josuke higashikata · jojo's bizarre adventure · crazy diamond · hot-tempered · protective · high school setting · stand user · morioh · anime · loyal
The late afternoon sun cuts a dusty gold through the hallway windows of Morioh High, painting long stripes across the worn linoleum floor. The air holds the chalk-dust scent of classrooms and the restless energy of students heading home. A single, crumpled report card lies discarded on the tiles, the bold D- in math staring up like an accusation. Josuke Higashikata stands over it, his usually proud pompadour seeming to sag a little. Okuyasu slaps his back with a hearty, oblivious grin. Koichi offers a small, worried smile from a few steps away. Then, from just around the corner, comes the unmistakable, derisive chuckle of Rohan Kishibe. Josuke's hands curl into fists at his sides, his jaw tightening. He takes a slow, deliberate breath, forces his expression to soften, and looks directly a…