A Bittersweet Hood Dilemma: A Naptown Love Story

by Natavia

  When I woke up, Kauzie was laying on my breasts with his dreads sprawled out everywhere, including my face. I looked at the time and it was three o’ clock in the afternoon.

  “Shit, Kauzie, wake up. You didn’t go into work,” I said shaking him.

  “Chill out damn. Shut the fuck up sometimes. I can’t get fired. That’s my shop too,” he said going back to sleep. I pushed him off me, jumped into the shower then got dressed. I powered my phone on and I had a lot of messages from Kauzie, Darrion and Geechie from when I turned my phone off last night.

  It rang moments later and it was Tassana. When I answered the phone, she started coughing.

  “Tokyo, I’m so weak,” she said.

  “You want me to come to wherever you are at?” I asked feeling guilty that I just slept with Kauzie again. I hated that I blocked everything out when he was around. I started to get choked up.

  “Don’t cry, Tokyo. I will be okay. Just don’t let me down. We have a deal to stick to,” she said then started coughing. I wished Kauzie knew she was sick. Maybe he would back up off me. However, I promised her I wouldn’t tell anybody.

  “So, I heard you went out with Geechie last night. How did that go? You know once this is all over you should consider dating him,” she said.

  “I don’t know, he isn’t my type. He is cool though,” I said wiping my eyes.

  “I love you, Tokyo. I might haven’t been the best sister, but I love you. I’m going to take a nap because the pain meds are wearing me down. I will call you later,” she said.

  “Okay. Love you too,” I said hanging up.

  I got another message and it was from Geechie asking me when he could take me out again.

  “Who was that?” Kauzie asked me. He only had on his boxer briefs. His body looked damn good. He could model for Calvin Klein underwear line.

  “That was Tassana,” I said.

  “What she want? That girl got some shit with her. She knows how I feel about you and she still stays around. I’m ready to leave the crib to her. I can’t be living like this,” he said.

  “NO. Don’t move out,” I said. He raised his eyebrow.

  “Why not?” he asked walking towards me. He grabbed me by the ass then hugged me. He kissed my neck then squeezed my breast. I smacked his hands away and he chuckled.

  “Feisty,” he said walking into the kitchen.

  “Bring your ass in here and cook a nigga something please. I’m hungry,” Kauzie said pouring himself some Kool-Aid.

  “I wish you put your damn clothes on. I don’t want to see your bird chest,” I giggled.

  “Ain’t nothing bird about me. I might not be a cock diesel motherfucker, but I’m not slacking. You are wasting time shorty. I could be full by now,” he said. I walked into the kitchen rolling my eyes at him. I took out a few things to make him a sandwich with.

  “You mean to tell me after all the dick I just slung and how good I ate that juicy pussy, I’m only good enough for a sandwich? That’s foul, Tokyo,” Kauzie said. My phone rang and for some reason I was nervous.

  “What are you scared for Tokyo?” Kauzie asked grabbing my phone off the coffee table in the living room.

  “So, you just going to answer my phone?” I asked praying it wasn’t Geechie.

  “Yooooooooo,” Kauzie spoke into the phone. He took the phone away from his ear to look at the screen.

  “Who dis?” he asked the caller.

  “Geechie? Bitch ass Geechie? Kai brother Geechie? Nigga, what the fuck do you want?” Kauzie asked him. There goes his temper. I grabbed my purse, slowly creeping towards the door to avoid Kauzie blowing up on me. I was yanked back and fell onto the floor.

  “Yo, I swear you need to work in a circus. You like fucking with clowns don’t you? This nigga is a joke,” Kauzie said throwing my phone on the table.

  I got up from off of the floor. “Why are you throwing my shit like that? What’s wrong with you? Aren’t you in a relationship? Don’t you have other hoes? I can date if I want to,” I said. It would be so easier to fix Tassana and his relationship if he was to hate me. Maybe if I could push him away now he would focus on Tassana more.

