Mine For A Moment

Chapter 25

Kayon

It was good to be back home in my own bedroom. It's cool having the nurses wait on you hand and foot but I missed my bed. The ibuprofen was wearing off so my arm was throbbing. I was about to sit up, but Micky came racing to my side. "What do you need?"

"I have to move as much ad possible so I can heal quicker."

"Yes, eventually but as for now you need to rest."

"Well, I'm starting to feel pain, the medicine wearing off." I laid back down.

Micky opened the paper bag with medicine, he handed me a pill. "Let me go get you some water."

"Aaight," it was going on 10:00 and I still didn't hear anything from Lonzo, although he said he'd see me in the morning, he didn't actually have to. Micky returned with a glass of water and I swallowed my pills and drink it. "Why you looking at me like that?"

"My mom is going to be buying my bus ticket soon, for me to go back home."

"I ain't tryna hear that right now,"

"Yeah, but we never discussed if we were willing to do long distance or if this would be anything more than a summer fling."

"You know better than that, you know it's not a summer fling."

"So, you wanna continue when I leave? and you never technically asked me to be your boyfriend." He gave me a serious face.

"That's because we're still just in the dating stage," I watched him frowning. "People can just date a little before they become official, this obviously means I want to at some point."

"So what are the conditions of us not being official and being far apart? Because it feels like you're going to be free to do what you want because you don't 'technically have a boyfriend' am I right?"

"No, you are the only one I'm interested in at this moment,"

"Yeah, because I'm here in your face but I won't be in like a week and half. I just wanna know what we can and can't do?"

"Um, well..." Then there was a knock on my room door that I was familiar with. "Come on!" I expected to see only Lonzo, but Chris walked in behind him and they were holding hands.

"Hey, we woke up late and went to grab food. I brought extra, it's in the kitchen." Lonzo came over to do our lil handshake.

"You look better," he smiled and he smelled good.

"Still feel like shit,"

"Sup Micky, this is Chris." Micky stood up and did a lil hand shake. "

"What's up Chris,"

"Hello, Micky and hello Kayon, I hope you recover quickly, your home is beautiful."

"Yeah, thank you."

Lonzo gave me a look like 'be nice,"

"Chris, you wanna come with me, give these two a chance to talk?"

"Sure," he looked towards Lonzo giving him smile.

Once they left Lonzo pushed my legs over and sat down beside me on the bed. "Got a permanent marker?"

"Look in the top drawer, why?"

"So I can be the first to sign your cast," he moved junk around in my drawer and pulled out a permanent marker, then sat back down, putting my arm on his lap.

"Really, nigga we ain't in elementary." I was fronting though, I thought it was cute.

"So, I still wanna do it." He pulled off the cap and started writing.

"Micky leaves soon,"

"Yeah, summer is almost over. You okay about that?"

"He kinda upset because I haven't exactly made him mine..."

"What you waiting on?" He was still looking at my arm.

"Don't know," I wasn't really sure.

"Maybe because we about to be seniors and you ain't wanna be tied down...I thought about that too but with Chris...it's different."

"So, you going to be out with him at school?"

"Yeah, it's already getting around in the streets, won't be long before everyone knows and I'm good with that." He put the top back on the marker. I lifted my arm off his lap. "I wouldn't wanna do this shitty ass life without you, glad to call you my friend. Love you, Lonzo."

"I couldn't do this shitty ass life without you." I looked up at him.

"Be real with me Kayon,"

"About?"

"Are you not committing to him fully because of me?" He stared directly into my eyes, hell my soul.

"Why you asking me that?" I wanted to avoid the question.

"But I thought you was sure about him...that's the whole reason I backed off...I thought you ain't want me like that...like seriously."

"I can't turn off the feelings, the thoughts in my head about you, the shit just keeps coming back." I covered my face.

He pulled my hands down. "You know I would have never even went looking elsewhere if I knew you wanted me...you know that."

"Yeah, but it's not that I don't want Micky, but I love you..and it just gets confusing."

"It didn't have to be, you made it confusing. Now you got that man falling for you, I been loved and wanted you but now I have involved Chris and Im not hurting him over someone who don't even know what they want."

"and I'm not asking you to do that for me.."

His face expressions clearly indicates he's upset. "Let him go if you aren't sure, he a good dude." He stood up. "But Chris ain't going anywhere...I see you good now, so me and him gon get up out here."

"Why you leaving Zo?" I was now sitting up. "Please, you just got here."

"Because it's suffocating in here...and these are people hearts we're mixing up in our shit."

I reached for him. "Fuck anything I admitted to today, imma get my shit together. Imma do shit right with Micky, and stay out you and Chris way, but please, don't go. Stay a little,"

He just stared at me, then walked quickly in front of me, lowered his mouth to mine, pulled my face to him and kissed me, I placed my hand on the back of his head and kissed him back. Then he pulled away. "When I got that call, my heart stopped...then seeing how bad they beat you and my mind has been going a million miles per minute.... and I know this isn't the place or time for this but..."

We heard the doorknob twist and he backed away quickly. "Yeah, I been taking ibuprofen, don't know how good it's working."

Micky and Chris walked back into the room. Thank God they were in the middle of some conversation and we were able to get ourselves together. "They don't wanna give you the good stuff." He said.

"You don't wanna risk being addicted to those drugs anyway," Chris walked over and Lonzo, pulls him in for a hug. "You look flushed," Chris felt his forehead.

"I might need to go lay down," he looked down at me. "Me and Chris gonna go,"

I wanted to finish our conversation but from the looks of his face, he needed air and space.

"It was nice meeting you."

"You too,"

"Holla at you later, Kayon." Lonzo said to me.

"Yeah,"

"Good seeing you Kayon,"

"You too Chris."

Seems like Lonzo is trying to really be done with Kayon, on that level?

Kayon don't know what he wants....

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