unknown love.

•bound by blood•

diamond.

The police ain't wanna put no effort into it, so I will.

Ain't nobody gon' sit around and wait. I gotta do it my fucking self. Yea I know the risks and the situation I'm putting myself in, but that's my brother.

They killed my fucking brother yo.

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"Diamond, you know how much trouble you putting yourself in? Baby we all miss PJ, we all want justice, but this is just too dangerous. Please baby don't go, let the police handle it." my mother said.

"Ma, it's been 4 months, they're slacking man. Look at everything they gathered! They not even halfway there yo, they don't give a fuck. But I do." I responded.

"Watch your mouth, I'm still your momma." ma said, pointing at me.

"Sorry, ma. All I can say is, it's too late. Me and Nuz already bought the plane ticket to Pennsylvania and got what we needed." I said.

"Yeah ma, it's no turning back. We just gotta do this on our own at this point," Nuz said, walking down the stairs into our conversation.

Our mother sighed. I saw how much she ain't want us to go, but the flight leaves tomorrow. I couldn't blame her, we was putting ourselves in a dangerous situation. But this is our brother.

Bound by blood, bond by code - TB

"Man, I been tryna stop y'all for weeks now" mom says, walking over to us and facing in between us. She pulls us into a hug and whispers in our ear "Please y'all, be careful. Always watch your back. Watch out for each other. I love the both of y'all to death" she says, ending with kissing both of our cheeks.

"We love you too, ma." Nuz and I both said in unison.

"Goodnight" she said walking up the stairs.

"Night ma," I said.

Me and Nuz both looked at each other, stood there for a while, both with knowing thoughts in our heads about what we getting ourselves into. Finally I spoke up. "You ready?" I asked. "Always. Question is are you ready?" he asked back.

I chuckled, "You already know dummy."

We both smirked and went upstairs to our rooms.

Next Morning. 6:00am

The whole morning was just, silent. Our mom and dad drove us to the airport, Ma checking the mirror every minute with worry in her eyes. Man I hated to see her worry like this but it was no turning back.

When we finally reached the airport and our parents helped us unload our bags. I hear my dad whisper to Nuz, "remember how I taught y'all to aim" he said. "Yeah dad, we been on it." Nuz responded. Our dad sighed and brung us into a hug. "Be careful, I love you guys."

"Love you too," Nuz and I said one after the other.

We both walked off into the airport to board the plane.

"Flight to, Reading, Pennsylvania now taking off."

I looked out the window then back at Nuz. "You good?" he asked. I turned back at the window.

"We good."