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It wasn’t frequent that Jotaro Kujo felt nervous. He was usually calm and collected no matter the situation, always analysing everything before acting.
So why was he now aggressively fidgeting with his shirt? Having sweaty palms and a hard time standing in one place, instead pacing a little in his room.
Jotaro will be going on a date.
However, one might think of it as nothing unusual, a lot of girls throughout his school life confessed to Jotaro, even going as far as to follow him desperately. Yet he always denied any advances, sometimes even harshly telling the girls to stop screaming.
But today was different. It wasn’t the usual fans of his that finally got a positive answer. It was his long-time friend Kakyoin Noriaki. The idea of going out with him made Jotaro anxious. Because unlike any other people he knew, he felt strongly about his noodle-haired friend. He couldn’t really say he ‘loved’ Noriaki but all these times Kujo’s heartbeat speed up at the sight of Kakyoin, him talking about games and manga, his laugh and smile. Those moments existed and it would be ignorant to deny them.
Surprisingly, he was the one to ask Kakyoin out, even in his cold and restrained way.
“Kakyoin” Jotaro’s voice cut through the room as the only source of the sound was a game Kak was currently playing. F-mega, to be exact.
“I told you to call me Noriaki” the teenager noted, still focused on his game “What is it?”
“Do you want to go out?” Jotaro wasn’t facing the man, instead also focused on the TV screen before him.
“Now? I mean we went out already before coming to my place” Kakyoin answered, confused a little. Kujo couldn’t help but to say his catchphrase, hoping he didn’t have to spell out what he meant to his friend.
“I mean later”
“It’s kinda late” was the only answer he got, Noriaki’s eyes still on the screen before him
‘This dense fucker, is he joking or what?’ Jotaro felt himself getting annoyed and flustered a little.
“You know what I mean, Kakyoin, stop playing dumb” Jotaro said tiredly, his eyes now on his friend, hoping that Kak would stop pretending.
Kakyoin paused his game, mirroring Jotaro’s actions and looking up to him. The tiniest of smirks was present on his face as he continued “I am afraid I do not understand what you meant. Can you explain it to me?”
“You know what I asked you” Jotaro pushed forward, feeling himself flustered at the idea of having to ‘explain’ to his crush the question. Sitting right next to Kakyoin didn’t make it any better.
“Not really” Noriaki shrugged, still not giving in. There was something about a shy and possibly annoyed Jotaro that made him continue to play dumb.
“Kakyoin”
“I told you to call me Noriaki” the cherry-loving man reminded Kujo.
“Don’t change the topic” Jotaro felt himself getting annoyed at the mischievous nature of his dear friend.
“I am not changing anything; it is you who is getting all hot and bothered by something. Are you okay?” Kakyoin paused his game, turning to look at Jotaro as the latter tried to hide behind his hat.
“I am fine!” Jotaro snapped, looking away further. He could practically hear teasing tones in Noriaki’s voice.
“Why are you so red?” the man leaned forward, trying to get a better look at the flustered and annoyed Kujo.
“I am not! Fucking hell, just answer the question”
“Which one?” Kakyoin gave up on trying to keep it in, instead starting to laugh.
“Okay, fuck this, I am leaving” Jotaro suddenly stood up as Kakyoin continued to laugh. The latter quickly caught his friend by a sleeve. A playful grin was plastered across his face
“Alright, alright, Jotaro, sit down, I won’t joke anymore” Noriaki tried to calm down, now chuckling slightly. His hand moved to squeeze Jotaro’s one, hoping to reassure the annoyed man. Kujo sat down rather harshly, still not meeting Kakoyin’s gaze but also not letting go of his hand.
“Well?”
“I would be happy to go out with you, Jotaro”
Back to Jotaro’s worries. The man stopped, now looking at himself in the mirror what felt like 10th time today. He wanted to make sure he looked appropriate. For once, Jotaro changed his gray shirt into a somewhat nice purple dress shirt, although, he keeps his long black school jacket on. He didn’t need to show Kakyoin that he went out of his way to dress nice. He was Jotaro Kujo after all. But the new touch of purple looked nice on him.
