It might be an unlucky day, but stand proud anyway!

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Trish frowned as Giorno was carried her. Not so much because she was in his arms, but because why he was carrying her in the first place.

"I'm sorry."

The blond glanced down at the pink-haired girl in his arms before looking back to where he was going. "Why are you apologizing?"

"If it weren't for me, you'd have been able to fight my father."

It was Giorno's turn to frown as he was reminded of his missed chance to take down Diavolo. "Some things are more important."

"…I'm not that important," replied Trish, sadness lacing her words. "I'm useless."

"You are not useless, Trish," stated Giorno. "You are just as important to the team as everyone else."

"How can you say that?!" snapped the girl as she glared up at the surprised boy. "How can you do anything that you do?!"

"Wh-What?!"

"You know who my father is and the things he's done, yet you're willing to help me and protect me. Why?! Why don't you hate me?!" cried Trish, as tears started to flow down her face.

Giorno set her down so she could stand on her own. He then grabbed her by the shoulders and looked her right in the eye.

"You are not your father. You are Trish Una and someone worth my time. No matter what, I will always be there to protect you."

That did it. The floodgates were fully open now as Trish launched herself at the now shocked boy before her and cried into his chest. Not knowing what to do at the moment, Giorno merely wrapped his arms around her and rubbed her back in hopes of calming her down.

After a few minutes of crying, Trish lifted her head and wiped away the stray tears. "S-Sorry."

"There you go apologizing again," said the Bucciarati gang member with chuckle. "It's okay, Trish. No harm done."

"But you're all wet now."

"It will dry. As long as you are okay, that's all that matters."

A slight blush appeared on Trish's face, to which she turned away from Giorno to hide it. "Wh-Why do you have to be such a heroic gentleman?!"

Giorno looked at Trish in confusion. He figured he'd never understand this girl in full.

FIN

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My very first JJBA fic, although I'm surprised that it's based on Part 5. I'm only really familiar with the first three parts of the series. Had to do research once again to get the characters right and according to the wiki, Trish is an insecure individual, so I focused on that for this.

And hey, this actually qualifies as the first Giorno x Trish fic on FFnet.