guardian ➸ trevante rhodes

one

It's okay, mamas, I got you.

I woke up to the sound of someone breathing hard as if there they were working out. I looked down towards the floor and noticed the muscular man doing pushups. His toned back traveled up and down before stopping and sighing. He noticed me staring as I quickly averted my eyes.

"You're finally awake," he smiled. His gold grill wasn't in his mouth so I was shown his pearly white teeth.

I looked around me and noticed I was on his bed, the bed sheets were solid white. I took the blanket off of me as he stood up from the ground. "How long was I asleep for?"

He shrugged his broad shoulders, "Not long, only about five hours. Are you okay?"

I nodded my head. I felt so awake but in reality I had only slept five hours. "What's your name?"

He smirked, "What's yours?" He grabbed a cup of water and gulped it down, never losing eye contact with me.

"Toya," I whispered.

"Just 'Toya?'" I nodded my head as he sat down next to me. "Well I'm Trevante, people call me 'Tre' though."

"Where am I at?" I said quickly. I could care less about what people called him, I just wanted his name. I already knew his name was 'Tre' but I wanted to know if he went by another name and he did.

"My place. You knocked out yesterday in my arms and I didn't know where to take you, and I definitely wasn't going to leave you out there alone," he said and looked at me. His dark orbs stared deeply into mine. His lips parted a bit.

"Can you drive me back to the bridge?" I asked him. He nodded his head slowly.

"At least wash up a bit, but I'll drive you back to your place." He said and stood up. "The bathroom is right there. You can take a shower or do anything you'd like. I'll be in the other bathroom taking a shower."

"Wait," I stood up. "If that's your bathroom, use it, I'll use the other one."

"Nah, it's cool, this bathroom has hot water, the other one doesn't." He handed me my duffel bag and then walked out. He closed the door behind him. I grabbed my pink bag and walked into his bathroom. His bathroom was nice and he damn sure wasn't poor, that's for sure. I guess selling dope sure did serve him well.

I quickly rinsed off my body and changed into a new set of clothes. I brushed my teeth once more and rushed to get out. I scanned his room and noticed a couple of medals and trophies—he ran track. He had a TV right across from his bed and his walls were all painted black.

I opened the door slowly and walked out, searching for him. I saw him sitting on his couch watching TV. His house was incredibly nice, something that my parents would have never been able to afford.

"You ready?" He asked and stood up. He had on a plain black shirt that fitted him perfectly. He had his gold chain around his neck and another necklace on that he hid underneath his shirt. His grill was also back in his mouth.

I nodded and adjusted my bag, he looked down at me and then nodded slowly, copying. He led me to his nice car and opened up the door for me. I hesitantly got inside. I heard him chuckle before he closed the door. He got inside and started the car.

"Why do you still not trust me?" He asked as we pulled out of his driveway.

I looked back at him as he glanced at me, "Because look at you. You're freaking huge."

He laughed this time, "It's better to be muscular around here than weak."

I nodded. It's better to be a guy in general, because they aren't really getting attacked like the women. I stayed quiet as we drove back to the bridge. I wondered what condition my car was in, it probably has been ransacked.