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06.

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you know i'm always down to slide,
when it do-or-die, i'm just a hustler and a player with a dirty vice

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CHAPTER SIX,
OMNISCIENT POV.

"you good, zay?" sage's voice snapped him out of his thoughts, making him raise his head up from the table.

"huh? yeah, just tired. i had a long fucking weekend," the curly haired boy shot her a weak, unconvincing smile, making her frown.

she slid into the seat next to him, setting her bag down on top of the table. "what happened?"

isaiah thought back to the past two days. how could he even begin to explain what the fuck happened? saturday was a complete blur to him and he only remembered bits and pieces, but saying it out loud would probably sound a little fucked up.

how does one say, 'oh, had a little fight with my best friend because he accused me of fucking a mutual friend and then decided to go get drugs from my plug because i was really fucking sad and instead accidentally got caught up in the middle of a drug deal with a scary fucking man who basically drugged me with an alarming amount of fentanyl and knocked out for 15 hours only to wake up at my best friend's house. and did i mention he shot the guy and threatened to kill him'?

he decided he'd rather not go into detail about everything. instead he just shook his head, "i had this huge fight with jahmier over something stupid and basically spent the entire weekend in bed."

technically, he wasn't lying. on sunday, after he woke up from the drug-induced nap, he was confused when he found himself in jahmier's bed instead of his own. turns out as much of an asshole he was, he wasn't a liar because he was there by isaiah's side when he woke up, just like he'd said he be. he quite literally hadn't left the boy's side the entire time.

as endearing as it was to isaiah, he was still mad at jahmier for blowing up on him. so naturally, he left. of course jahmier tried to stop him and talk, but he wasn't having it.

once home, he locked himself in his room and stayed in bed the entire day, watching his favorite anime with some crying in between whenever his mind wandered back to the situation.

"about what?"

isaiah sighed, contemplating telling her for a couple seconds before revealing why, "it was dumb. he thought i was messing with someone.. our friend, rocky. i'm not, but i honestly don't even know why he cares."

sage looked at the curly haired boy in disbelief before laughing, leaving him confused.

"what?" he questioned her, his eyebrows furrowed.

"zay are you slow or do you just like to pretend you are? he obviously likes you, dumbass," she shook her head at his obliviousness.

isaiah rolled his eyes at her statement, clearly not believing it. he was tired of hearing it. jahmier? likes him? yeah right. "you and rocky swear. jahmier is straight. as fuck. he doesn't like me and i don't like him."

"oh come on don't tell me you don't see it, that man is in love with you. maybe he's a little," she paused, flailing her wrist and letting it fall limp, "you know? he could be bisexual."