Wicked Love 3 (Kyle Kuzma)

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Friday, September 17th, 2021

Kyle 🏀

"Is that the one you want?" I ask Violet.

She nods, looking over the several ice cream options. Never, in my 26 years of life, did I think my child would eat Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream.

"I definitely pegged you as more of a Strawberry kind." I look at her.

She smiles at me.

"Which do you think mommy would want?" I ask.

She points at the Cookies 'N' Cream.

"Yeah, I think she'll like that one too." I agree.

We're currently at Cold Stone Creamery getting some ice cream. I wanted to get them out the house for a while because soon I'll be getting ready for the season next month. I want to spend as much time with my girls before I have to get back to work.

The worker came over. "What can I get you guys?"

"One small Mint Chocolate Chip, one medium Cake Batter with Brownie, and a medium Cookies 'N' Cream." I order.

She nods. I walk over to the register as she makes our ice cream. Violet plays with my chain as she watches the lady.

About five minutes later, the lady finishes with our ice cream. I put Violet down and hand her the ice cream. I collect me and Ari's ice cream, then hand the lady the card to pay for it. She gives it back soon after, along with the receipt.

"Thank you." I say.

"You're welcome." She replies.

"Go ahead Vi." I say, following behind her.

She makes her way over to Ari, who was sitting at one of tables outside. I place her ice cream in front of her and put mine on the table, helping Violet into her seat. I sit in my chair.

"What's that?" Ari asks, looking at my ice cream.

"It's Cake Batter ice cream with Brownie." I say.

"Can I try it?" She asked.

I slide it over to her and she takes a spoonful. She moans and I furrow my eyebrows.

"Yeah, babe, you're definitely not getting this back." She said, taking another spoonful.

Y'all see this shit?

"But you have your own." I stress.

She shrugs, taking another spoonful of mine. I take it from her before she eats the entire thing. She pouts at me.

"Eat yours." I say.

She huffs and eats her own. I shake my head in disbelief. She did not just think she was about to eat all my ice cream and not her own. I love her, but this is my shit.

She puts a spoonful of ice cream in her mouth then places her cup down, clapping her hands. "Okay. I have the perfect idea for the wedding."

Oh fuck.

I play it cool. "What do you have in mind?"

"White and Cream." She said.

I furrow my eyebrows. "Like white flowers?"

"Mhm. And cream colored jackets." She grins.

"You want that traditional white wedding." I say, eating some more of my ice cream.

She nods. "What do you think?"

"It's nice." I respond. "We still don't have a set date yet."

She gives a thinking face. I look over at Violet while she thinks. The girl done got ice cream all on her mouth and hands.

Typical toddler.

I grab the napkin, wiping off her mouth and hands. "How did this happen Vi?"

She shrugs, holding her hands out to me as I finish cleaning her up.

"We can do it at the end of this month." Ari said.

I cease all movement. "That's too soon."

"Hey, if you wanna get it done before the season, this is our best chance." She said, eating another spoonful of ice cream.

I put my spoon down in the cup, sitting back in my seat. "It's so last minute though."

"If you wanna wait some more, we can do that." She said.

"I like that decision best." I nod.

She finishes her ice cream after that. I observe her body language, but she doesn't look as bothered as I'm expecting her to look.

She has gotten so good at concealing her feelings lately, it's becoming so hard to tell what she's thinking or feeling now.

*****

Ari was in the shower now, singing along to the music from her iPad.

"I'm telling you to loosen up my buttons babe
But you keep fronting
Saying what you gone do to me
But I ain't seen nothing"

I could see her figure from the foggy glass and I'm very tempted to join her. The baby bump and all, it's making me hot. Instead of thinking about it, I strip and join her in the shower.

She turns to face me, probably ready to tell me to get out. She took one glance at me and shook her head, knowing exactly why I was here.

"I couldn't stand watching you from outside the glass and not being able to do anything about it." I say.

"First of all, why are you watching me?" I shrug. "And second, we can't really do anything."

"You don't have to do anything." I say.

"Then why are you in here Kyle?" She folds her arms.

I purse my lips. "I missed you."

"I've been in the shower for 10 minutes." She squints her eyes.

"That's too long." I say.

She rolls her eyes, turning her back to me. I wrap my arms around her shoulders, placing my chin on top of her head.

There was nothing but silence between us. It wasn't awkward or anything, we just weren't saying anything. I kiss the back of her head.

"We can do the wedding this month." I muffle against her hair.

She shakes her head. "We can wait it out."

I pick my head up. "You don't sound too convincing."

She turns to face me, frowning when the baby bump pushes me back a bit. I chuckle.

"They're not too fond of me being this close to you." I grin.

"Well, they're going to have a big problem with you when they actually get here." She said, looking down at her bump.

I shrug. "They won't stop me from kissing on my girl."

She giggles at that.

"So is it a go for the wedding later this month?" I ask.

She looks up me and I grin. She smiles, nodding in response.

"Awesome." I kiss her forehead.

I wrap her in my arms, holding her as close to me as I can.

I really cannot wait until these twins come.