The two stared at the blanket, glanced at eachother, then looked at the blanket again. "Uhhh..."
Giorno said nothing as he used his stand to grab the bedside phone to request for a blanket.
"Wait, Giorno! You don't have to." Ruby yelled out. A part of her wants to share the blanket, too bad she didn't know what to say to make it less awkward.
The phone floated back next to the lamp as Giorno raised his eyebrow "Why?"
"Uhh- uhh... It's... Big enough for the two of us! Yes, and uhh the hotel people need some rest, I don't want to bother them for something so simple."
"But Ruby. They get paid for this. It is their job." the blonde bluntly replied. It made the girl shiver, maybe he is not comfortable with her.
"If we are to share this blanket, would you be uncomfortable since I am a man?"
"NO! I uhh I mean, I won't be. I know you're not that kind of person, Giorno." she replied sincerely. It made him smile.
"That's flattering to hear." he smiled intently. Ruby averted her gaze as her face burned brightly.
They both lied down facing away from eachother.
'Just how on Earth am I going to help her?'
'Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh I'm sharing a bed with a boy!'
Giorno stared at the window silently as his eyes slowly closed.
...
He was aware of lucid dreaming, been reading about it for quite some time, so he had the willpower to be concious enough to recognize that this isn't the reality. However, even he knows that this dream is very strange.
He stood in front of a scene. An amber eyed woman was lying on the ground while a weird petite girl was sobbing, her hair was a mixture of strawberry and chocolate. And a menacing woman stood before them. She was as pale as the moon with black veins around her skin, her eyes reminded him of Risotto Nero's picture in one of the files he found in Diavolo's office.
"Such a shame. You were a useful pawn, Cinder. But your ego actually made you think you can stand before me?"
Neo glared at the villainous woman, she already lost Roman, and now Cinder was taken away from her too.
Salem noticed the strange boy who entered the fray. "And who might you be?"
Neo blinked and glanced at Salem's object of attention. It was a boy above average height, a slim yet muscular build and a very weird golden locks. It reminded her of Yang for some reason.
"I, Giorno Giovanna, am inside a dream." he proclaimed.
There was a moment's pause.
"A peculiar one are you?" Salem said with a hint of amusement in her voice.
"This is a rather weird dream." Giorno started walking around. Neo then panicked as Cinder's corpse suddenly turned in to amber dusts, blown away by the wind.
"Let that be a lesson to you, girl. Do not follow her example." Salem warned the mute.
It was a building with a huge ceiling, the blonde Joestar inspected the architecture of the place. 'It's like those cathedrals in Vatican. Except it gives out pagan vibes rather than Christian. Is this a part of my mind I am not aware of? If so, what does it say about me?'
Neo was too bruised and wounded to even move. She gritted her teeth for being so powerless, she remained on her knees and slumped her head in shame.
"After you're done mourning, make yourself scarce." Salem dismissively waved off as she left the room.
Neo can't stop blaming herself, first, she wasn't even there when her partner died. Now, she watched her partner die before her own eyes. Her aura was taking too long to heal her.
Suddenly, she jumped at the feeling of sharp pain on her arm. "Hey, hold on. You're bleeding pretty badly." Giorno said as he healed her. Neo raised an eyebrow at the weird boy and slapped him.
"Ow. What the hell?" he whined but he grabbed her arm as his hands glowed yellow.
Neo gritted her teeth in pain but she was too weak to protest, and realize that he was actually healing her.
She raised an eyebrow when she noticed that her wounds closed and bruises disappeared, the pain was gone and was replaced by a soothing feeling.
"Oh. Your lower stomach has a laceration. Let me-"
Neo blushed madly and kicked him in the face. "Ow! It won't take awhile, I promise!" Giorno protested. He swatted her legs away and pushed her back to a supine position, he started to look closer on her stomach as he let his stand do it's magic.
Neo struggled uncomfortably as the pain and pleasure confused her senses. Also he was in a very awkward position.
*door opens*
"Also, don't forget to clean Cinder's..." Salem returned to the room to instruct Neo to use the vacuum on the Fallen Maiden's remains but from her angle, it looks like the strange boy from earlier was shamelessly pleasuring the short girl with his... It looks like he was performing cunnilingus on Neo.
Neo looked at her with an expression of embarrassment, her face was bright red.
Salem blinked twice and slowly closed the door to leave.
