Di × Ni

|•Childhood•|

"Can she come out?" The little boy says quietly, not very fond of the old man standing at the door looking down at him. The old man's face is blank as he yells upstairs "Trina! Somebody here for you!" A couple seconds of silence go by followed by loud shuffling "Hold up Papa! I'm coming!-" a little girls voice answers hurriedly from upstairs. A little chubby girl comes rushing down the stairs "Diamondd!" She squeals out as soon as she sees the boys face, cheesing from ear to ear as she hugs him.

He hugs her back, smiling just as big "Trina. I want you back in this damn house before the street lights or you won't be seeing nobody but the back of my fucking hand." The man says firmly and harshly. Diazmond can feel the girl flinch at the old man's words, gritting his teeth as he lets go of her and looks down at her only to find her looking up at the man "ok Papa..I will this time." She says softly "and don't you dare go in nobody damn house Trina." He adds, slamming the door before she can say anything.

The two were walking down the sidewalk, hand in hand. Diazmond couldn't keep his eyes off the girl as she talked and talked, catching him up on everything that had happened over the almost month that she was on punishment, she had been put on said punishment because..well...actually- he never told her why she was being punished.

But anyway, she was too happy to be out the house again with the only person on the earth that made her feel safe. Trina was tall for being only 10, Diazmond even taller at the age of 12, his arm being swung as Trina smiles and lightly skips "Ni what is you doin?-" the boy says, studying her giddiness with a small grin on his face. "Sorry Di, Im just happy to be seeing you..feels like i haven't see you in foreverr!!-"

She smiles, looking at him as they arrive just down the street from her house, Diazmond opens the door and walks in behind her so he can close the door "Diazmond! That you?" His grandma calls from her room "yea ma! Ni wit me too!" He yells back and sits down on the couch "she prolly gon wanna see you" he says, nodding his head towards the small hallway that lead to his grandma's room

"yea, I'll be back in a sec" Trina nods and walks back there to her room, knocking before sticking her head in the door.
"Trina! I haven't seen yo behind in a hot minute! Yo grandaddy holding you hostage again huh?" She says, smiling at the girl and patting the bed. Trina climbs up on the big bed and goes over to the woman "Hey Ms. Mattie, I missed y'all so much" she says as she hugs her. The lady smiles and kisses her on her head.

"we missed you too sweetie, now gon head and spend some time with that knucklehead, I bet that old coot said you only got till the street lights go out" she playfully rolls her eyes and smiles at her, removing her arm from around her and watching as she jumps off the bed and runs out of the room to the boy in the living room.

After she got back to Diazmond, she got on the couch next to him and scooted even closer, laying her head on his lap and smiling up at him. Diazmond looks down at the girl, pushing a braid out of her face and returning the cheeky smile "did you eat?" He suddenly questioned, his face a little more serious "uhm-.."

Trina mumbled a soft 'no', looking away from him "Ni. You know you need to. When was the last time.?" He says, slightly worried. Trina mumbles something and Diazmond frowns "talk up ni ni." ..silence. "a couple days.."

Diazmond sits up, looking at her in concerned silence "Im fine though I'm o-" Diazmond cuts her off by gently nudging her head off his lap, getting up and going to the kitchen and opening the fridge.

Trina furrowed her brows, knowing what was going to happen, he'd grab some strawberries, her favorite fruit, and get her to eat them. "Di, no I'm fine-" she weakly protested, knowing that her pleas weren't even being heard as he cut up the strawberries.

After about almost two hours, she finished the bowl of strawberries and green grapes, sighing as she looks at Diazmond "I'm proud of you Ni. I mean it" he says softly, hopping off the couch with her empty bowl and washing it out in the sink.

"Di, can I get on your back now?" Trina asks softly, already knowing the answer as he dries his hands and comes over to her, leaning down. She gets on, wrapping her arms around his neck and her legs around his waist as he holds her legs up.

"Am I too heavy Di? I should probably get down-" She says worriedly, starting to regret asking "nah Ni, you cool" he says turning his head towards her and smiling.

"now hold on cuz we finna go turbo." He says before zooming through the small apartment, Trina letting out soft screams as she holds onto him for dear life.

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