"I really hope you find someone who loves you unconditionally because you deserve it."
"All I know is, it better not be that bitch that you were in the house with today." I went onto say, making him chuckle softly.
"Na', you know me, T. That's not my type to cuff."
"Come on na'." He went on joking, making me smile small.
"Dominic, I love you." I said again as the line went quiet.
"And I hate that we have to end like this. Especially on our anniversary." I scoffed with a smile.
"Now our loving anniversary is our break up anniversary too." I went on to say, sighing deeply.
"I love you, okay?" I told him, just hoping he'd say it back.
"Aight, T." He accepted it but didn't respond to it.
"I'll see you around. Aight?"
"Okay."
"Bye."
*
20.
Dominic
4 months later
7am
"Yo, Dom. What's up?" Piro asked with money in his hand before we did the quick exchange we'd become used to.
After taking his money, I made my way back to the spot. I'd been out on the corner since 5am, hustling.
Really just tryna make this money and focus on all of the shit I had planned for myself.
"Yo, bro." I heard Dej calling me from up the block.
"Yo." I answered, picking up my pace, just tryna she what she wanted.
"You still going?" She asked as I walked up to her and I stopped in my tracks, pulling out my phone.
"Yeah." I told her, seeing that I had a few messages from Tiana.
"Aight, coo. Let me know when you ready to ride out and shit. I'm about to go see what's up with this bitch." She spat, referring to this girl she was supposedly cuffing.
"Aight, coo." I nodded, jogging up the staircase, making my way back into the spot.
Plopping down onto the couch, I started counting money before my phone buzzed again with a message from T. I ignored it though, tryna finish what I was doing before I looked to see what she wanted.
See, T and I were still done but we'd both came to terms with it. I wasn't looking to be in a relationship with her and I knew she still wanted to be with me but I made it clear to her that I was cool on that. So now we only spoke on cordial terms.
Today things were different though because today was her graduation and we'd been texting all night about it but the one question she never asked me wasare you coming.She'd been beating around the bush all night about it and I knew she was scared to ask me but honestly, there was really no question.
Of course I was pulling up to her graduation, boyfriend or not.
