merry christmasss 🎅
excuse any mistakes.
𝐌𝐢𝐞𝐤𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐫𝐢 𝐃𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐨𝐧
𝙹𝙴𝚁𝚂𝙴𝚈 𝙲𝙸𝚃𝚈, 𝙽𝙹.
two weeks later...
"Oh, I see you coming got my heart jumping like Jordan's play me like Spaulding do it all for me girl you're the vision of what I likeeee," Mieke hummed the lyrics to herself as she walked out of her bedroom. A puzzled expression crossed her face when the clinking of dishes in the kitchen caught her attention. She headed there and found Haveli in her robe, "Oh I forgot you slept over."
"I forgot I slept over too. I woke up wanting fat mother fucked and my man wasn't beside me." Haveli began to pat her head.
"You just be saying shit nobody asked to know." Mieke shook her head "This for me?" she asked, gesturing toward the plate on the counter.
"Yeah. I made papaya juice too."
"Since when did you learn to cook?" Mieke asked opening the refrigerator grabbing the juice.
"Bitch I always knew how to cook. I just never cooked for you."
"Oh okay suh eat me up then fuck I thought?"
Mieke made a face as she poured the papaya juice into a cup, causing Haveli to start laughing.
"I hate you bruh."
"And I promise I'll be yours tell me your joys and your problems I'll be more than the girl for ya, I'll be your friend." Mieke sang as she walked to the living room sitting down.
"You're in a good mood today." Haveli entered the living room carrying a plate of her own.
"You're saying that like I'm always in a bad mood." Mieke began cutting her pancakes.
"Girl please you know what I mean."
"I do. I'm in a very good mood today because I get to finally see my man. I haven't seen him in like 2 days 22 hours 14 minutes and 32 seconds but who's really counting? Just know that's breaking my heart." Mieke said, taking a bite of her pancake. "34 seconds now."
"Okay tickety toc." Haveli nodded smiling "Not you claiming him as your man now awwww."
Ever since Mieke found out that Keanu had murdered Landon, she'd been in a much better mood than usual. It was like a huge weight had been lifted off her shoulders and she couldn't stop smiling. She didn't know if she was being delusional or not, but the grass definitely seemed a lot greener since she learned the information. Now she couldn't help but feel like everything would be okay, at least for the time being.
Her feelings for Keanu were also growing more and more every single day. She felt a new sense of butterflies in her stomach and a newfound sense of security when she was with him. She felt like she could trust him with anything and everything, and she was even starting to picture what it might be like to be his girlfriend again.
"Yeah that's my man or whatever." Mieke couldn't help but smile while rolling her eyes, thinking about Keanu which caused Haveli to start squealing "Girl shut uppp."
"Look at you smiling thinking about him. That's so cute. Are yall together now?"
Mieke shook her head "No we're not."
"Damn bitch what are yall waiting on?"
"We're waiting on me. If I call this boy right now and tell him that I want us to get back together he's gonna be happy and we're gonna be back together. I want to take my time with this and not rush into anything because I really want me and him to work. I cannot see myself with anybody else but Keanu. I've tried to think about it but no he just always comes to mind. I don't know what spell this man done put on me but even when I think about growing old with someone Keanu always comes to mind. Even when I don't think about him being the other person, The other person always looks and acts just like him. I just wanna create something lasting and make up for the time we lost and the pain we both went through. Like really. That's why I want to make sure these feelings are real and not just because things seem right between us." Mieke said popping a piece of bacon into her mouth.
"The way you just explained that them feelings sound pretty real to me. When you get your chance to tell him how you feel you need to tell him what you just told me. You better not let somebody else take that boy away from you."
Mieke rolled her eyes, "Girl please Keanu isn't going anywhere, Trust and believe that."
"I know that's right. Why yall ain't see each other in two days? I'm shocked."
Mieke and Keanu see each other every single day. When she has a long break, They chill over at his house, and on shorter breaks, she just hangs out in the car talking to him. They've even checked out more car meets together, and thankfully, there's been no media buzz about them.
"He had a Nike shoot in Paris and he had to do some modeling for Amiri. I've seen him on FaceTime, but I miss him being in front of me."
"You're lucky. I won't see my man until tomorrow." Haveli rolled her eyes.
"Why?"
