And here it comes. Mount Tazi is going to erupt.
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My makeup was smudged. My hair was tied up in a really messy bun. The baseball shirt? I didn't care where it was. But I walked into the auditorium with a smile on my face.
I put concealer on my arms to hide my veins that refused to go back to normal, and I hid the ends of my hair in the bun, knowing very well that they should be blue by now.
"Tazi! Where did you go?" Felicia asks, nodding at my sudden change of appearance.
"Bathroom. And it's really hot in here, so..."
I fan my face to make it more believable, and she chuckles.
The fact that he didn't even run after me... hurts. The part of me that's sad wonders how long he didn't actually want to be with me, if he was just putting up a front cause he wanted something to stick his dick into.
The angry part wanted to beat the fuck out of something, and I didn't touch anything just to prevent it from breaking in my hands.
"Let's dance! We're going to part ways after this night anyway." I sigh, grabbing her hand and letting her lead me to the dance floor.
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Erik appears later, with his eyes red and a frown on his face. He looks high af. I would ask, but I don't feel like I can go up to him without pushing him back with my powers.
"T." I hear him call, and I give him a once over, grabbing my drink. He moves closer, and I stick a hand out, shocked when it doesn't affect him at all.
The cup in my hand crumples, and the drink evaporated into thin air.
"T-"
"Excuse me." I nudge him to the side, walking to the center of the room. I don't want to blow up in front of all these people, so unless he gives me the space I SO desperately deserve, this reunion is going to get a hell of a lot more interesting.
"As the night comes to a close, we would like to thank EVERYONE who made space on their very busy schedule to come here tonight! Some people came here all the way from Africa!" A spotlight falls on me, and I quickly smile.
"So, T, why don't you come on up here and tell us a story about the place?"
I froze.
Of course, I had to unfreeze to walk up on stage.
"Now, I know we don't got a lot of time, so imma make this quick." People chuckle. I wasn't even tying to be funny!
"Africa is... contrary to popular beliefs, as modernized as the next guy. No, we do not swing from vines to get from place to place and NO, I did not come here on a giraffe. They are like small portions of what we have here in their capital cities, and it's great. The only thing that makes them different... that makes them better, is that they're so rich in culture and they know it. Their languages, their tribes, their people. Like damn, it's so amazing there."
People start clapping, knowing that 80% of the people in this room were of African descent. I get off the stage, after doing the Shoot thing, making people laugh.
"Spoken like a true queen." Erik says as I brush past him, hitting him with my shoulder intentionally.
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I know he's watching as I tried to dunk into the makeshift basketball hoop. I know he wants to carry me so that I can reach my destination.
"Let me ask you something." I pause, opening my mouth, waiting for the words to come out. "Do you like fucking me over?" His face falls, and his eyes were still red. I would have asked, if I wasn't so... conflicted about him.
