Euphoria

Pizza for me (35)

It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to be good than to be ugly.

Oscar Wilde

"Ari could you please find your way to the men’s section please” I sighed making my way to the designated area I have now been assigned to. Having a job had its perks but working in Primark meant stress upon stress.
I picked up the clothes placing them where they're supposed to be and smiling at customers because the customer is always right. Once I was finished at work, which was an early shift today, I changed into my grey fitted jogging pants and put everything else into my oversized handbag placing it on my shoulder. I said goodbye to everyone leaving the store, I took my phone out my pocket calling the one and only.
"Laith where are you?"I asked looking around.
"Meet me in footlockers I saw something""I shook my head walking up the road to footlocker, there sat was Laith trying on shoes.
"Hey there" I smiled placing my bag next to him.
"Hey, tough day at work?" I sighed
"Better than most days" He nodded.
"Ohhh he's nice" I heard a girl shout pointing to Laith. Now I am not one to judge but didn't her mother teach her it's rude to point, I don't think Laith realised she was talking about him because he preoccupied with the trainers on his foot.
"Ari what do you think, these or the all black"
"Laith what does it matter you're going to end up buying both anyways" He shrugged
"True, alright let me buy both then we can be on our way or were you thinking of buying shoes too?"
"No, although I do need gym pants but that can wait"
"Gym pants, don't tell me you're thinking of doing gym"
"Yes no maybe so"
"What's the point you don't even need it"
"Maybe I want to have a healthy lifestyle"
"Eat healthy then"
"Laith man, it's for me to choose"
"Alright alright lets see how you'll cope with the aches the day after" I jokingly pushed him
"Stop hating" The girls who were pointing earlier walked closer to us.One of them pulled the courage to talk to Laith.
"Excuse me, I need your opinion I'm trying to get shoes for my brother's birthday and I need a male opinion"
"Ask one of the workers" Laith replied blandly. The girl was pretty ,she had long curly hair, which framed her face nicely, she had on a button up waterfall chiffon blouse and a leather jacket with stone wash denim jeans and timberlands. Her light skin complexion had speckles of freckles and she had a dab of red lipstick. She must've caught me looking because her eyes landed on me she eyed what I was wearing and I felt uncomfortable. I was still in my plain black tight T-shirt underneath my navy short parka jacket, fitted jogging pants and all black rosche runs. I didn't dress to impress because well I was planning to go work and home. She looked away from me and flashed a smile towards Laith.
"You're actually a really gorgeous boy, what's your name?"She asked Laith sat up straight looking at her.
"Thanks, and it's Laith" I picked up my bag ready to leave them to it. Laith looked at me confused.
"Where you going?"
" I'm going to the women’s section"
"Wait I'm coming."I nodded, the girl looked at me again this time a not so pleased expression her face. I rolled my eyes and turned around. Laith stood up with the shoe boxes in his hand. The girls stood in front of him leaning into him smiling.
"Aren't you going to ask for my number"
"No, why should I?"Laith screwed her.
"Is that your girlfriend, actually I doubt it she looks out of your range" I sent daggers to her about to speak Laith kissed his teeth.
"Do you mind, can you not lean up on me and don't be cussing her in front of me I could wipe your whole face and it will change emotions with all the makeup and you stink like salt and vinegar so don't be cussing, beauty has gotten to you that you've forgotten personal hygiene. "He kissed his teeth leaving her astounded. She walked off to her friends keeping her mouth shut.
"Laith you didn't have to go so ham on her."
"Girls like that think that because of beauty they're perfect and everyone wants them and I saw how she was eyeing you, don't worry even in jogging pants I still see thickness" He winked and I jokingly pushed him, we got in the queue paying for the shoes before getting into the car.
"I am so tiered” I yawned.
"Want to come mine?"I shrugged yawning closing my eyes.
I woke up finding myself in Laith's bed. Laith walked in changing into his top.
"You're awake” I yawned nodding.
"How did you pick my heavy self and bring me in here?"He shrugged.
"I have strong black blood in me" I laughed.
"You're mocking me from last time"
"No I'm a strong black male"
"That leads me to my next question, I don't even know where you come f from but you know where I do" He shrugged
"I'm African" My eyes widened.
