Those Summer Nights [Jotaro Kujo x reader]
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Chapter four, After hours
*The next morning, 1st p.o.v, Jotaro*
I groaned as I woke up from my sleep and I felt the whole house shaking because of my alarm clock that was violently shaking on the floor. I reached down and grabbed the alarm clock and threw it against the floor.
“Good grief…” I muttered under my breath as I ran a hand through my hair and got up. I bent down and picked up the alarm clock, which was strangely still intact after many mornings like this, and looked at the hour. It was currently 5:30 a.m.
I opened my doors and walked over to the small kitchen and opened a small cabinet above the stove and pulled out the plastic pill organizer and had a few pills for every day.
Behind it were the many pill bottles I had to organize myself for every week every Sunday.
And it wasn’t for me, it was for my mom…
She has been diagnosed with a chronic illness five years ago and unfortunately, we couldn’t afford her staying at the hospital.
So she has to drink these pills everyday. Most of the day she stays in bed and sleeps, and I have to cook us breakfast, lunch and dinner.
That’s why I skip some classes in school so I can go check on her. I do spend most of my time in the car shop and sometimes Frankie’s with my friends but most of the time I spend at home with my mom.
Dad was overseas in Tokyo, Japan, preforning in jazz clubs playing his saxophone. Every month he sends over some money he earned, but it wasn’t much.
He had to take some himself since living in Tokyo was expensive.
And my old man lived in New York, he also sent us some money but most of the time he spent going around the world.
He visited from time to time, and the most we’ve seen of him was a long letter with his picture in it.
I walked over to mom’s room and slightly opened her doors. “Hey… I brought you the medicine.” I said and my mom looked at the doorway where I was standing.
“Oh.. Thank you Jotaro dear… Do you mind opening the blinds for me?” mom asked and I nodded my head as I opened the blinds, letting the early morning rays flow in her room.
I opened the square shaped container on the pill organizer marked as ‘Wednesday’ and gave her the glass of water that was on her nightstand.
I took out the four colored pills and gave it in her hand as she slowly sat up.
“Thank you, Jotaro…” she whispered fraily as she took a sip of water and swallowed one pill at a time.
“I’ll make you something to eat and I’ll get going to school.” I said as I looked at her for the last time and walked out her room and put back the pill organizer in the cabinet.
I opened the fridge and pulled out two eggs and grabbed a pen from the bottom cabinet. I turned on the stove and put some oil in it.
After I cooked mom's food I put it all on a plate and on a wooden tray and brought it up to her room and gave it to her.
“Now hurry up, sweetie… You’re going to be late for school.” mom said as she laughed and picked up her fork.
I nodded my head and went to my room and quickly got dressed in black jeans, white shirt and my worn out leather jacket.
I went to my bathroom and opened a small white cabinet next to the mirror and pulled out a round metal container with hair grease and put some in my hair as I slightly slicked it back, but a few strands fell over my forehead.
After I finished getting ready I went to grab my school bag and put on my shoes and walked out of my house after saying goodbye to mom.
And just as I closed my front doors I was greeted by hollors and laughter from my friends.
I rolled my eyes and we started to walk down the street, “Good grief, do you have to be so loud this early?” I asked and everyone just laughed even more. Kakyoin, who was next to me, tapped my shoulder and I glanced at him with a raised eyebrow.
“Did that girl pay you those five grand? We didn’t have a chance to ask you since you went straight home after school…” he asked and I shook my head, “She didn’t… I gave her time to pay me until the end of the month.” I said and Kakyoin’s eyes widened.
“ You ? Wow Jotaro, didn’t know you did that kind of thing.” Kakyoin said and I looked at him with a confused expression.
“What do you mean by that?” I asked and he laughed, “Ah, you’re so oblivious aren’t you? You obviously want to get to know her or something… You don’t usually extend the time for somebody who owes you money.” Kakyoin said and the others quieted down and looked at each other with smirks.
I sighed and rolled my eyes, “Good grief, really?” I asked him and everyone started laughing. “I don’t know Jotaro, you tell me. I wasn’t the one who was secretly looking at her on the whole lunch break.” Kakyoin chuckled smugly and my vision turned red.
