"What..?" Giorno asked in confusion.

"N-Nothing!" Ruby spluttered out.

Giorno's intuitive nature made him suspect that there is something different with her. Is she a stand user? Probably not, since if she was then she would have used it to defend herself.

"What's your name?" the curious don asked. "R-Ruby... Rose..." she shyly replied. He was observing every detail about her, Ruby can tell that he was highly intelligent, seeing a ton of encyclopedias about insects, mammals, reptiles, birds and also stuff about botany on the shelves around his office. Smart people have always intimidated her despite being quite cunning herself.

'Stop giving me that look! It's making me uncomfortable! ... In a good way.'

'Ruby Rose... An Englishwoman?'

"Are you a tourist?" Giorno asked. "Ehh... Not exactly." Ruby answered. She was trying to figure out if she can trust this boy or not. "My, how rude of me. Would you like something to eat?" Giorno stood up.

"Nah. I'm- I'm good." Ruby declined.

But her stomach grumbled, earning a smile from the blonde. "Your stomach says otherwise." Giorno walked towards the kitchen.

'Darn it! This is so embarrassing! Why am I being such an awkward goof?! I need to go home... Maybe I can tell him about my situation, he looks trustworthy.' she thought to herself.

Giorno returned holding a plate of her favorite food. "Apologies, it seems childish but this was the only food I found." setting down the rather exotic looking pastry, but Ruby knows damn well that they are cookies.

'He is definitely trustworthy.'

The blonde boy stared in awe as the girl in front of him devoured the cookies like there is no tomorrow. "Well... I'm glad you like Shiela's Biscotti Regina." Giorno smiled.

"Hmm? Is that what these are called?" she said with a mouthful of pastry, she swallowed and silently apologized for her poor manners. Meanwhile, Giorno found it... Endearing, to the point that he was jealous because he never got to act like a kid. "How old are you?" he asked.

"18..."

"Same."

An awkward silence consumed the room as Ruby slowly munched on her newfound favorite.

"There is something weird about you." Giorno leaned closer to inspect her features. She backed away and averted glance "Ye-Yeah, Weiss calls me a weirdo all the time."

"Say, what did they stole from you anyway?" the don asked. "My- My scroll." she replied.

"Scroll?" Giorno was confused. A scroll seems to be out of nowhere, but considering they're ancient, it might be an expensive artifact.

"Yeah. Here." Ruby handed it to him.

This isn't what Giorno expected. It looks like an advanced cellphone rather than those things Chinese people used in Ancient times.

It was foreign to him but he knows damn well that this thing didn't come from any foreign countries. 'There really is something strange about her.'

"So umm... You're Gino Giovanni, right?"

"Giorno Giovanna." he replied as he inspected the artifact. He jumped alittle as it extended and exposed it's screen. The wallpaper was a crimson scythe with dark markings on a bed with a small font at the bottom left that says 'Crescent Rose'

"Ohh so it's like, Gio Gio! That's kinda cute." Ruby immediately fumed after realizing what she said.

He momentarily looked at her and raised an eyebrow. "What did you just say?" the blonde asked. "I said it's kinda cool!" she hastily replied.

"... Can I have it back now?" Ruby asked. But Giorno needed more answers. Is she a stand user? Nothing wrong with asking right? He wasn't so sure anymore, maybe her stand ability is time travel since this futuristic phone seems too advanced to be any phone model currently.

"Signorina Rose... Are you a-"

"Person from another dimension? Yes, yes." she interrupted him.

Giorno blinked twice in confusion "... Excuse me?"

"Mr. Giorno... I can trust you right?" Ruby asked as shadows covered her eyes. "O-Of course." the don replied. She sighed in relief.

"Okay, thank goodness. So uhh, where to start..."

Giorno was absolutely intrigued by her story. It was ludicrous, a scythe that can turn in to a gun, dark, animal-like monsters, some ginger guy with a cane rifle, a terrorist group that consists of half men half animals.

Ruby noticed his silence "What? Don't believe me?"

"No. I do. You don't seem like a person that would lie. I can tell." Giorno replied, causing her to be flusterred. "And besides, this scroll was the perfect evide-"

"Ahh! Uhh- ehh- uhhh- but just to be sure! H-H-Here's proof, Giorno, sir!" she accessed her scroll's gallery and handed it to Giorno.

"This advanced piece of equipment is rather convinient..." Giorno muttered with interest, but then he saw it for himself. It was a picture of Forever Fall, with a few of those 'Grimms' she speak of.

