《Metanoia》Chapter 30
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You stood in the back of the boat, finally alone. No one else came up to you. You listened to the silence, and you could watch the water without a thought and smile to yourself.
Flashback -
Everyone was on the boat Bruno rented, and you were on your way back to Capri. From there, the team was going to go to Naples, and you and Polnareff would be dropped off in Capri for your study trip.
You were leaning again the side of the boat alone while watching the water. The way the sun reflected off the water was beautiful. It made it look like the water was sparkling and twinkling.
"I see why you love the ocean so much. It's beautiful."
You turned your head to the side and saw Bruno gently smiling and standing next to you. He leaned against the side of the boat and you smiled.
"Yeah."
You kept your response short and tight. Bruno was looking at you instead of the water. He wasn't being discreet about it so you noticed it almost immediately but you didn't say anything. It only made your smile grow a bit before returning to a relaxed one.
"I know when you joined you wanted nothing to do with us, are you going to go back and continue your life, or will you stay with us? With me."
You let out a deep exhale and smiled to yourself.
"I want to continue my studies and become a marine biologist, it's always been my dream, but after everything that's happened, I don't think I can be happy with my normal life. I look back at it and I can see how happy I was with it, but I also see how bland it was. But I don't know if I can become a marine biologist if I'm tied to a gang, but if I chose to become a marine biologist I'm going to regret not going with you, but if I go with you I'm going to regret never following the dream I've had for years."
Your smile had faded and you huffed. Bruno stayed quiet as you talked, it was more of you thinking out loud rather than talking to him so he let you figure it out. He moved to hold your hand and gently rubbed the back of it with his thumb to comfort you.
"Finish your study trip, and enjoy it."
You turned your head to look at him.
"Don't let it consume your mind, you can decide when you come back. Just, enjoy your dream. You won't be dragged into any more dangerous situations, and if you are..."
He turned to look at you and smile softly and he kissed your forehead.
"I'll get you out of them."
He rubbed the back of your hand one last time and then let go and began to walk away. Your eyes followed him and you smiled.
"Thank you Bucciarati."
You spoke to yourself and your attention was drawn to Abbacchio who was walking towards you.
"Hey, Abba."
He quirked an eyebrow and stopped in front of you.
"Abba?"
Your smile stopped and you cleared your throat.
"Sorry. Hi Abbacchio."
He snorted and crossed his arms.
"What were you chatting about with Bucciarati?"
Your smile returned partially.
"Nothing."
He nodded.
"Yeah, looked like nothing."
You made a face.
"I'm sorry, did you need something?"
He scoffed and looked away.
"When was the last time you ate anything?"
You pulled out a small bag from your pocket.
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"Well, I finished one of those snack-sized bags of goldfish a few minutes ago."
You showed him the bag and he frowned.
"I'm referring to real food."
You put the bag away and you had to think for a bit.
"I don't remember."
He nodded and still had his serious expression on as always.
"I'm buying you dinner when you get back. Enjoy it."
Your lips parted and you gave him a confused look.
"I would have eaten by th-"
"You can decide on the restaurant. Tell me when you decide."
He walked away with another word and you were left stunned.
What the hel-
"Hi."
You jumped and let out a small scream. Narancia, who was behind you, was startled from your scream and you turned around.
"Oh my god, you scared me."
He just smiled and took your hand, he started pulling you away from the deck and closer to the back of the boat. He looked side to side to see if anyone was there and look and looked at you.
"Did you like it?!"
He looked with his eyes lit up and he waited for your reply eagerly.
"Like what?"
You weren't sure that he was talking about and he smiled brighter.
"The kiss! Me!"
He was getting impatient despite only asking you seconds ago and you opened and closed your mouth a few times. You weren't sure what to say.
"Well, I haven't kissed a lot of people so I can't really compare it to anything to know if it was good bad-"
His excitement was diminishing and you saw this.
"-but I thought it was nice."
His face lit up again and he grabbed your cheeks and kissed you excitedly. Your eyes widened and once again he didn't give you time to respond. He pulled back with a large smooch sound and looked happier than ever.
He ran away from you with a giddy smile and a red face. He was giggling and you were left stunned just like how you were left after Abbacchio.
What the...
You looked around and started walking further down the boat and towards the back of the boat.
"Hey! Wait up!"
You looked over your shoulder and saw Mista running towards you with a small grin on his face. You smiled until Mista tripped over his own feet and fell flat on his face.
"Oh my gosh. Mista are you ok?"
You walked to him and squatted down. You had face planted a number of times during the last few days so you knew the pain, but the sound he made when he made an impact was harsh. He rubbed his nose and groaned.
"My pride isn't."
You laughed and he stood up.
"Did you need something?"
Mista grinned again and nodded. He cleared his throat and winked at you.
"Are you a coral reef? Because I'm in love with your beauty."
He winked again and still had a dashing grin on and you giggled.
"More pick up lines from the computer?"
Mista deflated like a balloon and he hung his head.
"Yeah. More unoriginal jokes from Mista. Classic me, as Abbacchio would say..."
You couldn't help but laugh again and you quickly covered your mouth. Mista's shoulders slumped and he sighed.
"I'm sure you have some original jokes Mista. You can always make me laugh."
You nodded and he rubbed the back of his neck again. He looked up and smiled a bit.
"I don't suppose I could take you out for lunch sometime?"
