--Again--

[andnextyoullsay]

[Joseph Joestar is eighteen, fresh out of high school, and absolutely not going straight into college. His grandmother understands; Joseph needs to see things before he decides what he wants to do with his time, and she's helped him get set up for a couple of years traveling. Passport, money, contacts--everything a wild teenage boy could need as he treks across Europe and possibly America later.

He's in Italy now, trying to find the way to the hostel he's staying at and failing miserable. Google why must you betray him!]

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[bolledivita]

[Caesar Zeppeli is twenty years old and likes to think he has it pretty good. He's got a pretty good job at a florist's and his family is very relieved that it's kept him out of trouble.

He's got a couple of days off, so right now, he's just taking a walk around town and running into what appears to be a very lost tourist--one who... looks weirdly familiar, hm. Well. No matter.

(Also, privately, Caesar's noting that he's pretty cute, actually--)

When he addresses Joseph, it's (perhaps thankfully) in English.]

Excuse me, do you need some help?

[andnextyoullsay]

[Joseph jumps, surprised and--

Oh. Oh no cute Italian boy.

Anyway.]

Uh, yes! Actually, I do, Google is useless how the hell do I get to the Speedwagon Hostel?!

[Seriously did his uncle purposefully make his hostels impossible to find!?]

[bolledivita]

The Speedwagon Hostel... Ah, I'm pretty sure I know where that is, but the directions are... rather confusing. I can lead you there if you'd like?

[andnextyoullsay]

Please.

[His savior!

And if this guy is a mugger, well. Joseph knows a few martial arts, how to throw a punch, and also has a knife. He's fine.]

God, Uncle Robert's insistence on "aesthetic" is going to be the end of me...

[bolledivita]

[Caesar chuckles and motions for Joseph to follow as he starts walking.]

I take it this has been a consistent problem?

[andnextyoullsay]

I just came from Germany. I could not tell you where he shoved the hostel in Berlin if my life depended on it. Wonderful sunsets, though.

[bolledivita]

[He laughs a bit.]

Hopefully you'll find the hostel here easier to find once you've been there.

[From the sounds of it, though, he doubts it.]

In town for long?

[andnextyoullsay]

Two weeks, then it's off to Sicily. After that, probably Greece or Turkey.

[bolledivita]

[A nod, as he looks thoughtful.

... There's a part of him urging him to offer to show this guy around, which Caesar is trying to pointedly ignore--sure, he's a little lonely and this guy is cute, but Caesar's not desperate, damn it!

(Never mind how comfortable the silence that's fallen between them already feels, like the comfortable silence between friends.)]

[andnextyoullsay]

[It's the most comfortable Joseph has felt since he started his little journey. Like home.

But Joseph can't shut up so.]

I take it you live around here?

[bolledivita]

Yeah, my place isn't too far, and my job's pretty close to where we are, actually.

[andnextyoullsay]

Oh?

[Where does he work, can Jojo come visit--wait. Why would he want to?]

[bolledivita]

See that florist's over there? The building with the pink and purple awning? That's where I work.

[And he is very quickly tamping down on the almost instinctive "If you'd like to stop by."]

[andnextyoullsay]

Flowers, really? I never would've guessed.

[But...it also fits.]

I bet a guy like you...you like sunflowers best, don't you?

[bolledivita]

[He blinks, surprised.]

That's right, actually. How'd you guess?

[andnextyoullsay]

I just--hm. I just guessed, really.

[Still, he frowns. It was a guess, but at the same time it wasn't really.]

[bolledivita]

Hmmm.

[He turns towards Joseph, thoughtfully tapping his cheek with a finger and grinning a bit.]

I bet I can guess your favorite color.

[andnextyoullsay]

Oh? Let's hear it, then.

[bolledivita]

Marine blue.

[... The answer comes so naturally, it doesn't even feel like a guess, actually. This is just something he should know, somehow.]

[andnextyoullsay]

...yeah. That specific shade, even, most people just guess blue.

[bolledivita]

... Huh. Well... it just felt right to include the specific shade, somehow.

[andnextyoullsay]

Hm. And next you'll say "I should probably introduce myself, huh?".

[bolledivita]

I should probably introduce myself, huh--

[...]

... How did you--?!

[andnextyoullsay]

[LAUGHING WILDLY]

Oh my God, I can't believe that worked! No matter what I always know what someone is going to say next.

[bolledivita]

[... Fuck, he's got a nice laugh-- nope, focus, Caesar--]

What do you mean you can't believe that worked?!