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13.

"Jaelen stopppp" Ximora smiled as he kept rubbing on her.

Today they were furniture shopping for her new apartment, she had got approved the previous night.

"Mane what you looking at white couches for? KJ and you messy as hell" he said.

She rolled her eyes but turned to the dark grey couch that she also liked, knowing he was right.

"Mhm" Jaelen smirked sitting on the couch "I like this one, it's soft as fuck"

Ximora sat next to him and nodded.

"Excuse me" she called to the employee "I'm gonna get this one, along with the bed I picked out earlier"

He nodded and led them to the register.

"Okay so the total is $3,500 even. Are you paying in full, monthly, or are we opening a store card?" He asked.

"Monthly."

"In full"

Jaelen and Ximora answered at the same time.

"Jaelen I cannot pay in full right now." Ximora told him.

"It's a gift" he said then gave the man his card.

She gave him a small smile as they left the store and hugged his waist.

"Thank you" she said stretching to kiss his lips.

"Short assss" he laughed leaning down and kissing her.

She shook her head "I'm literally 5'7 you're just freakishly tall"

Ximora was right, Jaelen was 6'7.

"You're birthday is coming up" Ximora noted as they got in the car.

Jaelen nodded brushing it off.

"Why you wanna do? You're turning twenty-two.. ouu that rhymes" Ximora smiled as he started the car.

He laughed at her then spoke.

"I just feel like that's another day.. we could go out to eat if you want to"

"Nooo it's about what you wanna do" she said to him.

"Mmm I just wanna fresh retwist, and for you to make dinner" he told her.

She nodded "Okay I can do that"

As he drove to At Home, Ximora watched tiktoks using the pair of AirPods he had just bought her.

"Okay so I want the colors to be green, grey, and a little white" she told him as they looked for decorations.

Soon the both of them were filling up the cart with things that went along with her color theme.

"$589.56 is your total" the cashier smiled.

Ximora smiled because $600 was what she had saved for these. Before she could swipe her card, Jaelen had already swiped his and was grabbing the bags.

"Jaelen.." she said helping with some of the other bags.

"Ximora.." he said mocking her tone.

"Jaelen you don't have to do all this, I got it. I've been saving" she told him.

He nodded "Ight well keep saving"

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"Can you move it a little higher?"

Today was Ximora's move in date, instead of doing everything by herself, she hired movers to help. It was quite chaotic with all the stuff that needed to be brought in.

"Okay that's good, thank you" she smiled going to the bedroom to see their progress.

"The bed should be done in 15 more minutes then we gon start on the night stand" one of the movers told her.

She nodded then went to the kitchen so she could wash and put away her new dishes.

After a few hours, the movers were finished and she was officially moved into her apartment.

Jaelen texted letting her know that he and  KJ were outside along with food.

"It's nice in here" he smiled setting the food down.

"KJ you like it? You can go look in your room" Ximora cheesed as KJ took off.

"I'm sorry I couldn't help, I had to deal with-"

"I know and it's fine, thank you for everything" she said as he pulled her into a hug.

"Fasho" he nodded resting his head on her shoulder and closing his eyes.

"You okay?" She asked.

"Yea, I'm just tired. You mind if I take a shower?" He asked still holding onto her.

She shook her head "I don't, I'll lay your clothes out"

Jaelen made sure that he already had a mini section in her drawer for when he spent the night.

Once he finished in the shower, Ximora had gotten KJ to bed and was now laying in her own.

"Jaelen, for real what's wrong?" She asked again as he laid on her chest.

"...my mama" he huffed.

"Oh.. what happened?" She started playing in his hair as he told her.

"You, after Christmas and the dinner she been acting weird. Like we be talking and she compare something she does to you." He told her.

She scrunched up her face but stayed quiet to let him finish.

"Ion know what it is.." he shook his head.

"I feel like she's kind of projecting something onto you" Ximora finally said.

He turned his head to look at her "What you mean?"

"Like maybe something in the past with your dad or someone else. Now she wants to fill that void with you" she explained.

"Fuck you mean?" He asked angrily "You was talking to Jade about her ain't it? Y'all think she crazy, Jade don't know everything"

He shook his head and got up.

"Jaelen I never said she was crazy nor was that what I was implying. I was only giving possible answers based off what I know" she said as he got his things.

Jaelen ignored as he put his shoes on and stormed out. Ximora decided that he needed space and her bed was too comfortable, so she didn't follow after him.