He… he was telling the truth. I was looking at her, but only to see what she was up to. I wanted to know if that bastard Tommy would approach her or talk to her.
He interrupted our conversation yesterday and tried to ‘scare me off’. Which led me to suspect that she must be his new friend or something.
But she seemed standoffish when she was talking to him and that confused me…
“Why don’t we call her over during the lunch break? She seemed fine when we met her… And I don’t think that Jotaro would mind that.” Michael joked and I glared at him as I pulled out a cigarette from the pocket of my jacket and pushed it towards him.
“Right-” Michael said as he pulled out a lighter and lit up my cigarette. “Do what you want. I don’t really care.” I said and shrugged my shoulders.
I could see Kakyoin whispering something to Dean and both of them sniggering.
Good grief… I should’ve walked to school alone…
*Time skip to the lunch break*
We all sat at our usual spot under the tree and ate our food. I was eating my lunch in silence when all of a sudden Dean snapped his fingers, making all of us look at him.
“Did you guys hear about the new waitress at Frankie’s? Danny was there yesterday with his friends and told me we should check it out ourselves.” Dean said and all of us looked at each other.
“A new waitress? At Frankie’s? Sounds like a prank if anything. But if that’s the truth, they must’ve kidnapped her or something.” Michael laughed and Kakyoin slapped his shoulder.
“Don’t be rude, Michael.” Kakyoin scolded him and I nodded my head.
“Yeah, who knows… Danny doesn’t seem to be the one to lie.” I said and Michale rolled his eyes, “You know why I don’t trust that blond haired rat! Not only does he steal my food while I’m working but he totally embarrassed me in front of that chick a few days ago! Dean, I'm telling you to put your younger brother on a dog leash and tie him to a tree in the backyard.” he complained as he ran a hand through his shaggy brown hair.
I rolled my eyes, already tired of Michael’s complaining. I ignored the rest of their conversation as I looked into the distance and saw Tommy with his friends as they were talking about something.
Tommy smirked as he pointed to a table with three girls which was far from his and his other friends ‘ooed’ and patted his back. I looked back at the table and noticed Y/n… or as I called her, the chicken girl.
Good grief, that idiot really thinks he is the shit, doesn’t he?
It seemed that I zoned out because distant exclamations of Kakyoin brought me back and I shook my head.
“Gosh, you’re looking at her again Jotaro…” Kakyoin said and nudged Michael, “Seems like you have competition, Mickey…” Kakyoin joked and we both glared at him.
Kakyoin laughed cheerily and patted our backs, “Oh come, you can’t take light teasing? What has gotten into you?” he asked us and I didn’t even bother replying.
“So, what’s our final plan for the evening?” asked Dean, changing the theme.
“We have no cars to repair so we can go to Frankie’s earlier.” said Kakyoin and we all nodded in agreement.
The bell rang and we all got up, picked up our trash and started to walk towards the entrance of school.
*time skip after school*
*1st p.o.v, Y/n*
I tightly grabbed my bag from the floor as the bell signaled the end of the school. I waited for a bit for everyone to get out of class as only Sheri, Lisa and I stayed inside.
“...Frankie’s, you say? I’ve never heard of that diner before.” Lisa said and Sheri nodded in agreement as we walked out of the class and started to walk down the hallway towards the girls bathroom.
“Yeah, it’s further on the East side…” I said as we entered the bathroom and walked into an empty stall, opened my school bag and pulled out the red waitress uniform.
I started to undress myself and put on the uniform and stuffed my clothes into the bag. I was wearing flats today so they would fit with the uniform.
I tied the whie apron around my waist and smoothed out the whole uniform.
It was comfortable, more than I expected it to be honestly. I walked out and Sher and Lisa turned their heads towards me and smiled.
“You look so professional!” Lisa complimented me and I laughed in slight embarrassment, “Thank you, really… It does help me ease the anxiety for my first shift.” I said as I looked at myself in the mirror and sighed nervously.
“Don’t worry, Y/n, you’ll do fine! I think the school’s empty now so we can go out.” Sheri motioned to the bathroom doors and opened them and we walked out.
