nine

                                    

                                          

nine - pain and pleasure
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   y/n dug in her sweatpants pocket and scooped out her keys. i stood patiently next her and looked around at the neighborhood we were in. it was really nice, and i could see a small park from where i stood on steve's front porch. 
                          
   y/n unlocked the door and pushed it open for me to enter first. i curtsied and brushed my hand on her arm as i walked in the door, y/n followed after me and shut the door behind her. 
                          
   the house smelled of delicious soul food and from what i could see, the home was extremely clean except for a few toys that were laying on the floor. i heard a woman squeal from the kitchen and i caught her coming into the foyer. the woman, i assumed her to be steve's mother, walked towards y/n with wide arms and a smile on her face. 
                          
   y/n smiled small back at her and they embraced in a hug. steve's mother rocked y/n and herself back and forth as she squeezed her tightly. "hi, baby!" she greeted her. 
                          
  "hi momma." i cooed at y/n's words and still stood awkwardly on the side. the two separated from their hug and y/n looked towards me. "uh, momma, this is ariana. um, the girl i was talking to you about?" y/n introduced me and i smiled at her. awe, she talked about me. 
                          
   steve's mother's smile grew and she opened her arms out towards me just as she did to y/n. "oh, it's so lovely to meet you. my little love bug would not stop talking about you." she winked at me before hugging me. 
                          
   i looked at y/n over her shoulder and winked at her, making her blush even harder. she scratched her nose and looked away from me. where'd the confident girl from the car go, hm? 
                          
   "it's great to meet you too. y/n speaks so highly of you." i said as we pulled away from the hug. steve's mother smiled at me once again and turned back to look at the stairs.
                          
   "amari! your sisters here!" she called up the stairs. heard small footsteps running above me and soon i caught sight of a tiny boy running down the stairs. 
                          
   "y/n/n!" he yelled for his sister. he stood on the fourth step up from the bottom and y/n held her arms out to catch him. he jumped into her arms and she kissed his face repeatedly. 
                          
   "hey, bud! you feeling any better?" y/n held him in her arms and asked him. her voice was cheerful when she spoke to her brother and i cooed once again. 
                          
   amari held her face in his tiny hands and nodded, his curls bouncing as he did. "yep! i missed you sooo much though." he pouted. y/n pouted back at him playfully. 
                          
   "i'm sorry little man. i missed you sooo much too." y/n pushed a loose curl behind his ear and booped his nose. "but, um. you wanna go get your stuff? to go home?" she shifted him to sit on one arm and scratched her nose nervously. 
                          
   amari frowned at her words and started wiggling to get out of her arms, steve's mother and i just sat watching. both y/n and steve's mother sighed, as if they both knew what was coming. 
                          
   "no! i don't wanna! i don't wanna see "mom" and her boyfriend. i just wanna stay here with auntie teresa!" amari whined and y/n sat him down because of his wiggling. y/n sighed again and flattened her eyebrows with the tips of her fingers.