Page 75 of Absolute Fulfillment
Slowly but surely theday went on, and before I knew it, the party was in full effect. Kids running around, water splashing, and the music blasting. For a while I let Adonis and my nephews get all my time, soaking their asses with the water guns. Time went on and I found myself mellowing out while my baby enjoyed herself.
“You said one week, right? I ain’t no expert on anybody’s business but my own, but I’m telling you that shit between you and sis looks real forever-ish.” Kinga’s voice interrupted my daydreaming.
I chuckled, glancing down at the orange haired baby in my hands, then back at him. “Shit, a week turned into me tryna secure forever. I guess when you meet the soul meant for you, nothing you had planned matters.”
He pulled from the cigar in his hand, then lifted the beer in his other hand. “I’m with you when you’re right. One minute it’s just you and the next you married with two point five kids and four dogs with plans to have more. Shit is astronomical.”
“More dogs or kids, nigga?”
“Fucking with Harlem it’ll be both. I swear I didn’t see this for myself, but I love her and my kids. Most of all, I love who I am with them. I’m not another street nigga. I’m a father, protector, and husband. In her eyes I’m everything and that right there makes me think the highest every day.”
I nodded, my eyes trying to locate Caya in the sea of bodies. The family pool party was a success and energy was just that. There was no funny business or bullshit, but instead a bunch of motherfuckers with connections enjoying the space and company. There weren’t any unknown people and a sea of faces, but enough of us who were close knit.
The moment my eyes finally found my baby, Kinga started back talking. “Usually she be crying and shit, tryna find her mama. Err’time she in your space, she’s content.” I glanced down at Kysler and smiled.
“That’s because even though your non-mannered ass didn’t make me her godfather she knows I’m the closest thing she has to one besides her uncles.”
He laughed. Ol’ antisocial ass nigga. “Glad you said that; you got that two for one. Godfather ass nigga.”
We shared a laugh right before my eyes went back to Caya. She was smiling and enjoying herself with my sister and her friend Karim. I think that’s what shorty’s name was. I didn’t know what they were talking about, but Caya was giggling her ass off and making my heart smile right with it.
“You know you gotta stop playing with your vegetables, right?”
“I been told him that shit.” Reminisce entered the pool on the side of me.
“Who says I’m playing with them?” I looked from Kinga to Reminisce.
“The fact that niggas are still walking around,” Kinga responded, pulling from the cigar again.
“I’m letting people think I forgot about it. They start to get comfortable.” I glanced down at Kysler who was kicking her feet in the water like she was swimming.
“Well I think they’re extremely comfortable, don’t you? Time to shake it up, especially since you just made yourself my kid’s godfather. Can’t have you letting comfortable niggas slide.”
I laughed at his real funny ass. “Aight. I’ma run the baby mama’s name tonight.”
“Wait, first you stealing birth control, now you’re anointing yourself godfather? Yo, what’s with you, baby boy? You going through a midlife?” Reminisce asked.
I waved him off.
“What do you mean stealing birth control?” Kinga nearly choked in laughter.
“Who the fuck told you that?” I put my attention on my twin.
“Jade? Now say that shit ain’t true.” Rem crossed his arms, waiting on me to deny the claim. At this point him and Kinga were waiting.
“Nah, I didn’t steal shit. I popped them down the sink, one by one while she was in the shower and threw the packaging away.” I shrugged.
“Yo, what? The fuck did I just walk up on?” Kinga’s brother Oden walked over and took a seat next to his brother.
“Yo, you a nut, but I see the vision. Mr. Make That Shit Happen.” Kinga tapped the side of his forehead.
“By any means necessary.”
We kicked shit for a while longer before I went to find Caya. She’d been with the ladies most of the party, now it was my time. I was learning by nature I was a clingy ass nigga. It just took the right person to bring that out. Caya brought that out of me.
I found her laid out in a lawn chair, talking back and forth with Jade. I interrupted, making her get up and sit her thick assright on my dick. Yeah, I missed her extroverted introverted ass. She had been kicking it all night.
“I see somebody missed me.” She melted back against me; my hand resting across her chest. She looked so fucking good today, every day, but in this fucking swimsuit silently inviting me to take her ass in the crib every time I looked at her. The orange swimsuit and completely sheer coverup had been begging me to rip them up off her.