“Well then, girls…See you tomorrow, hopefully.” I joked as we walked over to my car and I unlocked it.
“See you, Y/n!” both of them exclaimed as they headed their own way home and I sat myself inside my car.
I put my school bag on the passenger’s seat and pulled out of the school's parking lot and started to drive in the direction of the diner.
After twenty minutes of driving I arrived at the diner and it was as crowded as yesterday.
I smiled as I entered the diner and I immediately noticed Susan behind the counter cleaning the glasses.
“Hello!” I greeted Susan and she grinned at me, “Well, hi to you to Y/n. As you noticed we’re not quite busy so we have time to talk.” Susan said and I nodded my head.
“You will be serving the 3rd and 4th booth for now. They’re in the same line next to the window.” Susan said and I looked at the now empty booths and nodded my head.
“Of course, anything else?” I asked and she nodded, “Yeah, that’ll be your main duty. But you will also be helping out to take the trash and clean the tables.” she said and I nodded my head.
“Alright, seems fine to me.” I said and Susa handed me a small notepad and a notebook, “Just write the orders here and give them to me here at the counter.” she explained while she finished cleaning up the glasses.
I hummed and sat at one of the bar stools, “Well, you won’t mind me sitting here while I wait?” I asked Susan and she laughed, “Of course not, dearie! I’ll notify you when one of your booths gets occupied. Until then you can start memorizing the menu.” she said as she handed me the menu and I thanked her with a grateful smile.
We stayed silent as I read the menu and I kept glancing at the still empty booths and fiddled with my pen.
After some time, Susan snapped her fingers in front of my face and I looked up to her. “Y-Yes?” I asked as I caught the menu and pen before they fell on the floor.
“You’ve got guests on the 4th booth, good luck!” Susan said and I gulped as I hopped off the bar stool and grabbed my pen and notepad. I didn’t even register who sat at the booth and as I rushed to it.
“Hello! I’m Y/n and I’ll be your server-” I said as I looked up and my blood froze , “-for today…” I muttered out as I gulped.
I was met with a sight of one and only…
Jotaro Kujo and his friends
My eyes widened as my throat went dry. I should've seen this coming!’ I thought in panic as I immediately fixed my posture and opened my notepad, “S-So… What will you guys have for today?” I said as calmly as possible and all of them just continued to stare at me.
The redhead, Kakyoin, nudged Jotaro who cleared his throat, “We’ll have four sodas and four burgers.” he said and I wrote everything down and nodded my head, “Alright! I’ll bring you the drinks now.” I quickly said and bolted back to the counter and Susan gave me a weird look.
“You know them?” Susan asked, a bit surprised. “You could say I do… We met a few days ago. Anyway, this is their order.” I said as I gently tore off the paper page and slided it to her.
Susan laughed as she didn’t even look at the paper, “Don’t worry, Y/n… We all here have their orders mesmerized. They’ve been coming here since they were little kids. And they always order the same.” she said and I nodded my head.
She turned around and opened the fridge and grabbed four sodas and placed them on a tray, “Here you go, and tell them their food will be there in 15 minutes.” she said and I picked up the round silver tray and started walking carefully towards their booth.
As I walked towards them, I could hear their conversation.
“What!? Y/n is the new waitress!? Maybe that’s why Danny didn’t tell us and told us we should go and check it out for ourselves.” Dean whisper-shouted as he ran a hand through his short dirty blonde hair.
Dean and Michael were sitting so their backs were facing me, and Jotaro and Kakyoin were sitting opposite of them. Good God, what would they think of me now?
I stopped in front of their booth and quietly placed the sodas on their table, “Your food will be done in 15 minutes.” I said and they all nodded.
I started to walk back to the counter where Susan was but I glanced back at Jotaro and smiled a little.
His face stayed neutral as he slightly nodded his head and focused on his friends.
I came back to Susan and she raised an eyebrow at me as she smirked. “What?” I asked in confusion as I placed the silver tray on the counter.
