[JOJO] Wolves in the water

"No, how should I put it..."

"Of course you're fine, it's just..."

"I don't like you now. 』

"It may be a bit too arbitrary to say this, but I don't think anyone will like the real you. 』

"sorry. 』

<<

Ah, dreamed of something bad.

<<

Maybe it's because I've been flying around recently, and because of my delicate mood, I dreamed about the third year of high school again.

That's my first love.

The dream is intermittent, but the key words are brought from the memory to the dream.

I propped my chin, looked at the clouds outside, and sneered.

The expression on his face was probably very indifferent, very similar to my father's smile.

It is a smile that cannot be seen by outsiders, friends, or acquaintances.

I still remember the first time I showed this kind of smile in middle school, my father patted me on the shoulder very pleased and said: "You really deserve to be my daughter, exactly like me." 』

As a result, my father and I fought and were finally separated by my mother one by one.

Afterwards I seldom laughed like that.

This time, it was probably because I dreamed of something bad and felt ridiculous from the bottom of my heart, so I couldn't help but smile like this.

I feel ridiculous about myself, I feel ridiculous about my uncontrollable feelings, and I feel ridiculous about being bothered by it.

In the dream, I couldn't see the senior's face clearly, nor could I see the surrounding environment clearly.

After waking up in the plane, I was in a trance, and I didn't realize it all at once. I always felt that it was not a sophomore, but a senior year.

I always feel that I am still the little girl who pretended to be herself in the third year of high school.

The plane was about to land, and Giorno, who was sitting next to him, fell asleep with his legs curled up, hugging the lion doll.

I didn't bring any luggage, only a backpack with my Walkman and my drawing book in it.

In the past few days in Seattle, I haven’t drawn anything. The book is full of things like children’s drawings. The latest drawing is this whale watching.

I drew a little hat for the whale, and a cherry with Kakyoin bangs next to it.

I ended up just drawing everyone I knew.

It's a weird children's drawing, but I'm quite satisfied.

Take a deep breath, then exhale.

Before the plane landed, I unbuckled my seat belt, stood up, and took off the backpack on it first.

Get ready, it's time to land in Italy.

<<

The people who picked me up were Uncle and Yanyi, and there was another person I didn't know.

At the airport, I said goodbye to Hatsune, and I gave Hatsune a mobile phone that can contact me at any time.

But I think that even if something happens to this child, he won't call me. The little guy is well-behaved, and he didn't say anything willful.

It's just that holding me for too long, I patted his back until he let go of his own initiative.

After letting go, Hatsune looked at me, leaned forward with her little head, and kissed me on the cheek.

Then Haruno asked me, if I have time in the future, if I have not forgotten him, can I come to Italy to see him often.

I agreed and gave Harino the Walkman in my backpack.

There should be no problem. I remember what Mr. Joseph said, since it has been confirmed that Haruno is related to the Joestar family, he will not let it go.

I think even if that woman doesn't care about Hatsune, the SPW Foundation will take good care of Hatsune... right?

...Probably, I am not sure, but it is impossible for me to stay in Italy.

I didn't follow Uncle to send Hatsune off, mainly to avoid suspicion.

The ghost knows if the woman saw me hugging Kurino, whether it would suddenly stimulate her nerves or something.

After watching the uncle leave with Hatsune in his arms, I turned around and looked at the young man standing beside Kenichi.

That person is probably Yan Yi's friend who is four years younger than him, right?

Yanyi is 21 years old this year, and if Xiaoyanyi is four years old, this child is not yet an adult.

What makes me more concerned is that his hair color and eye color are the same as mine.

Because of the hair color and eye color, I am very grateful, but the child's sclera is actually black.

The moment I saw him, I blurted out a word of cool, but he stared at me for a long time.

Until Kenichi came out and patted him on the shoulder, introduced me in Italian, and said, "This is the landlady I mentioned to you, and this one—Izumo, you probably know it too, right?" 』

Of course I know, isn't it the culprit that keeps you running back and forth to Italy?