"No you're not"
"How are you telling me where I'm from"
"Seriously"
"I'm Equatorial Guinean and Trinidadian"
"Wow what a beautiful mix"
"Of course my grandparents were from my mum’s side so I grew up in a Equatorial Guinean  household"
"Now I see why you have afro centric ornaments, that’s so cool."I screeched.
"Aww Laith is African, that’s cute"
"How's it cute?" I shrugged.
"I just didn't think you'd be African"
"I’m half and besides you’re African"
"And proud but it's obvious for me, you're really, really light"
"That's how I was born" I yawned again.
"The last time you came here my whole room smelt of you, even my bed"
"Sorry, I wear too much perfume"
"It smells sexy though"
"Like me" He nodded, my stomach was doing back flips because he agreed with me. He came and sat next to me but I moved down trying to get as far from him as possible. Laith furrowed his eyebrows
"What?"
"Nothing, can I go toilet"
"Yeah, you know where it is" I nodded hurrying into the toilet. I only washed my hands and checked my hair in the mirror, I didn't actually need the toilet but I just need to calm these flips in my stomach. I went back into the room and saw Laith changing out of his top.Oh my word. I gulped I am not one to get physically attracted at someone’s body, okay who am I kidding, but my oh my, this boy wasn't just sculptured from clay like a Greek mythical sculpture. This boy is an epitome of an art piece. His well defined packs looked so firm and stood out that if I was to touch it my hand would have an indent. Laith turned around.
"I dropped from juice on my top" I didn't reply I was still memorised by his body.
"Ari, what's wrong"
"N-n-nothings wrong"
"You sure?" He walked towards me and I stepped back.
"Yeah I'm fine" He walked up as I walked backwards till I couldn't walk as I had reached the wall, he stood opposite me.
"Why are you walking away"
"I-I'm not" I stuttered.
"I want you so bad" He replied but I didn't respond.
"Ari?"
"Hmm?"
"You know you're mine right?"I almost fell when I heard what he said.
"W-what?"My heart beat sped up and my stomach was somersaulting.
"I don't even care, if you agree or not you're mine" He looked directly in my eyes showing he wasn't playing.
"Laith, you-"
"No, I know you don't want to say boyfriend, girlfriend it's understandable, but I can't let random boys take you and like I like, like you. He rubbed the back of his neck. I was flabbergasted and speechless, what was I supposed to do or say I've never had an attractive boy say he likes me before.
"Well?"
"I-I don't know what to say"
"It's cool" He shrugged his shoulders sitting back on his bed back on his phone, like nothing just happened.
"Laith are you joking with me right now?"I put an arm on my hip.
"Do I ever joke about when I'm talking to you?"
"You're like a book sometimes I can infer sometimes I don't understand what you mean do or say by your actions."He walked up to me again
"I have not dealt with females in weeks, month even at first I was like rah these females are getting boring So I locked it with all of them thinking I was dealing with the typical loud slaggish females and it wasn't that it was you"
"So I'm the reason you're bored of females" I boldly replied.
"No not like that not negatively but you listen attentively don't take my bull and are a free spirit I needed to get me out of the dump and up and running again."
"Laith this is all so flattering but I don't think you like me, you like the fact you think you do but I'm not what you want"
"How are you telling me what I want, I said I want you"
"But you can't have me" I lightly chuckled, he frowned.
"Look I’m not saying I don't like you because I do and I have these stupid feelings in my stomach but I don't think I'm ready, ready mentally when I am I'll tell you"
"Aiyte" He nodded understandingly. I Breathed out I was holding in,I smiled hugging him wrapping my arm around his neck as he wrapped his arm around his waist, nestling his head in my neck mumbling.
"What did you say?"I asked. I raised his head, raising my chin and pecked me on the lips.
"Still mine", "This is mine" He pecked me again "Basically all of you" He pulled me in and I laughed.
"If it helps you sleep at night, then you believe that."He licked his lips, lowering his head kissing me this time pulling me even closer. Once we pulled away he pecked me on the lips before walking out the door.
"You coming?" He asked, I nodded following behind him we walked into the living room I took a seat and Laith went to order some pizza when he walked back in the room he jumped into the seat ma Making the sofa bounce.
"Why do that ,this is not a bouncy castle" He shrugged.
"It's rude to shrug your shoulders"
"That's rich coming from the rude queen herself" I screwed him and he chuckled.
