor part, more so because Anasui is the last person you’ll want for that line of job, though since they let a grown man run like a maniac through the halls without a care in the world he shouldn't of expected that much. He decides its best to just not mention anything.
“No I understand that part but didn’t you go up north to live with Jolyne, F.F.,and Ermes?” He asked adjusting his sacred buffalo hat. “Oh yeah, stuff happened and my younger sister Trish had to come live with me, but there was no space up there so we moved back down.” She said beginning to walk away,”Oi Anasui wait” Domenico said walking next to her.
“Hm?”
“Um I’m not one to ask for favors but is there anyway to skip the line? As much as I don’t mind waiting I’m sure Pannacotta doesn’t want to miss his classes” The first half was true, he didn’t care about waiting because what else was there to do. The second half was a lie because he knew his son better than anyone, he’d rather be at home reading, writing, or loitering around the neighborhood with his friends.
“Sure Weather, though you might get angry looks, follow me.” She said leading the silver haired duo to her office. On the way there people did indeed give them angry glares, which were quickly disposed of after Domenico got too close to ones face and told them to fuck off.
‘That hat and the car really do change who he is’ , Pannacotta thought to himself. Without them he was usually calm and collected, speaking only in whispers. However with them he was the complete opposite, unless of course there was an important event, this wasn't one of those times.
The two took a seat in front of her desk as she pulled out various forms,”You’ll just have to fill these out and I’ll do the rest. Mr.Valentine doesn’t really care who or what comes to this school.” She said blankly,”Even prison guards back in Green Dolphin cared more about their prisoners than half the staff here” She said, and for probably the few times in his life Domenico genuinely laughed.
“Those were the days, you, me, Jotaro, Jolyne, F.F, and Ermes. Even though those few months in there sucked you made it fun.” He said skimming through the papers. Anasui blushed slightly but ignored it as him just being him. Pannacotta on the other hand was trying his best not to doze off.
After what seemed like an eternity he was awoken by his father gently shaking his shoulder,”Oi, oi Pannacotta. You just have to sign at the bottom of every page and you’re good to go” He said holding out the papers and a Mitt Romney pen.
Pannacotta groggily sat up from the… couch? “Oh yeah you fell asleep so I moved you to the couch, I don’t want you getting a sore neck” Domenico said taking a seat next to him. Pannacotta took the papers and started to read over them,”Don’t worry about anything sketchy being on there, I already read through their bs to make sure I wasn’t selling your soul away.” Both Anasui and Pannacotta chuckled as he signed the papers.
“Ok Pannacotta” Anasui said taking a sheet out of her printer,”Here’s your schedule it's currently…9:50 and almost the end of 2nd period so you can stay here for a while.” She said leaning back into her chair.
“Oi Anasui where is Mr.Valentine?” He asked adjusting a horn on his hat. Anasui gave him a weird look,”Weather no-”
“Anasui I literally just waltzed right into the fucking school like I owned the place without anyone so much as starring at us. Just imagine if it were someone else, think about for a second on how bad it could’ve been” He said with slight concern in his voice.”Dad I don’t think it’s that much of a problem” Pannacotta said trying to reassure his dad.
Domenico sighed and took off his buffalo hat, something he only did whenever he wanted to be taken seriously or when he was genuinely concerned.
“Pannacotta, I don’t think I’ve ever told you this but I love you as a father should love his son. Personally I can’t stand the thought of you or anyone else being hurt because people just don’t give a fuck” He said looking at his son dead in the eye. Pannacotta nodded, he knew that his father could be overprotective of him and anyone innocent.
“He’s in the central office, its-”
“Down the hallway to the left, after passing the attendance office take a right, then take a left at the next intersection of hallways, and then go forward until I get to the first door at the right, and then I’m probably going to have the receptionist yell at me for not going through the main door even though she’s going to say that because she wants to get into the principals pants” Domenico interjected. Anasui looked at him dumbfounded. How could he know what she was about to say?
“Oh I’m sorry if I surprised you, I can just tell by the weather.” He responded like that answered her question.”Yeah… anyways good luck with Valentine, he’s kind of a pompous prick” She said with mild disgust,”He’s also obsessed with Jesus” Domenico nodded and leaned back into the couch.
