Reckless

Dhamir 72

The last three days I've been knocked out today was the last day before I headed back to work and I really didn't want to get out of bed but I knew I had a LOT of work that needed to be done. Reluctantly, I pulled myself out of bed and dragged myself to the shower, ignoring Murda's loud laughter over the sound of Rú playing slow jams from his bedroom; there were so many things going through my mind at that moment and the main one being Kemoni. When I told him EVERYTHING that happened between me and Tykir, his only response was 'K'... literally, nothing else but one letter and I hadn't heard from him since. That was two days okay and usually, I was pretty good at ignoring shyt like that but with Kemoni it was different, I felt this... this emptiness from not being able to hear his voice, or seeing the word 'READ' left under the text messages I've sent. Finally, when I finished my shower I threw on some shorts and a beater because I knew I had to pick up Legend and Chris from the airport in two hours; I really didn't feel like getting all dressed up just to sit in a car so more likely than not I would probably shower again before I started with all the shyt I had to do today. When I got downstairs the first person I saw was Murda, he was doing that leaning thing he did whenever he was flirting and at first, I didn't pay it any attention... until I heard HIS laugh.

"I'm just sayin, a man's taste in ice cream says a lot about him. I'm more of a dark chocolate type of nigga, but on special occasions, I could go for butter pecan... Dhamir, well he's an oddity, mint chocolate chip.... I don't know what that says about him, but I gotta ask... what's your favorite flavor." Murda said shifting his position.

"Don't you have a WEDDING to finish planning?" I asked startling both Murda and Kemoni. Murda turned to me and winked before walking off, leaving me alone with Kemoni and there was an awkward silence that came with me knowing that he wanted to talk and me being pissed that he had been ignoring me mixed with the happiness that came from seeing him. "So I'm guessing you're here to talk about what happened?" I asked.

"Actually, I'm here to fuck you in the kitchen... but since it's pretty obvious that we're not alone, I think I can settle for breakfast.... You're driving...." Kemoni said tossing me his keys before walking out of the kitchen. The entire ride Kemoni didn't say a word to me, in his defense, he was on a phone conversation, but something told me he purposely chose the moment we were in the car to make that call.

"So... Miami?" I asked as we sat down at the table.

"Yeah, two weeks of last minute training before pre-season starts." Kemoni said looking around. "Y'know... Chris thinks some dudes were trying to rob me the night of Legend's party... call me crazy but I think that's a sign that this city isn't good for me." Kemoni said.

"And yet... you're here." I said looking into his eyes.

"That's because I love you, so I'm willing to take that risk...." Kemoni said looking into my eyes. "I'm also pissed, like I get that you had to handle business and I would never hold that against you.... but I'd be lying if I said it didn't bother me that it happened with HIM of all people." Kemoni said.

"Here's what I don't get... y'all were friends at one point, I mean he felt comfortable enough to show up to your house, you and his brother are teammates, and I've seen y'all party together a few times... What changed?" I asked. "I'm genuinely asking because I just..."

"You.... what changed is you. Tykir is... was coo but ever since I shut him down when he tried to get with you the first time, he's been doing a lot of snake shyt behind my back. Now I've been hearing that he's always been sneak dissin me to other players... I think he's always been jealous of me, he's just done a good job of hiding it until now... I got someone he wants and now that you've broken him off... I can see him becoming obsessed... not that I can fault him too much because all it took was once for me to decide that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you... so I can only imagine...." Before Kemoni could finish my phone started to ring, I didn't recognize the number but I had a feeling of who was calling... and so did Kemoni.