He took a deep breath, patting his back pocket to check if he had put money there. It was the 5th time he checked it within the two minutes, cursing under his breath at his own nervousness. Finally, putting on his hat, tiredly proclaiming ‘fuck it’, Jotaro left his room, moving towards the residence’s exit.
Kujo was slightly praying that he won’t encounter his mom on his way towards, noting to himself that it would be annoying to tell her that he is leaving the room in what felt like forever and the reason behind it is to meet his ‘friend’. His mom would know something his up and Jotaro definitely didn’t feel like telling her the truth. Not today at least. And maybe never.
Luck wasn’t on Jotaro’s side today. He felt steps approach him as he reached the exit, now eyeing his shoes and hoping to escape without the unnecessary chat.
“Jotaro!” Holly’s warm voice resonated in the hallway, making the teenager accept his fate “what a nice sight to see you go out for once” she noted, standing behind her son as the latter hoped she wouldn’t see him dressed up ‘nice’. One glance and numerous questions will be dropped upon him. However, Jotaro didn’t even need to do anything. Before his mother could say anything, Kujo spoke.
“What do you need? I am busy” he half-growled, putting his shoes on lazily. There was no escape from the talk so one might as well start it.
“Where are you going, Jotaro?” Holly asked eagerly, happy tones present in her voice.
“Why does this interest you?” the man answered, still facing away as he finished putting on his shoes, now standing up.
“Well, you are my lovely son after all! And I am interested in your life! Oh?” Holly suddenly inhaled sharply as if concluding “Are you…going to meet someone?”
Oh, she noticed the shirt
“Oh, that is so wonderful! Lemme me see you properly” Holly came closer to him as Jotaro felt himself getting annoyed at her excitement. She quickly stepped in front of him, patting his houlder and looking at the dress shirt “You are dressed nicely for once! I am so happy to see my handsome son going out with-“
“Shut up!” Jotaro spoke out, feeling the annoyance overwhelm him. He wasn’t used to such attention. Not when he is going out. Especially not when he is going out with Kakyoin. “You are annoying” he stated, turning his body away from her. He expected the same cheerful voice to continue talking, however such never came.
For once, Holly was quiet. His mother could only mumble “Ah, alright, I am sorry, Jotaro”, she fumbled with her hands, not knowing what to do. For once, she didn’t push forward. For once, she felt sincerely sad at her son’s words. Jotaro’s eyes widened at that.
Holly was about to turn and walk away from her son, her head unusually low, when Jotaro swiftly caught her arm, making her stop.
“Hey, mom” Jotaro called for her, his voice unusually calm and soft.
Holly silently turned to look at her son, forcing a smile.
“…Do I look okay?” the tiny question could be heard as Jotaro still hid his face away.
Holly suddenly felt a wave of happiness, hearing her son’s nervous voice.
She stepped in front of Jotaro, fixing his jacket a little and making sure he looked his best. The student could only turn his head a little to the side, somewhat embarrassed at her soft smile. Yet somewhere deep inside he was glad that his mom was smiling again.
“Now you look perfect” Holly stepped back, looking at her handsome son. Jotaro mumbled his favorite phrase, turning around to exit the household. His mother eagerly waved, telling him to have fun.
~~~
Now Jotaro was panicking, feeling his hands shake a little, nervously waiting at the spot he and Kakyoin were supposed to meet. Except there was no sign of the latter man. Multiple worrisome thoughts ran through Jotaro’s mind. He was overthinking the situation.
Was he on time?
Did he arrive too early?
Was it even the right day?
The right time?
Maybe Kakyoin didn’t want to see him
Oh god, what if-
“Jotaro!”
Suddenly he heard a familiar voice. Kakyoin was rapidly approaching him, panting a little, indicating that the man must have ran here.
Jotaro quietly let out a sign of relief, glad that his worries and speculations were nothing more than overthinking. He also took notice at the casual look of his friend. Kakyoin’s usual school uniform was unbuttoned, showing a pastal red shirt under it. It was an unusual look yet Jotaro quickly found himself enjoying such sight of Kakyoin.
