"No guys, y'all are both best friends. We are all best friends" I repeat to Omar and Heidi who were arguing over the phone. They refused to talk to each other even though they were on the phone so they could hear each other. Somewhere along the way, the argument went from who's the better friend to whose nationality is better.
I have no idea how that happened so don't ask me.
"Everything is not about you Kalei" Omar is quick to shut me down. My mouth drops open, and I stare at the camera.
That's ironic because the conversation was quite literally about me.
I hear a familiar voice rumble across the phone and Heidi makes a face. Tapping her phone, I assume, going on mute.
"No hoe don't try to hide now, come off mute. Let me see who that is" I pick up my phone and bring it closer to the screen. Omar sits there with a frown on his face, looking clueless.
"There's nobody here, what are you talking about" Heidi gives a fake nervous laugh, looking at something or more so somebody behind the camera.
"Look" She turns her camera around and scans the empty room.
"Nobody is here boo, your de-" She cuts herself off when the door opens and Kyle walks through the door. She drops the phone, screams, then hangs up.
"I would never date your brother" Omar speaks nonchalantly, shrugging his shoulders. I scoff before hanging up on him.
I sigh and look around my empty room. It's always that feeling after getting off the phone.
I decide to go to the kitchen and cook something to pass the time. In about thirty minutes I'm plating a hot honey chicken salad, similar to the one from Publix but better because I made it.
I sit down my plate after I cut up the sauced chicken and put it on top of my salad. I send a text to Lyam, asking him if he wants some food because I kind of miss him. Also, I like it when people enjoy my food.
He reads the text and he's calling me a minute after; he does that a lot. I pick up the phone and put it to my ear as I place a piece of chicken in my mouth.
"Hello," I ask after he stays silent for a while. There is a longer pause before he finally decides to respond.
"Did you start eating without me?" he says stopping me mid-chew. I wasn't aware that I was supposed to wait for him.
After a beat or two I get the Facetime notification from him. I decline on the first ring.
"Pick up the Facetime Kalei" I chew the rest of my food and pick up. I'm already caught.
"Do you want some food or not" I tilt my head at him as he stares at me through the screen. A mug on his face, he usually only mugs me to mock me because he says the face is silly. Look at him now though.
"No thank you," he says then hangs up in my face, catching an attitude. This little sassy boy.
I don't call him back and continue eating my bowl and scrolling through TikTok and Instagram. His name pops up on my screen again and I chuckle before picking up.
"Y-"
"Come open the door Kalei," he says quickly before hanging up in my face again. I look from my half-done plate to the door.
I sigh, tiredly sliding off the stool and dragging myself to the door. I'm ready to take a nap.
I open the door and stare at him before walking away. He follows me in and immediately starts to make himself a plate, completely ignoring me.
Whatever. I put my plate in the microwave for later on, knowing damn well I'd end up throwing it away later.
I finish my glass of juice before I put it in the sink and leave the kitchen. I grab my pink throw blanket off the side of the couch and lay down.
I rub my feet together listening to iSpy by Kyle & Lil Yatchy play softly. Lulling me to sleep in my perfect cozy apartment.
I'm just about to enter deep sleep when I feel myself get rearranged. My limbs and eyelids are too heavy to move so I don't try too hard to figure out what's going on.
I do feel the heat of a chest beneath me. I slide my body up and rub my cheek against his before stuffing my head in his neck.
I feel him rumble beneath me and then his hand rubs along my upper back. His fingertips slide under my cropped tank top before they leave my bare skin.
The song switches to Rich Niggaz by J.cole and I press myself closer to Layne. His hand slides into my tank top again, this time further. His whole hand against my bare back, he lightly scratches my back and I lowly moan. I wiggle a little so that he reaches the right spot, and he scratches harder, more intently.
I smile into his neck, and he chuckles at me. After I while I start to fall asleep again, relaxing against his perfectly temped body. I give a soft kiss to the base of his neck before I'm lost to dreamland.
You got what I want I got what you need "How much for your soul, Anna?"
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Kalei clings to me a little too tightly as I lift her off the couch. She had been sleeping for two hours while I scrolled on my phone.
I realize she's probably not waking up anytime soon so I'm taking her to bed. I bend so that she'll get the memo to let go of me. I try to pull her off me she whines in protest.
I pull harder and she gets aggravated.
"Oh my fucking gosh! Alright, fuck you. Get out of my house" She lets go of me and crawls under her covers. I run my hand down my face and stare at her back. She's splayed out on the big bed covering a lot of space.
I was going to get in bed with her, but I didn't want to with my outside clothes on. She would throw a fit if I did.
I pulled my shirt off and pants before attempting to slide into bed with her. She moans and tries to kick me out of the bed with her strong ass legs. On impact, I grunt but I manage to get ahold of her thigh before she pulls back.
I pull her thigh until it rests over my lower stomach and wrap my arm around her waist, pulling her upper body against mine.
She stops fighting and snuggles into me once more.
"Turn the music up" She mumbles into my ear, and I reach over to grab the speaker remote. I turn it up to 65 before putting it back down.
In mere seconds I hear soft snores coming from her slightly parted brown and pink lips.
I pull her head from my neck and kiss all over her face. She's so beautiful. I peck her big soft lips before letting her head fall into my neck again.
Soon I'm falling asleep with Kalei's unusually cold body snuggled against my body.
