"You're the tattoo artist?"
"Yeah?"
"Nah, you're too pretty."
When Oscar Diaz gets outs of prison and goes to a tattoo shop, his life gets turned upside down.
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(Idk if I ever used this pic of her before, but if I did, too bad. Also, the end of the chapter has A LOT of spanish so I put translations.)
Venus flinched from Oscar, giggling while talking to Cesar. "How do you plan a quinceañera in a week? Mine took months, not counting the years where I had no idea what I was talking about."
Cesar shrugged and watched his brother try to tickle Venus on the couch. "Ruby's planning it, but he's on our asses. It's tomorrow if you guys want to come."
"Sounds like hi- ok, stop it!" Venus said, squirming and jumping out of Oscar's lap when he put his hands on her stomach. "I'll think about it. I don't really know her, but Geny and Marisol make good food. I'm guessing you're a chambelane?"
Cesar nodded, watching Venus jump up and sit on the other side of the couch. However, Oscar followed her and had his hands on her again. Even after 2 months of dating, Cesar still found it weird how different Oscar acted with Venus than anyone else, including his past girlfriends.
"Should I go?" Cesar asked.
Venus squealed, accidentally falling into Oscar's lap as she giggled. "No, you can stay. Your brother's just being a little bitch." Venus said, flinching up into Oscar's face like she was going to do something.
"Who you calling a bitch?"
"You, homie."
Before he could do anything, Venus kissed his cheek, then took off running down the hallway to hide in the bedroom. Oscar was running right after her and the second Oscar made it into the room, Cesar heard the door lock. Cesar looked to Luis who was laying on his stomach on the floor, swinging his legs while watching a YouTube video.
"You want a burrito?"
Luis nodded and stood up. "Mamá said burritos make farts." Luis stated randomly, grabbing Cesar's hand so he could take him to the dining table. "Where's mamá and papá?"
"Wrestling."
Cesar played music while he made him and Luis food, and kept it on while they ate. Venus ran back out and sat down beside Luis while Cesar was thanking every God there was since they weren't "wrestling".
"We should go to the mall. I'm craving a pretzel."
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"Why'd we come to the mall when there's food by our house?" Oscar asked, sitting across from Venus and looked at the table with 3 Auntie Anne's pretzels, Subway and Panda Express.
"Mall food hits different." Venus shrugged, dancing in her seat as she ate her Coconut Walnut Shrimp. Oscar watched her and Luis eat, Cesar was beside him eating messier than Luis, so he didn't even bother.
"Papá, eat!" Luis said, a mouth full of food as he threw a spring roll at his face. Cesar laughed, food crumbs flying out of his mouth. Venus gasped and looked bewteen Oscar and Luis, before she started laughing to herself.
"You got spring roll grease here." Venus laughed. She wipped Oscar's face and everyone watched him bite into the spring roll while staring at Luis who was laughing and laughing down on the bench they were sitting on. "At least it wasn't a crayon this time."
Oscar glared at her and Venus let out a few quiet laughs before going back to her food. Luis reached over to Oscar's pretzel, but his hand was slapped away while Oscar pretended to be mad at him.
"You're mean!" Luis shouted, catching the attention of people in the food court before throwing Venus' pretzel at him while she was in the middle of dipping it into the cheese.
"I was eating that!" Venus groaned, leaning over the table to grab the pretzel off of Oscar and going back to eating it. "Stop throwing food and eat yours before I take you to the bathroom." Venus demanded quietly. Luis stopped his tantrum, turning back around with a pout as he started eating his food.
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"But it's not even Christmas yet!"
"Well, they came early! Just come over and hang out with your cousins." Lisbet pleaded, looking at the family from Cuba sitting in the living room.
"Lupita está aquí?"
Lisbet stayed quiet, looking over the people sitting around her house. "Maybe."
"Ama, no me gusta!" Oscar watched her talk on the phone, and suddenly Venus and Lisbet were arguing in Spanish. "She just hung up on me!"
"So do we have to go to their house?" Cesar asked, putting his head on between Venus and Oscar. Venus nodded, obviously irritated. "I thought you liked your cousins."
"Most of them, but Lupita's a bitch. Oh, and if she trips and her face lands in your lap, you can kick her. My dad and uncles do it all the time." Venus explained to them. "And keep your stuff close because she likes to steal wallets, car keys, and phones."
Oscar drove down the street, pulling up Venus' parents' house and parking in the driveway. Venus previously warned them about her over-affectionate tías, but they still weren't prepared for all the family members behind the door.
"Prima!"
"Muévase! Le gusto más que tú!"
Oscar and Cesar stood back while Venus and Luis where attacked by teenagers and toddlers. Next came older family members and everyone was fighting to hug Venus and Luis.
"What's up Oscar." Emiliano greeted, coming up and doing that weird bro-hug thing and making the whole family look over.
"Quiénes son?" One of Venus' tías asked.
Everyone was looking at Cesar and Oscar when Luis spoke up. "It's papá!"
Everyone gasped, looking Oscar up and down before they went crazy. "Hijo de puta!"
"Espérate! Es mi novio, no él padre biológico." Venus stated, jumping in front of Oscar before he was beaten with purses and shoes. "Y este es su hermano, Cesar." Venus explained.
Around the corner, with a box of cookies came the devil herself. "Novio? Y cuánto pagaste?" Lupita asked.
"No sé. Cuánto te pagaron cuando abriste tus piernas?" Venus asked, her family members stifling their laughter while Lupita gasped and walked away angrily. "Bueno, este es mi novio." Venus smiled. "Y Luis le gusta llamarlo papá."
Translations: Lupita está aquí? - Is Lupita there? Ama, no me gusta! - Mom, I don't like her! Prima! - Cousin! Muévase! Le gusto más que tú! - Move! She likes me more than you! Quiénes son?- Who are they? Espérate! Es mi novio, no el padre biológico! - Wait! He's my boyfriend, not the biological dad! Y este es su hermano, Cesar. - And this is his brother, Cesar. Novio? Y cuánto pagaste? - Boyfriend? And how much did you pay? No sé. Cuánto se le pagó cuando abriste tus piernas? - I don't know. How much were you payed when you opened your legs? Bueno, este es mi novio. Y Luis le gusta llamarlo papá. - Anyways, this is my boyfriend. And Luis likes to call him dad.
