Chapter 21: 21

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"hey kk" i cooed to kova who started smiling.

"i know you don't got a tooth coming in." i said moving her bottom lip and saw a white spot in her gums.

"now you really finna be hollering for no reason..." i said picking her up.

she stuck her fingers in her mouth and started gnawing on them,"is they bussin??" i asked her and she just stared at me as i walked inside.

"wassup baby girl." iniko came in the kitchen with no shirt and only sweatpants.

he grabbed kova from my arms while i went to the living room,"hello??"

"hey my love how are you??"

"i'm good mama how about you?"

what i'll always be grateful for is my relationship with my mama be healthy, once i got into highschool we really started communicating more and it was the best thing that could ever happen.

"i've been doing alright, your daddy finna get on my last fuckin nerve tho." she said and i heard my dad in the background.

"I KNOW YO BLACK ASS AINT TALKING?!"

"boyyy don't be speaking to my mama like that." i said while laughing.

"girl- you shut the hell up where my granddaughter?" he asked getting his big ass forehead in the camera.

"right here." i heard iniko say then he sat beside me.

"wassup ole player." my dad said to iniko.

"wassup old man."

i passed the phone to iniko, he grabbed it and put it on kova.

"she gotta tooth already growing in already." iniko said as kova smiled down at the phone.

"you can see it too, smiling hard as hell." my dad said.

"leave my baby alone." i said changing the channel on the tv.

"yeah yeah i'm finna come get her too."he said and my face dropped a lil bit.

"no you ain't either." i said.

"girl- you ALWAYS have kova with you." iniko said and i hit his shoulder.

"i don't give a fuck, she my daughter." i said rolling my eyes.

"he's right though you don't give yourself a break unless she with iniko, even then you be stressing." my mama said and i smacked my lips cause they was right.

"okayyy don't act like y'all ain't let me spend the night with nobody else until i was 4." i said and my dad scratched his neck.

"i don't know what you talking about-" my mama cut him off.

"she right, at least one night and we'll bring her back." my mama said.

i looked at the time,"y'all can have her until 8pm, no later." i said.

"we finna come kidnap her chile." my dad said then hung up.

"niggers..." i mumbled and iniko bussed out laughing.

"you act like they gonna hurt her." iniko said.

"i know they won't but at the same time you never know, it be close family doing trifling shit." i said grabbing her diaper bag.

"change her diaper and put some more diapers in there for me, i'll pack her bag." i said getting up and he nodded.

i went upstairs and started putting things she'll need in her baby bag, i looked at the baby soap and shampoo.

"i guess i'll let her stay the night..." i mumbled putting them in the bag.

i put a few more things in her bag just in case then zipped it shut, i went downstairs and saw iniko playing with kova.

he was holding her up in the air and she was giggling as he made airplane noises.

"uh oh is that a bird? wooosh." she started giggling even more as he got up and spun around in a circle until he saw me.

"could've told me you was right there stalker." he said and i shook my head.

"shut up." i said grabbing the diaper bag.

the doorbell rung before my dad walked in,"hey stinkie." he said making me scrunch up my face.

"never call me that again." i said as iniko laughed.

"yeah yeah." he said putting kova in her car seat while my mama hugged me.

"glad your doing better." my mama said and i nodded.

"yeah, iniko's actually helped a lot." i said and i saw iniko perk up out the corner of my eye.

"well thats good...finally found a good man." she said.

"now i ain't say allat." i said stepping back and she laughed.

"mhmmm we gonna see." she said.

i kissed kova's cheek,"my baby better not came back with nan scratch orrrr hair missing." i said and my dad flipped me off.

••••

"i don't know if imma wanna drop the music yet...i'm thinking about it though." i heard iniko say as i walked into the kitchen.

i caught a glimpse of his phone and saw he was on live.

swear he be at my house all the time-

i walked to the fridge and grabbed a bag of grapes and a bowl.

"nyah." he called making me look at me.

"say hey." he said and i mugged him.

"i'm good." i said putting some grapes into a bowl.

"she acting boujee yall." he said and i shook my head.

he came up behind me doing dumb stuff,"boy move back." i said.

"then show me some love." he said wrapping his arms around my waist and softly kissed me neck.

AHT AHT I AINT HAVIN NO MO KIDS-

"inikoooo moveeee." i said laughing, he smacked his lips and stood beside me.

i watched as he grabbed a handful of grapes out my bowl then went back to the chair he was sitting in.

"nigga." i said hitting him upside his head.

"chilll it's just some grapes." he said grabbing my wrist with his other hand pulling me into his lap.

"you single?" he asked me and i looked at the comments on live.

"you single?" i asked back and he narrowed his eyes at me and i glared back at him.

"anyways." he said rolling his eyes and i laughed.

"screen recording? send it to me." iniko said with his arms around my waist.

"can i go continue my movie?" i asked and he shook his head no.

"iniko-"

"nyah." he cut me off and i rolled my eyes.

"you gonna come to the studio with me??" he asked and i shook my head no.

"well guess what?? you coming anyways." he said.

"then why ask?"

he shrugged his shoulders and ended the live then went to his dms,"oh wowww." i said laughing at the video.

(pretend it's them besties 😩🤝)

"you is stupid as hell." i said as he saved the video and posted it on his story.

"mhm, but you like it." he said and i shrugged.

"maybe i do maybe i don't." his hand found it's way around my neck pulling me back against him.

"don't play with me lil girl." he said and i leaned my head back.

"we going to the studio or not?" i asked trying to keep my composure.

"yeah, get up." he said and when he moved i felt his thingggg against me.

i got up out his lap, he grabbed me pulling me closer to him.

"watchu meant earlier when you said i helped you? helped you with what? " he asked.

"it's a story and-"

"we got time." he said and i sighed.

"can i tell you another time?" i asked and he kissed me forehead.

"you can tell me whenever you ready ight?" he said and i gave him a weak smile.

"you want sumn to eat before we go?" he asked and i nodded my head.

"ight go put on some shoes."