𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐓𝐇.

fourteen.

"Neno." I tapped his desk.

"Hm?" He pulled his headphones down and looked me directly in the eyes, with the same dry facial expression he had walked in with.

"You haven't replied to none of my texts or nothing."

"I been busy, my fault." He shrugged before tucking his bottom lip, pulling his headphones back over his head.

"Oh hell nah." I reached over and pulled his headphones back down. "I know you lost and may be upset but you don't need to take it out on me."

"I been going through some shit, Cici."

"So have I. We can help each other through that.. ain't that's what you're supposed to do in this kinda situation?"

"What kinda situation?"

He not finna make me say it.

"We're good friends and we both going through our respective issues and here I am, not acting cold towards you."

"This not just about that game. It's a lot of shit going at home, I'm tryna figure out what to do for college and shit—"

"You could've just said that instead of ghosting me and now I'm mad." I rolled my eyes and turned back to face the front of the classroom.

"Cici—"

"You can go back to what you were doing before which is not talking to me." I shrugged and looked back down at my computer.

I knew that losses were hard and that in life shit happens. I mean hell, if anybody knows that's it's literally me. My mother is at home dying and I still act like an outwardly good person.

I had no idea as to what Neno was going through and if I didn't know then I couldn't help. And since he refused to tell me then that's his business.

"Cici, we can talk later. Let me come over."

Should I do it chat?

Nah...

Fuck it imma do it.

"Be prepared to talk about any and all feelings cause that ghosting me shit had me ready to never talk to you again."

"I'm letting it all out in the open."

...

"So what's up?" I sat crisscrossed on my bed with my fluffy cover over me as Neno sat on the edge of the bed.

"I told you before that my mom's a crackhead right?"

"Yeah..."

"And you know the backstory of my granny and me raising the kids and how my mom disappears all the time then randomly pops up. So, last week she randomly popped up out of nowhere and calls herself trying to be a responsible mother now." He shrugged.

"And that's bad because?"

"It happened all the time when I was younger. She would come back, I would think she changed and fall into her trap then she would relapse and go off somewhere again as soon as I was getting use to her.."

He sighed before continuing, "And seeing the effect it has on my siblings hurts me because they're in the same boat that I was in. Thinking she's changed and getting used to having her around then she leaves again."

I wasn't good with consoling people. I never knew the right words to say but you could always tell that I genuinely cared.

"You want a hug?" I asked him and he just nodded before getting into my bed more, hugging me tightly for a long period of time.

"I feel so safe with you, Ci." He laughed, pulling away from the hug causing me to blush like a dumbass.

He feel safe with me yalllll.

"I'm sorry for not responding to you also. I'm not use to getting paragraphs after games saying that I did well even though I didn't."

"You did do good though. It was the team that failed."

"I have my own shit I needed to work on too. It wasn't a good game for any of us."

Ole humble ass.

"Now what's going on with you? You had an attitude in class that one day when you're usually jolly. And earlier you said you was going through something too so what's up?" He asked me while rubbing my thighs.

"My mom's cancer got worse and she's not expected to make it through the new year." I looked down, fiddling with my rings which was something I always did when I was nervous.

"I'm sorry to hear that, Cici."

"It's okay. I expected it since she wasn't getting her treatment but it still hurts," I shrugged. "I was always close with my mom up until now."

"What if some miracle shit happens?"

"She rejected her chemo it's too late now.."

"God can work in mysterious ways." He laughed before getting close to me again, kissing on my neck. "Both of us gone make it through this life shit. I'm sorry again."

"It's okay, Neenie." I smiled before I was met with a kiss.

I expected it to just be a little peck kiss like usual but he began to deepen it while caressing my thighs, causing me to pull away.

"Enough touchy touchy for you, pal." I tapped him.

"My fault," He raised his hands in defense with a slight laugh, moving over to place my pillow over his lap.

He trying to freak on me I am not going out like that.

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𝐚/𝐧: this took me forever and ik it's ass but bare with me. and ik yall use to characters fucking by now but im tryna make this a lil realistic lol.

i also didn't know how to end this chapter but fuck it LMFAOOO.