Why We Can't be Friends [Jotakak]

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"Noriaki are you ready for school dear?" my mother called from the living room. I walked out of my room and towards the front door.

"Oh you look so handsome" she said pinching my cheeks.

"Mutter" I said trying but failing to say "Mother" as she squished my face.

"I'm so proud of you Noriaki, please have a good day at school" she said letting my cheeks go and clasping her hands together. She tapped her cheek with her index finger and I bent down to kiss her.

"I love you so much my son" she said hugging me.

"I love you too" I said hugging her back. Once I let go I waved goodbye as I walked towards my new school. Recently my family and I moved from our old town to a new town for no reason other than the fact that my mom thought it was time for a change. That's just the kind of person my mother was, she always welcomed change. She was spontaneous in a good way. Of course my father agreed not seeing any harm in change but not purposely causing it either. My father spent most of his time working and was hardly home. I didn't mind his slight absence because I knew he was doing it so that my mother and I could live happily and comfortably.

I started thinking about my new school and unexpectedly got excited. Maybe this year was the year I'd make friends. Maybe I'd become popular and make tons of friends. Then I'd get a girlfriend to marry and live happily with while still maintaining a good relationship with my friends. Just like how they did in the sitcoms. Just like my parents want me to. I smiled at the thought of making them happy.

Suddenly I ran face first in to a pole and wince in pain. Of course something like this would happen. It was like a reality check from fate itself. I knew that making tons of friends and being popular was unrealistic, it wasn't even something I truly wanted. I didn't want to settle down and marry a woman. Although I've always admired women marrying one wasn't something I desired. I winced and held my forehead in pain. I hadn't realized I was on school grounds until a girl with short brown hair and curtain bangs came up to me.

"Are you okay?" she asked.

"I think so I just-" I started but before I could finish she ran off to join some other school girls who were crowded around a tall man.

"See Jojo he's fine, it's okay to laugh" she said.

"I was quite funny Jojo" another girl added.

"He ran straight into that pole, what an idiot" a third girl said. The crowd of girls all started giggling and laughing amongst themselves. I sighed, if that's what popularity truly is I know for certain that I don't want it.

"Shut up, god you're all annoying" the tall man yelled. He looked down at me and glared.

"Are you alright?" he asked.

"Yeah I'm fine" I said standing up. The man was huge compared to me and he had a body comparable to Hercules.

"You should watch were you're going, wouldn't want you to get hurt" he said looking down at me.

"I haven't seen you around here before, do you go to our school?" the man asked.

"I'm Noriaki Kakyoin, and yes I just transferred here yesterday" I said.

"Well I'm Jotaro Kujo, I'll see you around" he said nodding at me before leaving. Ever since I've moved to this town I've heard awful things about a guy named Jotaro Kujo. How he's a gets in to dozens of fights and leave people in the hospital. He was even more intimidating than I imagined, of course my mother heard these rumors too. Unlike most people though she sympathized with Jotaro. "Maybe he's just misunderstood and he's compensating for something rough that's he's going through. I've always taught you not to judge people based on pretenses" She said after hearing said rumors. At the time I thought that was slightly naive of her. Now after meeting him for that brief moment when he showed me sympathy I'm starting to think maybe she was right.

My first few classes went by relatively fast and I dreaded sitting alone at lunch. Maybe I should go out for lunch? I'm quite sure there's that diner that makes amazing cherry pie nearby. Once my lunch hour hit I decided to go see if I could find the diner. I wasn't 100% familiar with the town yet but getting lost trying to find the diner was more preferable than eating alone in the school's cafeteria. As I walked I spotted a bird's nest. It seemed vacant and falling apart almost inhabitable and yet there was a singular baby bird chirping in it. It seems as though its parents and siblings were long gone and it was on the brink of starvation. Why would they leave their chick to die alone? I saw the bird near the edge and jump. Without thinking I quickly reached out to catch it. It would've died if I didn't, it was much too weak to fly. I put it back into its nest and continued on to the diner. Luckily I found the diner quite easily. I walked in and sat down.

"Coincidence seeing you here" I heard Jotaro say sitting next to me.

"Yeah" I said nervously scanning the menu.

"How's your head? Does it hurt?" he asked.

"It doesn't hurt at all, I just got a slight bruise but it's fine now thanks" I lied. The bruise on my forehead hurt every time my face moved but something about Jotaro made me not want him to worry about me.

"Do you come here often?" I asked him.

"Occasionally" he said.

"What do you usually order?" I asked.

"I get the a sub sandwich with slices of turkey breast and pepperoni, lettuce, pickles, mayo, mustard, and extra bacon" he said.

"That's a lot of meat" I said. Despite that I order the sandwich and he ordered one too. We didn't speak as we ate but something about being there with him made me happy. Maybe I won't be popular and have girls begging to be on my arm. Maybe that wasn't cut out for me, and I was meant to just have one friend. Maybe that friend was someone like Jotaro. Jotaro finished his sandwich first and paid his tab.

"It was nice seeing you again Jotaro" I said still chewing.

"You too Kakyoin, I'll see you at school" he said leaving. I finished and paid for my food as well deciding to by a container of berries instead of a cherry pie. As I got up to leave I noticed a lighter on the chair next to me. It was a nice metal wind proof lighter and it had a gold star on it. Jotaro must've dropped it seeing as he was the last person in that seat. I picked in up and put it in my jacket pocket. On my walk back to school I purposely smashed the berries a bit and gave them to the baby bird who was still softly chirping in it's nest.

The school day didn't seem as unbearable as I expected it to be. I kept thinking about making a friend. For most of my life I didn't see the point in doing so. Part of me still didn't but watching the other kids laugh and smile with their classmates reminded me of how lonely I truly was. I always thought that no one would understand me if they couldn't see Hierophant Green, he was the actual incarnation of my soul. That didn't matter now though. Even if they didn't understand me, if I could get just one person to genuinely be friends with me I'd be happy. I walked home paying careful attention to my surroundings as to not run in to a pole again. As I walked I silently decided to go to the diner again for lunch tomorrow. Maybe just maybe Jotaro will be there again too.

A/N I don't know who drew the picture but I'll let you guys know once I find them. I'm only publishing this because someone asked me to. I'll publish the next chapter within the next week <3