Tattoo Artist | o. diaz

treinta y nueve: near the end

For some odd, unknown reason, Venus was feeling extra affectionate and had her leg thrown over Oscar's lap as he watched TV. Her arms were wrapped around his waist and ever since she sat with him, she's been kissing him; either on his neck, jaw or cheek.

"I love you." Venus coo'd, snuggling up to her boyfriend who was completely confused ―but not complaining― about her behavior. Venus then looked down to where Luis was sleeping in her lap and kissed the top of his head. "And I love you even more." She whispered, doing her best to not wake Luis up. "Do we have ice cream?"

"You haven't even had breakfast yet, Venus." Oscar stated, looking down at his little family beside him. "Should we wake him up? It's almost noon."

Venus shook her head and looked down at her son, running her fingers through his clearly tangled curls. "He's just taking a nap and he's probably tired from yesterday." Venus shrugged. "Speaking of yesterday, what did you do with she-who-shall-not-be-named?"

"She's in that abandoned warehouse outside of town. We're handling her tonight, but we locked her up to let her think about what she did." Oscar joked, speaking as if Alejandra was a child in timeout. In reality, she wasn't far from it, especially with the way she acts. "She's never coming back, trust me." Oscar assured her.

Venus nodded her head and made herself comfortable, groaning when Oscar decided to get up and leave both her and Luis on the couch. "Where are you going? We just got comfortable."

"I'm making you breakfast because you need to be healthy." Oscar called over his shoulder. Venus pouted and readjusted herself so both her and Luis were in a comfortable position.

From down the hallway, the bedroom door opened and Venus watched Cesar walk down with tousled hair and his eyes half open. The freshman Santo yawned, throwing his arms up into a stretch and not realizing that 2 people were occupying the couch before he sat down.

"Well good morning to you too."

Cesar groaned and slouched down into the couch as he responded to Venus. "I feel like garbage."

"You look like it too." Venus said nonchalantly. When Cesar threw a pillow at her for her response, she threw it right back and harder because he almost woke up Luis. "No toques a mi bebé."

"Venus, he's 3."

"Ok, and? I think I remember him breaking my vagina 3 years ago." With wide eyes, the 14-year-old stared at his brother's girlfriend before standing up and walking to the kicthen to bug Oscar and wash what Venus just said out of his head. "You're still my baby, don't listen to him. He's slow." Venus whispered, leaning down to place several kisses on Luis' head.

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"Venus, come on! I want chisme and you're the only one here in a relationship." Luciana whined. "Okay, not the only one, but you're dating Spooky so your life is automatically interesting."