Kakyoin finally reached Kujo, taking couple of seconds to breathe after such intense run/walk.
“Sorry!” he quickly bowed, worry in his voice “I was caught up with something” Kakyoin looked up at Jotaro, explaining himself.
“It’s alright but” Jotaro spoke up, eyeing the man before him “what would that be, Kakyoin?” he asked, lifting an eyebrow.
“Nothing” Kakyoin tried to dismiss the question quickly.
“Bullshit”
“Art project” another try.
“Bullshit again” Jotaro rolled his eyes, now looking directly at Kakyoin, he noted the tired and somewhat red eyes, an indication that the man must have not got enough sleep “Your eyes tell me that someone played F-mega the whole day” Kujo finished his theory.
“Well, aren’t you a detective” Kakyoin chuckled at the deductive skills of his ‘friend’, quickly winking “Are my eyes pretty at least?” he asked, a small smirk appearing on his face.
“Don’t avoid the question” Jotaro sighed at his reply.
Jesus, of course they are Jotaro thought to himself, slightly annoyed at the usual cheeky comments by Kakyoin.
“Oh, right, let’s check out the café” Kakyoin suddenly turned around, hoping to end the conversation about his sleeping schedule.
“Kakyoin”
“Can’t hear you over the sound of my hungriness”
“That’s not how it works”
Before Jotaro could say anything else, Noriaki was quick to take Jotaro’s hand into his own, leading the man towards the café.
“Let’s go”
Jotaro couldn’t help but to try and hide his quickly becoming red cheeks with the hat, mumbling his favorite phrase.
~~~
The two of them sat I the small secluded café. The soft acoustic music was playing while the two of them waited for their orders (they wanted to have a lunch before trying the desserts). Jotaro and Kakyoin sat at the cozy place at the back of the café, seemingly enjoying each other’s company. They sat opposite of each other, placed on the soft sofas, perfect for the long talks.
“How’s your art project going?” Jotaro asked, leaning back on the sofa.
“Somewhat alright, still, I am a bit nervous about it” Kakyoin answered, sighing a little. The man always tried to make sure that everything is perfect.
“Mhm” Jotaro simple mumbled to himself.
“Well, not even a ‘oh baby, I am so sorry you are hurt?’” Kakyoin suddenly teased the man, making a dramatic expression to further make Jotaro roll his eyes.
“Don’t tell me you expect me to say that to you” Kujo noted, hoping to end the conversation before Kakyoin could tease him some more. His pale face can only take so much of Kakyoin’s cheesy nature.
“Well, who knows” Noriaki shrugged, lifting his eyebrows a little to annoying Jojo more.
“I’d rather not”
“Speaking of cute nicknames…” Kakyoin continued with the topic.
“Hmm?” this peaked Jotaro’s interest.
“Why don’t you call me by my first name?” Kakyoin wondered, also leaning back and crossing his arms, yet he had a soft expression on his face.
“I don’t know”
“I started calling you Jotaro right away” Noriaki pushed further.
“Well, Kujo doesn’t really sound nice” Jojo noted, not
“Still, Jotaro, do call me Noriaki” Kakyoin concluded. It was more of a reminder than a request. He didn’t really expect Jotaro to try and call him ‘Noriaki’ but he decided to ask anyway. As long as Jotaro even called him, it was enough.
“I will try”
“Does that mean ‘I will probably disregard your request and try to avoid this conversation in the future?’” Kakyoin raised an eyebrow, his eyes full of playfulness.
“Yeah” Jotaro chuckled, making Kakyoin’s eyes widen a little. Kakyoin found himself liking the sound.
~~~
After the two of them were finished with the main dish, thy decided to order desserts. Jotaro was quick to look over the list, deciding that he wasn’t particularly interested in sweets today.
“What do you want to order?” Kakyoin asked, still looking at the menu.
“Tea probably” Jotaro answered, leaning back on the small soft couch, his eyes now on Kakyoin.
