Ceaser knew rio through carlos , the man was calm , Maoist of the time at least and it took allot to get him even remotely annoyed .
Rio was marks brother , the guy who had pushed ceaser into Carlos's room while he were drunk on prom night , and also the guy who half shadowed Carlos allot of the time .
Rio wasn't completely in the gang life , but he was there , and nobody really messed with him .
His looks completely differed from marks as well , if anything , rio almost reminded him of Carlos himself with his tattoos and body type . He was around the same age as Carlos , if not only a few years older . Covered in tats and dark hair , he was someone who he could definitely see taming jamals craziness
Or he thinks it would be funny seeing him attempt to
" umm , where are we going ",monse pipes up with annoyance growing on her face as she side glances jamal from beside her - the question making jamal turn his gaze away from rio and onto ceaser
" oh , we gotta get little c back to the crib , obviously ", rio chuckles out with a half shrug , catching her gaze and raising an amused brow when he sees the defiant and pissed off look that quickly overtook her face
" oh, hell no -
" you don't have to come , monse , we're not making you ", ceaser interupts as he stood as well , jamal groaning as he stops with stomp in his step and looks to monse with a look
" you're not tied to us , by all means , leave , you're just gonna make the situation worse ", jamal huffs , looking her up and down before turning back around and continues walking , rio letting out a slow whistle that trails off into a half chuckle as he eyed jamal strutting away
" the sass in that boy ", he mutters under his breathe before heading after him with a slight jog , ceasers smile drops as he looks back to monse and realised he's stuck with her by himself
And the look she was giving him was so familiar that it made him overly uncomfortable
" you heard them , just go home monse , I doubt you'd want to be stuck with Carlos anyway ", he shrugs , half turning before her voice stops him
" no , it's fine , I'll come ", she breathes out , narrowing her eyes slightly at him before smiling and walking towards jamal and rio " yo , jamal , wait up "
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Arriving at the worn out place that was referred to the get up / or the crib for any gang members from aminos , it made jamal clamp up nervously as monse stiffened
It was a bit crowded , music setting a hum throughout the set up outside the place
Girls sitting on guys laps , and there was a odd singular teen boy that jamal is pretty sure he's seen in his trig class , who was sat on the floor cross legged at a woman's feet as she played with his hair and spoke with the man beside her , the other teen smiling at jamal when they hold eye contact
Rio glances back , following his gaze and chuckling slightly , giving a small wave to the boy on the floor before wrapping a hand around jamals wrist and tugging him near him
Monses face scrunched up as she looked around , a few people shirtless , smoking , working out with large weights , she glances to ceaser , a frown coming onto her face as he smiles and speaks to people as he passes them - seeming to be completely calm and more himself than usual
" uh , where's your man, ceaser ", jamal half squeaks out as he looked around anxiously, shuffling a bit closer to rio as he was giided to the front door
" not outside , that's for sure ", ceaser snorted before looking over " don't worry , I got you , brother , you got nothing to worry about ", he shoots a calm smile his way before heading into the house, looking into the living room before seeing to not see Carlos and makes his way towards the kitchen
Grinning when he sees Carlos , who's back is half to him but he's speaking to mark as he fills a glass up with water
" ey papi ", ceaser greets , not wasting any time as he wraps his arms around carlos from behind , drawing a surprised chuckle from the man as he almost drops his glass back into the sink
" god , baby ", he chuckled , smiling as he turned with his glass still in hand , holding ceaser back with one arm until mark takes the glass with a snort
" rio, you gotta be fooling around , whatcha doing in these parts ", mark asks in surprise , holding a hand out and pulling hun in a big bro hug
" having a little fun , yknow me, brother "
" who's these ", he nods over to jamal and monse , and both of their eyes widen , jamal shuffling behind rio as monses gaze floats over to ceaser as if to look for help
But ceaser is only grinning widely as he and Carlos speak to each other in hushed voices , arms wrapped around one another and faces barely centremetres apart , Carlos nodding along and answering before placing kisses occasionally over ceasers face as he spoke
" oh , picked them up with little c , stuck up at the feds with this ", rio says , dropping jamals red duffel bag onto the floor and giving it a teasing kick
" that's mine", jamal and monse both call out , monse putting up a hand with a dull look as she eyed the bag while jamal went to rush forward - only for rio to put an arm out and raise a brow at him
Mark gakbcibg between them as he watched the interaction before shaking his head and putting his arms up , muttering under his breathe as he slipped out the room
" what's in the bag ", Carlos raises a brow at rio , not even sparing a glance at any of the teens , and ceaser pulls a face at him that Carlos doesn't acknowledge
