A week later | Detroit.

"I miss you." Jai said, on FaceTime with Yulani as she laid in her bed.

"I miss you too baby. Ima come over as soon as Yasir leaves okay?" She fixed her AirPod in her ear, and he nodded.

"You know I don't give a fuck about yo brother right? I'm not scared of him Yulani we don't gotta sneak around ma." He told her, and she met his eyes through the camera.

"I got you. You know that. It's me and you, I don't give a fuck who don't like it or what they think bout us." He said, and she smiled, her face heating up.

"I love you so much." She mumbled, and he chuckled, licking over his lips.

"I love you more baby. I got us. I got you." He kissed the top of his phone screen, and her smile widened as she did the same.

"I know Amir. Ima be over soon." She waved, and he blew a kiss, before ending the call.

She sat her phone down, putting her AirPods back in the case.

She knew he was right. She was tired of sneaking around too. Not being able to go on real dates in fear that someone would tell Yasir on her. She was tired of him lowkey controlling her life.

But the other part of her just didn't want him to feel disrespected. Yasir was the head male figure in her life, and she didn't want to go against him.

She sighed, standing up from her bed and walking out of her room. She walked downstairs, knocking on Yasir's door and taking a deep breath.

"Come in." He called, and she opened the door, closing it once she walked in.

"Wassup baby? You good?" He frowned at the sad look on her face as she sat next to him on his bed.

"I wanna talk to you about something. But I don't want you to get mad at me." She rubbed her arm in nervousness, and he rose an eyebrow.

Lately, he was trying to have more of an open mind when it came to his little sister. He didn't want to control her, but at other times he felt like he needed to protect her. From what-he didn't really know.

"Wassup Yulani?" He tilted her head up to look at him, and she wiped her eyes before a tear could fall.

"I have a boyfriend." She told him, and his jaw clenched, meeting her eyes as he removed his hand from her face. He relaxed his face, nodding his head.

"It's okay?" She asked, and he nodded, rubbing his beard.

"Yeah baby. You damn near grown. It's cool, I gotta chill out on you. It's good, I'm not mad." He told her, and she slowly nodded.

"He's from midtown." She told him, and his eyebrows immediately furrowed.

"I know not the same nigga ass I beat?" He frowned at her, and she sighed.

"Yasir he's a good person." She frowned as he stood up, running his hand down his face.

"You didn't even try to get to know him before fighting him. He's good to me, and been good to me for three months. He loves me Yasir." She mumbled, and he shook his head, his jaw clenching.

"I need to see him Yulani." He spoke lowly, and she looked up, her frown disappearing.

"Really? You'll meet him?" She asked, and he sat back down next to her, rubbing his wrist.

"Yeah. I need to know who taking care of you. If you love him, can't shit-not even me-stop y'all now." He told her, and she wrapped her arms tight around him in a hug, making him chuckle as he rubbed her back.

"I promise he's a good person Baba. You'll like him, you just have to have an open mind. He don't even be with them, I swear." She reassured him, and he nodded.

"I believe you. And thank you for telling me." He kissed the side of her face, and she smiled, standing up.

"Can I go over his house?" She asked, and he rose an eyebrow.

"You having sex wit' him?" He asked, and she shook her head no.

"Why you lying? You wanna tell the truth about everything else except that?" He tilted his head to the side.

"Yasir I just feel like whatever I do with my body is my business. Whether I am or I'm not, I don't think you're obligated to know." She said, and he looked at her for awhile, before nodding.

"You right. Just-whatever you doing, stay safe. You understand me?" He stood up, and she nodded, hugging around his torso as he kissed her forehead.

"And no more sneaking around. I know I'm hard on you, but I'm letting up, aight? I want you to trust me enough to tell me shit." He told her as he rubbed his back.

"Okay. I love you so much Yasir." She mumbled, and a koolaid smile etched across his face.

"I love you too twin. Be safe Yulani." He kissed her forehead, and she returned the kiss to his cheek, before going back upstairs.

She went in her room, throwing on a large tee shirt over the sports bra she was wearing that paired with her black biker shorts.

She slid her crocs on, grabbing her car keys and walking out of her room.

She bumped into Yulan who was walking out of his room, dressed in casual clothes with his car keys in his hand as well.

