Tattoo Artist | o. diaz

diecinueve: chase

"Where's papá?" Luis asked from right beside Venus. Right after crying in her truck for 15 minutes, Venus went to pick Luis up and cuddled with him at home in her bed.

Venus shrugged and brushed his hair back. "He's busy being a hoe."

"Mama, what's a hoe?"

"Nothing, papito. Watch the cartoons." Luis nodded and turned back to the TV as he leaned back into the pillows. Luis was watching Spongebob with a sippy cup filled with apple juice in his mouth, when the door bell was rung. It sounded like someone was trying to break it so Venus got up off the bed. "Stay here, papito."

Venus ran to the from door quietly and peeked through peephole before groaning. She opened the door slightly so her head was popped out.

"Can we talk?"

"I don't know, you gonna try to sleep with me again?" Venus asked, still not letting the door open enough for Oscar to come through. "What could you possibly say to make this situation better? I had feelings for you and then I find out you just wanted to bust your nut inside me."

"Okay, that was an accident. You got me distracted with your piercings and I forgot to put a condom on." Oscar explained, only stopping when Venus started glaring at him again. "Can I come in so the whole neighborhood isn't in our business?"

"You don't want everyone to know you played my feelings so you could sleep with me? Why not?"

"Fine." Oscar groaned. "Yes, when I met you, I just wanted to sleep with you. That's the only reason I got close to you. I didn't think me getting close to you meant dating you, but it did and I'm not mad about it. Venus, I like you, I do and I should've told you everything from the jump, but you would've ran. You had me get close to you and Luis, and I loved that, but when we got closer, I started getting feelings and feeling guilty about what I was doing. I was already in deep and I couldn't leave you, so I'm sorry. I didn't know you, and I just thought we could get together and go about our business."

Venus continued to glare at him as she looked him up and down. "How do I know you're not bullshitting me? Now, you know I'm sensitive so this could be you trying to get into-" Venus choked on her words as Oscar grabbed her face and moved his lips with hers. "That doesn't change the fact that I don't trust you anymore."

"What can I do to get your trust back? I'll break with the girl in prison, I'll block the numbers of the girls I slept with , I-"

"You slept with people while we were together?!" Venus shouted, causing her neighbor that was watering her flowers to look over. "You're a fucking asshole." Venus sneered. She stepped back into the house and slammed the door.

"See, I'm being truthful now. Venus, come back!"

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Cesar was sitting with his friends at a table in an awkward silence. "Hey, what's up with Venus? Why's she not talking to Oscar anymore?"

"Dude, seriously?" Monse asked. "He dated her so he could sleep with her. He basically took her virginity and threw her to the side."

"She wasn't a virgin though. She had Luis."

"Yeah, because of a rape." Jamal told Cesar. "She's never had sex with her consent until Oscar, then she finds out he used her."

"Let's not forget the part where Oscar is still with Alejandra." Ruby chimed in, peeling a cutie that was on his plate.

"No, he dumped over the phone last night." Cesar mumbled.