The bell rang after a few more minutes and Pannacotta stood up to leave, not before Domenico pulled him into a bear hug,”Have fun Pannacotta, and if something happens I’ll be here”
Pannacotta couldn’t respond due to being crushed but tried to,”...I...K-know” Domenico let go of his son and watched him disappear into the hallways.
He waited until he was out of sight and went back into Anasui’s office,”How’ve you been Anasui?” He asked sitting back down on the couch,”W-what do you mean?” She asked hesitantly.
‘H-he actually wants to know how I’ve been doing!’ Anasui felt something light up in her chest,”I’ve been fine I guess.”
Domenico was unsatisfied with that answer,”I know your days fine you look happy, I meant how have you been in general. How are you feeling, what are your thoughts?” He asked again
Anasui sighed,”My parents, my dad specifically, he fucked up and now we have to stay separated for our own safety. Well Trish does, I’m fine by myself and she’s strong so I know she’ll be fine here also. It's just that she grew up somewhat spoiled so I don’t know how she’ll react to public schools.” She responded clicking a pen repeatedly.”That’s the only reason I’m here”
She didn’t even notice that Domenico was standing next to her,”Oi Anasui it’ll be alright, if anything happens me, Pannacotta, and Enrico will help you and your sister. And you know damn well what me and Enrico due to people who fuck with one of our group.” He said staring into her eyes not caring that their noses were nearly touching.
‘Close, too close’ She thought to herself, ’But it’s not that bad’
“Thanks for the reassurance, Weather” She said hugging him. Domenico didn’t hug back, instead putting a sole arm around her. The bell rang signaling that third period had started and Domenico started writing something down on her notepad. “I don’t have social media so there’s my number, call or text me when you need something. Or just want to talk”He said starting for the door,”By the ways you look nice” Was the last thing he said before heading to the office.
Anasui waited until she knew Domenico was out of hearing range to squeal with joy. This was going to be an interesting year for her.
Domenico arrived at the office, and as he predicted the receptionist was yelling at him. “You’re not supposed to go through any other entran-”
“YoU’rE noT suPPosEd tO gO tHRougH aNy oThER EntRaNCe my left nut sack. Fuck your shitty fucking security measures. If I can waltz in wearing the stupidest attire known to man that makes me look like I just escaped from prison you have no right to blame me. Blame your security”
The two continued bickering until the door with ‘Funny Valentine’ engraved on it opened,”What in Heaven’s name is go-” Valentine stopped as he caught a look at the eye candy standing in front of him.
“Yes Mr.Valentine sir, this man-”
“Sh, Scarlet” Valentine said to the receptionist,”My sincerest apologies sir?”
“Domenico” Domenico responded blankly,”Sir Domenico” Valentine said bowing.”Please come into my office and we’ll discuss whatever issue there is”
“Bu-”
“No buts Scarlet. Please, come in” Valentine held the door open gesturing for Domenico to go in. Domenico looked back at Scarlet and stuck his tongue out further angering her.
Once inside, Domenico sat down in the chair in front of Valentines burgundy desk that was layered with American and AC/DC memorabilia. On the wall there was a painting of him, and above it was a cross. The blonde walked past him and Domenico could smell cigarettes mixed with cinnamon scented perfume or body wash. Domenico had to stop himself from gagging to not insult the man.
“What brings you here Mr. Domenico?” Valentine asked sitting down in his Coca-Cola chair. Domenico had to look away to not be blinded by the amount of hot pink Valentine was wearing. ‘Fucking rose wannabe’ He thought.
“Well Mr.Valentine I noticed that the sec-”
‘Goddamn he’s so fucking hot. I wonder what those lips can do. I wonder what mysteries hide behind that hat, behind that obvious facade he put on. And those muscles, those pecs. ’ Valentine thought
“And that’s why I think if you hire me I can keep everyone here safe” Domenico finished,
Valentine nodded,”Well in a school this big safety can be a really big concern, I understand that from a parents standpoint. But we simply can’t afford to pay for security.” Valentine said. He silently thanked his uncanny ability to be able to know what others are talking about without having to pay attention.
