𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐍𝐓 | 𝐃𝐔𝐊𝐄 𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐒

8

2 weeks later

      'Big Momma' played on the tv in the living room of Kailani's apartment. Duke was sitting on the floor in-front of her couch, in-between her legs. She had been re-twisting his dreads for the last 1 and 30 minutes.

     "Stop moving your head so much Duke." She grabbed onto his head, putting it back into the position she had it. Now she understood why her mom got so mad at her as a kid.

     "I'm sorry ma. I'm bout to fall asleep jus' sitting here."

     He kept massaging her feet that he had pulled into his lap.

     Kalani took notice that at every moment of them being together, he always had to be touching her in some sort of way. Whether it was holding hands, holding each others pinky's, their legs touching, him massaging her feet, and really, the list could go on.

"I'a getchu some donuts if you hurry up."

"You rush this, and then you're going to look busted as fuck. Mmch. But if you want this done so fast, you can walk around with busted ass hair. Scare all your hoes away." Shs mushed his head, before gripping onto his head and steadying it roughly as if it was his fault.

"Ion even care about no hoes. I only wantchu, forreal." He turned his face to look at her.

After making eye contact with him, she gripped his head, again, putting it right back where she had it.

She smacked the side of his head, "Stop fucking moving your head."

"I feel ah heartbeat in my scalp. You doin' too much."

"You're on my last damn nerve. Just stop fucking talking. Forreal. You realize that we been sitting here for this long cause of you. Right?"

He didn't awnser.

"Hello? You deaf all of a sudden?"

"Koko you deadass just told me to stop talking."

"But I asked you a question." Duke took his hands off of her feet, throwing them up into the air in defeat.

"I outta just send you across the hall to Mrs. Brown. She'll getchu done real quick." His hands went back to her feet, continuing to massage them.

He didn't reply, not wanting to push her over the edge, and her send him home when the plan was for him to spend the night.

They both stopped talking, as she was focused, and he was too busy staying as still as possible, only moving his hands to massage her feet. The only thing heard in the house was Big Momma.

"Who the hell do you think you are? Coming up in here trying to put your nasty ass lips on me?

Huh? I am not street booty.

I will not be treated like street puntang.

Ben; if you want to get with me - I mean, you will never get with me. Understand?

And even if I was interested - which I definitely am not, you've been going about it the completely wrong way." Big Momma finished.

"Well how the hell am I supposed to go about it then?" Ben asked.

"You don't come up in a woman's house and leave with your-" Kailani cut her off.

"You're finished. You can get up now." She leaned back into the couch, relaxing her back.