3 days later.

"Yes Yulani I got it. Damn." Yulan laughed as she maneuvered over their brand new house that they'd been at the last three days.

"Okay what about your lunch? Did you get your Gatorade?" She asked, about to grab one out the fridge, and he grabbed her hands.

"Yulani ima be gone for a couple hours. Chill out." He laughed, and she chuckled.

"I just want this to go right for you. You been wanting to go since middle school." She ran her hands down his abs, flattening his shirt that she'd previously ironed.

Yulan was currently getting ready to go have lunch with the coach of his dream school, UCLA. The coach had flew to Detroit just to meet Yulan, who had every school in the country wanting him.

Yulani was so proud of him, and she was trying to make sure everything went perfect. It was the first good thing that had happened to them since Yasir had been shot.

"It will. Thank you Kairi. I love you." He kissed her forehead, and she smiled.

"I love you too twin. I'm so proud of you sweetface. Good luck." She held his face, kissing his cheek as his smile widened.

"See you later. Call me!" He waved, before running outside, where Adonis waited for him in the car.

Yulani laughed, grabbing her phone that rung as she grabbed her car keys.

"Yes best friend?" She answered Sydney's call, walking out of the house and locking the door behind her.

"Bitch I miss you. Are you okay? Are y'all settled all the way in?" Sydney asked as Yulani crunk her car up.

"I miss you too sexy. Yes, I'm alright. And yeah. Mugga just left for that meeting, and I'm about to go see Yasir. We good. Are you okay?" She pulled on to the main street, placing her phone in the holder.

"Yep. Just got the best dick ever. Per usual." Sydney shrugged, and she chuckled.

"Put you in a good mood huh? Decided to call your best friend who ain't getting no good dick because her boyfriend tried to kill her brother?" Yulani smirked, and Sydney's jaw dropped.

"Yulani! That isn't funny!" She shrieked, and Yulani laughed.

"Too soon?" She chuckled, looking down at the FaceTime camera.

"Way too damn soon you evil bitch." Sydney shook her head, and Yulani laughed, shrugging.

"Foreal best friend, you okay? I'm here for you, you know that right?" Syd frowned, and she smiled, nodding.

"Yes baby I'm fine. Promise. And I'll call you if I'm not, I'm at the hospital." Yulani picked her phone up after parking her car.

"Okay bestie. Love you so much." Sydney waved, and Yulani blew a kiss.

"Love you even more. Byebye." She waved, before ending the call.

Yulani got out of her car, walking in the hospital. She made the shirt elevator ride to Yasir's floor, walking in his room and closing the door behind her.

"I'm backkkk." She drawled, chuckling to herself as she climbed under his covers with him.

She unlocked her phone, laying on his chest as she switched over to tiktok, scrolling her feed.

She rubbed Yasir's hand through her fingers, trying not to cry. She missed her brother so much. All she did was cry now and she was sick of it.

She didn't know if it was because of emotion, or because of her baby. Whatever it was, she was tired of it.

"Yulan went to go see Coach Dwayne today. I'm so proud of him, and I know you are too." She locked her phone, looking ahead at the wall.

"Yasir I'm so confused. I need some help." She mumbled, holding around his torso.

"Yasir I-I don't know why I'm so damn nervous to tell you. You can't even hear me." She chuckled, wiping her face.

"I'm pregnant Santana. I'm having a baby." She mumbled, swallowing the lump in her throat.

"And I don't know what to do. Jai tried to kill you Yasir. I don't want my baby around him. And if my baby can't have their father, what's the point of having it? You know?"

"I have an appointment for an abortion later on today. I'm scared." She sniffed, covering her face.

"I know it's not my baby's fault, but Yasir I'm not ready for a child. Especially one with a murderer as a father. And one as a damn uncle. Ain't that some shit?" She sadly chuckled, shaking her head.

"I know it's against our beliefs Baba, but I-I just don't know what else to do. And Jai been texting everyday, leaving voicemails. Just words of assurance, asking me to keep his baby, checking up on me and shit like that."

"I don't want him around Yasir. But if I have his baby, I can't keep it from its father, you know? I don't want my baby to grow up with just me. It deserves a daddy too."

"But Jai tried to kill you. That's all I keep circling back on. Like how could I even conversation with him? Yasir you are my whole life. And he knows that. So how does he expect shit to be all peaches and cream after trying to kill you?" She frowned, groaning in annoyance.