"I'm going to the mall with Naiara and Sevyn to buy my baby some clothes and some clothes for me because my clothes are starting to get small," Haveli said, gently rubbing her stomach. "Then after I gotta go see my mother since she's been complaining about not seeing me and shit and I'm already knowing she's gonna get me to sleep over there and I'm not gonna have no other choice but to say yes because if I don't she gone pull that you must don't love me no more now that you grown card." Haveli rolled her eyes.
"Just get Von to come over there."
"Girl please I want some dick I am not about to fuck that man inside of my mother's house." Haveli said standing up and Mieke shook her head drinking some of her juice "I'm already knowing when this baby comes she gone want me and him over there damn near every single day. We might as well live in New York again."
"I miss the Bronx." Mieke frowned. "I'm glad we moved the fuck up out of there though."
"Hell yeah." Haveli nodded.
"Did yall pick names out yet?"
"I wanna name him Avani or Saint. Javon wants me to name him after him like no you better look through my baby names list and pick one."
"Avani is a real cute name." Mieke nodded putting her cup back down "Lotus is cute too."
"Oh? Why you ain't say Saint cute? Fuck you. I have Lotus on my list though. My mother wants me to name him after papa Earl." Haveli said and Mieke chuckled "Fuck I look like naming my baby Earl? Ima look as fucked up as my great grandmother for naming him that."
"Maybe that could be the middle name." Mieke joked and Haveli glared at her.
"Bye Mieke." Haveli rolled her eyes and Mieke laughed harder "Earl is gone be no name."
The girls lapsed into a peaceful silence while Mieke finished her breakfast in the living room, while Haveli busied herself with washing the dishes. Once Mieke finished eating, she headed to the kitchen, placing her plate in the sink.
"That juice is really good." Mieke stated as she opened the fridge to pour herself another glass.
"Save me some. This baby doesn't want me to drink anything else but that and water."
Mieke walked over to Haveli and bent down putting her head on her stomach "Can you hear me?" The baby stirred inside Haveli's belly, and Mieke felt a gentle nudge against her head. "Oh my God I'm about to cryyy. Haveli did you feel that?" Mieke exclaimed, smiling up at Haveli.
"Yessss I did. Talk to him again."
"Hey I'm your Auntie Mieke. Me and you are going to have a ball when you come out." Mieke exclaimed, running her fingers along Haveli's stomach. "I love you so much." She laughed as the baby kicked against her hand.
"It's so strange how he can already feel your touch," Haveli said, ending the video she was taking of Mieke talking to her stomach. "It's amazing what our bodies can do."
"Hell yeah. You be talking to him?" Mieke inquired as she stood up, reaching for her cup.
"I talk to him a lot, and he usually kicks around, but it usually takes a while. I'm surprised he kicked right away when you started talking. That's adorable." Haveli said with a smile, sending the video to her siblings and Javon.
"He loves his auntie already." Mieke smiled, but before she could say anything else, her phone rang. She walked out of the kitchen and headed into her room to answer the call.
𝐊𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐮
wants to facetime...
Mieke answered the facetime call and as soon as Keanu's face appeared on the screen, Mieke broke into a smile. "Hellooooo."
"Wassup Boog, What you was doing?" He asked, causing Mieke's heart and stomach to flutter as he used the same nickname he used to call her when they were together.
"I was talking to my sister. Where are you?" She asked, and he turned the camera around, revealing his driver behind the wheel.
"I'm on my way home from the airport. What we doing today? You still wanna paint?"
"Yeah, I still want to paint," Mieke affirmed. Keanu didn't reply; instead, he simply gazed at her, admiring her beauty. Mieke started to feel shy and laughed, saying, "Stop looking at me."
"Nah I wanna keep looking," His eyes roamed over her face, taking in every inch and detail the way he had done so many times before. She was just as beautiful as she had been years before, and he felt a wave of warmth wash over him just from looking at her "You so beautiful."
"Boyyyyy." Mieke bit the inside of her cheeks to hold back her smile.
"Damn near bout to rip your cheeks so youn smile. Just let me see that smile Meeks." He teased, and Mieke rolled her eyes, smiling. He then started taking pictures of her.
"You're weird." Mieke joked "You liked Paris?"
"It was cool," Keanu said with a shrug, his eyes not leaving Mieke's beautiful face, "Would've been better if you came with me though."