  “That’s not going to fly with me. I told you that shit already. Even if I see you with another man, I’m fucking you and him up,” he said walking to my bedroom. Minutes later, he came back out dressed.

  “Whenever you are ready to stop fucking with these wanna be D-boys, holla at me,” he said walking towards the door. I pulled him by the arm. He looked down at me with those tantalizing eyes. I wanted him, but I knew I couldn’t have him like that. It will send Tassana to an earlier grave. What type of sister am I? Why am I stopping him from leaving? Why can’t I just have him and my sister cancer just go away?

  “What you want?” he asked me. I caressed his face as I choked up.

  “I can’t be with you like that. You know that and as right it seems, it’s wrong. We should remain friends. Can we just be friends like we use to be?” I asked him. He pulled away from me then crossed his arms grilling me. Damn, he was sexier when he did that, I thought to myself.

  “That’s what you want? You want me to sit back and watch you be with another nigga after I just put my feelings out there for you? Shorty, you must be out of your damn mind. You and that fuck nigga. This shit ain’t over and I don’t give a fuck what you say,” Kauzie said then slapped me on the ass. He kissed my lips.

  “I’ll holla at you later,” he said walking out of the door.

  “What did I get myself into?” I asked myself aloud.

  Tassana

  “Yes, Darrion, right there. Lick that pussy just like that,” I said as he held my legs up. I laughed to myself as Tokyo’s ex-boyfriend licked between my legs. All he was good for was licking pussy and giving out money. When I couldn’t get Kauzie or Tudos to give me money, I went to Darrion.

  Darrion and I hooked up a few years ago. When I heard about how much money Darrion was banking, it kind of had me curious about him. He wasn’t all that in the looks department, but he had a swag to him. I pretended to be Tokyo one night and followed Darrion to their house. I pulled up at the same time he did. I knew Tokyo was in the hood smoking like always, and she wasn’t going to be home any time soon.

  Soon as I walked into the door behind Darrion, he started kissing on me. I saw the affection he had for Tokyo and I wanted that. I didn’t understand how Tokyo’s ratchet ass had niggas in love with her. I knew Kauzie was in love with her before she even knew.

  I had styled my hair like Tokyo’s that night and even dressed like her. Darrion didn’t know I wasn’t her until he tasted my pussy. He said Tokyo’s pussy was sweeter to him. The nerve of that fat bitch. He slapped me for setting him up. But I broke down crying telling him I caught Kauzie fucking Tokyo and I wanted revenge. He believed it because Kauzie and Tokyo were too close. Since then, Darrion would call me every now and then to eat my pussy thinking he was getting back at them. Only if that fat negro knew I was lying back then.

  The night I seduced Darrion, I didn’t feel bad for what I had done. I never brought it up to him, but Kauzie slipped up and called me Tokyo as we made love, it happened the night before I tricked Darrion. Kauzie wasn’t even aware of what he had done. That was three years ago.

  Darrion was a dirty dick nigga. He was the one who burnt me. I made a big mistake screwing him. I hadn’t sexed him since. I should’ve been cut him off but his pussy eating skills were like no other. I was so mad that I called the police department and gave them an anonymous tip, that he and Tokyo had illegal activity going on at their home. I was the reason the police raided their home. I bet he thinks again before sticking his dirty penis into someone without protection.

  My legs trembled as he sucked on my pussy. I wanted to know if he sucked Tokyo’s pussy better than mine. After I came in his mouth, I pushed him off of me.

  “Damn, Tassana, it’s like that?” he asked me.

  “Yes nigga, with your dirty dick ass,” I said. I always wanted t
o know if he burned Tokyo when he burned me. Every time I asked him, he told me he and Tokyo always used condoms and she never let him hit it raw. I was wondering why that bitch didn’t have kids yet. I bet she fucked Kauzie raw with no problem. The thought of her letting him feel her naked was pissing me off.