They looked so real. Now Giorno was familiar with the concept of CGI, he watched the music video of 'I'm Blue'(Da ba dee da ba die) by Eiffel 65 after all. But those blue aliens didn't compare to the realism the Beowolves in the picture provides.

Ruby sat beside him so she can also see what he's looking at. She swiped to the right and it shows a picture of Team RWBY.

"Oh! There's me! I look so awesome, don't I? Hmmmm?" she teased.

Giorno smiled a little, they were all doing wacky poses at the camera, he also noticed Blake's cat ears. 'So that's a faunus, I bet...'

"Alright, let me show you my beloved Crescent Rose!"

To the next picture, it was Ruby posing in to the sunset with Crescent Rose and her combat outfit ragged, her stockings torn after a hard fought battle. Giorno can feel a little bit of blood dripping from his right nostril. Sure, Trish shows alot of skin most of the time, but Ruby's thighs were so pale and compared to Trish's bust (who needed to use a push up bra according to Mista) Ruby's was far larger and more natural, he can tell because he can tell that she wasn't wearing any bra on this pictu-

"OH NO! Okayokayokay! Let's skip that!" she said quite quick before moving on.

Next picture was Ruby in her pajamas. Giorno's left nostril started to bleed soon after witnessing her form fitting-

She quickly snatched the scroll with a face comparable to tomato screaming "You've seen enough!"

Giorno blinked. But then he cleared his throat and went all serious. Ruby hastily deleted those suggestive pictures

"Ughh, I knew I should have gotten rid of those stupid-"

"So, if you're suddenly teleported here in Rome without having any recollection of what happened, it's going to be difficult to determine whether it is possible for you to return to Remnant or not."

Ruby was once again intimidated by his sudden change in demeanor. He looks soft spoken and sophisticated, but he radiates danger. She then processed the thing he said.

"O-Oh... So there's a chance that I'm stuck here forever..." tears threatened to fall.

"But I doubt it's a one way trip. There is gotta be a way, if it's possible for you to arrive here, then why would it be impossible for you to return, right?" he bluntly asked.

"Y-You really think so?" the tears started to slowly drip down her cheeks.

"No. I don't want to give you false hope. I can't guarantee success." the blonde averted his gaze.

Ruby started sobbing, her heart is too tender to endure the thought of never seeing her family and friends ever again. 'I- I gotta stop! I look ugly when I cry!'

"But I can assure you one thing."

She stiffled another sob to hear him out.

"I'll help."

It was a flash, but Giorno started to feel that his shoulder slowly got wet, Ruby buried her head in to his neck as she gave him a hug.

It sounds stupid, but this was actually Giorno's first hug. His mother neglected him for as long as he can remember, all his step father did was beat him up with a belt just because Giorno likes to stare at people longer than they'd want. He saw the other kids receive hugs from their parents and he felt like he missed out on something big, but he decided it wasn't that important.

But now here it is. He didn't expect it to come from a crying stranger that smells like red roses, but it felt nice, comforting, and a bit addictive. But there was a problem, he didn't know how to return the gesture.

So, he tried his best and buried his face at the top of her head, wrapping his arms around her gently in a loose embrace.

"You smell nice." Ruby's muffled voice said but he failed to hear it.

'Okay, not bad.' he thought proudly. It dawned on to him, that mysterious mafioso that looks like Michael Jackson, the mobster he admired so much for being the first person to ever act decent to him... It was his chance to replicate his act and help this strange girl.

Ruby slowly pulled away and rubbed her tears. "S-Sorry, I got a little emotional. Hehe..." she chuckled sadly.

"It's fine." was all he could reply. He can feel that she possessed a resolve comparable to his. That it was masked by her childish demeanor.

(Vento Aureo and Purple Haze Feedback spoilers)

Back in 2001, during their fight with Illuso, who apparently also looks like Michael Jackson, Giorno noticed that Fugo lacked resolved, he had alot of rage but not enough spirit to get things done. Abbachio mentioned that the angry boy had minimal control over his stand too, showing more evidence. It was further illustrated when Fugo refused to join their journey to defeat the Boss.

After a few months, Fugo returned, and he tearily apologized, he wished he joined them. He blamed himself for Bruno, Leone and Narancia's death. But Giorno accepted him with open arms, he sent him on a mission along with Shiela E. to stop a faction that still sells drugs. His stand evolved to Purple Haze Distortion, and so was his resolve.

He felt like he nurtured a plant in to growth. In which Fugo was a cactus, since he is harmful to anyone who comes close, and he becomes a prick whenever he was pissed.

And now, Giorno wants to plant some roses.

(End spoilers)

Ruby can only stare at him as he started zoning out. She merely shrugged and focused her attention on what's left of the pastry.