deceived.// A$AP Rocky

twelve.

I quickly crammed my backpack with some of my clothes. A few skincare products, a little makeup, money, my phone, a charger. I sighed. I wasn't going to see my room in a while, I thought while picking up my backpack. 

"Remember, call me whenever you can, and if something goes wrong. I'll be there", my brother said and hugged me. "Yeah, yeah, I will", I said and forced a smile on my lips. "And if Mayers tries anything, you know what to do", he said and I nodded. 

We made our way outside, where Rakim was waiting. "I'll miss you", I told my brother and hugged him again. "I'll miss you to go, but you need to go", he said, a sad smile spreading on his face. I let go and saw how Rakim and Zack nodded at each other. "I'll hear from you, I guess", Rakim said and turned around, I waved a last time and followed Rocky.

We were walking silently next to each other for a few minutes. "Thanks for doing this and giving me a place to stay", I broke the silence. "But I can't believe you're just doing it cause you wanna do the right thing", I added.

He looked at me with an irritated, somehow surprised look.

"What you mean by that?" 

I shrugged. "I just...that doesn't make sense, you do a lot of immoral shit, why would you care about my situation?" He frowned. 

"I'm doing this to protect the Mob, and you, too. I ain't got nothing to lose by doing this. Your brother does something to one of my people, he knows you're fucked. I took advantage of his shitty situation-either Dan does something to you, or your life is completely in my hands, which he despises, but he knows your chances are probably better if you're with me. That's the plan, and as you see it's working perfectly", he explained calmly. I swallowed. 

"But on the other side, I gotta protect you at all costs- cause if something happens to you, we're fucked", he added. I nodded. "I understand." 

"Also I enjoy being around you and the Mob likes you too", he said with a little smile. That made me feel a little better and I smiled back. He pulled me into a hug and I instantly cuddled into his chest, and feeling the warmth of his hug still, we made our way to what appeared to be my new home.

The next day, I woke up early; but apparently not earlier than Rakim, because where he had been laying, there was just a blank spot. After looking out of the window for a while, I decided to get dressed, I put on a summer dress, although it didn't look like it was going to be a very hot day today.

 The house was silent; I don't think anyone was awake. I did my make-up in Rakim's room because he actually had a decent mirror-I just curled my lashes, put some mascara and concealer on, and added some tinted lip balm with gloss. When I was done, I made my way downstairs into the living room. I noticed someone laying on the couch, and as I approached it, I saw it was Rakim.

His eyes were fluttering and when I looked closely, I saw that he wasn't actually laying there more leaning. In his right hand, he loosely held a half full bottle of Hennessy. 

He must have heard me coming because he opened his eyes slowly and looked at me with watery, frozen eyes as if he was trying to remember who I was. He closed his eyes again after a minute. "I'm dizzy", he mumbled slowly. "How much did you drink?", I asked, sitting down next to him. "You ain't wanna know", he said in a raspy, weak voice. "Can I have some water?" I nodded and went to get him a glass, he sipped it slowly, then closed his eyes again. "You gotta lay down and get some rest", I said softly. "I can't sleep, I've been trying to, but I keep having nightmares'', he replied, I noticed his hands were shaking. I took his hand into mine and looked at him, noticing that he looked so sad and depressed it almost broke my heart. "I can help you fall asleep, let me try at least."