After it finally healed, she pulled his hair and shoved him away. "Ahh! I'm sorry..!" he snarled. He was just trying to help, it was in his nature to help.
But as he turned around to face the weird girl, she was already gone. The open window lets a breeze in, to which he strutted forward to inspect. It was night, evidenced by the dark sky and-
"The broken moon..." Giorno mumbled with a hint of surprise.
...
His eyes shot wide open as he felt arms wrapping around his waist, he heard her softly snoring, he can feel her breathing down his nape.
His pants suddenly became tighter all of a sudden.
But he needed to recompose himself, his dream was bizarre.
There was this weird humanoid woman with pale skin and dark scleras. Her hair was weird and the amount of killing intent oozing from her figure is alarming. And that weird silent girl... And the moon from Ruby's world. He pondered about what that dream could mean, but he can still feel the aching on his cheek as if someone really had slapped and kicked him.
He needs to talk to Ruby this instant.
"Nnn... I don't wanna go to school..." he heard her talk in her sleep.
He silently scooted away from her embrace, but she stubbornly gripped his shirt and pulled him back.
Giorno sighed and turned to face her instead. Their foreheads touched.
The blonde suddenly blushed at the close proximity of their faces, the moonlight shone brightly behind him, illuminating her features perfectly. She looks so peaceful.
The temptation to sneak in a small kiss to her soft lips was making itself known inside Giorno's head. 'That'd be wrong. I musn't. I must wake her up and talk to her about my dream instead.' he thought to himself. But the moment he felt her bare thigh snaking itself between his legs made his heart skip a beat, and his erection taller.
It was cold but he can feel himself sweating as he adjust his wood to avoid touching her leg.
But his movements only made her tighten her hug just like a python constricting it's prey.
'Shit.' Giorno figured that he should stop moving.
Taking deep breaths, he figured he would pry her away slowly.
Starting with her meaty, sexy thigh. The sensation it leaves on his palm was foreign to him, it was soft yet firm.
Giorno gulped and pushed it away from him, so far she didn't protest.
Now he finally had enough room to breathe.
Sighing, he gently poked her nose. "Ruby... Ruby..!" he whispered.
"Zwei, shut up. Let me sleep." Ruby replied while she's still sleeping.
"Z-Zwei?" Giorno pondered. So she's not single? He immediately scooted away out of respect. Instantly shutting down any lurking thoughts of them being together.
It was on the back of his mind, they're the same age, and their meeting was too cliche to be a coincidence, saving a damsel in distress and all that. Ruby herself even lampshaded it in the first chapter.
And thus, he was about to fall asleep once again.
...
Neo sighed deeply as she rest on top of a hill. Inspecting Salem's stronghold. One day, she'll finally get to the bottom of it.
Roman died because of Cinder's command, Cinder's command came from Salem and she got killed too. It was like a food chain of powerful, powerful people. But she doesn't care, a small huntress can take down an Ursa Major with the right training.
Her eyes narrowed as she remembered Ruby. Little Red. To be honest, she didn't hate her that much. Neo's beef was with her sister Yang or whatever. But as Roman used to say "If those who stand in our way won't go away, make them pay."
She heard a footstep behind her, a Grimm? She sprung back to life and prepared her parasol but it was that weird blonde boy again.
Giorno was in this realm again, he saw that silent girl with strawberry chocolate hair. He is intuitive enough to realize that this is not just a mere dream. He was transported to Ruby's world.
'Remnant, was it? Very well. I'll find clues and maybe I can help her after all.' Giorno stared at Neopolitan. "Hello. Will you please answer a few questions?"
Neo's eye twitched, but she remained silent.
"... Do you hear me?" Giorno asked once more. Neo rolled her eyes and pointed at her lips to signal that she is mute.
Giorno's face turned red but his expression was dead serious.
"You... Want me to kiss you?"
The girl stomped and shook her head. She gritted her teeth and kept pointing at her mouth.
A sweat formed on the flustered gangstar's forehead "A-Are you sure you want me to? I haven't kissed a girl before."
Neo huffed and removed the blade from her parasol.
Giorno immediately went on a defensive yet nonthreatening stance.
Neo ignored him and sliced the ground.
The gangstar noticed and inspected what she wrote. He slowly read it out loud.
"I can't talk, dumba- that was uncalled for." Giorno frowned at the insult.
Stupid ship war.
Golden Rose vs GiorNeo