Little Diamonds

Eh…?

{{Oh…? He was angry? And it was because…oh. That fucking shitstain of a woman. Why the fuck did he care so much? Joseph could never understand that sort of thing. He held out his hands non-threateningly, trying to save some face.

I believed you! You said you would talk to my mom! But you didn't! And she got sick...

[He stepped back, avoiding any contact with Joseph.]

[How cute. He so dang cute. She gives a small laugh and pats the boy on his tiny pompadour.]

W-Well that's okay!

[He smiles, the faint pink on his face only brightening more and more. What a nice lady.]

[It’s Josuke? A teeny tiny Josuke? With a teeny tiny pompadour and everything. How cute he is aw.]

[Oh no. She talked to him. Immediately he puts his hands to his back, blushing a bit.]

Heh…look…

Your mum…it’s been a while.

{{A while and he still didn’t like her. She was nothing but a mediocre lay. But not even he couldn’t be so blunt to a little kid. No, scratch that—he couldn’t be that blunt to a Josuke who didn’t hate him yet, little or not.

[He smiled, reaching over to grab his father's hand in an attempt to drag him along and out the building.]

Mom says out of everyone in the world, she loves you the most!-- Well, second to me but she says you're the second most greatest man in the world.

If you think she won't see you because you guys got into a fight or something it's okay because all you gotta do is apologize! Just give her flowers and be like 'I'm sorry for not being around for a long time but I'm here now!'

W—whoa there, you didn’t actually tell her I came through the window, did you?! I mean, damn…no wonder she didn’t believe you. Hey, try to keep that out of the explanation next time, ‘kay?

But…

{{Fuck it.

Then she said maybe it was a dream but you're here now so it proves that it wasn't a dream! I promise I won't tell her you show up at weird places but you have to promise you'll see mom!

More than me..... She wants to see you.

--........

Okay..... But you'll be here later when she wakes up right? Mom really wants to see you. I told her about how you came to visit me from the window but she told me it was probably a dream.

Heh…heheheh! You makin’ me feel like a big ol’ kid, y’know that?

{{An embrace—an embrace by his son. He never would’ve expected it in a million years. He couldn’t help but spin about, like all those dads in the movies, trying to wring out the moment for all it was worth. Eventually, though, he’d have to put the kid down…but not yet.

Really? I hope that's a good thing!

[The young boy was practically beaming, holding onto his father tightly-- as if fearing that just letting him go would cause this dream-like moment to end. In all his life he had wished for something like this to happen, and now it was.]

Whoa, you serious there?! Alright, I’ll try ‘n remember it all. Count on it, kid!

{{A smile started to grow larger and larger on his face as he finally got to see the kid loosen up. How very much alike they were—even in hobbies, like reading comics. So alike, and they had only minimum contact. It was…well, hell. He’d be lying if he said he wasn’t a little touched by it.

Yeah—I’ve got a lot of important work to do! It’s all pretty borin’ stuff, but it takes a lot of my time.

{{Including attaining immortality. But the kid didn’t need to know that yet.

Y…you wanna hug me? Forreal?

[Seeing his father's smile grow only made his increase in size as well. Already a few minutes in and they were getting along quite well.]

What do you do? Are you a teacher too da--....

[He stopped himself. Was it too soon for that? Josuke smile seemed to shrink somewhat, a look of nervousness on his face.]

S-Sorry.. I mean... Mister Joestar..--..... R-Really? I-- !!

[That nervousness seemed to fade however, once Joseph had agreed to the embrace. With a big grin the child ran towards the other, jumping to pounce the other before wrapping his arms around him.]

Heh, I’ll keep it in mind! Never been much of a book learner myself, but hey,  even I have a weakness. 

{{This was actually going pretty well—was this what it was like to have a son who didn’t reject you? Holy had always liked him well enough…but Josuke was different. He had to work a lot harder to get on his good side. Fine enough. Joseph always did like a good fight.

Yeahahah…I was plannin’ to surprise you, but you caught me! So much for that. 

Kaito Kid…sure thing, if you say so.

{{He didn’t even know what that shit was.

[A small chuckle escaped him, a feeling of warmth enveloping his body. For once he felt extremely content--  mainly because it seemed like things were starting to come out like he had wished for all these years. Maybe now he could have that happy family he always yearned for.]

It's okay! I only read a few books but even then if you don't like 'em you can read comic books too! I read like a gazillion of them every day!

-- Say.. Why did you wanna surprise me now? Were you busy all this time? Is that why you couldn't come?!

[Amazing. His dad knew who Kaito Kid was.]

I pass? Sweet! Sorry if I scared you, kid.

{{He was pretty damn relieved himself—the way Josuke had been staring at him was really starting to creep him out. Though now that the harshness seemed to fade away, he couldn’t help but move foward, catching himself before he pet the kid on his pompadour, instead patting him genially on the shoulder.

Barely, but you passed. Like mom says, put your best effort and pass rather than stress yourself super hard in order to pass and end up failing. You did an okay job but you should study a little bit more.

[Josuke smiled, trying to show his father just how mature he was but keeping himself in check all the while. Maybe if Joseph saw how much he'd grown he would stay with them for a while.]

Mmm.... Yeah. I would've expected you to come through the door instead of the window.

-- Superman? Mmm.... He's okay but you're more like.... Kaito Kid.

[At least for the dog one. The other's however, not so much. There was only two explanations on how he knew all that. Either he was his father like he had said, or a stalker-- or both.]

You got the first one right! And the second one right too!-- Believe it or not, my mom is a teacher now. She's a good teacher too. Thanks to her I learned my multiplication stuff before everyone else and I know a lot of kanji too!

And the third one is wrong. Sort of. My mom likes Indiana Jones but it's only Temple of Doom she really likes. And Robocop. She likes that one too.

You got.... three out of five right.. I guess you pass.

[His stern expression became much more softer, a smile sneaking up onto his lips.]