Undead

Mess & Madness short; third wheel

A/N: so bae and I, aka sailingxXx , couldn't resist adding another installment to these duos so we wrote some more for you guys 😩 enjoy!

Osiris
"Karrueche," I breathed in surprise, a flicker of a smile dancing onto my lips. It took a few seconds to register that she was actually calling me - now, of all times. The drugs in my system still had me kinda out of it so I figured this was just another delusion. "Hey."

"Uh, is this a bad time? I can call back -"

"No," I blurted almost too quickly and caught myself blushing and she giggled through the phone. "Uh, I mean no. Now is fine. What's up? Did something happen?"

"No, things are...good, I guess. Are you okay?"

Aw, shit. It was a simple question, right? All I had to do was so yes or no, right? Of course. But I couldn't just say anything without explaining why. Kae and I weren't close yet but she and I checked in with each other from time to time since we met. I figured she wanted nothing to do with me since she liked girls, so I wanted to keep my distance to save the both of us. No sense in making things awkward for us. But she was deep, meaning she liked details. So if I told her I was okay, she would try and dig for more. Not out of being nosy, just because she's a curious person. It was a blessing and a curse.

"You're gonna freak out when I tell you," a dry chuckle emitted from me. "But I promise it's no big deal." Yeah because not having any feeling in my left side of my body is no big deal. Having my arm forced into a sling while my wounds 'healed' was no big deal.

"Iris you can tell me."

Another dry laugh sounded from me, and I bitterly shook my head. "Let's see. You remember how I told you my shop burned down? Well he's the same motherfucker that shot and killed Ra, and we thought he was gonna leave us alone. But hell no. He attacked my foster brother and his kids, left them to die, so I did what any decent human being would do. I tracked that bitch nigga down and unloaded a clip into his forehead. Oh and I was also shot twice and now I can't feel anything on one side of my body." The emotional wounds were still fresh. Just seeing my innocent niece and nephew, drowning in their own blood, twisted my gut every time I thought about it. That's not something you just up and forget. That visual would be forever etched into my conscience. "And these damn drugs they have me on make me see..." I snatched the phone away from my ear and exhaled a harsh breath through my nose like a bull, my gut springing tears to my eyes again. "I keep seeing my dead parents. They keep t-talking to me, telling me I can go with them if I wanted to."

"Do you want to?" she asked after an eternity and the hollowness in her voice made me uncomfortable.

"I don't know," I admitted and I didn't regret my uncertainty. I didn't know what I wanted. "One minute I want to find another gun and put a bullet in my head and the next I want to stay and find the light at the end of my tunnel. I don't know, Kae."

"Well I guess that answers my next question. I was gonna ask if you wanted to meet up and grab something to eat. Vampires do eat human food, right?"

I smiled, "I haven't in a long time but yeah we still do. It just doesn't fulfill our desires like blood does."

"Can I...watch you drink blood one day?" She burst into a fit of giggles. "That's the weirdest question I've ever asked anyone."

I snorted with laughter, grimacing with pain in my shoulder. "That was weird as hell, but yeah if you want to. It can be when we meet up."

"Good, it's a date then." Her giggles were so infectious. "Wait, are you even allowed to leave if you're on bed rest? I don't want you to get in trouble, Iris."