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He had his fingers crossed and when he saw you about to respond he cut in.
"Wait wait don't tell me now. Think about it."
You closed your mouth and nodded while smiling.
"Alright."
He nodded, you thought he was going to walk away but he stuck around for a few more moments and he hesitantly leaned in and kissed both of your cheeks.
He pulled his hat over his face and started running away from you as Narancia did. The Sex Pistols all kissed your cheeks a million times over and then flew after Mista.
Is this reality?
"Ugh, if he stays around you for too long he's going to contaminate you with that god awful scent."
You looked over your shoulder and saw Trish. She had her arms crossed and she walked towards, you laughed and she stood in front of you. She looked disgusted.
"All this testosterone is going to make me gag, uegh. You're the only one here good enough."
She shivered and huffed.
"Good enough for what?"
She wrapped her arms around your neck and for a change, she smiled at you.
"Good enough for me of course."
She gave you a few short kisses over and over and then nuzzled your noses together cutely.
"More than good enough."
She pecked your lips one last time and just looked at you. She nuzzled your noses together with a cute smile and took her arms off you and walked away.
This can't be happening. The statistics of this happening are like winning the lottery.
You didn't have a blush at this point, you were expecting something else to happen and you wouldn't be surprised. You turned around and looked at your surrounding to see if there was anyone else about to ambush you.
"Ocean Man."
You took your stand out and you looked at each other.
"Watch my back and tell me if someone is about to sneak up on me. Got it?"
You gave it an 'ok' hand signal and it gave you the signal back while nodding.
"Good."
You gave it a thumbs up and turned around. You began to walk to the back of the boat and you didn't get five steps in when Ocean Man grabbed your shoulders and let out a loud screech.
You heard a loud thud and a small scream and turned around. Fugo was on the ground and Ocean Man was staring at him blankly as always. It screamed at Fugo again and you put Ocean Man away and walked to Fugo. He was pale and looked scared.
"I don't think your stand likes me."
You grabbed his hand and helped him up, you brushed off his shoulders and smiled.
"What are you talking about? Ocean Man loves you."
You watched a Fugo shivered as he remembered all of the times Ocean Man screamed at him and made strange noises directed towards him.
"Y-Yeah."
Fugo had the posture of a feral cat and he cleared his throat.
"Are you excited about your research trip?"
His posture slowly returned to normal and you nodded. You looked at the water and then back at him.
"Yeah. I'm just lucky it was delayed so I won't miss anything."
He smiled and didn't say anything. He just cleared his throat and straightened his posture. Except his posture had already returned to normal and was already good so now he just looked like a stiff board.
"Do you remember that old man in Venice?"
You nodded.
"Well, he told me-"
He hesitated and shook his head.
"Never mind. I was wondering if you would maybe want to go to a cafe when you come back. You don't have to say yes of course. I'll understand."
He waited and kept himself together even though he was scared of rejection. Especially rejection coming from you.
You smiled and Ocean Man came out and made a few strange noises. Drool dripped from its mouth and burned through the floor. Fugo gulped audibly.
"Yeah, that sounds nice."
Ocean Man let out a small scream directed towards him and Fugo stumbled back.
"See, it loves you."
"See, it hates me."
You and Fugo spoke at the same time and you laughed. Fugo smiled but that dropped when he looked at Ocean Man again who was floating behind you. It opened its mouth wider to show off its teeth before fading into you. He went pale again and gulped again.
"I'm going to just- I'll be- I'll be on the deck."
Fugo took a few steps backward and then turned around to jog away. You looked behind you to see what scared him but didn't see saying.
Now Fugo, that leaves one left and the odds of Giorno doing the same is impossible.
Right as you thought that you made it to the back of the boat and walked into someone. You were the one to start falling and waited to hit the floor. Instead, you felt a pair of hand grab you, one was placed on your lower back and the other held your hand.
When you checked to see who you bumped into you saw golden hair and green eyes. Giorno. The position you were in was like a dip, it was exactly like a dip.
You can't be real.
"Are you ok?"
Giorno pulled you up.
"Yeah. Thank you."
He shook his head and smiled at you.
"Y/n I need to tell you something."
You slowly nodded looked a bit hesitant. You couldn't tell if it was something good or not.
Don't tell me...
"I'm sorry for bringing you into this, I shouting have down it and I don't know why I did, on top of that I never told you about the plan to overthrow the boss when I should have been more honest with you."
He took one of your hands and cupped your cheek. You couldn't look away from his eyes and he rubbed your cheek with his thumb.
"Giorno wha-"
"But after everything I know I can't lie about anything to you or hide anything important."
You saw the emotion in his eyes.
Oh my god.
"I love you."
Flashback end -
You thought about everything that just happened, it happened in less than half an hour. You considered a few possibilities. Thought through a few plans you made etc. It felt like a week's worth of conversations happened in a day.
You let out a huff and stared at the water. The ocean was your first love, the first thing you fell in love with at sight and it never failed to comfort you.
You pushed yourself off the side and walked back to the deck. You figured out what you were going to say to everyone after what just happened with all of them.
"Hey, guys?"
You picked up your drink and sat down, the cat, who you smiled Titus after the emperor who ruled when the construction of the collision began, jumped back on your lap and you scratched his back.
"Have you heard of something called 'A reverse harem' before?"
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