Tattoo Artist | o. diaz

diez: work

imagine being THAT pretty wtf

Venus returned to America, sadly, and waited a day before going to work. Ever since the plane trip, Luis has been passed out. He didn't really understand that they left the country and came back, he just knew that he saw more colors, sand, and water than before.

When he woke up, Venus was still asleep beside him, so he did the only reasonable thing he thought of. He pulled her hair. "Papito, para!" Venus demanded loudly, her eyes still closed while Luis pouted.

"Hambre, mamá." Luis whined. His hands were pinching parts of her face so she groaned as she stood up and left the room with him on her hip. She groggily walked into her parents' kitchen and was wide awake when she saw that the sun was out and it was almost noon.

"Well shit." Venus mumbled. She shrugged and was about to go to the fridge until she saw containers of food on the counter already. "Mira, abuela made bacon."

"Did you just wake up?" Emiliano asked. He walked into the house and saw Venus and Luis at the table eating. Venus nodded, then Luis copied her. Emiliano went around the table and kissed their foreheads. "I thought you were working today?"

"Yeah, but I didn't realize how late it was. I'll probably go later to make sure they didn't trash the place."

And she did. Luis sat in the backseat with some toy keys as she drove to her shop and pulled up in front of it. Her and Luis walked into the shop and it looked exactly the same as when she left. "You're back! Again!" Lu cheered. She ran up to the 2, hugging both of them and letting the rest of the guys have their turn.

Venus looked aroubd the shop, seeing about 3 cholos getting new tattoos. "You bring Luis to work?" One of them asked her.

Venus shook her head and put Luis onto the bench people normally sit on to get their tattoos done. "Not really, but I'm not actually working, so he's fine." She didn't notice yet, but Oscar sat in one of the seats watching her comb back Luis' curls and smile as he talked gibberish and played with some toys. She looked like she was a good mom.

"What are you doing when he turns 3?" One of her workers asked. Since he was on the opposite side of the room, everyone heard him ask the question.

"Fool, that's in like 3 months." Venus commented. "We'll probably have a small family party at my house once it's fixed." Now, her head was on Luis' shoulder and he turned to his mom before gently pushing his head against her cheek.

"Yeah, about that. We kind of had to get rid of a lot of stuff because of the stains." One of the cholos commented. Oscar looked at them in confusion, what stains? Cum stains?

Venus shrugged and turned to Luis when he started to tug her hair. He pointed to something across the room and she followed it to find Oscar staring at the two. Venus quickly put Luis' hand down and kissed his little fingers.

"You're so chubby." Lu commented, squeezing Luis' cheeks and grabbing at his stomach. "Now, I want a baby."

"Aren't you lesbian?"

"Surrogates, adoption. Duh." Lu answered. "Maybe adoption. My vagina ain't ready to be busted open that wide." She mumbled. Venus chuckled and covered Luis' ears. "He doesn't even understand me."

"But he repeats everything." Venus informed her friend. "That's why some people stopped saying some things in front of him."

Lu scrunched up her face and continued to stare at the baby. Luis was too busy in his own world to even take note of the fact that people were watching his every move.

"Can we talk?"

Venus picked her head off of Luis's shoulder and looked up to Oscar's towering height. "I thought you told me to never talk to you again?" She listened to him too, going as far as blocking his number.

"That's what I wanna talk about." Venus looked to Luis, seeing Lu and him talking and playing, then stood up. She didn't say a word as she led him to the backroom with all the paperwork. "I found out about Pimp Lane, everything." Venus froze and slowly turned. "You couldn't have just told me that from the jump?"

"Rape isn't something you bring up when you first meet someone, Spooky."

"Don't call me that, it's Oscar." He said. "I kind of forced the homies to tell me why they were so damn mad about it. They told me about how the Prophets took you to Pimp Lane and did... that. Then I started feeling bad."

Venus laughed and shook her head. "It took people telling you that I was raped when I was 16 for you to feel bad about coming into my shop, calling me a hoe, and talking about how you were going to kill my baby?"

"I never said I was going to kill him."

"No, but you implied it when you said the reason I didn't tell you he was a Prophet's kid was so you wouldn't kill him. I didn't care about you calling me a hoe, but the next time you wanna come for my son, think twice. I get that you're some badass cholo and everything, but don't come for Luis."

Venus was about to walk past him until his arm went around her waist and stopped her. "Can I apologize now, or are you going to stay mad about old shit?"

"I don't want your apology. You want my forgiveness, work for it."

"What the hell's that supposed to mean?" Venus smiled and shrugged as she walked out of the room and went back to Luis. Oscar watched her in confusion and scratched the back of his head. "Is the pussy really worth it?"

Oscar a whole ass mess omf 💀