Onika's POV
I have been looking after Yara for the past few weeks. She has been experiencing severe night terrors and has been sleeping in my bed with me. I have been trying to talk to her about them, but I don't think she's ready for that conversation.
She has recently returned to school, which is a positive step. Mama Tina has been a great help in keeping everything under control with Yara, as I don't have legal guardianship or custody of her.
Today, we are going to the mall to buy her some clothes so she doesn't have to wear Giselle's things anymore. I'm also getting her a phone so she doesn't have to feel embarrassed about using my phone to talk to Giselle. She doesn't know about these plans, and I want to surprise her.
I go into my guest room checking to make sure she is okay. "you ready sweetie?" she nods her head. "How was school today?" I ask. "It was okay," she spoke in a low voice. "You sure everything is okay?" she nods again. "Okay, you know if something is wrong you can tell me," I say.
Yara smiles lowly.
I began walking out, but she stopped me with a hug. "Thank you." I smile.
We get into the car heading to the mall. She realizes where we're at once we pull up. I see her face light up. "I'm taking you shopping today," I say while pulling into the spot. Seeing the excitement beam through her made me happy.
In the mall, the first store we walked into was 'Forever 21'. I feel like this store is age-appropriate for a twelve-year-old, plus they have many different options for people with different style choices.
I see her looking at things but not picking up anything, she seems very timid. "Yara, pick out some things you like you don't have to be afraid." I assure her. "okay" she starts looking through the clothes on the racks. It seemed like this store wasn't her speed but she did get a couple of casual shirts out of there.
We walked around a bit more to a couple of different stores, her favorite so far has to be 'Zumiez' she got a whole bunch of things out of there, I can tell her style is very skater-esk. I even saw her admiring the skateboards so while she looked around, I got the cashier to ship the one I saw her pay attention to most, to my home. I also added a helmet, wrist guards, elbow and knee pads.
Out of 'Journeys' we got her a couple of pairs of different shoes.
Then our last clothing store 'Spencers'. I walked behind her making sure she didn't head too far into the store. She got a couple of silly hats and some hoodies. I can tell doing this made her day.
It was now time for her final surprise.
Instead of just following behind me she held my hand. She's been doing this the whole day except for when she looked through the clothes. I believe this is her way of feeling safe like no one can take her from me.
We walked into the Apple store and she looked at me with so much confusion. I didn't say anything I just waited until we got assistance. "Hello, I put in an order online. My name is Tanya" I never give out my real name, it's to federal. "Hello, yes we do have your order. Let me just go grab that for you." The Apple assistant came back with an apple bag with my name label on it. "Here you go, we also made sure to put those Apple AirTags in there as well." The woman spoke. "Okay, thank you so much." she hands me over the bag. But, I hand it over to Yara.
"This is for you sweetie." her eyes start to water. I give her the biggest hug. "Don't cry" I wipe her tears. "Thank you Nicki." she hugs me tighter than before. I kissed her forehead "Anytime sweetie."
Immediately once we got home I set up her phone, placing mine, Giselle's, and Beyonce's number in her contacts.
I put an AirTag in her book bag, and I also put one in her shoe. I set up 'Find My' on her phone to just know where she's at, at all times. It's not that I don't trust her, I don't trust that family of hers.
Once finished, the first thing she did was call Giselle.
They're going to chat throughout the night, so this gives me time to grade some homework.
I ended my night being productive, texting Bey in between to discuss our day.
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(one month later)
Beyonce's POV
It's been more than six months since Onika and I first met, and three months since we officially started dating. Our time together has felt surreal. I never would have imagined that I would be here today with Onika. Currently, we were sitting in her classroom during our break.
I've been contemplating our relationship, and I believe I'm ready for the next step. We haven't had the conversation about making our relationship official because I know we've been moving at my pace. But now that I'm ready, I don't know how to express that to her without it feeling forced.
Today, my mom made salmon and mashed potatoes for lunch. "This food is so good, bae. Why aren't you eating?" Onika took a bite of her salmon. I sat there, just gazing at her, admiring her. "I'm just lost in thought," I said, playing with my food and not feeling hungry at all. "What's wrong, my love?" she asked.
I simply shrugged, not saying anything. She lifted my chin to look at her. "What's going on?" she inquired.
"What are we?" I questioned.
"At the moment, we're dating, but we're striving for something deeper," she replied promptly. I simply nodded in response. "Are you prepared for something more?" she asked with such tenderness in her voice that it made me uneasy. I found it difficult to maintain eye contact, so I shifted my gaze elsewhere. However, being herself, Onika redirected my attention back to her.
"Yes," I replied, with my throat dry.
"Alright, pretty girl." She planted a kiss on my cheek, making me blush. "So, what exactly are you ready for?"
"Everything, like being in a relationship... telling others... sex..." I said quietly. "You're ready for sex?" She leaned back in her chair, staring deeply into my eyes, sending a shiver down my spine. "Yes," I admitted, feeling nervous.
"Are you sure?"
"I'm sure," I responded.
"Okay, beautiful." She gave me a gentle kiss on the lips, that left me longing more. "Now, tell me what you enjoy." She returned to her food. "Well, I like kisses on my neck, I enjoy when someone takes charge, and I love having my nipples played with." I could feel my excitement rising; my girl was purring.
"Alright, let me share a bit about myself. I'm very dominant in the bedroom, and I have certain rules that might be challenging at first, but you'll learn to follow them. I enjoy blending pain with pleasure similar to Christian Grey in Fifty Shades of Grey." The way she spoke it was as if she was speaking to my soul. "That's one of my favorite movies," I exclaimed.
"Mmm" she hummed before speaking, "So you should know a little, but we'll discuss further when that time comes. It isn't very appropriate to continue this conversation here" she referred to us being work.
I nodded, talking about it made me want it right here, right now.
For the rest of the day I was in my head so much about what we discussed I had to keep my legs crossed. I don't even think she's aware of the effect she had on me.
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