"Maybe I will come next time."
"Maybe you will?" Keanu asked in a teasing tone.
"I will for sure come next time." Mieke chuckled.
"I know." Keanu replied, "I got you some things too you ain't gon see them til later though."
Mieke felt a flutter in her stomach at the fact that Keanu had brought something just for her. It wasn't just the gesture itself that made her happiest, but the thoughtfulness he showed by thinking of her while shopping and going out of his way to get something specifically for her.
"Aww you didn't have to get me anything, Really. Thank you. Give me a hint."
He paused for a moment. His eyes narrowed slightly as he thought about how to respond. "Nah I ain't giving you a hint." He chuckled.
"You just pissed me off. You should've just surprised me because that's all I'm gonna think about until I see you." Mieke expressed.
"Damn, you not gone think about me?"
"I think about you everyday it's about time I have something new to think about. Just give a hint please?" Mieke said and Keanu looked at her for a moment, and she stuck her tongue out playfully and he took a picture, "Boy." She chuckled.
"Aight Ima give you a hint."
"Yay." Mieke beamed with excitement as Keanu turned the camera, revealing four bags beside him. Two boasted Balenciaga's signature, and the other two was adorned with the Nike logo "I have a feeling I know what's in one of them bags."
"Whatchu think is in the bag?"
"One of those bags gotta have shoes in them. You randomly brought up shoe sizes yesterday," Mieke smirked. Keanu almost started smiling but then dropped it suddenly. "Ahh I'm right."
"Nah, you ain't." he countered.
"Boy, please! Now Im going to get you something because you got me something."
"You don't gotta get me anything, but I do got something in mind that you could do."
"What?" Mieke inquired, resting her head on her hand as she gazed at him.
The door swung open, and Haveli stood there. "I'm leaving. Don't miss me too much."
"I won't miss you at all actually." Mieke grinned and Haveli rolled her eyes "I'm playing."
"Nah bitch you're serious but it's cool. Don't call me talking bout some let me speak to my nephew. Me and your nephew said fuck you." Haveli raised both of her middle fingers, and Mieke just stared at her blankly.
"Which one is that?" Keanu asked.
"Haveli." Haveli answered for Mieke, "Heyy."
"Wassup. You still pee in the bed?" Keanu asked and Mieke covered her mouth while Haveli sighed, placing her hand on her hips.
"Fuck the both of yall." Haveli shook her head and walked out of the room and Keanu and Mieke started laughing "Ain't shit funny!"
"Make sure you answer the phone later so I could tell my nephew goodnight!" Mieke yelled. The front door was heard closing and Mieke chuckled. "What do you want me to do?"
"Let me take you out on a date. Do that for me. You could never give me a better gift than your time." Keanu stated, with a serious tone.
"That would mean I give you a gift everyday."
"Mhm and I appreciate that more than you gone ever know." Keanu said and Mieke couldn't help but smile at him. He had such a way with words, making her feel special all the time.
"You must be tryna make me smile all day today." Mieke chuckled softly, her eyes glinting with affection as she glanced at Keanu.
"That's the intention. It's working?"
"A little bit." Mieke replied, indicating a small distance between her index finger and thumb.
"Yeah a tiny bit." Keanu acknowledged with a nod, and Mieke couldn't help but chuckle as she noticed his immediate grasp of the reference.
Mieke's lips curved into a smile, and she playfully feigned irritation as she rolled her eyes at him. "Yes you could take me on a date. You should've known that already." She sighed dramatically.
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"How you ain't know a queen from a rat? She saw that cheese now you bout to get trapped." Mieke rapped under her breath as she exited the elevator and entered the garage. A smile spread across her face as she spotted Keanu, casually leaned against his car, engrossed in his phone.
Mieke snuck up on Keanu, intending to give him a scare. Her hands covered Keanu's eyes, but the smell of moroccan rose met his nose instantly and he knew instantly that it was her.
Keanu lifted her hands off his eyes and turned his head towards Mieke.
The both of them starting laughing "I knew it was you from the way you smell." Keanu said.
Mieke was still smiling while looking into Keanu's eyes. Their laughter died down after a while as Keanu held her gaze. Mieke felt the butterflies build up inside her stomach again as she began to realize just how close they were.
"Cmere give me a hug. I ain't seen you in three days and you just wanna look at me."