Domenico was surprised because he knew damn well he wasn’t paying attention,”Well I’m not looking for pay or anything I’ve already amassed a fortune on my own. I’m suggesting the idea because I fear for my own sons and other students safety. And before you ask about my qualifications I was a guard for Green Dolphin Street Prison. And I can sort of tell where someone and something is, and from when and where they’re coming from.” Domenico said cracking his fingers.
“Oh now do you?” Valentine said amused at the others obvious lie,”Tell me who’s coming to this building right now as we speak” Valentine continued sounding like a cocky piece of shit. Oh how he loved trying to humiliate people no matter how delicious they looked.
“Hm...” Domenico muttered concentrating on any shift in the air. “A teen, around 17 years old is coming from the southeastern most entrance. They have a cap on backwards, and their hair color is blonde. They're chewing spearmint gum and carrying books, what title I don’t know.” He said looking at Valentine,”Did I get it right Mr.Valentine?” He asked raising an eyebrow.
Valentine looked at the monitor and flipped it to the southeastern entrance of the main building, and sure enough Domenico hit it right on the spot. “H-how did you do that?” He asked absolutely baffled. “I can just tell by the weather.” He replied with a smile that nearly melted Valentine’s heart.
“I see Mr. Domenico” Valentine said as he scratched his chin,”Well you can get the position on one occasion”
Domenico didn’t like the sound of that,”And what might that be Mr.Valentine?” He asked ready to go ape shit on his pink ass. “Call me by my first name, Funny, we’re going to be working alongside each other hopefully for the entire school year.” He said standing up.
Domenico nodded and stood up as well,”Here’s a name tag and uh, as for armaments tasers are the most you’ll be allowed to use, any physical contact such as talking or restraining is only allowed for extreme, and worse case scenario you can use anything. Though you have to bring them yourselves, we can't provide that”
“Deal Mr.Valentine, although you're lying. Every teacher has at least pepper spray and some have things they're not supposed to carry” He said putting on his name tag. Valentine looked at him completely baffled again thinking that he has some unnatural ability”I’ll see you around then” He said going off into the hallways. Valentine nearly came at the sight of seeing his ass in the bodysuit.
Before Domenico got a job during the transition period into 3rd period
Pannacotta walked through the hallways, being taller than most of the people here gave him a chance to look around for his friends but to no avail. He decided to take the long route to his class, he wasn’t looking forward to anatomy with Mr.Kira, he had an unorthodox obsession with hands from what he remembers from freshman biology.
As he entered the people ring the bell rang signalling he was tardy, ’Shit, Dad’s not going to like me being late’. He thought to himself walking slightly faster to his class. As he arrived he mentally kicked himself, they were sitting in pairs, and what was worse is that Narancia had already sat next to one of his other friends Pannacotta didn’t know. He wasn't as socially inept as he use to be but it still got to him, especially when it was only 1-1.
Mr.Kira was still at his desk organizing papers so he at least had time to find an open seat, hopefully one to himself. He spotted an empty pair of desks at the end and he quickly went to take a seat. At least this was a decent way to start off his day, he took out a journal from his backpack and started writing down the various words and definitions on the board that was kind of pointless since he knew them by memory.
As he got through half of the words he noticed two things, one that they all had to do with different parts of the hand, and two someone else sat next to him. He looked to his right and was greeted by a pink haired girl that look a little like Aunt Anasui.
If he was being honest to himself she was quite beautiful.
She was doing the same thing as Pannacotta, writing down the words and definitions, although everyone at this point was doing that. Mr.Kira was walking around the room handing out packets that surprise surprise were about the hand.
He finished with his notes and looked over the packet. The girl next to him just sat there. 'Hm, my dad would want me to make new friends so now's better than never'
He took in a deep breath,“Hey I’m Panna-”
“Not interested” The girl quickly responded, voice and face void of all emotion. It didn't sound like it was out of rudeness, it sounded more like defensive. Whatever it was he didn't want intrude on.
“...ok…” Pannacotta said in a whisper as he checked the time on his limited edition amethyst Jimi Hendrix watch that Uncle Jotaro gave him before he left for Japan.
It read 10:01
Pannacotta sighed
Well at least he tried, that's what counts.
Right?
He knew damn well that wasn't the case
TBC