"Where you going?" They both asked at the same time, before laughing.

"I'm going to Jai's." She told him, and he rose an eyebrow.

"You shole is talking loud for Yasir to be right downstairs. Better be quiet for he hear you." Yulan chuckled, the two of them passing their mother who watched TV on the couch as they walked out of the house.

"He knows now. He said he wants to meet him." Yulani grinned, and he smiled, happy for her.

"Aight then, he coming up in the game I guess." Yulan said as he opened her car door for her.

"Where are you going? To... Adonis' house?" She rose an eyebrow, and he froze in position, before almost immediately relaxing.

"No? I'm going to the court with Sean." He told her, believably lying.

"Yulan you know I'd be the last person to ever judge you. Don't lie to me twin." She frowned, and he met her eyes, before frowning as well and leaning against her car.

"How did you know?" He asked, his arms folded.

"Last week when we stopped on the trip. I saw you looking at him, and then y'all went to the bathroom.
You fucking him?" She stood in front of him, and he rolled his eyes.

"Don't say it like that." He mumbled, and she smiled, wrapping her arms around his neck.

"I would never judge you Mugga. You can't help who you love, you know? As long as the two of y'all are happy, can't nobody stop y'all." She said, repeating what Yasir had previously told her.

"Except Baba." He mumbled, hugging around her waist.

"No he won't. He's getting way better with us, and we should give him that chance. He loves you, he won't care who you love. Just like he did with me." She told him, and he sighed, nodding in agreement.

"So, how long?" She smiled, pulling back with her hands on her waist.

"Almost ten months." He told her, and her eyes widened, making him laugh.

"Ten months?! Yulan why didn't you tell me?" She mugged him, and he shrugged.

"I don't know. I be so caught up with him, I don't even be realizing nobody know. But yeah, ten months." He chuckled.

"Janae gone beat yo ass." She smiled, and he smacked his lips.

"You know I ain't wit' that girl foreal. Don't kiss me off." He waved her off, and she laughed.

"Well, I'm happy for you. Are you the top or bottom?" She smirked, and he groaned in embarrassment.

"Shut the fuck up. Goodbye, leave." He walked around her car to his, and she laughed.

"I love you Yulan. I'm happy for you foreal." She told him, and a smile grew on his face.

"I love you too twin. Thank you mama. Be safe." He got inside his car as she did the same, and they both went their separate ways.

Yulani made it to Jai's house about 30 minutes later, picking up food and some medicine for her cramps.

She got out of her car, walking up to his door and using her key to unlock it.

"Baby?" She called out, locking his door back.

"I'm in here Kairi." He said from his room, and she chuckled, walking towards the back of his house and in his room.

"You was sleepin'?" She asked, undressing herself before laying next to him in his bed.

"Close to it. What that is?" He watched her swallow a pill fry as she passed him his food.

"Midol." She sat up against his headboard, eating her fries as she grabbed his TV remote.

"Yo period don't come til the end of the month. You started early?" He rubbed her lower stomach, and she smiled.

"No. The plan B I took last week got period side effects. Like cramps, headaches and shit." She explained, playing Encanto on his TV.

"Should've just let me get you pregnant." He smirked, and she laughed, waving him off.

"In two years. You still gone be with me in two years?" She looked over at him as she bit into her quesadilla.

"Forever." He mumbled, kissing her lips. She immediately pushed him away once he took her food from her mouth, laughing.

"You so damn nasty. Ew. I was eating that you asshole." She frowned, and he laughed, swallowing it and licking over his lips as he put some fries in his mouth.

"I never cared." He shrugged, and she shook her head at him, drinking from her soda.

Yulani put her container of food down, laying under his covers as he wrapped his body with hers, his head on her chest.

She rubbed over his waves, feeling him breathe against her skin, his eyes closed as his hand rested around her waist with her leg thrown around him.

"Yasir said he wants to meet you." She mumbled, and he looked up at her, smiling.

"You told him?" He asked, and she nodded, rubbing his face as she met his eyes.

"I don't wanna hide you anymore. It's me and you." She softly kissed his lips, and he sucked her tongue, before pulling away and pecking her lips until a wide smile spread across her face.

"Forever."

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