Love Me Like XO (BxB)

IV

Los Angeles, CA
Same Day
📍The Beaumont House

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"DAMN!" Everyone, besides the twins and Kash, said at the same time.

"Oh my gaadddd, he's so cute and tiny." Tineshe said while both her and Mili ran over to Levania and swooped him between them.

"Look at his adorable face. Awww. Aren't you just the cutest little thing." Mili said while mushing his cheeks. Levania, obviously startled by the two taller girls, blushed at the display of they affection they were giving him.

"If y'all two dumbasses don't mind..." Hezekiah said before carefully snatching Levania away from the clutches of the two girls who look at him like he just stole their most precious possession.

"Levania, these two crack heads are Tineshe and Tamilia, but we call her Mili." Both of the girls waved with a smile, and he waved back at them with a smile of his own.

"Those three fools are Kandre, Maliki, and Harlem. They're the twin's best friends since college, and that quiet mothafucker in the corner is my best friend Kash." The three boys waved towards Levania before he looked over to the corner Hezekiah was talking about.

Leaned casually against the wall, Kash exuded a magnetic charm. At 6’4, shamelessly trumping Levania's 5'0, he towered over everyone in the room, but it was the blend of his perfectly sculpted physique and striking features that captured Levania's attention. His short black hair, rippled in smooth curls, framed his regal face, accentuating high cheekbones that reflected the golden light pouring in. Each detail of his sharp jawline made it hard for Levania to look away.

In that moment, everything seemed to blur around him, the voices fading into a soft echo as he focused solely on him. He could see the way his muscles flexed beneath his fitted t-shirt, how the sunlight seemed to catch the contours of his arms that were decorated in intricate designs of ink, and he felt a blush creep up his cheeks, betraying his growing attraction.

Kash suddenly turned, catching his stare, and there was a flicker of something. An awareness, a spark. his eyes, a deep pool of dark chocolate, were sharp and intense, with a hint of coldness that held Levania's attention. For a brief moment, the room fell away, and it was just the two of them, suspended in a quiet tension that hummed with unexpressed feelings.

"LITTLE BRO!" He heard before he was sandwiched between the two giant walls he had for brothers.

"I missed you so much, Guppie." Michael said, his tone laced with emotion as he inhaled the familiar scent of coco butter in Levania’s hair. The twins were always the most affectionate with Levania.

They remembered when they got the news that their mother was pregnant with him. They did everything in their power to make sure that their baby brother would always have the best and they stuck to that promise ever since. Given that he was a lot smaller and his feminine nature, the twins were more protective than ever when it came to him. He could ask them anything, and they'd do it without so much of a peep from either of them. He loved all his brothers equally but his relationship with the twins was something special. Even their parents couldn't get between them whenever Marcus and Michael would take baby Levania to sleep in their room. They'd have a fit if anyone took him in that moment.

There was one time when Levania was three and the twins were nine.  Their mother had just finished changing Levania to put him to sleep, but he was cranky due to a fever. He started crying, and not even a few seconds later, the twins already came and snatched him up before heading to their room. They kept him with them until his fever was gone.

"Come and get your food guys!" The voice of his mother broke through the air just as the twins parted from Levania. They all made their way into the dining room and sat at the table as their mother refused to let them eat anywhere near her brand new white couches.

"Levvy baby, how does it feel to be an adult now in the open world? Graduating college at your age is a huge deal and I want all the details." His mother stated as she cut through a piece of the baked chicken on her plate. One thing about his mother was that she could definitely throw it down in the kitchen. He knew for a fact without a doubt that her cooking was one of the main things that hooked his father. That and her fierce attitude.

"Well, it doesn't feel that much different from when I was in college. It just feels like I have a lot more free time now without the endless classes and countless assignments. I'm hoping to get a job as a psychologist now that I'm back home, but I'm mainly focusing on enjoying life a little before that. With the inheritance grandpa left me, I can enjoy the rest of my twenties comfortably until I'm ready to actually settle into the field I studied for." Levania was articulate in the way he responded because he knew that while his parents were all for living life to the fullest, they wouldn't hesitate to shut down any forms of unnecessarily irrelevant distractions in his or his brothers lives. Especially their mother.

Annalise made sure that she raised all four of her sons to be exceptionally fine men. Well mannered, educated to the T, disciplined, hard working, ambitious, and all the other fine qualities she knew they needed. Especially being black in a predominantly white state. It's better to be black and gifted than black with no home training.

"Well, I'm glad that you have it all planned out the way you want. Since you're back, the church is having a small concert of appreciation, and well you know how those go. I talked to Paster Morris about you performing because I know you just loved being up on that stage when you were younger in the children’s choir." Levania playfully rolled his eyes with a chuckle.

Of course, leave it up to his mother to sign him up to sing in front of 100+ people. He knew she only really did it to show off his talent for singing as she was a singer herself. She grasped at any opportunity to rub it into the faces of those old hags at the church that her son was blessed with talent, brains, and beauty. The same couldn't be said for their unruly children that were always sitting on the block doing absolutely nothing but intoxicating the air with their negativity.

'My babies would never.' She thought with a small grin as she watched how happy everyone at the table looked.

"You okay, baby?" Levi asked, gently taking her hand in his. She nodded, being truthful.

"Yup, I'm just so happy to have all my babies back together. I've missed this so much." She began getting a tad bit emotional, and Levi's eyes softened. The urge to comfort his wife present.

"You really did a good job with them. Especially Levvy. I don't tell you as much as I should, but you're an amazing wife but an even more amazing mother. I love you so much, baby, and they love you too. Never forget that." Levi kissed her on her lips tenderly.

"Ewwww, please, not in front of my food." Hezekiah said in mock disgust.

"Shut up and find someone who'd even consider putting their lips on that parasite of mouth you got." Levi said, and Annalise playfully smacked his chest, and he laughed as Hezekiah’s mouth fell open.

"He gagged you." Levania, Tineshe, and Mili said at the same time before looking at each other and laughing. They all had long finished eating and were just exchanging humorous banter amongst themselves.

"Aight, y'all betta leave my homie alone na'." Marcus said, and Levania slowly scanned him up and down.

"That accent was erroneous." He said with a pursed lip, and Marcus watched him.

"That face is hideous." He clapped back.

"Do your toes still itch, or did the warts disappear?" Levania said with a cocked brow, and the entire table went silent.

"Well shit." Annalise stated before everyone started laughing. Marcus didn't find anything funny. He just sat their with a child pout on his face.

'Man fuck this shit'

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