"what's wrong mi amor?" I heard vena say from across the line. "meeko, he randomly showed up with the food i doordashed. then he just started chasing me up to benjamins place." I said still gasping for air.
"i'm on the way, is benjamin or someone there with you?" vena said immediately jumping up walking through her apartment.
"yeah benjamin and playah are here, but they just jumped him and i'm pretty sure they're still out there." I said wiping my tears. "okay, just stay in the bathroom i'm on my way." vena said hanging up.
I wasn't crying because of the fact he just got his ass beat, i was crying because of all the emotional trauma i've been experiencing these past couple of months. I even had to take a break from doing nails because of it.
I was tired of everything, mentally and physically. I heard a knock at the door, before it opened. It was benjamin. "are you okay mylove?" he said before picking me up.
"i don't even know, i'm just tired of everything." I said immediately bursting into tears. i felt him adjust my head onto his chest as he brought me into a hug.
"listen, we in this together i'll always be here for you ma, you don't need to worry about anything i got it all. all you need to do is just push through the day, anything after that is on me. i got you ma."
he reassured me before kissing my forehead and running his fingers through my hair. he lifted my chin up before cupping my face.
"i love you so much amor'i." he said wiping my tears. "i love you most benjamin." I said kissing him. I heard a knock at the front door which made benjamin tense up and grab his gun of the bathroom counter.
i peeked out the bathroom doorframe and saw benjamin speed walking towards the front door. "nigga didn't i te-" i heard him say before getting cut off.
"nigga quit tryna act hard and get the hell out the way." i heard a female voice say. I was able to make out who the female was. vena. "my loveee, come here." she said with her arms opening.
"hey vena." I said melting into the hug. vena was always the person who made me feel safe, i could always go to her for anything without any judgement. "you okay?" vena said holding my shoulders while looking at me.
"yeah, i am now. I just need to do something to distract myself from all this bullshit." I said sighing and walking over to one of the barstools.
"well... i do need my nails done.." vena said looking at her nubs, smiling. I instantly shot my head towards her and began to smile, before it faded. "what?" she said stopping at her action.
"i don't even have my nail equipment." I said hunching over the counter. "yk i came prepared." she said pulling out my travel bag full of nail equipment.
"oh vena, i love you." I said getting up and hugging her once again. I grabbed the bag setting it down on the island and unzipped it, letting out a puff of air that smelled like straight up monomer.
"goddamn bruh, y'all gon have my crib stank." benjamin said while playah laughed along. "nigga shut yo uglahh up." vena said sucking her teeth.
before long we heard knocking on the door. "who could it be now." benjamin said before looking through the peephole. "yeaaaa" we heard him say unlocking the door.
"yurrrrrr." we heard a familiar male voice let out. namil. "ayy wassup slumpyy." I said dapping up namil. "wassup vena." he said looking over at vena before hugging her.
me and benjamin just stared at each other. "so y'all fuckin or what?" Playah said nonchalantly which made benjamin and i burst out into laughter. slump shook his head, before gripping his gun. "woah woah, im just fucking with y'all." he said backing up into the couch.
"how about you fuck with wick and mori." he said tilting his head. "nigga they're literally together." playah said shaking his head. "yeah yeah." namil said walking over to couch, before flopping down.
"nigga you break my couch, you gon buy me another one." benjamin said pointing a knife at namil , he was using to cut his sandwich with. "you act like i'm heavy or sum." namil said before throwing his head back.
"you almost there." benjamin said mumbling to himself. "okayyy y'all stop." I said dipping my brush into the monomer. "ian even doing anything." benjamin said. I just shook my head, they argue like they're related.
"anyway, y'all tryna hop on 2k?" playah said grabbing a bag that had gaming stuff in it. "hellll yeah." namil said sitting up.
i hated when they got on the game, they were so loud for no reason. I'm suprised they didn't get complaints.
"do you want frenchies?" I asked vena filing down the last nail. "yeah, do whatever you feel looks good." I loved freestyle sets. doing nails, just makes me feel like i have an escape from reality in general.
It had been about 40 minutes and i was finally done with the look. I was so proud of my work, it felt like i hadn't been able to prove myself since the situation with meeko. honestly i had back to back thoughts on quitting. but i knew i wouldn't be able to stay away from it long.
"oh my godd, girl i love you." vena said looking at her nails. I laughed as i watched her examine her nails with a wide smile on her face. "how much for them?" vena said recording her nails.
"nothing, girl you don't have to pay me." I said shaking my head. she began to dig through her purse and handed me two one hundred dollar bills. "no vena." I said refusing the money.
"bitch take the money, and shut up." she said putting it in my bra. "shit if youn take the money i will." i heard playah said with his eyes still glued to the screen. I rolled my eyes and laughed.
this night was perfect, i loved the fact of being together with all my friends, family.
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bro i'm literally so stuck on what to write, honestly might discontinue if i dont come up with SOMETHING 😭