"I love Jai. I feel so dumb Santana. I love him a lot, but you-I love you more than anybody. And I'm always on your side. I'll never put anybody before or over you, ever. I love you so much Baba. I'm with whatever you with. So tell me what to do. Please?" She looked up at him as he breathed slowly, peacefully asleep.

"I just want a sign Yasir. I can't do this on my own. I need you. Please help me Yasir." She sniffed, wiping her face to no avail because the tears kept flowing.

"I'm so damn tired. I don't know what to do, I need help Santana. Please wake up soon Yasir, I miss you so much. I'm so tired Baba." She mumbled, laying on his chest and closing her eyes.

She was tired in both senses. She hadn't been getting as much sleep as she needed to, she was tired of waking up without Yasir, tired of thinking, tired of trying to figure out her emotions. She was tired.

"I love you." Yasir's hoarse voice croaked out, and her eyes widened as she quickly sat up.

"Oh my god, Yasir!" She shrieked, wrapping her arms tight around him, and he groaned, making her soften her grip.

"I'm sorry. Oh my g-Yasir I am so fucking sorry. I'm so sorry baby." She cried, repeatedly kissing his cheek as his eyes fluttered open.

"Stop crying. You stressing my niece out and shit." He rasped, and she laughed through her cries, kissing the side of his face.

"Oh my baby. Yasir I'm so sorry." She held his face, kissing his forehead.

"I love you. Come here." He opened his arms, wrapping them around her as she cried on his chest.

"I love you more. I missed you so much. Oh my god Yasir I'm sorry. I should've left him alone the first time you told me. I didn't know he was c-Yasir I didn't know baby. I'm sorry." She cried, and he rubbed her back, kissing her forehead.

"No you shouldn't have Yulani." He cleared his throat, and she frowned as she looked up.

"I-what?" She sat up, her eyebrows furrowed.

"Yulani I know how much that boy love you. And I know how much you love him. In the st-." He started, and she cut him off.

"Yasir I don't wanna hear that. You can't excuse what he did to you. He can never come back from that. I've never been so sad in my life, a-and it's all his fault. And mine too. I'll never put you in that position again." She wiped her face, holding a cup of water out to him.

"Yulani just let me talk girl." He chuckled after drinking it, and she sighed, folding her feet under her.

"Man, talking to you right now is crazy. Allah gave me a second chance, to do shit right this time. Yulani, everybody deserves a second chance baby. People make mistakes, ight? Niggas not perfect."

"But Yasir he-." She started, and he cut her off.

"Yulani." He stale faced her, and she folded her arms, shutting up.

"I'm not upset wit' him. I can't be. This the life I chose to life, I knew what I signed up for years ago. I done did the same shit he did, plenty of times-you know that. I'm not upset with him, or you, because I'm still here. I'm still alive Yulani. That's a blessing, yeah?" He met her eyes, and she sniffed, nodding.

"I got my karma. And that shit over wit' now, Allah gave me another chance. What happened to me, was my fault. It wasn't yours, and even though Jai did it, it wasn't his fault either. That shit was on me only. And I learned my lesson."

"Yulani you have to take responsibility for what you did. You laid down and made that baby, I think you should keep it. You know ion believe in abortions, but if that's what you want, do it. But take accountability for what you did. You keep saying he got you pregnant, as if you didn't play a part in it."

"Don't blame your baby for what he did. Give it a chance. Youn have to rekindle shit with Jai if you don't want to, but I won't be upset if you do Yulani. You don't need him to take care of yo baby cause I got you. I got you til my heart stop, I promise." He told her, and she pouted, hugging around his neck.

"Everybody deserves a second chance. I know you feel like y'all can't come back from this, but if you love him like you say you do, you'd let him redeem himself. Sometimes the urge to avenge something is so strong, you start thinking irrationally and make bad decisions. That's what he did."

"Ion blame him. And I swear to god I ain't mad, and I wouldn't be mad at you for being with him. You grown now Yulani. You got some responsibilities on your plate now mama, and I'm here for you, aight? I love you and I'm so proud of the woman you becoming, foreal. I love you so much." He kissed her forehead as she cried.

"I love you too. I love you Yasir." She sniffed, holding him tight.

"I'm so proud of you. You the reason I fight everyday. I'll never stop fighting for you, you hear me? Never." He kissed her ear, and she covered her mouth so that she didn't cry out.

"Stop you're making me cry Yasir." She tried not to sob, and he laughed, kissing her cheek.

"I love you." He wiped her face, and she smiled.

"I love you too Baba."

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