  “Give me my money, so I can go,” I said to Darrion. He pulled out a knot and handed it to me. I smiled because I saw a pair of Red Bottoms that I wanted. Call me a hoe, but you couldn’t call me a broke hoe. However, at the end of it all, I was still in love with Tudos. I was actually going to leave in a few weeks to spend time with Tudos. After I spent some time with him, I was going to leave him so I could come back to Kauzie.

  Men like Tudos and Darrion you couldn’t be in a serious relationship with. The streets would always be their number one bitch. You get what you could out of them then move on.

  Poor, simple ass Tokyo. She thought I was going to be away at a cancer treatment center when I was going to be living it up in Richmond, Virginia with Tudos for a while. She was going to be at Kauzie’s house playing me to get him to fall in love with me all over again. I didn’t have the patience to be sucking up to Kauzie’s grumpy ass. Since he wanted to fuck Tokyo, let her do it. Since she was the problem in our relationship, let her fix it.

  I knew Tokyo was going to fall for my act. That bitch was so darn simple it was sad. She let Darrion talk her into transporting his drugs. She was a weak broad and sometimes I saw why men loved her weak ass.

  “How would Kauzie feel if he knew I was fucking you? I should tell him. He keeps bragging how he is fucking my bitch,” Darrion said.

  “Tell him. You’ve been saying that forever. I’m tired of hearing that shit. He will only think you are saying that to piss him off. See, Kauzie knows I don’t fuck with niggas like you. Now, if you were a 9 to 5 type of a man, your story might be believable. Now, have a nice day. Lay off the Big Macs. Last time, I had thousand island sauce dripping from my pussy,” I laughed pulling up my pants. Darrion grilled me. I knew he really didn’t care about me. He did the things he did thinking he had one up on Kauzie.

  “I bet that broke ass nigga can’t buy you shit like how I can,” Darrion bragged. His obsession with Kauzie kept money in my purse. He was not giving me money just because I wanted it. He gave it to me because he thinks his money and Kauzie’s money is in competition. Darrion was a dumb ass nigga if he thought illegal money could compete with legit money.

  My phone rang it and it was Tudos. I hit the decline button as I put my shoes on. Darrion crossed his arms and smiled. I hope no one saw me leaving out of the hotel. It would put a huge dent in my plans with Kauzie. Tudos called me again and I didn’t answer.

  “Bitch ass Kauzie looking for you gyal,” Darrion laughed trying to mock Kauzie. I pushed his big ass out of the way then stormed out of the room. As I exited the elevator then walked into the lobby, I heard a familiar voice.

  “Well, look what we have here. What your sneaky ass doing here?” Kyree asked at the front desk. Who gave this ghetto bitch a job? I wondered to myself.

  “Well, if you must know, I was interviewed for a position. But since they have bitches like you working here, I’m good on that,” I said. She must have just started working here because Darrion and I always met up here, and I had never seen her. She must have started her shift right after I came.

  Kyree crossed her arms then popped her gum. Her long square nails were neon pink, and her braided Mohawk had purple and black curls spiraling down the middle. She looked identical to Teyana Taylor. Although she was cute, she was ratchet. But then again, that was Tokyo’s loser friend.

  “Watch yourself hoe. I could say fuck this job and beat your ass, now try me. I don’t know who you think you are. You have this fancy education, but you broke as shit. See, I heard all about you. If Kauzie puts that ass out, what are you going to do?” she asked popping her gum loudly. She pulled her cell phone out of her purse then took a picture of me.

  “This is the new meme for the day. Broke hoes still trying to stunt,” Kyree laughed in my face. I hated her ass.

  “Where is your manager?” I asked her. She stepped around the desk then put her hand on her hip.

  “Hi, my name is Kyree Simmons and I’m one the managers at the Ramada Inn. I was just transferred here from the Baltimore area. Is there a problem ma’am?” she asked me in a professional tone. I rolled my eyes then walked away from her.

