HUSSLE MAN

Hu$$le Man Pt. 19

{Omniscient}

The marathon being partially cleaned. It started to look as brand new. It was the longest morning of cleaning and trying to get things to be spotless and in order. Too many playful moments.
It was Euphoria's boredom, that got the best of her. Back and forth Nipsey and her would pull pranks on each other.

She tripped over a cord and twisted her ankle, right underneath her. Careful to not, "Actually" do so.
She drizzled ketchup packets on her leg and around her. It wasnt hard to fake a couple of tears. She was quite the actress.

Euphoria fanned her eyes and began the waterworks. Irritated the eyes to make them a pinkish red.

Nipsey ran around the corner, looking everywhere, hearing her wails.
He had a broomstick in his hands. Ready.

"E.. You alright?" He knelt on one knee, next to her, and tugged under her underarm. When she pointed down to her ankle. He instantly smelled the strong of ketchup and played along. "I see it's.. bleedin. Looks like we'll have to cut it open."

Nipsey got out his pocket knife. Euphoria's eyes bucked out of her skull sockets and groaned, trying to hold back her giggles.

"This won't her as bad.. just like that sorry ass prank."

"Yeah. I knew you were faking."
She pouted and sniffled.

"You know you're terrible, right..?"

"Yeah.. I know."  Euphoria giggled and held onto him, in order to lift up.

"And you need to practice more." Nipsey whacked the back of her thigh, going back to work.

She bursted out laughing. "Dang.. can you teach me?"

"Nope. I know you've been tryin'.. way too hard. You've been tryna prank me for a week now. It still has been going nowhere."

Euphoria stuck her tongue out him and went back to dusting off shelves. Putting up new orders of hats.

"My pranks aren't that lame.
Are they?" She put her hands on her hips, watching him.

"Gettin' old and borin'. Like you."
He joked and quickly took it back. "I'm just playin'.. I'm tired of it. It ain't going nowhere. You want my attention. Ask for it. Simple as that."

Nipsey brushed past Euphoria.
She rolled her eyes and followed him everywhere. "You know I'm like a big child and I love to have fun with you.
I always want your attention."
She said. "Besides.. all week. I haven't been gettin', any attention, or any love from you. Because.. we've  been busy, doing our thang. We have plenty alone time and we got another hour, until the store opens. So I say.. we take a break.."

"Ain't no breaks in here!" Blacc Sam butted in and popped up out of nowhere. For the first time, hes the one that's late. Usually, Ermias and Euphoria were the ones, that always show up late. In the meantime, they plotted to come early, to prove.. and get good feedback, to be on time.
But could never bring themselves to stop their habits and Sleeping in late.

"I ought to knock y'all knuckleheads out. Tryna get freaky in here.
I'm surprised y'all showed up early."

They snicker and went back to doing what they have to do.

"We wanted to show good entrepreneurship and effort."
Nipsey cheesed. Euphoria was geeked in the background, doing her goofy dances.

"Ok." Sam monotonously said and cracked up at the fact.. E was being herself and brightened the mood.
He shook his head and headed to the office. And came back to say some more words. "Im heading back to double count the money. And I'll be back to help set everything up."