Friends

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The next day

You slightly tapped your boyfriend's place in the bed, but noticed that the space was empty. This made you wake up faster than you wanted, a bit worried for where Giorno could be at that time of the day. It was pretty early in the morning, you barely had any sleep after your passionate night of love.

When you opened your eyes, you saw the emperor getting ready

"Good morning, my beauty" he said as he slowly approached you with a sad smile. You, then, understood that he was preparing for his long and dangerous trip to the north

"Gio... Already? I thought you'd have to leave closer to the evening" you murmured with a frown, making your boyfriend sigh

"I'm so sorry, but i will have to go now. Please, take care of yourself. I will try to come back as soon as i can" his eyes started to water and so did yours. You two didn't want to separate, especially in this situation; but his duty was of utter importance and he couldn't ignore his obligations.

"Guido and Leone will remain with you, together with the crew of assassins you saw back when we went to the tavern. You will be safe, i assure you this. I will send you messages everytime i will have some time to write to you, so expect Narancia to come once in a while and give you some gifts and messages from me, alright?" He said as he kissed your forehead.

You stood up from the bed and proceeded to hug Giorno, not wanting to let him go. You knew you'd madly miss him, no matter what happened between you two.

"Just- just stay safe and alive baby..." You mumbled with a shaky voice into his chest while some hot tears strolled down your face. He just hugged you back, patting and caressing your body while sniffing and trying to be more manly and not have a breakdown in front of everyone. He really didn't want to go, not even because it was a potentially deadly war, but because you wouldn't be there with him and he certainly couldn't bring you with him and expose you to any type of risks.

Then you two heard a knock on the door, it was your guard Bruno

"I'm sorry to interrupt you, but we need to go now. Everyone is ready and we're waiting for you Giorno" the black haired boy said, not daring to look at your figures. He knew what it felt like to leave the loved one and go to a completely different territory, which could've ended in a not so good way. He was experiencing the same, but didn't want to show it.

After Bruno's words, Giorno simply kissed you with the most loving kiss you've ever had and proceeded to leave the room without glancing at you, he didn't want to cry hard and was avoiding your gaze, however he wanted to look at you, he wanted to be with you, to hug you and talk to you, to kiss you and cuddle with you. He desired this, he truly did.

Before completely exiting the room, he decided to give you one more glance and with his wavering voice he spoke to you one last time

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And then he closed the door.

You broke down in tears, not able to calm down for something like 30 minutes, thinking about the time you spent together and balancing advantages and disadvantages of dating the emperor. You really didn't care anymore though, you liked him a lot. He was your first serious crush which also ended up in a relationship. You didn't care about the wrong things he did, you were infatuated with him, his words and his actions.

After all that crying, you cleaned yourself and got some new clothes. You didn't really want to meet with the outside world though, so you covered yourself with Giorno's blanket and started to slowly fall back to sleep, with his smell coming from the covers surrounding you and making you more comfortable. The servants will clean the room whenever you'll feel better.

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"Y/N? Y/N, please wake up. There is a person who wants to meet you" you were shaked by an enthusiastic Guido, with a non-so enthusiastic Leone behind him. You slowly stood up and tried to smile in order to hide your sadness, but your tear-stained face gave it all.

"Good afternoon, i'm sure you will like her" Mista continued and then proceeded to leave the room, while Leone called for a girl to enter. Now there were just the two of you in the room: you, still on the bed trying to understand what was going on and a girl with short pink hair, probably the same age as you.

As you stood up, she immediately bowed and started to introduce herself

"Greetings, my name is Trish. I'm not sure if you have ever heard of me, but i am a friend of the guards and the emperor and also the future wife of Bruno" she told you as you slowly approached her. The last part of the sentence surprised you the most

"Oh, i'm so sorry..." You mumbled and hugged her. Now it was your time to surprise someone, as she didn't expect a move like this from the emperor's girlfriend. Especially towards a simple girl like her; well, that's what she thought at least

"Sorry? For what?"

"Bruno left too, i know it must hurt having your man leaving for the war. I experienced it just today haha" you tried to joke, but your voice just made the atmosphere even more dull as you felt tears forming in your eyes once again

"Y/N, please don't worry about them. I know it hurts, but it's mostly worry and anxiety. I'm glad you care so much for Giorno, he deserves a caring and loving wife, but trust me, he will come back victoriously, with new territories annexed and more experience and power" Trish succesfully reassured you. She should've been dating Bruno for a long time, so she knew who she was talking about.

"They are the strongest, alright? Don't cry so much, he wouldn't want you to. If you want, i can make you some company" she continued, giving you a small soft smile which you gladly returned

"Alright, thank you Trish. I needed that"

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"So how did you and Bruno meet?" You asked while sipping a bit of wine. After that previous event, you and Trish decided to gossip a bit and discovered that, no matter the different worlds, you had a lot in common. You started to hang out and immediately became really close friends and, with a bit of wine, you spent excellent "girls' time"

"Well, i come from a noble family here in Rome, which before was close to the emperor's one. When i was a child i used to spend a lot of time here, and so did almost every èlite guard you know except from Leone who arrived later. I always used to play with Bruno and spend time with him, i've always liked him and fortunately he felt the same! As soon as we got older he confessed to me and we've never split ever since." She told you with dreamy eyes and a genuine smile on her face, you knew she was telling the truth

"Oh my, that is so cute! You're a lucky girl, Bruno seems like a very good guy"

"He really is. And you're a lucky girl too! Bruno told me about how Giorno immediately liked you and that you felt the same, i really liked your story!" She continued as you froze. Did she know about Jack? How much was Bruno telling her and how much did he know? Nonetheless, you tried not to show your worries and continued talking normally, telling Trish about your previous life, how is the life in future like and how you lived in general.

After a few hours, you two found yourselves completely drunk, with a few empty bottles of wine on the ground

"Ohshit i have to uhhhh what's it called uhmm, whatever i need to go to Jack's room to pick a thing haha wanna come with me?" You slurred, obviously not thinking clearly anymore

"Noooo, i want to go to sleep. I'm going hoooome hahaha. It was so nice to meet you!"

"Same here girl! Let's meet tomorrow too!"

"Yess, let's meet again. I'll come tomorrow then" Trish ended as she slowly got up from her chair and stumbled to the doors, heavily knocking on them

"Hey stinkyy, take me home" she yelled, to what an annoyed Mista entered the room and took Trish by the arm before she could fall and hurt herself

"I have a name and it's not stinky. How much did you two drink? I will never understand you girl" he sighed, gaining loud chuckles from you and Trish. You where happy to meet someone who you could actually relate to in this universe, plus you needed some quality girl time with a female friend: you were tired of being surrounded by only boys which had completely different topics from yours.

As Guido and Trish left, you slowly got up as well and independently exited the room too.

"Where do you think you're going?" You heard an angry voice coming from somewhere near to you, but you didn't even look towards it

"Who, me? I'm going to take the charger" you slurred and proceeded to move while having absolutely no clue on where Jack room was

"What? What are you doing? Oh Gods, just tell me where do you wanna go" now you finally recognized his voice, it was the man who disliked you as much as it was possible: Abbacchio

"Noo Leone you will get mad at me again.... Uhhh.... I need to go to Jack's room" you told him as you grabbed him by the hand to balance yourself, but he suddenly picked you bridal style and took you back to your bedroom