But the little guy is quite tall, standing beside Yanyi, I think Yanyi is the one who is four years younger.

Kenichi’s friend is called Risut Nero. Like Kenichi, he was born in Sicily, but Kenichi returned to Japan because of certain things, and because of Risut, he has been running around in Japan and Italy in recent years. go.

Kenichi’s contacts in Italy are much stronger than I imagined. Kenichi said that he was born in Sicily, and lived in a fishing village in Naples for a while when he was a teenager. It was only in recent years that his irresponsible father brought him back to Japan. Served as the president of the company, and by the way gave him a mess.

Refers to the Italian Mafia BOSS post.

He bit an unlit cigarette and told me with a smile that the bad habit of pinching cigarettes was developed when he was a teenager.

After he finished speaking, he turned his head and glanced at Risut, who had been quietly following behind him, showing a look of resentment, and switched from Italian to Japanese.

"I don't really want him to put his head on his waistband. Ryuji changed his name back then because of this crap. 』

Kenichi made a gesture.

Although there is nothing in his hand, I can see that it is when he is pinching his cigarette.

Then he spread his hand and showed me the fingers.

The fingertips of the ten fingers were blurred, and all the fingerprints disappeared. They were burns, and the wound on the fingertips was probably done recently.

I don't know how much he smoked when he came to Italy.

"I want to go back and kiss those children, and cats will heal me." 』

I turned to look at Risut.

<<

Ah, I see.

But I think, no matter how long Yanyi delays, what is supposed to come will still come.

Sooner or later, Risut will be with Kenichi, like Uncle Ryuji, with his head pinned to his waistband, right?

<<

Grinding the cigarette and lighting it, the smirk faded and replaced with something I had never seen before.

Only then did I realize that this guy is really a mafia boss.

I more or less had the experience of guessing Yanyi and Uncle Longsi, but I didn't expect that these two people were desperadoes.

If I call the police, these two people should be able to squat for a lifetime.

Just think about it, just think about it.

Finally, I went to Yan’s house for a sit-down, and Yanyi said that he called Risut from Sicily recently, mainly to stare at him for a few days and let him calm down.

In the kitchen, Risut sat in the living room reading a newspaper while I helped with the dishes.

He pinched the small newspaper into countless folds, and he didn't know what news he saw.

Risut's mood swings were all reflected in his every move, and the expression on his face remained unchanged.

I fed the cut raw meat to the queen who was staring at me, and other little guys.

"How are things going with you and Kujo? 』

"...Why are you all so concerned about this, my acting skills are really that bad? 』

Yan Yi smiled.

"No, your acting skills are pretty good. 』

『That kid Kujo was too obvious. 』

There was a pause in the movement of my hands, and finally, I put down the knife.

"I don't want to eat anymore, I'm leaving, I'm going back to Japan. 』

"--etc! ?Wow Koizumo I'm sorry!I shouldn't gossip! 』

"Go away, you!"How shameless is a big man crying and hugging other people's legs? ! 』

I laughed angrily.

<<

I rushed back to Japan without stopping and didn't sleep.

Dragging my exhausted body, I went back to the apartment building first, and after confirming that Kakyoin was still alive, I started to pack my things.

Kakyoin was caught by me with a puzzled face and helped me pack my luggage.

"Miss Izumo?What's wrong with you? 』

"Ah, I'm going back to my hometown for a while. 』

Kakyoin was stunned.

After a while, he didn't know which tendon was cramping, and he started the bad habit of counting empty bars with me.

I stared dumbfounded at his bad habit of shaking out the empty strips like beans poured out of a bamboo tube, thinking, if the empty strips were there, I would definitely want to hang up Huajingyuan.

