You Vs. Them (Jhene Aiko and Kendrick Lamar)

chapter 6

Kendrick POV

I was headed to Miko's. I texted her but she didn't respond I didn't know if it was because some shit happened with her mom or because she was caked up. I pulled up and didn't see dudes car so I take it he wasn't there. I went in the house and Miko, Abe, and Jake were sitting at the table. Miko was crying and she had her head on Jake's shoulder. "What's up ya'll." I said looking around the room. Miko lifted her head and I saw the bruise on her face. I instantly got mad. "Who did that to your face?" "Mama." "What?" "She was tripping. I sat next to her and put my arm around her shoulders,"You okay?" She shook her head yea.

"I'm glad she gone, I hope she never comes back." Abe said, "she ruins everyhting, she ruined this whole family. We don't need her Miko always took care of us." Nobody said anything they just all sat in silence.Jake started to say something but right when the words came out he started to cough up blood. "Jake you okay?" Abe asked when he saw the blood in his hand. Jake went over to wash his hand and grabbed paper towels. "Jakey?" Miko said sad voice attached. " We need to talk." he said. I went to get up, "No Ken, you too. I need you to be here for my sister." I sat back down, but this must be serious if I need to be here.

"I didn't want to tell ya'll, I just didn't want ya'll to worry about me or anything else." he said. He looked up at all of us. "I have Leukemia." he said, "The doctors are giving me 6 months-1 year but I think I'm getting worse. I been doing Chemo." He told us. My heart just dropped. If I felt like this and he's not family I could imagine what Abe and Miko felt like right now. Abe shed a tear and got up and walked out the house. "Abe?" he called. "I'm outside man." He was mad. My shirt got so wet all of a sudden and I looked down at Miko who had her head to my chest. Jake grabbed her hand. "I'm sorry baby girl. I didn't want you to worry." "But you're dying Jakey." she said through sniffles. "I'll be here for as long as time allows ok, I'm not going nowhere just yet." She held on his hand so tight like he could just drop dead at that moment.

Miko POV

I zoned out for a minute then reality hit. My brother just told us he had Leukemia. Jakey was dying. The tears flowed into Kendrick's aztec patterned collared shirt. "I'm sorry baby girl. I didn't want you to worry." "But you're dying Jakey." I said. I was crying hard and I tried to talk while doing this. "I'll be here for as long as time allows ok, I'm not going nowhere just yet." he told me but somehow I didn't believe that.I held on to his hand. I didn't want to let go. "I'm gonna check on Abey." Jake said leaving me and Kendrick sitting at the table. I stared off into space still crying silently. I grabbed on to Kendrick's hand and led him upstairs. When we got to my room I turned on some music and pulled my box from under the bed. I rolled up two blunts. I needed this right now.

We were both laying in bed. Me in my sports bra and gym shorts, Kendrick in his gym shorts and tank. We were high as hell. I laid my head on his chest as he played in my hair. "You ok?" "No, that didn't make me feel better at all." I said sitting up. He followed suit and sat up also. I grabbed one of his hands. "Why hasn't he called to check on me yet, isn't there a time period in which niggas have to check on they females when some heavy shit happen?" "It depends." Kendrick answered. I was so curious to know what it depended on. "On what?" "It depends on the nigga, Miko Mi. Ya'll fucked yet?" Why the hell did this matter? I didn't really want to tell Kendrick that I let Quis take my virginity so I lied." "Nah." I said. "This how the shit works, you with a nigga, ya'll fucking right, he feel like he ain't got to be around he already got what he wanted. He might show up to important shit like birthdays, anniversary's, your performances, but that's just to show face so you know it's real." he said. That shit was making me mad.

All of a sudden I felt like Quis was trying my life. "I gotta pee." I said. I grabbed my phone walking to the bathroom in the hall instead of the one in my room. I called him, and on the fifth ring he answered. "Yo." "So nigga you wasn't gone check on me or nothing?" "It ain't like that." "Then what the hell it's like cause I'm going through some shit and yo ass ain't even here." "Bae calm down I had shit to do I was gone call you." "When, cause it seem like you got what the fuck you wanted and now you showing yo face in certain shit, so I know its real, just so you could keep me hanging on!" "What the fuck are you talking about Miko Mi, I love you I would never do that to you." I was stunned to hear that he said he loved me. "Wait what?" "I said I loved you, I had this whole planned out surpise it's what I was working on, I just wanted shit to be special, I'm sorry if I made you feel like that." "No...no babe that was me, I'm high, I'm in my feelings. I'm sorry ok." "I told you about that smoking shit." "Yea." "But you okay tho, you need me to cover?" "No, I'm good Quis." "Ok, just try and relax for now, we'll talk tomorrow ok...I love you." I smiled big, "I love you too bae." I hung up and went back in the room.