Power Trip | NBANARDO

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♤ NARDO ♤

"Why the fuck he ain't pickin' his phone up?" Horace mumbled to himself, becoming a little worried. 

Kentrell had been giving him radio silence for the past 3 days and Horace was starting to think he was blocked.

They'd argued yeah, but neither had said anything about being done. Kentrell would always attempt a reconcile after they'd do a "break" but he hadn't. This was unlike his boyfriend, very unlike him.

"Hey, Nick." He spoke into the phone deciding he'd start with the older's friends.

"Hey, Nardo."

"Uh have you heard from or seen Kentrell?"

"Not in a minute actually,"Nick gave a soft sad sigh, "I think he cut me and Ty off."

"What? Why?"

"Over the shit with you."He went on,"The whole him messagin' Joe thing."

Horace's eyebrows knitted together, how long had that really been going on?

"He told y'all?"

"No, we found out by accident and made him tell you."Nick explained, "Otherwise knowin' Trell he was gon' let the shit keep goin' until it got too far."

Horace pushed his angry thoughts away focusing on the fact this wasn't what they were talking about. He was looking for his boyfriend, he needed to know where he was.

"Fuck, okay."

"Anyway you askin' where he's at?"

"Yeah, he kinda went M.I.A on me,"Horace looked up at the apartment building,"I'm gonna try his roommate but I don't know if either of them home."

"I'll check around with Ben and everybody else to see if they've seen him and I'll call you back with what I find, okay?"

"Aight." He hung up the phone and knocked on the door, Markeyvius opening it instead of Kentrell.

"Hey Key."

"Wassup, Nardo."He leaned against the doorframe." Whatchu' need?"

"I was tryna see if Trell was home."

"Nah he ain't here."He licked his bottom lip,"Nigga been ghostin' me ever since he told my ass to leave."

This was news to Horace.

"He tried to kick you out?"

"Yeah but then he was like, it was a heated of the moment thing,"He rolled his eyes, "Now it's lookin' like he the one that left."

"What?"

"I ain't seen Kentrell around here since Monday and he ain't given me a phone call either." Key went on shrugging casually, "Rent due soon too, so I hope he ain't fuckin' bail on me."

That sent alarm bells off in Horace's head. His friends were one thing, he himself was another, but Kentrell not being home wasn't his regular.

That was fucking weird.

"Nah, then that means nobody has physically seen him for longer than I thought." He voiced what he was thinking, adding up the time.

"Maybe he spendin' some extra time at work?"

"How the fuck he gon' stay overnight at his job over the course of some days?" Horace snapped, his agitation and anxiety mixing together.

"Damn I see why y'all together,"Key sucked his teeth, "Both y'all got matchin' fuckin' attitudes."