Kakyoin put away the books for me, supported the big medicine cabinet, looked up at me, frowned, and said, "But, I've known Jotaro for so long, this is the first time I've seen Jotaro treat a girl like this. 』

"look?Izumo-senpai also knows that Jotaro will yell at other girls in less than ten seconds. 』

I took the wooden box off the medicine cabinet, put it in the suitcase, and decided to take the wooden box home.

I jumped off the bench, was caught by the Emperor of Kakyoin, and was placed firmly on the ground.

Then I took Kakyoin's words and said, "I know.I also know that he is very gentle and considerate, but he just doesn't know how to express it. 』

"It's been more than half a year if you round it up. Although I don't know as well as you, I also know about it. 』

"I don't quite understand what Jotaro is thinking, so it's not his fault, but mine. 』

I took the book off the shelf, skimmed the title, and put the book back.

It's Andersen's The Little Mermaid, a fairy tale book that I can't accept the ending no matter how many times I read it.

"It's not Jotaro's problem, it's my problem. 』

"Don't chase after me, wait until I finish my postgraduate entrance examination and then bring up this topic." 』

"...Izumo-senpai, may I ask a question? 』

"you say. 』

<<

『—Yes, what happened? 』

Hey, Noriaki Kakyoin, who stepped on thunder perfectly?

I didn't answer Kakyoin's question, but left Kakyoin with a meaningful look, and took the tram back to my hometown and the shrine at home.

The suitcase was put down, her hair was tied up, and she changed into the priestess costume. When she collapsed on the porch and on the floor, she felt a little calmer in her heart.

The little witches in the shrine followed my example and lay on the floor, quietly, without saying a word, only the sound of breathing could be heard.

I closed my eyes and asked them what they were doing.

"Back to Miss, we are accompanying Miss to calm down. 』

"Go, go, what does it look like to spread out here. 』

I chased them away, and these little witches got up with a smile and started busy with their work.

When they passed by me who was paralyzed on the ground, they would put down the things in their hands.

Every now and then a book, every now and then some candy.

The shrine is very quiet, occasionally you can hear the crisp wind chimes and the rustling of leaves.

It's good to be quiet.

Just quiet down, I remembered that dream again.

I remembered that sentence: "No one will like the real you." 』

Human emotions are indeed the most uncontrollable existence, and also the most irresponsible existence.

Tong Wu shouldn't have said those nonsense words.

I've been doing nothing at the shrine in my hometown for a while, but it's not right to say I'm doing nothing.

I made a floor in my father's study, and I took care of a few frogs and rabbits to play with.

When the school was about to start, after my father and mother came back from Seattle, I managed to scare my father with a scalpel and rabbit ears.

He called out the substitute, grabbed the rabbit and the scalpel, and shouted: "I knew you were hiding something from me!"Sun wheel!let go!I have to cut out Izumo's memory and have a look! 』

I kicked my father on the arm, hid behind my mother, and scolded him: "After so many years, are you fucking crazy at last?" ! 』

My father snorted and said, "The last time I saw you like this was after you broke up!"Speak!Which little brat is it this time!Your father, I will make him paralyzed! 』

Mom knocked on my dad's head very handsomely.

"Don't worry about children's affairs. 』

My father snorted very proudly.

"I should have asked me to cut out Izumo's memories in the first place, so that Izumo wouldn't think about it more and more. She has a personality that is cold on the outside and hot on the inside. 』

"I told you all, don't draw any broken circles in your heart. 』

"You can't hide forever. 』

Then my dad changed his style of painting.

"Unless you want me to give that little brat to—"

Mother beat my father on the head again.

In the end, my father drove me out of the study and back to school.

<<

After the start-of-term exams were over, I headed into the library.

After entering the library, I buried myself in the pile of papers, and by the way, I was named and praised by the professor, saying that I could learn something from me.

I feel that if I tell the professor that I don't want to be distracted by being in love, the professor will probably scold me.

When I met Kong Tiao in school, from a distance, this person looked at me and frowned fiercely.