“I saw you smiling at that Kujo boy… Don’t tell me you got this job just to stare at him!” Susan said as she began to laugh and my face burnt in embarrassment.
“No! I didn't, I swear! It’s a bit complicated-” I tried to explain but she stopped me while waving her hand.
“Yeah- Yeah, I know- Liking him is surely complicated.” Susan continued to laugh and I didn't know what to say anymore.
“But you got it all mixed up! We only met a few days ago! How can you like somebody but barely know them?” I asked Susan and she shrugged her shoulders, “I don’t know, kiddo, love doesn’t work under any rules…” she said as she walked into the kitchen, leaving me alone sitting at the bar stools.
After a few minutes of sitting Susan returned with four plates with burgers on them and placed them on a counter, “Here they are, now go over there and earn that extra tip.” she winked and I tried to keep my cool from her comments as I put the four plates on my silver platter and slowly walked over to their booth.
I placed the plates with food on their table and they all thanked me and I smiled and nodded my head as I started to walk away.
I went back to my bar stool and sat on it. I kept glancing back at my assigned booths and saw that a family of three and I went to take their order.
While they were telling me what drinks they’ll have, I looked from the corner of my eye over to Jotaro’s booth and caught him already looking at me. And it wasn’t that friendly glance or anything…
He was just staring at me, probably thinking that I can’t see him. I quickly composed myself and fixed up my smile as I focused on the family.
And the whole shift went smoothly and after some time the diner became more and more empty.
I started to clean up the tables and collect the dirty dishes and brought them back to the kitchen.
Now, there was only one table occupied, and it was the one with Jotaro and his friends… They finished their food and drinks a long time ago, and even asked for refills. I rang up their bill and walked over to them.
Michael and Dean were the ones getting up most of the time to change the song on the jukebox and I once noticed Jotaro saying something to Michael as he was getting up, probably to put on the song he wanted.
“Alright guys, ready to pay?” I asked them while putting the bill on the table and everyone nodded.
They all pulled out the cash and put it on the table. I picked up the slightly crumpled up dollar bills and walked over to the counter and handed Susan the receipt and the money.
She thanked me and gave me the change. I walked over to them and placed the few dollar bills on the table and walked back to Susan, “Alright, kiddo! You did amazing on your first day! You’re really hard working, I must note.” she said with a smile.
“Well, that comes with working tirelessly on a farm my whole life.” I joked and Susan nodded her head in agreement, “Ah, I remember my life living on a farm… It was something else…” she noted and I nodded in agreement.
“Now you can go and throw out the trash, the trash bags are next to the back doors. Just throw them in the huge trash container. And you’re done for today.” Susan said as she untied her apron and walked around the counter.
“I’ll see you tomorrow, kiddo! And don’t worry about the lights or locking in, Frankie’s staying overnight today!” Susan exclaimed as she walked out of the dinner and I sighed. Now it was only me, Jotaro and his friends.
As I was cleaning up the last table I heard them get up and walk to the entrance doors.
“See you tomorrow girlie, don't forget to leave your number next time!” Michael exclaimed, earning him a swat on the head from Jotaro.
“Good grief, stop embarrassing us.” Jotaro groaned as they all walked out and I chuckled a little.
They really knew how to be hilarious, that’s for sure. I walked to the kitchen and saw the exit doors with four trash bags laying next to it.
I opened the back doors and was met with a dark alleyway with one street lamp shining dimly, but just enough I could see a few meters ahead of me.
I left the doors open as I went to grab the first trash bag… And it turns out they were quite heavy.
And I threw the first bag into the trash container, then the second and then the third. And now I was left with the last, and the biggest trash bag… I tried to pick it up but I could barely hold it with my both hands.
I decided to drag it out and try to somehow lift it up and throw it in the trash container.
As I was dragging the trash bag, my back was facing the entrance. But all of a sudden I bumped into something that didn’t seem like a brick wall.
“AAH!” I screamed as I let go of the trash bag and jumped into the air. I whirled around and was met with Jotaro Kujo with his eyes slightly widened at my abrupt reaction.
“Uhm- Hi…? What are you doing here, exactly?” I breathed out as I smoothed out my uniform and raised an eyebrow at him.