“Boring, try something new” the latter man rolled his eyes at the reply, so much of trying sweets. But at the same time, he expected such answer from Kujo.
“Well, what about you?” Jotaro challenged Noriaki.
“Cherry desert” he answered, closing the menu and also sitting up to now look at Jotaro.
“Predictable, try something new” Kujo smirked a little, seeing somewhat annoyed and cheeky look on Kakyoin’s face. The latter returned the gesture, chuckling a little.
“You got me there” Noriaki smiled, relaxing as they waited for the waiter to approach. Jotaro was trying hard to keep himself under control as the man felt his heart speed up at the sight of chuckling Noriaki. There was something pleasant and happy about him, that Jotaro couldn’t explain.
~~~
After the dessert for Kakoyin and a cup of tea for Jotaro were placed before them, Kujo took notice of the single cherry placed on the piece of cake. He knew exactly where this was going and he was not ready.
“Do you mind?” Kakyoin asked, pointing at the cherry as he was about to take it from the piece of cake.
“It’s not like it will stop you”
“Absolutely” Kakyoin laughed, quickly taking the cherry into his mouth and doing his usual ‘trick’. Jotaro was half-disgusted , half-amused.
“That’s disgusting, Kakyoin” Jotaro noted, sighing a little at the multiple ‘rero’ noises coming from Noriaki.
“But cool nonetheless” Kakyoin answered back, finally eating the cherry but not without taking a good look at Jotaro
“Maybe I can teach you how to tie cherry knot?” the cherry-lover winked.
“Good grief”
~~~
While the evening proceeded slowly and mostly without any problems, Jotaro found himself getting worried. His insecurities caught up to him yet again, making the man worry over the date.
Is he doing it the right way?
Does he need to be open more?
Maybe Kakyoin is getting bored
“Hey” suddenly, a voice called for him, making Jotaro swiftly look up to the person. Kakyoin was smiling lightly, worry present in his eyes. Noriaki reached for his hand, drawing soft patterns on the back f Jotaro’s palm and squeezing a little to help Kujo to calm down.
“It is okay, I am nervous as well, Jotaro” Kakyoin spoke out, smile still on his face. Jotaro noted once again the precise timing. Kakoyin must have felt how anxious he has become, now hoping to ease Jotaro’s worries. Kujo didn’t know how, but Noriaki always succeeded in doing so.
“You don’t look like it” Jotaro felt himself at ease, now fully meeting Kakyoin’s gaze. He allowed himself to smile back at man before him.
“Well, maybe I do not show it but I am” Kakyoin shrugged, answering Jotaro and then adding “and I am also happy to be here with you” he squeezed Jotaro’s hand a little. The latter was quick to use his free hand to lower his hat, muttering a small ‘thank you’. This made Kakyoin chuckle as he retrieved his hand back.
Jotaro noted to himself that he missed the warm feeling right away yet couldn’t find the strength to take Noriaki’s hand again.
~~~
The two of them sat in the café for almost the entire evening, noting the time after many hours. Two men exited the café, now walking towards Jotaro’s home. Noriaki insisted on walking Jotaro back home and it was shorter that way anyways.
While Kakyoin was fully into telling the most random facts to Kujo, the latter man was once again analysing his actions. This time, he really wanted to take Kakyoin’s hand. The thought of it kept bugging him since the incident in the café.
“Jotaro….Jotaro!”
“Uh?” Kujo finally realized that someone has been calling him for the past 20 seconds. He now turned his attention to Kakyoin as the latter was quite surprised by an uncharacteristic action.
“Did you hear what I asked?” Noriaki sighed, pretty much expecting to retell whatever he was asking Jotaro.
“Not really” Jotaro shrugged. No need to lie here.
“Figures” Kakyoin answered, then continuing “I asked if you want to visit an art museum next week? I know you are probably not interested by there is going to be a good installation and I want to find inspiration. But it’s okay if-“ he felt himself being cut off by the strong voice.
“I want to” Jotaro simply said.
“Oh? That was unexpected” Noriaki sounded surprised at the fast answered, now looking at Jotaro as the latter instead looked forward, definitely not ready to face the man.
