Thug Luv Pt. 1: Beginnings

Dope Man

Mornings aren't usually my thing, but if there's breakfast cooking my ass is getting up. I sat up from the couch, rubbing my eyes.

There was a full glass of orange juice sitting on the coffee table for me so I grabbed it and drank until my mouth wasn't dry anymore.

"Good morning." I turned to see Darryn in the kitchen standing over the stove, it smelled like he was cooking sausages. He'd already had a shower and was barefoot, wearing a white tank top with gray joggers.

"Hey." I smiled getting up and going over, giving him a hug from behind.

"Why so affectionate all of a sudden," Darryn said pouring the sausage on a plate. "You wasn't even trying to look at a nigga when I spat game at you."

I laid my head against his back.

"I think I'm starting to warm up."

Darryn grabbed the plate and pulled away from me, getting another from the dish drain. "Why?"

"You make me feel safe and not like you're gonna hit me every five seconds. Plus, you're mad fine," I admitted.

He looked at me from the corner of his eye as he fixed the plate for me, "You messing with me?"

"No?"

Darryn scooped some more scrambled eggs into the plate and handed it to me with a fork.

"I hope not KD. If I try to get at you I'm looking to have somethin' real. Don't play with me."

"I'm not, I promise!" I exclaimed, shoving a fork full of eggs in my mouth. "I wanna see where it's gonna go."

He made himself a plate with some juice and went to sit on the couch to eat.

"I just ain't tryna get with you and have you run back to that crazy muthafucka, Kay. I'm not trying to get hurt and I don't wanna see you hurt anymore."

I went and sat next to him with my food, "I can't stay with him. If I do he's gonna end up killing me...I know it."

Darryn only looked at me sorrowfully and continued to eat.

My Nokia rang in my bra, so I pulled it out and looked to see who was calling. It was Kobe, so I answered.

"Hey!" I answered almost smiling my face off. Kobe was my peace through the bullshit even though he didn't know what was going down.

"What's goin' on sis? I was gonna call you last night but I had stuff going down."

"Not much, man. I've just been hanging with a new friend since last night. Me and Scott had a disagreement so I came over here," I said.

Disagreement. Lying like a motherfucker...He beat my ass.

"Tell him he better watch it, I'll hafta come down there I know you don't want that. Who's your friend?" Kobe asked.

"His name is Darryn. He's great, you wanna talk to him?" I looked over at Darryn and giggled when his eyes widened.

"Nah, Ky, I just called to check up on you. I gotta go practice. You know I'm tryna be the greatest! Tell him I said what's up though."

"Alright then, I love you, Kobe. Be careful, alright?" I said before letting him go.

"Love you too! Be careful," he told me and hung up.

I sat my phone on the coffee table.

"He couldn't talk long, practice you know. But he said what's up," I said picking up my pate and finishing my food.

Darryn laughed licking sausage grease from his fingers. "It's cool, ma. If you're not playing with my feelings Ima get to meet him anyway."

"I'm not playing!" I said elbowing him in the ribs a little. "I kinda like you."