Saints Row: Bullet to the Heart

Chapter 31

~*New Year's Eve, 04'*~

The city shoveled clear the snowstorm that had blanketed the streetscape for it to once again thrive, albeit still very much winter. Still, huge melting piles sat at the sides of the roads lingering still, evidence that winter covered the Stilwater. It had been a few joyous days since her mother's family came through the door of her best friend's home.
Kyouki had set them up in a hotel. She was going to pick them up. After several hours, they were going to celebrate the coming year. Kyouki pulled up to the spot. Getting out, she made her way to the elevators. On the fifth floor, she heard laughing coming from up the hall. Bobby was running out of the room with his nephew running after him.

"Aunty!" the four-year-old called when he saw Kyouki.

"Hey lil man, you beating your uncle up?" She asked, scooping the boy up in her arms.

"Hey Cuz. We were just playing. He didn't want to put his shoes on." Bobby panted, chuckling, reaching for the boy to tickle him. "I told him no shoes, tickle monster, then he ran me out the room."

Ky feigned surprise. "He told you about the tickle monster?" The boy in her arms nodded. "Did he tell you there is an Anti tickle monster who beat up tickle monsters?" Ky reached for Bobby as Elijah giggled on her hip.

Bobby backed up. "No fair! Trace! Help!" He ran around Ky, back into the room up the hall. Ky held tight to Elijah while she trotted slowly after Bobby, with Elijah laughing hysterically.

Ky couldn't help herself; she was a laughing mess. "Morning fam."

"Morning baby." Her aunt came to kiss her cheek. "You gonna spoil that boy, put him down."

"I'll spoil them all the same... I think that goes without saying, right Aunty?" Ky reminded her.

"Don't you start." Mimi snorted, grabbing her jacket.

"Come're baby, let's get your shoes on. Morning Ky." Tracey finished dressing baby Nimani, setting her down on the bed. Ky went to grab her up in place of her nephew.

"Morning Trace. Hey momma. What is your momma feeding you, huh, grits? You're getting to be a chunky monkey." She kissed the baby on her cheeks. Taking a seat to coo over the girl, her phone rang. "Who is calling us now, huh? Let's see." Ky pulled the phone from her back pocket. "Hey, what's up?" Making kissy faces at the baby.

"Laura said she figured out what's in the stuff. She wanted to know if you can talk now or later?"

Making faces at the baby, she kissed the chubby cheeks of the one-year-old. "Um, right now, I'm a bit busy. Tell her later. To swing by... There.... Aight?"

Shaundi knew what she was doing. " You have the kids, don't you?"

"You know it. I'll catch you all later, ok? Maybe an hour."

"No problem, I'll tell her." She hung up.

"You got someplace to go?" Tracey asked as she packed the rest of the diaper bag.

Ky wiggled the baby in a little snowsuit. "A friend of mine I almost forgot about has something I asked for." Kissing her forehead.

Then it came. "You better not be doing that shit from before?" Her Aunt Mimi hollered from the bathroom.

Kyouki blushed, smiling at the girl in her lap. "It's just racing Aunty Mimi!" Ky called, handing over the baby to Tracey, going to the bathroom door.

Her Aunt didn't bother to turn from the mirror to still have words for her. "You know damn well what I mean." Putting her eyeliner on.