Ohani Franklin
"You tired lil baby? You ready to go? You straight?" Dominic asked as Ohani slipped from the red cup. "no , I'm fine." Ohani smiled.
He kissed her cheek before going back to talking with his friends. Ohani continued to talk with Nyema who was dating one of Dominics best friends.
"And look at that one. I swear they belong on the streets downtown." Nyema shook her head as she pointed to the girl attempting to dance on a man with a bottle in her hand.
Ohani laughed and agreed. "I'm ready to go." Ohani sighed. "girl that nigga just asked you that." Nyema spoke. "yeah but ion like to kill people's fun just cuz I wanna lay down. He can do his lil thang cuz trust imma do mine when it's time." She spoke and Nyema nodded.
"I know that's right." The two exchanged Instagrams and continued to talk. "This is my song." She spoke as the root of all evil played.
Ohani liked this song so she didn't complain. A tall dreadhead wearing all black with a red cap walked out of the house and Ohani glanced at him.
"Bae look so good." Nyema smiled watching the man walk over. Ohani chuckled and looked up at the man.
Something about him caught her attention. "Unt unt don't look at him like that." Nyema quickly spoke.
"No...I think I know him." She spoke. "From where?" Nyema furrowed her eyebrows as the boy walked over. He removed the dreads from his face and Ohani knew for a fact that she knew him from somewhere.
She stared long and hard with a concentrated face. "What's your name?" Ohani questioned. Nyema gave him a look.
He furrowed his eyebrows. "Who the fuck is you?" He mugged as he looked at her.
"Sorry you just look... familiar. Do you remember me?" She asked. He glanced at her before he stared. "Yeah but....I don't remember where I know you from.." he spoke.
"I'm kyree." He spoke. Ohani gasped. "Kyree?? My cousin...it's me , Ohani." Ohani smiled.
His eyes widened. "Oh shit." He ran a hand through his dreads. "Wassup cousin." He spoke opening his arms. Ohani stood and hugged him tightly.
"So y'all cousins?" Nyema questioned. "Yeah this was my lil twin when we was younger." Kyree chuckled wrapping an arm around ohanis Shoulder.
"I need your number." Ohani passed her phone to him. He tapped on the phone as he spoke.
"Damn so how everybody? What about tete destiny and uncle Mahzi?" He asked. "Good. You know they had to double it. They married now and got like 5 kids." She explained. "Auntie Hazel has three and she married some white man." She spoke and his eyes widened.
"Damn that fucks me up cuz I wish I was around when y'all was growing up. How old you is?" He asked. "17." Ohani smiled.
"So what you doing over here? You a lil baby." He spoke. "Mmm...no. fuck..how am I gonna tell my dad I seen you if I'm not supposed to be here in the first place?" Ohani sighed.
"Tell him you met me through Ny." He spoke referring to his girlfriend. "Say y'all met at work or sum. You got a job?" He asked.
"Yeah but I barely go. But yeah." She shrugged. "I gotta come over and surprise em." Kyree spoke.
"Our dad's birthdays are Sunday...you know what would be a good gift." Ohani smiled. "Hell yeah. Imma show up." Kyree nodded. "I gotta hit you up. Man . I missed y'all." He shook his head.
"Why did y'all not recognize each other...?" Nyema questioned. "We ain't seen each other since 5 and 7. When my daddy got killed , my mama didn't let me around his family no more." He spoke.
Nyema gasped. "Oh I'm sorry.."
"How's your mom..?" Ohani asked. "Hate that bitch." He spoke. Ohani furrowed her eyebrows. "Okay...why?"
"She's hated my dad cuz he was on drugs but now her and her boyfriend strung out on drugs. I start raising myself at 13." He explained.
"And I know Ain't no random nigga killed my daddy. I always felt like she had sum to do with it." He explained and Ohani nodded.
Dominic walked over and looked at kyree. "Oh wassup." Kyree dapped him up. "Waddup." Dominic spoke as he placed a hand on ohanis waist.
"You ready to go lil baby? I'm ready" He asked Ohani.
"This you cuz?" Kyree asked referring to Dominic. "Yeah." Ohani smiled. "Lil happy ass. Y'all have fun. Don't tell yo parents yet , imma surprise they ass." He smiled.
"Okay." She smiled and hugged him. "I love you kyree." She smiled. "Love you too cuz. Y'all be easy." He spoke.
"This yo blood cousin?" Dominic asked. "Yeah." Ohani nodded as they began to walk off hand in hand.
"AYE AYE."
Dominic heard the shouting coming from across the street so he rushed to get Ohani in the car.
"WHATS BRACKIN BITCH?" he heard someone on the yard shouting at a man dressed in blue stumbling past with a bottle.
"Aye man that's a crackhead. Sit yo drunk ass down." Dominic shouted back and they laughed.
He hopped in the car and pulled off.
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