“Can’t I enjoy art for once?” Kujo let out a small annoyed growl, challenging Kakyoin.
“Well, you can but you might get bored” Noriaki shrugged. He didn’t know for certain if Jojo was interested in art.
“Not with you” Kujo mumbled, hoping that it won’t reach Kakyoin’s ears. Of course it did.
“Oh? Is that a cheesy line I heard? From the Jotaro Kujo?” Noriaki smiled widely, hearing the small response. He was quickly to catch the side of the small blush covering Jotaro’s cheeks, no matter how hard the man tried to seem disinterested.
“It was probably a wind”
“It is not windy at all”
“Alright, alright” Jotaro gave up, sighing. He gathered his courage, finally taking Kakyoin’s hand into his own yet not meeting Noriaki’s eyes “I just… like spending time with you, no matter where really. As long as you are there…” Kujo half-mumbled, not knowing how to clearly express himself in this situation.
But to Kakyoin, it didn’t matter. The man smiled, squeezing Jotaro’s hand, now moving slightly closer to Kujo so that their shoulders would touch as they walked.
“Jotaro, I feel the same” Noriaki’s smile widened, making Jotaro’s heartbeat sped up at the lovely sight in front of him. He quickly hid behind his hat, returning the light squeeze
~~~
After some time, the approached the house. The two of them stood a little away from the house, hoping to say goodbyes without anyone interrupting.
“Thank you for today” Kakyoin turned to Jotaro, a soft smile present on his face. This almost made Jotaro feel weak in his knees on how gentle and beautiful Kakyoin looked.
“Well, we planned this” he instead answered, hoping not to sound too sappy.
“Still, it was nice”
No answer
“Jotaro?”
He could only nod, finding it hard to talk as his heartbeat was pretty much overshadowing his thoughts and logic.
“Lean down a little, will you?” Kakyoin asked teasingly.
“What for?” for once, Kujo didn’t know what to do or say. His heart was beating way too fast for his liking and he felt his face heating up rather quickly.
He heard Kakyoin let out a small groan. Noriaki took the chain of Kujo’s jacket, bringing the man closer and planting quick soft kiss on Jotaro’s lips.
“Sometimes I wonder how many braincells do you have, Kujo” he chuckled, trying to catch Jotaro’s gaze.
“Whatever” Jotaro turned away, hoping to avoid looking at Kakyoin. This instead made the latter worry.
“Did you not like it, Jojo?” Noriaki suddenly spoke up, worry evident in his voice. Did he misread the atmosphere? Maybe Jotaro didn’t want that? Maybe it wasn’t good?
“I am sorry if I went out of line, I-“
“I did, stop panicking, Noriaki” Jotaro cut him off quickly, placing his hand on Kakyoin’s shoulder in hopes of calming him down.
He liked it way too much
“OH? OH!” Kakyoin’s face suddenly lit up in happiness. Kujo then realized what did he do, feeling his cheeks warm up even more.
“You didn’t hear anything” he tried to say something.
“Oh I did~” Noriaki teased him further, now leaning forward to try and catch Kujo’s eyes.
“Shut up, go home already” Jojo tried to brush him off unsuccessfully.
“I will remember this moment forever~”
Jotaro seemingly finding the last amount of strength, placed his hand on Noriaki’s soft cheek, leaning down again, swiftly shutting up the cherry lower with a quick kiss so that his poor red face won’t suffer any more of Kakyoin’s teasing. It seemed to have worked as Kakyoin was now softly smiling and simply looking at Jotaro without a word.
“Alright” Noriaki half-whispered, hugging the man closer. Kujo eagerly returned the hug, realizing that both of their hearts are beating rapidly. He wasn’t the only one being this nervous. And he wasn’t the only one being excited. After couple of minutes, the two of them broke the hug as Kakyoin now has turned towards his direction and started to walk.
“I will see you later” Noriaki waved a little, a small smile still present on his face.
“Yeah” Kujo mumbled to himself returning the gesture.
Yeah
Next week
He couldn’t wait