"My bad my bad." Mieke held her hands up. Keanu grabbed her hands and pulled her into him. Despite their height difference, she still wrapped her arms around his neck, putting her face up to his neck. Keanu wrapped his arms around her, pulling her close to him.
Keanu looked down at Mieke with a smile on his face happy to see her. "You missed me?"
Mieke chuckled softly, her eyes meeting his, "Maybe a little bit."
"A lot bit." Keanu kissed her forehead and Mieke melted at his touch.
They pulled away from their hug, and Keanu opened the car door to collect the bags of stuff he'd bought for Mieke, passing them to her while he held onto the Pizza Hut boxes. They made their way to the elevator, where Mieke pressed the button for her floor, and they patiently awaited its arrival. Stepping out as the doors slid open, they walked towards Mieke's door, sharing a casual conversation along the way.
"Are you ready to meet my son?" Mieke asked before she could insert the key into the lock.
"Boog that's a cat."
Mieke stated, "He's my son," as she opened the front door. Walking in, Keanu followed and locked the door behind him. "Cupidddd." she called for her cat with a melodic tone.
Cupid came out of nowhere and ran straight into her arms and Mieke smiled stroking his fur. "Keanu meet Cupid. Cupid meet Keanu."
Cupid glared at Keanu and let out a low growl and Keanu stared at him blankly "Racist ass."
"I'm so sick of everyone thinking my baby is racist." Mieke frowned stroking his fur.
"How long you had him?"
"Since senior year of high school," Mieke shared, "My dad got him for me for Christmas. Kind of like a support pet gift." She glanced at Cupid, who lay in her arms with his eyes closed.
"I'm sorry bout what happened to you for real."
"It's fine, Ke. It's not your fault and he's dead anyways now let's see what you got me." Mieke grinned and put Cupid down. He ran to Keanu's side and stayed by him. Mieke laughed and she said "He likes you. He didn't move away."
"Nah it's too late for all that." Keanu moved away and Mieke frowned.
"Poor Cupid," Mieke shook her head, then moved towards the dining room table, setting down the bags. She grabbed one of the Balenciaga bags. "This one's shoes. I'm right." she grinned.
"Open it. You gone like it." Keanu walked over to the dining room table and sat on one of the chairs while Mieke sat on the other. Mieke pulled the box out of the bag and placed it on her lap opening the box grabbing one of the bags.
"You're making me nervous," Mieke chuckled. Opening one of the bags, she smiled upon pulling out the pink Balenciaga furry slide sandal. "Awwwww, I love these. I saw a TikTok of this girl wearing them and I told myself I gotta buy them. You're so sweet." Placing both slides on the floor, she slid her foot into the sandals, and with a smile, remarked, "Ahhh, theyre so sexy."
"It goes with your fit too." Keanu smiled.
"It doessss." Mieke said looking at herself in the mirror "I'm never taking these off."
Grabbing the other Balenciaga bag, Mieke pulled out the box. Untying the box, Mieke opened it, revealing the bag inside. She pulled out the silver women's hourglass XS handbag. "Keanuuu."
Keanu held his arms out, inviting Mieke to hug him. She walked over and embraced him, and he couldn't help but grin as he felt her body against his. "You like it?"
"Duh. Shit, I love it. I have one just like this but it's in pink." Mieke pulled away. "I already got an outfit that'll go with this in mind. Period."
"What's the fit?"
"You'll see."
"Aight okay." Keanu nodded.
Mieke opened the rest of the stuff Keanu got her – loads of Nike sweatsuits and some Nike fuzzy socks considering her deep obsession with them. Mieke wears fuzzy socks daily, practically living in them, even wearing them to sleep.
"So I did a good job then?" Keanu asked as they now sat in the living room ready to paint.
"Yes, you did. Thank you for everything." Mieke replied, sounding truly grateful. "Now I wanna do this the fun way so I'm going to pick something out for you to paint and you pick one out for me."
"I'm already knowing you ain't all too good at that painting shit so ima pick something easy for you." Keanu said, picking up his phone.
"Boy fuck you." Mieke picked up her phone and Keanu chuckled. She began looking through Pinterest trying to find good paintings "Oh, wowww." Mieke's jaw dropped as she saw Cupid sitting next to Keanu. "It's fuck me Cupid?"