“I don’t know, Kakyoin pushed me away from them and said that I need to go and find you to talk to you about me… being ‘too threatening’ with you a day ago?” he said in confusion as he air quoted the two last words.
Kakyoin was right, but he didn’t really have to do this… Next time I see him we’re going to have a nice long chat…
“Well, how thoughtful of him…” I smiled tightly as I went back to my huge trash bag. “You can talk while I- ngh- Throw this pile of crap in here-” I groaned as I dragged the trash bag closer to the container.
I noticed that Jotaro came closer to me and took out the trash bag strings out of my hands and pulled it into the air and threw it into the trash container. “Or you can-” I noted as Jotaro dusted off his hands.
I looked back at the diner and closed the exit doors, “Thanks- I mean for helping me out.” I said and he only nodded as we stood in the dimly lit alleyway. Jotaro started to walk away and I ran after him.
“You’re probably wondering what in the hell am I doing here, working at Frankie’s…” I laughed awkwardly as I matched up his pace.
He glanced at me and nodded his head, “Yeah, how in the hell did you even know about this place?” he asked as we stopped in the middle of an empty parking lot.
“I had to find a job since you know, I kind of… owe you five grand. I looked all around Winfield and I couldn’t find anybody that was hiring. But later I remembered that Kakyoin mentioned this place so I decided to shoot my shot, and now I work here.” I explained at a fast pace.
Jotaro chuckled a little and I looked at him with a surprised expression, “What’s so funny all of a sudden?” I asked and Jotaro looked me in the eyes.
“You won’t earn that sum of money by the end of the month.” he laughed and I squinted my eyes at him.
“Well, if you have any suggestions, I’m gladly listening.” I replied to him and he immediately quieted down.
I pulled out my car keys from the breast pocket on my waitress uniform and unlocked my car.
I got in my car and closed the doors. Jotaro was still standing there as I started to drive backwards.
I rolled down my window, “Hey! You have your car here?” I asked as I noticed only one car left in the parking lot that wasn’t mine.
He shook his head, “I don’t, I came here by foot. Why do you ask?” he asked me and I stopped for a second.
Yeah… Why did I ask him that?
“Uh- I can drop you off. That’s the least I can do.” I laughed and Jotaro shrugged his shoulders as he walked over to my car and got into the passenger seat, but not without adjusting his seat since he couldn’t fit his legs fully.
‘And he actually accepted the offer- Today’s full of surprises isn’t it?’ I thought as I pulled out of the parking lot and before I could turn left or right, I looked at Jotaro.
“Mind telling me the directions to your house?” I asked him and he motioned me to turn to the right.
“Alright, I’ll drive slowly and you tell me when I need to take another turn.” I said and Jotaro nodded his head with a quiet humm. To politely say, he smelled like an ashtray. While it wasn’t bad or that it bothered me, it was just an unusual smell since nobody at my household ever smoked.
We drove for ten or so minutes until we stopped at a smaller one story house.
“This is it.” Jotaro said as I parked next to the sidewalk and he exited the car. I noticed one light still on in his house, “Well, see you tomorrow at school, Jotaro.” I said as I waved at him and he bid my goodbye with a nod of his head.
I turned on the radio as I drove off. Once I got back to my street I parked the car in the driveway, grabbed my school bag and locked it before getting into my house.
Mom and dad were sleeping on a couch as an action movie played in front of them.
I sighed as I entered my room and thought about my first day at my new job and smiled.
It went actually great and I think that after this quite short ride, I’m on good terms with Jotaro.
But as I got ready for bed and laid down, I just couldn’t fall asleep.
I walked over to my window and sat at the end of it, looking up to the starry night sky. I pulled my knees so I could rest my chin on them.
My mind went back to Tommy and his description of Jotaro and his friends. And he obviously had many issues with them.
I was just scared as to what would happen if he was to find out that I work at Frankie’s?
That’s why tomorrow, I have to forge a plan on how to fool Tommy that I work at the Grand Star Cinema …
It seemed like her new life couldn’t get any more complicated, but as many people say never say never, right?