Once You Go Hood.....

Chapter 24: Sweet Like Candy

Kyra POV:

I sat in the breakroom of Sire's workplace, sucking away on a blowpop that I stole from his assistant's front desk. I didn't like that bitch. She had a snooty ass personality and every time she looked at me, she gave me that undercover stink eye that us females are so good at hiding from people other than who it's directed at. I almost laughed out loud at her when she came into Sire's studio and found me straddling his lap. She looked like she wanted to say somethin but she caught herself. Smart choice. I'da let her ass have it then showed her how good my left hook is. . . . But on to a different subject.

I saw him. He saw me. That's really all I can say. We looked each other right in the face. Our eyes linked up for a moment and then I turned around and walked in the opposite direction. I knew it was him. He knew it was me. He has't changed too much except for maybe getting more tattoos, a little more buff and taller but other than that, same old RJ. He looked taken aback when he saw me though. His eyes roamed my body hungrily as he surveyed my body's obvious transformation from last year. I no longer had the body of a girl but now of a woman. It was inevitable that he'd notice the change in my stride, as my hips now naturally swayed from side to side, and the ride of my breasts that were now two cup sizes bigger than when he had seen them last. I swear I could see his dick stand at attention upon taking in the sight of my ass. I shrugged. Nothing new. Same old sex-crazed asshole I remembered. I had no desire to talk to him so I made no attempt at giving him the time of day when he called my name from the opposite end of the hallway. Didn't even flinch when he called me "Babe".

Was I supposed to care?

As I said before, I sat in the breakroom, sucking on my blowpop of spite when the door opened and in stepped the aformentioned asshole himself.

"Kyra.... Damn..... I can't believe it's you!... I mean.... I haven't talked to you or even seen you in a long ass time... It's kinda surreal that you're here right now...." he said in awe. I stared at him, licking away at the hard sphere of candy in my mouth.

"Whose fault is that?" I said, squinting my eyes at him. Alright, let's get it straight, I was a BIT shocked to see him at first but once I got over the initial surprise, I became uninterested in his presence. It's been a year and I've been fine without him. I mean honestly, he was just a nigga that gave me head. Last time I checked, I have TWO of those now.

"You right, that's on me. I shoulda picked up the phone when you called that night." he said stepping closer to me and having a seat in the chair next to me. He scooted the chair closer to me and leaned forward and I looked over at him in annoyance.

"Oh so you admit that you purposely ignored my call? Bet." I said, nodding my head with a mirthless chuckle. This nigga ain't shit.

"Yeah, but not like that. I wanted to pick up babe.. I just... it's hard to explain." he said, his voice sounding like he was pleading his case. I pulled the blowpop out of my mouth slowly and looked at it. I could almost see the gum on the inside. It kinda reminded me of RJ in a way. He was this hard, tough asshole on the outside, delicious and tasty, pleasing to the eyes and/or taste buds, but on the inside... he was just this sticky, habitual matter. Once he lured you in, he got you all tangled up in his sticky web, and it was damn near impossible to get rid of him for good without little traces of him still remaining. Then once you start to give in to him, he becomes a vice, something that seems impossible to break away from. But the thing is, I've only licked his surface. I haven't bitten into his center. I haven't sunken my teeth into his core. I never got the chance to get stuck.

I looked up at him.

"Don't have to. I don't care. Matter of fact... all is forgiven." I aid and stared a him, placing the blowpop back into my mouth. He smiled at me, a genuine smile, not the smirk he wa famous for.

"That's good to hear. I almost thought you was 'gon cuss me out." he said with a chuckle. I shrugged nonchalantly.

"So how you been? I heard you got a man.. now." he said, trying to make conversation. His smile faltered when he said the last part. I started to squint my eyes at him but instead kept my face neutral. What the fuck was he talking about?

 "Something like that..." I said, playing it cool. I had a suspicion that he asked Sire about me and Sire made it seem like we were official... It kinda ticked me off but I chose to get over it. Mainly because the disappointment that was immediately displayed on RJ's face puzzled me.

"That's..... That's cool...." he said, clearing his throat and shifting uncomfortably in his seat. I scrutinized his features like he was this newly discovered species.... In a sense, he was. He wasn't the RJ I remembered. He was now more life-like, more human. The RJ I knew before never displayed any other emotion on his face besides smugness or anger. This vulnerable, emotional pile of flesh and bones sitting before me was an RJ no one had ever come across.

It disgusted me.

"Yeah... Well I'm assuming you two are done with whatever you had to do so I'm gonna leave now. Bye." I said, quickly making an exit before he could say anything else. At least, I THOUGHT I made a quick enough exit.

"Kyra! Wait!" he called after me, speed-walking his way to my location in the middle of the hallway. I rolled my eyes and turned around to meet him. He stopped in front of me and I stared up at him, taking note of just how much taller he had actually gotten. RJ was tall before but now, he was damn near colossal. Almost a minute went by before he said anything so I gave him an expectant look as if to say, 'The fuck are you waiting for?'. He opened his mouth, trying to form words but every time he looked like he'd developed a thought, his lips shut again. I rolled my eyes and turned around, ready to walk away again, but he reached out and grabbed my arm.

"Kyra.... I love you..."

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