"No clue , unlikely for it to be anything illegal - they don't really seem to be the trouble making type ", rio shrugs , eyeing the bag for a moment before glancing to Carlos - then they both glance back and realise the looks ceaser and jamal were giving them , monse was also giving both men dirty looks , but neither payed her any mind , especially Carlos as he didn't even like the girl
" what ", rio shrugs as he looked at jamal , both eye to eye since their wasn't much of a height difference between them
" what , what do you mean ,"what " , it's my bag , it doesn't concern you , none of you ", he emphasises , side eyeing monse and cease with a look before attempting to step forward to reach for the bag - letting out a agressive huff when rio puts his arm back out and pulled him back a bit
" don't give me sass , you're cute , but I'm not taking you're disrespect over something meaningless ", rio scoffs out with a frown overcoming his face
Carlos settles down a bit against the kitchen counter with ceasers back to his front , leant back conprtanly against Carlos with his arms overlapping Carlos's around himself , Carlos's head sat on his shoulder , sharing glances or small smiles , Carlos continuously kissing ceasers collar and shoulder as they watch the pair basically flirt with argueing , nobody noticing monse slipping back and out the kitchen
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Monse had been through multiple rooms and was already annoyed with anyone she's passed so far or spoken too
Anyone would ignore her , maybe she'd get a small check out before their eyes met her face and a small realisation settled and they'd give her a dirty look
People cussing at her to leave or get the hell out of there was insistent , and she didn't even get what she's done
She let out a small breathe of relief when she finds an empty room , though when she glances around , her lips twitch up in a small smirk
It was Carlos's room , or at least she thinks it were , because their was no way this wasjt
But the only problem in her planning was that she actually hadn't thought this far , if anything , she was only going to come along to maybe prove a point that she was better for ceaser than Carlos were , but she hadn't even got more than a couple words in , and Carlos was all over ceaser the moment he saw him
It made her sick
It wasn't that she wasn't okay with ceasers sexuality , because she were the first person he came out to about it
But she just knew Carlos was bad for him , it wasn't only the fact that she wanted ceaser for herself but also how dangerous Carlos was , Carlos wasn't only in a gang but was th leader
he was a bad guy
He was probably toxic too
Glancing around the room made her frown , her gaze catching many things that were more likely to be ceasers than
A deep line cutting in between her brows as she sees the pictures stuck up on the wall along with little notes , she glances back at the door before attempting to silently make her way to the other side of the room to get a closer look
Every picture was of him and ceaser , Carlos only ever looking down at him or at his reflection while ceaser was smiling probably the brightest smile she's ever seen , or looking back at carlos was affectionate adoring eyes
Little written messages were pointing to a couple of them that were pinned up on the wall , half of them in Spanish but the ones in English were half between ceaser and Carlos himself most likely
" my baby is too cute , seriously don't know how I captured his heart '
' Carlos is a big cheese ball , but he's my big cheese ball '
Was written right beneath it on the wall with an arrow pointing at the first one on top of the picture
A few stickers held a couple pictures up or were decorating them - it was something definitely from ceaser
And it gave her such deep nostalgia that it twisted at her gut as she rembembered ceaser when he was 13 and would decorate everything with stickers and gems but write little weird notes on anything just because he was bored
She beloved he grew out of it , had no time to do it anymore since he was grown up and stuck in the gang life now , it made her frown twist and deep hurt pinch at her heart
She glanced at another picture , once where it was obviously Carlos who had taken it , ceaser was wearing a oversized hoodie - and it stings knowing it's most likely one that belongs to Carlos . He's half awake , but grinning lazily in bed from where he was sat up cross legged and looking adoringly at Carlos - who's most likely behind the camera
She can hear shuffling footsteps coming towards the room , and her stomach sinks along with her heart as she hears ceaser laughing loudly , seeming to quiet down slightly but is still laughing
She glancing back at the door before looking to the wide window frame
" no , seriously , papi .. ", ceaser laughs on the other side of the door , his voice deep , loud and clear with his usual soft edge - but his voice was spoken so lovingly to Carlos
She was jumping out the window by the time the pair were opening the door
" but jamal , I can't leave him alone , I have to go back , this is kidnapping me yknow , taking me back to your deep dark man cave to torture me and keep me away from my brother ", ceaser teases , his arms wrapped around Carlos's neck as he smiled up at him
Carlos rolls his eyes , kissing the top off ceasers shaven head before kissing his nose
Oh jamal , that's her last thoughts before she is leaving , clenching her jaw tightly along with her fists as she stormed off
Jamal didn't want her there anyway , she thinks bitterly