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Come & Go - Juice WRLD, Marshmello

"Alright, you're too annoying, I'm ending the live" I roll my eyes as my Niki absolutely destroys the simple task I had asked him to do

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"Alright, you're too annoying, I'm ending the live" I roll my eyes as my Niki absolutely destroys the simple task I had asked him to do. He decided we should go live while making cookies, all I had asked for him to do was mix the dough together, he decided to use an electric beater and now there's chunks of dough all over the kitchen.

I say goodbye and end it before taking a deep breath, "Sooooooooo" Niki starts, "Shut up" I warn, his cocky smirk only grows more "Does Ally know?" He asks wiggling his eye brows, "No and neither should you".

"What about Papa?" He questions, and I panic "No, no please don't tell Papa" if he finds out I'm talking with one of his top fighters he will be mad, I just know it.

"I wont tell anyone..." Niki hums, and I know he's about to blackmail my ass, "As long as you tell me allllll the details" He finishes, there it is.

My phone vibrates again and I finally nod my head as a response, as we begin to clean his mess up I explain about Cillian, he almost screamed like a fan girl would when I mention his name, he wouldn't shut up about.

'Cillian? THE Cillian Welsh? As in the blah blah blah'

"So he approached you first?" Niki questions tilting his head to the side, "Did you not listen to a thing I said? I said Papa introduced me to both of the main event fighters" I sigh placing the dirty dishes into the dishwasher, "To be honest, I zoned out after I heard his name", this boy I swear to god.

"Just... be careful about it" Niki finally speaks in a semi serious tone, "What do you mean? Has he got a bad past?" I question, I should probably google this man.

"No, not at all. It's just that if the media finds out they're going to turn it into a shit show. Saying that the only reason he has a contract is because of you or like he wins because you rig it or some shit. The media are vultures and will destroy peoples lives with no remorse".

He's right, I need to be careful not only for Cillian's future and reputation, but Papa's as well.

"He wants to take me on a date" I admit to him, I can feel my face burning just at the thought, "Holy shit, when?!" He yells, I give him a look and he quiets down immediately "When?!" He whisper yells this time.

"Tomorrow, he said he's going to pick me up at 10am" I nod more so to myself, "Well he can't pick you up here or Papa and Aleksandr will find out" Niki reply's, shit, I didn't even think of that.

"What the hell am I going to do then? Maybe I should cancel".

"Cancel over a minor inconvenience? Absolutely not" Niki hums before he smiles like an idiot. "I'll tell them I'm taking you out for the day, I'll drop you off at the end of the driveway and when you're back I'll pick you up and we can drive back in"

The fact that he's willing to lie and sneak around for me warms my heart, "Thank you Niki" I smile hugging him tightly, "Anything to see you happy маленький цветок (little flower)".

"So what are going to do about these?" Niki asks pulling my jumper sleeve up exposing the white bandage around my wrist... I forgot about those... god what is he going to think when he sees this? He's going to run, I don't blame him, I'm a walking disaster.

"I- I don't know" I admit, I hadn't even thought about it. Niki hums for a few seconds before snapping his fingers, "Long sleeve shirt and large jumper, are they starting to heal?" He asks, I nod my head, the scabs are itchy which means they're healing.

"Alright, bracelet's over the long sleeve shirt, just don't roll the sleeves up alright? But you do know if he sees them he's going to ask about them yeah?", I nod my head, it's a normal persons response to ask about them.

"He wont see them, I wont let him".

***

After dinner Niki helped me pick out some clothes for tomorrow, since we don't know where I'm going and my top half is going to be wrapped in many layers I chose some denim shorts for my legs, it's still pretty warm outside considering it's autumn.

"And these!" Niki says showing me a pair of white shoes, "What's so good about them?" I mean they look nice and all but the excitement on his face tells me I should be more excited than I am. "They are Nike air forces duh! Plus they match mine" He rolls his eyes dramatically as if the brand should make me fan girl over the shoes, "And why would I want to match you?" I question, "That's not he point Willow, they're fashionable".

I want to argue with him but decide against it, I mean, he's got a better sense of fashion than I do, I've only ever worn baggy, dirty and torn clothing, I wouldn't know where to start with dressing myself nicely, I got away with it at the event but anything expensive looks good most of the time.

"So, what do you know about this date?" Niki asks as he watches me look through bracelets, a smile on his face as I place the tennis bracelet he got me in the pile to wear tomorrow.

"I told him I didn't want anything fancy, no restaurant's, fancy cars or clothes. I wanted to do things he enjoyed doing" I explain, finally happy with the three bracelet's I picked out as well as the chain that matches with Ally's.

"полевой цветок? (wildflower?)" Papa asks from the door to my room, "Yes?" I ask looking over my shoulder, he looks to the pile of items I have stacked on the chest of drawers but doesn't ask about it before turning his attention to Niki, "Don't you have somewhere to be? Like your job?" he questions Niki.

"Aleksandr's on today old man" Niki shrugs whist flopping himself down on my bed, "полевой цветок (wildflower), I wanted to talk to you about your future" Papa speaks again, what does he mean my future? He sits on the edge of the bed looking at me so I turn to face him fully, "Do you not want me here anymore?" I ask, it's going to hurt like hell if he doesn't, "Oh god, no no no, you can stay here until the day you die. I wanted to know if you had any interests... job wise" He nods to himself whilst trying to find the right words.

"Oh... well I'm not sure, it's not like I went to school or college..." I trail off, maybe I could be a waitress? But I think they even need to have finished high school. "Maybe you can do something with your art?" Niki asks, "That's not a bad idea" Papa agrees.

"You could design things too, I'd love for you to draw a tattoo for me" Niki suggests, I perk up at the mention of tattoos, surely I could manage designing something to go on someone permanently? "Maybe... tattoos?, but I'd also like to try and maybe sell some paintings.." I suggest testing the waters, Niki's eyes widen with my response as Papa thinks.

"I have a friend that owns a shop, you could do drawings and designs for his clients?" Papa finally speaks, I don't hesitate to run to him and hug him, "Thank you, thank you, thank you" I smile, "Anything to see you happy полевой цветок (wildflower)".


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