After a distance, I pushed the glasses on the bridge of my nose, and waved at Kujo and Kakyoin.

Kakyoin responded to me, but it was empty. I clearly saw him pursing his lips and turning his head away.

——Oh, this guy is still angry, and he is completely a child who has not grown up.

——However, I am more like a child when I run away, right?

As a result, after school started, Kongtiao and I spent the off-duty semester in a strange situation: I didn't talk to him, he didn't talk to him, and no one talked to anyone.

While eating in the cafeteria, Kakyoin asked me when I was going to end this weird cold war.

I'll get back to him, and I'll talk about it after I finish my postgraduate exams.

Kakyoin was blocked by my words and stopped talking.

In the end, the two of us sat under the ginkgo tree. I gave the scarf around my neck to Kakyoin, biting the dessert provided by the cafeteria, shaking my legs, and asked Kakyoin if Kujo was still angry.

"To be honest, Izumo-senpai, I didn't understand what you were thinking. 』

"What Jotaro wanted to ask, I also wanted to ask, but I think that after I finished asking, Izumo-senpai, you are going to run away again. 』

I shook my legs and smiled.

"That means he's not angry? 』

"No, Jotaro has a childish temper. 』

"Then I'm also a child. 』

The topic ends here.

After the temperature dropped and the winter vacation was over, my father finally couldn't bear it and kicked me back to the apartment building from my hometown.

Yanyi and Uncle also came back from Italy, and they said to me strangely that they were finally willing to come back, or something, and I kicked them into the flower bed downstairs.

In the past few months, Liu Nai has called me on the phone, and the little guy seems to be calling in time.

It seems that there is no major problem, the little guy is doing well, and Yanyi also arranged his own family before leaving.

Deliberately emphasized not to show up in front of Chu Liuno, or something.

The weather is getting colder, and as Christmas approaches, I finally have my Christmas presents ready.

When I looked up, the time was two or three o'clock in the middle of the night.

I wrapped myself in a scarf and a coat, and went to the balcony.

I actually like winter very much. When there is snow, I like to go to the yard to step on the snow and play.

It had already snowed at this time last year, and people in an apartment building had a snowball fight. We forcibly dragged the misfit novelist down and rubbed him violently in the snow.

Finally, he lost his temper, took off his glasses and buried us with snowballs.

Guessing it was almost time for snowfall, I breathed a sigh of relief, warmed my fingers, and began to look forward to Christmas Eve in the near future.

Kenichi has bought the Christmas tree, and this guy has started to decorate my room without authorization.

When I was standing on the balcony, I realized that the empty bar was also there.

— the guy furtively lit another cigarette, and visibly froze when he caught sight of me.

『——Good evening, going to the balcony to smoke in the middle of the night? 』

"……Good evening. 』

Then we looked at each other and laughed at the same time.

He put out his cigarette, acted as if nothing had happened, and said, "Looking with glasses doesn't suit you." 』

『Ah, I also think that this is a decoration given to me by the priestess at home, so try wearing it. 』

"Are you free for Christmas?Jotaro? 』

"Have. 』

When the cold wind blows, I sneezed.

"See you at Christmas. 』

"...Ah, let's go back. 』

After a short pause, Kujo said good night again.

<<

Isn't this person too gentle?Turn the page like this?Forget about it?

Ugh--

But my mood has actually adjusted.

Before returning to the house, I reminded Kong Tiao not to forget to close the balcony door so as not to catch a cold.

"It may be a bit too arbitrary to say this, but I don't think anyone will like the real you. 』

At the same time as my feet stopped, I spurned myself in my heart.

Broken memory, broken experience.

...Wait a minute, I'm obviously not a nostalgic person?

Why did I-

I suddenly remembered the French that Tong Wu said in Seattle, and the gray wolf doll that I threw.

I touched my neck, and there was nothing there.

The author has something to say: Tong Wu: That's right, it was me, and I assisted.