Zenosyne

Chapter 71

Glancing towards Joseph then the white haired man you couldn't help but raise a brow, "You're asking him not to damage her pride?" At that, the older man thought over what you'd said realizing that literally, anyone else could've done the job better.

"You're poor, right? We'll pay for your room, so come on." Hearing Polnareff say that you face palmed, he was a smooth talker with ladies but when it came to kids- he's anything but polite.

But, you had to admit- the arguments between Polnareff and Anne during the walk to the hotel was entertaining.

"Good grief can you both shut up." Pulling on his hat Jotaro let out an annoyed huff, with a lack of jacket he found himself unable to hide much. It didn't bother him that you had it, it was just that the jacket was something he wore constantly so without it there was a weight missing.

An accusing hand was raised pointing towards Polnareff, "He started it!"

"Did not!" "Did too!" "Did not!"

Finding himself becoming annoyed with the arguing Joseph raised a hand, keys were now held within his palms. "Alright, both of you!" A silence fell upon the two instantly before he continued, "Avdol and I will be sharing a room, Jotaro and Kakyoin, then Polnareff an-" "I wanna room with (Y/N)!" Interjecting that Anne watched Joseph suck in a breath. "Alright alright. Anne and (Y/N). Then Polnareff you get a room to yourself."

Walking over to grab his key Polnareff couldn't help but mutter under his breath, "Stupid little gremlin."

Sticking her tongue out in response Anne merely ran over snagging another key before running towards where you stood, hand coming to grab yours right away. "Come on (Y/N), it smells like dummies down here."

Feeling yourself begin to get tugged forward you peered over your shoulder, "Call if you need anything then I guess- and I'll give your jacket back when I can!" Aiming the last bit towards Jotaro you could faintly see him huff, hat tilting downwards.

"Say how do you even deal with them." Perking up at Anne's voice your eyes went towards where she now walked beside you, the two of you walking towards where your room was located. "I mean, they're weird."

Laughter couldn't help but leave your lips in response, "They're interesting, and they're my friends."

"Even the old man?"

"Especially the old man." Smiling down at the girl you watched her face scrunch up, eyes catching sight of your shared hotel room.

Unlocking the door she stepped inside first, "That's weird. He's so old." Running over towards one of the beds she threw herself onto it, her next set of words were muffled greatly.

Shaking your head softly at her you moved to close the door trailing towards the other bed. "I hope you know I have no clue what you just said." Pointing that out playfully you allowed yourself to also fall back onto the bed, you weren't worried about the jacket falling off since Anna was also a girl.

Raising her head she peered your way, "I said you should take a shower. You've got everyone's attention yet look like a bum." Crawling towards the edge of the bed she pointed at you, voice raising slightly. "How does someone even do that?! I mean you look alright." Moving to sit along the edge she held her chin staring at you.

Unable to conjure up a response you merely blinked at her, curious as to what she was about to say next. "Maybe I should give you a makeover- I mean It can't be worse than you are now."

"Gee thanks." Laughing afterward you sat up as well, "Aren't you a little matchmaker now."

Crossing her arms the girl let out a huff, "I've got my work cut out for me. Now go shower."

At the mention of that, you laughed once more, a hand raising to salute the small female. "Yes ma'am. Whatever you say, ma'am." Catching sight of her sticking her tongue out, you smiled softly. She was quite the character that's for sure, her constant comments reminded you of a particular blond from back in the day.

Watching you trail towards the bathroom and close the door Anne let out a hum, in all honesty, you seemed really chill back on the boat, even saving her from a few things which she was grateful for.

Though she didn't understand how utterly blind you were to the way everyone stared at you.

She may not have been around the group nearly as long as you or anyone else had, but she could pick up a thing or two. One of those things being how dense you were- like come on, Jotaro looks like he'd literally chop off your arm if you even brushed against him- let alone borrow his jacket.

"God she's an idiot." Shaking her head she trailed towards the window, eyes lingering over the ocean where everyone had been not too long ago. She couldn't understand what had happened on either ship- but knew there was some weird paranormal stuff going on. "Maybe they're ghost hunters. Those people are always weird."

Spacing out for a second or two she snapped back to attention when a knock sounded on the door, running over and looking through the peephole she could see Joseph standing out in the hall, a bag in hand.

Cracking it open she peered out suspiciously, "There something you need old man?" At her words he visibly huffed, holding back an eye roll.

"How are you settling in?"

Pursing her lips into a line she opened the door some more, eyes narrowing up at him. "Good....why?"

"That's good," Humming that out Joseph casted his gaze overtop the small girl. "Where's (Y/N)?"

"Showering." Backing away from the door and stepping aside as if inviting Joseph in, Anne trailed her gaze over his form. "How come you and (Y/N) are so close?" Blurting that out she watched the man pause, his attention right away trailing back towards where she stood. "I mean it's kinda weird, aren't you like eighty or something?"

"Observant are we?" Amused that she could gather something like that- although not about his age- he couldn't help but faintly smile down at the girl, unable not to feed into her curiosity. "(Y/N) and I have a lot of history together."

Hearing this she scrunched up her face, "That doesn't help your case as a creepy old man. I thought she was the same age as Jojo."

"She isn-is. She is, you're right there. Uh..." Trailing off Joseph couldn't help but mentally slap himself, he never knew what to answer with when people began questioning him about you. It was hard enough filling one person in let alone someone who wouldn't even be able to comprehend- let alone see Stands.

"Anne, who are you talking to?"

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Merry Christmas Yall! Here's another chapter and a little life update- So I passed the exam I was stressing about (yay) but now I have covid (boo) So I've been isolating since last week ;-; anywho- hope everyone's staying warm and enjoying the their holiday <3 smooches