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December 2007
Giorno sits in his balcony overlooking the bright lights of the city ahead.He decided to sit in the balcony after spending a few hours on his bed in a failed attempt to get some sleep.Tomorrow was his wedding day and like any Newlywed to be nerves where getting to him."I wonder if she's awake as well?" Giorno mused "Nah,she's probably fast asleep like I should be". Looking at the vast landscape before him Girono thought to himself "how did someone like me end up with someone as amazing as her?"
“Giorno, what are you still doing up this late? It’s a bit chilly outside last thing you need is to catch a cold before your big day tomorrow” Girono was brought back to earth by a blanket wrapped over him.”Oh Bucciarati, I am so sorry if I worried you,it's just that I couldn't sleep and well I decided to get some fresh air "It's ok Giorno,it's only natural that you feel nervous I mean it's not everyday you marry your childhood sweetheart" "Thank You Bucciarati it means a lot to me." Bruno Buccirarati was Giorno's art teacher in high school.He was the one who encouraged Girono to pursue art in high school and it was because of Buccirarati as well that Girono and Trish ended up together so of course it was only natural that Buccirarati ended up being Gironos best man."Why do you tell me about the day you meet Trish again? It's absolutely one of my favorites! I mean while we are both up here you might as well over tea and a lovely view" a small smile went peeked over Giorno's "Of course Bucciarati "
October 1992
Giorno Giovanna was a relatively shy child and was often looked at as a "creepy kid" by his classmates as Giorno was very observant by nature or maybe it was his bowl haircut? Either way the result was him being often the target of bullies.He learned that the best way to not get attention of those around him was to be busy with something else. So he would often preoccupy himself by reading a book which he enjoyed but not as much as drawing, with drawing he felt free as a butterfly and he often got praise from his teachers and his father who would always put any new piece in the fridge, in fact the fridge was full of drawings and nothing else his father would dub it "Giorno's Art Gallery". To Giorno this was important as his father was an important lawyer in Italy and was often away on trips or at the office all day and was often left at home after school with his nanny Marcella. Marcella has been Gironos nanny since his mother left the family when he was a baby and while she was a nice lady she could only do so much to fill the emptiness of the house he lived in. Drawing also meant that he was not the subject of ridicule but of admiration from his peers.On one particular day the vacated desk next to Giornos was occupied by a Girl who stood out not just because of her swirly pink hair but the way she carried herself with such… confidence , such certainly in her actions as she sat on her seat with her back straight not even trying to hide her presence as she was tapping her feet and fiddling with her pencil waiting for class start."Should I introduce myself?" Girono thought as he stared at the now impatient Girl. The bell rang as the teacher entered the classroom "I guess not" Giorno figured."Class today we have a new student here with us today all the way from Sardinga, everyone please give a warm welcome to Trish Una, Trish please introduce yourself to the class" The girl stood up and did not hesitate to speak "My name is Trish I love pretty things especially the ocean,I hate bugs and my favorite subject is math." She sat back down "thank you Trish'' the teacher said before resuming class as usual.For the rest of the morning Girono could not keep his eyes off her.He didn't know why, was it her pink hair? Or was it because she was sitting next to him …"No that's not it!" Giorno thought. To keep his mind off of her, Giorno decided to grab his trusty sketchbook from his desk and draw in hopes of not making a fool of himself. Little did he know he ended up drawing her without thinking and it wasn't until one of his classmates went up to his desk and saw the drawing "oooooooh you have a crush on the new girl? Don't you Girono?" Giorno's face turned red "G-Give it back" Giorno weakly spoke at this point he was too shooken up to do anything suddenly Trish walks in front of his classmate "What are you doing?,can you see he's clearly embarrassed?,"
"Yeah but that's what's fun about messing with him"
"I am sorry but I don't think you heard what he said ".suddenly she looks at him
"Go on tell them"
Giorno couldn't believe it, this girl was going through all this trouble for him and here he was cowering in embarrassment.
"What should I do? Giorno thought "I could just sit here or….. "Girono stood from his seat, he wasn't sure what he was doing, if anything his body was moving on its own "gosh what am I doing! He's taller than me if I stand up to him now he's surely going to beat me up" at this point it was too late to back out now "um I said to give me back my sketchbook please I hate repeating myself so I won't ask again".The eyes of his classmate where wide open at this point Giorno did not what was going to happen next but one thing was certain he was not handing this alone."What did you say you little snot? "You heard me I won't repeat myself again" "OH? Now you think you're hot stuff because your little Girlfriend helped you out, is that it?"
"No" Giorno said plainly. At that moment he finally understood why Trish, a girl who was a stranger to him, would go through the trouble of helping him,Not because of her tough exterior but because she was like a guardian angel looking over him.Giorno simply walked past his classmate, swiped the sketchbook and sat back down on his desk Honestly Giorno thought he would hear more from his classmate after his stunt but the last thing Giorno could remember was seeing his mouth wide open in disbelief."That was so cool!" Trish exclaimed "it was honestly the most exciting thing that happened all day" Giorno blushed "um thank you to be honest it was only because you helped me otherwise I would have chickened out" Trish simply smiled "don't be silly it's only because I opened my big mouth that this even escalated" Giorno looked at his drawing "since you went through all this trouble to help me least I can do is show you the drawing that caused this mess" Giorno looked away as Trish looked at the drawing ."Wow! Is that me? and You drew this, it's so pretty. Who knew you had talent? Most I can draw are stick figures "T-thank you, you don't think it's creepy at all that I drew you without asking?" Trish nods "I think it's really nice so I'll let it slide this time um what's your name? I don't think I got it "Giorno Giovanna " "Girono Giovanna?,sounds fancy, how about I call you GioGio? It suits you much better than Giorno Giovanna "sure! Girono said "Excellent! How about this GioGio? Why don't we walk together after school? Since I am new here and you seem like you been here a while and I need help finding my way home,since I am not very good with directions "um ok, I've been here for 5 years so I think I know my way around" "Thank you GioGio,you know what I think this is the start of a beautiful friendship!"
December 2007
"And we would walk together after school everyday until graduation "Giorno concluded. "And now tomorrow you two will be walking the isle tomorrow, quite a stark contrast don't you think?" "Yeah I guess it is, Thank You again Bucciarati for coming over here I feel a little less nervous now that I told you that story again." Bucciarati stood up and smiled " I figured you get nervous before your wedding so I thought if you told that story it would help remember that you two were really meant for each other , like you said so yourself like a "guardian angel". "She kinda is like my guardian angel isn't she?, always looking after me " Giorno stands up and yawn "Now come on Giorno we have a busy day tomorrow and there's no way I am going to let "Mr Giovanna " be late on my watch " .Giorno takes one last look at the bright lights head before heading inside "Thank You Trish"