Tattoo Artist | o. diaz

ocho: tea

Lisbet stood in the doorway of Venus' old room, watching her make her bed before putting shoes on. "Are you sure you should go back to work?"

"Babe, she needs to pay her bills." Emiliano told his wife. "It's been a week already."

Venus nodded and walked over to them. "I'll be fine. The shop is in Santos territory." Lisbet looked from her daughter to her husband who gave her a simple nod. "I'll be back earlier if I'm not doing anything at 6." Venus told them. She kissed her parents' cheeks and smothered Luis before looking up at her dad. Tall ass.

"Come on, I'll walk you to your car." Emiliano said, despite her car being in the driveway. "Be careful, and call if you need anything." He said, pulling Luis away once she got behind the wheel.

Venus drove to her shop, thanking God because it was already opened and people were inside. It made her feel safer. "We missed you." Lu exclaimed, hugging her boss as everyone else joined the hug. "You feel better now?"

"As best as I can be." Venus answered. "Is there any appointments?"

"Hell yeah, people called to check if you were here yet, and said they're gonna wait until you're working to get their tat." One of the guys explained.

"And Spooky showed up a few times."

Venus internally rolled her eyes, still mad that he's being petty and ignoring her.

The whole time she was resting, Oscar was home and fucking the girl he had plans with after his date with Venus. What she didn't know wouldn't hurt.

Venus went about her day tattooing people and at noon, she was thankful no one came in because she was starving. While everyone was working, she sat at the front counter eating some Cuban food from down the street.

She was shoving a spoon full of food in her mouth when a voice surprised her. "So you're ignoring me now?" Oscar asked, slamming his hand on the counter.

"Excuse me?" Venus questioned him in disbelief. "You're the dumbass that's been leaving me on read for the past week."

"Bullshit. The last time we talked, you cancelled on me."

Venus rolled her eyes and sipped her water as she pulled her phone out of her back pocket. "Think again, tarado. I've texted you everyday and you keep leaving me hanging. Like what the fuck?"

Oscar looked down at her phone and pulled out his own for comparison. While hers was filled with about 20 texts of her trying to talk, his was empty with the last text saying, "Sorry to cancel, but I can't make the date tonight. Can we reschedule?"

Venus stared at him with an uninterested look as she watched him read the texts. "That little bitch." Oscar mumbled. "I'll be back in an hour." He grumbled. Venus watched him stomp to his car and grew curious. However, she shrugged and went back to eating.

"Damn it, he took my phone."

Oscar was speeding down the streets and pulled up to his house. The gang was outside, as usual, and watched Oscar storm into his house.

"Who the fuck do you think you are?" He asked the half naked girl in his bed.

The girl looked up from her phone and took note of Oscar's pissed off face. "The girl you keep fucking?"

"Why you going through my phone and deleting my messages?" Oscar yelled, causing the girl to jump at the intensity of his voice.

"You don't need Venus. You have me, so why are you chasing her? She's a prude."

"Mind your fucking business. What I do with her doesn't concern you. You're just some hoe from Pimp Lane."

"And Venus is a Prophet Bitch!" She exclaimed. "Who do you think Luis' dad is? Her dumbass got knocked up when she was 16 by some Prophet on Pimp Lane." She told him. She was quickly throwing on her clothes while Oscar stared at her in disbelief. "Venus ain't nothing. She won't give you what I can."

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Venus finished up a skull and flower tattoo on some girl and turned the gun off. "Alright, ya está. That's $500."

She collected the money and slumoed back into a seat when the customer walked out. "Long day?" Lu asked, jumping right beside her and nudging her boss' leg with her foot. "Want some help?"

Venus opened her eyes and saw the smirk on Lu's face as she wiggled her eyebrows. She opened her mouth to say something. "Luis' dad is a Prophet?" Oscar's voice cut off. He showed up 3 hours later, but at least he showed up. "When did you think to tell me that?"

"It wasn't- I didn't have sex with a Prophet." Venus sputtered out.

Oscar scoffed and looked at Lu for a split second since she was right in front of Venus. "That's why you wouldn't answer any of my questions? You didn't want me to kill your son?" Venus glared and swallowed hard. "I chased after your ass only to find out you're a Prophet bitch."

Lu looked to her boss and saw that she was on the verge of crying. "Spooky, you don't know the story."

"There isn't a fucking story. She had sex with a Prophet on Pimp Lane and got pregnant."

"Don't be coming at her when you don't know all the details." Lu defended her.

"Shut the hell up, Luciana. This doesn't involve you." Oscar said, his voice deeper than it usually was. "Don't talk to the Santos. Don't talk to me, and keep your damn baby away from us."

Venus watched as Oscar walked out and shed a single tear. Lu looked to her when she heard her sniffle, just in time to see her wipe her tear away. "I'm going to Cuba for a few weeks."

So I have an English paper due tomorrow that's supposed to be 750 words, but my ass can't write school related stuff

I need sleep but I keep typing out drama wtf