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Giorno and Mista’s bedroom, April 6th, 2010 – Monster
“How are you doing, Gio?” Mista asked his lover as he walked into the bathroom adjacent to their bedroom that morning and sat down on the edge of the bathtub to rub his lover’s back.
“I’ve had better days, mio caro, believe me.” Giorno replied as he continued to vomit again. Late last night, he had started feeling sick and as he was trying to get to the bathroom, he threw up on Mista. Even though he was embarrassed about what had happened, he still fell to his knees and continued throwing up, stopping only to undress and bathe when he was able to. Afterwards, he headed back to bed with his lover, only to get up early that morning and start throwing up again. “By the way, I hate to ask, but I have a lot of meetings today, could you take over for me?” He asked as he sat back against the tub.
“Sure, I’ll try, I might have to ask Fugo to help me with this though, he’s better at diplomacy than I am.” Mista replied as he helped his lover into the tub and washed him off before taking him back to bed to sleep. As he left, he instructed the Pistols to stay with Giorno and to let him know if anything changed. He then headed to the office to find Fugo sitting there going over the paperwork and getting ready for the first meeting.
The office – I Can’t Go On Without You
“Is GioGio still sick?” Pannacotta Fugo asked as Mista walked into the office and sat down.
“Yeah, he’s still throwing up, and to be honest, I’m worried about him. If it gets worse, I’m taking him to the hospital and having a doctor look at him.” Mista replied as he rested his head in his hands and let out a worried sigh.
“Then why don’t you do that? I’ll handle things here; you take today off and take care of him.” Fugo stated as he finished the paperwork and Mista nodded and headed back to the bedroom to take care of Giorno. When he got back into the bedroom, he saw that Giorno was on the floor and crawling toward the bathroom.
The bedroom – All Shades of Blue
“Damn it, Gio…what’s wrong?” Mista asked as he knelt down and helped his lover to his feet and into the bathroom to throw up again.
“I don’t know, the Pistols brought me a glass of water and I took one sip and it came back up on me.” Giorno replied as he threw up again. “Why aren’t you at the meetings?” He asked weakly as he looked up at his lover.
“Fugo said that he’d take care of it, you need me more than the organization does and right now, I’m taking you to the hospital. Don’t even think about arguing with me, you know that I’m right.” Mista replied as he grabbed some clothes for his lover and helped him get dressed before they left for the emergency room at the hospital. Once there, Mista checked him in using the name “Haruno Shiobana” – Giorno’s old name and got him into a room.
Antonio Cardarelli Hospital Emergency Room – If I Go, I’m Goin’
“You doing any better?” Mista asked his lover as he stroked his hand. Upon being checked in, Giorno was placed in a private room and given medicine to stop the vomiting and also some morphine for the pain that he had been experiencing as well.
“Yeah, a lot better now, thanks for bringing me here. But why use my old name?” Giorno replied as he finally relaxed in the hospital bed.
“Well, it was the first thing that I could think of that wouldn’t draw attention to the fact that Don Giorno Giovanna is sick and needs medical attention.” Mista replied as he gently kissed his lover on the forehead, pulling back before anyone could see the sign of affection. Soon an orderly came in and took Giorno for the tests and after they were finished, it was discovered that the young Don was suffering from appendicitis and needed surgery. Once the surgery was completed, he was transferred to a private room to recover with his bodyguard by his side.
Room 536 – Beast of Burden
“Mista?” Giorno asked as he woke up from the anesthesia and saw his lover next to him still.
“Relax, I’m here, they found out that you had appendicitis and rushed you into surgery. I called Fugo and told him that you’re going to be out of commission for a while so he’s going to take over until the doctor says that you can go back to work. Luckily, it didn’t rupture so they said that recovery will be quicker for you.” Mista replied as he sat down next to his lover and held his hands with the Pistols manifesting as well so that they could see that Giorno was doing better. As they talked, Gold Experience Requiem manifested and created a bouquet of flowers for his user to brighten up the room.
“Okay, that’s enough, we don’t need a whole field of flowers in here.” Giorno said to his Stand as it dissipated before it could create an entire meadow of flowers. Soon, he fell asleep with Mista still holding his hand and the Pistols curled up next to him on the pillow. The next day, Giorno was discharged and able to return home and continue his recovery with Mista by his side.
Passione headquarters, April 7th – Don’t Give Up On Me
“Well, in about four to six weeks, you’ll be back to work again.” Mista said as he brought his lover some iced tea to drink as they relaxed on the balcony of their room.
“Yeah, but until then, Fugo can take care of things with Polnareff and Sheila E and once I’m cleared, then I’ll go back and take over again.” Giorno replied as smiled at his lover. “By the way, thanks for taking care of me, mio caro.” He added as he kissed his lover.
“You’re welcome, just don’t make me worry again.” Mista replied as he placed his hand on Giorno’s cheek and later that night, he held him close, grateful that he didn’t lose him.
End.