  “Yeah bitch, that’s what I know. Stop by later so I can fix that nappy ass sew-in hoe. And let me find out the real reason you were here. Bitch, there aren’t any open positions here,” she shouted from behind me. I pray that bitch doesn’t run off with her mouth. I also hope she didn’t see Darrion and put two and two together. I texted Darrion letting him know to be careful because he might run into Kyree.

  I pulled up to Tudos’ condo. I fixed my hair and makeup in the mirror. I pushed my breasts up to make them look fuller then sprayed some body spray on me. I got out of my car then switched to his building.

  When I walked in, a strong smell of weed hit me. Loud music blasted throughout the condo.

  “Tudos baby, where are you at?” I called out.

  WHAP! I went tumbling to the floor. I felt my lip. I had blood on the tip of my fingers.

  “WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR PROBLEM?” I screamed.

  WHAP! He slapped me again. My head banged against the leg of the kitchen table.

  “So, you sucking that nigga’s dick then going to come and put your fucking mouth on me? Bitch, I should kill you. This nigga want you out of his house. What the fuck are you there for? You worried about hurting him when he don’t give a fuck about you,” Tudos yelled while slapping me again.

  He dragged me down the hall by my hair. I kicked and screamed as he pulled on my weave. Tudos had never hit me before.

  “Please stop. You are hurting me,” I screamed.

  “Shut your hoe ass up. So, you hitting the decline button on me now? What nigga was you with?” Tudos asked me ripping my clothes off. I managed to kick him in the knee. When he stumbled, I took my chance and tried to make a run for it. He caught me by my ripped up shirt then slung me into the entertainment set. It knocked the wind out of me.

  “You fucking playing me. This nigga is having a house remodeled. A big house too. And guess what? He doing that shit for Tokyo. He is moving her in. That nigga don’t fucking want you. What the fuck are you stringing me along for? I’m putting me and Kauzie’s friendship on the line for your hoe ass!” Tudos yelled.

  All I heard was Kauzie getting a house remodeled and moving Tokyo in. No wonder he’d been stingy with his money and been complaining about other shit. By the time my plan worked, Tokyo wasn’t moving no damn where. I deserved that house. There was no way in hell Kauzie was moving that bitch into a house.

  The more I thought about it the angrier I became. Kauzie had never talked about a house to me. He had never talked about his future goals to me. Maybe because I never cared about them until now. His future goals were with Tokyo.

  “This nigga has an Audi that he keeps at No Hands’ crib. This nigga is about to start buying houses and fixing them up to re-sell them. Oh yeah, that nigga is about to do it big. And guess what hoe?” Tudos got close in my face.

  “He doesn’t want you to know. He don’t love your ass. So, what you are going to do is go home and pack your fucking shit up. I will kill your ass if you stay here instead of coming to Virginia with me. I put that on everything,” Tudos said menacingly.

  “You put your hands on me,” I cried.

  “Good. You needed it. Who the fuck do you think I am? I’m not a clown-ass nigga. I’m out here making moves for us and you sleep next to that nigga every night. No fucking more. Now, get the fuck out and let me think. Don’t forget, two weeks or I’m killing you,” Tudos said. I limped to the bedroom to grab a shirt then limped out of his condo.

  When I got into my car, I cried. “What did I get myself into?” I screamed. Tokyo called me then I s
miled.

  “Hello?” I cried into the phone.

  “What’s the matter? Where are you at?” she asked me. I cried harder into the phone.

  “I’m losing my mind. Kauzie is really giving me the cold shoulder because of you. He told me you feel better to him than me,” I said making her feel guiltier.

  “I’m so sorry, Tassana. I’m soooo sorry,” she cried. I smiled then wiped my eyes.

  “Where is the house Kauzie is moving to?” I asked her sniffling.

  “What house?” she asked me. Maybe she didn’t know yet. He might be planning on surprising her.

  “Don’t worry about it. Everything stays between us. I need you right now. I feel so alone,” I said checking my face to see the damage Tudos done. Luckily, only my lip was split and my left cheek was red. The way he hit me I thought I was going to look worse. All I needed was makeup to cover it up and nude lipstick.