"Hell yeah. Hell yeah." Keanu grinned picking Cupid up "My dawg." And cupid meowed.
"And he's gonna meow I can't believe this." Mieke shook her head "I found a painting."
"Lemme see, This is yours." Keanu said, turning his phone around for Mieke to see.
"Okay this is something that looks easy, watch this comes out raw." Mieke nodded.
"It ain't." Keanu joked, and Mieke bucked at him. "Ain't nobody scared of yo lil ass."
"You should be." Mieke shrugged.
They began painting and "Baddies West" played on the TV while they engaged in conversations about random topics, thoroughly enjoying both the painting process and the episode.
"All they do is fight." Keanu reclined on the living room floor, shaking his head, canvas in hand, with Mieke seated beside him.
"And do."
"That's who run the show right there?" Keanu gestured toward Natalie, and Mieke nodded. "The fuck she doing? She ain't addressing them bout shit. She needa tell Biggie to chill out."
"That's what irritates me about her. How are you gonna run a show and not do shit? Sure, the focus is on fighting, but there are crucial moments where you need to speak up."
"Shit, It's a lot that irritates me about her." Keanu shrugged and Mieke chuckled.
"Not too much on Natalie, That's my girl."
"Your girl is scary."
"She is." Mieke frowned.
"She needa take some lessons from Christian."
"It's chrisean," Mieke laughed "It's too late for all that now look at them arguing and shit."
Keanu and Mieke fell silent, absorbed in the on-screen argument. Mieke glanced at Keanu, who was now engrossed in the show, and she chuckled softly. Just the other day, on the phone, he was criticizing Baddies, dismissing it as dull drama among girls, and now here he was, actively discussing and watching the show.
"They need to let them fight, Fuck?"
"Right like they're gonna get right back cool after anyways let them fight their anger out." Fanning her hand over the painting, Mieke spoke.
"Oh shit." Keanu sat up once the screen showed Natalie fighting Scotty "Ain't that your friend?"
"You wanna be Razor so baddddd." Mieke dragged "Natalie is so weird oh my God."
"I don't wanna see shit bout them getting back cool after Natalie just did that shit."
"I doubt Scottie is gonna stop being friends with her. That's her eater or whatever."
"Word?" Keanu inquired and Mieke nodded.
"Word. There's a picture of Scottie sucking her titty and everything that's why Scottie is so dumb behind her and that friendship. I would've been cut Natalie off. Don't treat me wrong hoe."
"Then she just gone sit there and cry naw you needa get off that bus and the same shit you was doing to Razor you needa do to her."
"Exactly. Natalie is nobody to be scared of."
"Shit, Nobody is. You finished with your painting?" Keanu asked, and Mieke nodded.
"And you better not laugh when I show this painting." Mieke said picking up her painting.
"I ain't gone laugh." Keanu replied, raising his hands in a swearing motion.
"I believe you a little bit." Mieke said before turning her painting around for Keanu to see. She glanced at her painting, then at Keanu, who was watching her, and she burst into laughter.
"What happened?" Keanu inquired, referring to the painting. Mieke threw her head back, laughing. "You know it's bad too."
"My painting isn't that bad." Mieke exclaimed, still laughing. "In my defense, I don't really care about the end result. I was just having fun."
"We could tell."
"Alright not too much on my masterpiece. Show me your painting since you're such an art teacher here. It better be the best painting I've ever seen and I've seen a lot of amazing paintings."
"You about to see another one." Keanu teased, a smirk playing on his lips. He turned his painting around and it truly was incredible - the colors, the blending of them, and the sheer level of detail was unmatched by anything she had ever seen. It was not even close to the painting she had done.
"Oh? Prove me wrong then fuck I thought?" Mieke placed her hand on her chest, feigning shock. "You know you're not going home with that right?" Mieke questioned, looking at him.
"I'm already knowing. You used to do it all the time." Keanu shook his head, passing his painting to Mieke and taking hers. She grinned while examining his painting. "I don't know what to do with this." Keanu remarked, examining her painting, and Mieke looked at him blankly.
"Boy stop tryna serve me. Niggas paint a few good paintings and swear they're Van Gogh." Mieke waved Keanu off.
"And whatchu is? Picassno?" He asked and Mieke's jaw dropped and he started laughing.
"You didn't eat."
I really hate that he ate that.
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