"I told you before I'm not rude just now how to put you in your place, so don't overstep the boundaries." He shook his head changing the channel.
"What to watch?"He asked.
"Erm I don't know"
"Okay let's watch some channel AKA"
"Oh my I haven't watched that in a while" I jumped up screaming when I saw  Yungen.
"Oh my gosh my baby! Look at him go go go!"I screamed dancing to him. Laith kissed his teeth.
"He isn't even good looming he's ugly with some mole face, look at his so called beard" I threw my head back laughing.
"Stop hating, he's amazing, just look at him he’s so cute"
"Yeah, yeah whatever"
"Him and Cashtastic make my heart go 2,4, 60"I made a heart beat movement. Laith rolled his eyes.
"Aw sorry Laith, your cute too" I kissed him on the cheek
"About cute, that's an insult take that back immediately"
"What you are cute"
"I'm a grown man, I cannot be cute"
"Well to me you are so keep it schtum" I made a zipping action of my lips showing him. Laith pranced on me like a predator and I screamed laughing at him trying slump me onto the floor and ticking my feet. The doorbell rang and Laith get off me, saved by the bell-Literally.
"You're lucky I would've made you regret it" He walked out the room to go open the door I heard Hakeem scream.
"Pizzz?, Laith closed the door walking back in with Hakeem.
"Oh that's why there's pizza hello Ari" I waved smiling.
"Hey, how’s life" He stretched.
"It's going good, When are you and Laith seeing the wedding, two three years from now?"I shook my head and Laith kissed his teeth
"Can you not say that" Hakeem chuckled taking two slices of the pizza.
"Ari, Laith has an obsession with don't tell the bride” I started laughing.
"Stop exaggerating it was only once"
"Doesn't excuse you for watching it, shame on you!"Hakeem laughed as Laith tried to chase him out the room.
"Ari see he knows it's the truth!"Hakeem shouted. Laith walked back into the room.
"Your brother is funny"
"No he's not he's an idiot" Laith kissed his teeth
"You watch don't tell the bride" I giggled.
"Don't start" He pointed to me.
"Alright, alright" I took a bite out of my pizza sitting back watching the TV.
"I need to redo my hair"
"Why you just got it done"
"This is not done this is temporary leave out"
"The same thing"
"No, I feel to cut all my hair off start afresh"
"That's crazy"
"No it's not, I mean at the end of the day hair is just hair, hair doesn't define by personality nor does my beauty it contributes to it but I want to go natural"
"Not you as well with them crazy natural fanatics" He kissed his teeth and I laughed.
"I won't go to extreme lengths like take pictures every two seconds and those crazy hairstyles they do just start again" He nodded
"Still look good, better than them chicks earlier they need to learn from you" I blushed turning my head away.
"Don't go overboard now; they were pretty especially the one who confronted you."He shrugged.
"She was alright, you need not to worry you're attractive” I made a face and he groaned.
"Don't tell me you're the type of girls who downplay themselves"
"No, I'm happy I'm me, just that there are prettier girls out there I get insecure that no man will want me and like when prettier females look at me or even an attractive male I just think he's probably thinking negatively"
"You don't know for sure"
"I've just have these natural insecurities you can say no you’re not but some people need to realise I don't say it for the "Aww no you're not ugly you're so pretty"and compliments I don't even say anything I just don't ,but I'm growing to realise that I like my imperfections they're my perfections that make me different."
"See what I mean you have a spirit of a lioness free and strong."I smiled.
"What can I say"
"Strong African blood in me" We both said at the same time laughing.
"But seriously don't ever change for no man, if he can't appreciate you for what you are now that's not a relationship to be fighting for" I nodded.
"What am I even talking about man , I did say you can't have a man because you're mine" He replied casually taking a sip of his drink and biting into his pizza. I rolled my eyes.
"So you say, I am not yours, I haven't changed my surname to yours so I am not yours"
"So what are you hinting here?"I raised an eyebrow confused then realised what he was saying shaking my head.
"Oh no no I don't want to marry you, no offence I mean you’re good Looking but I don't think you're marrryable I mean for me I'm not we aren't "I palmed my forehead confused at what just came out my mouth.
"Relax, I don't want to get married"
"Why?"
"It's load of bull" He replied nonchalantly.
"And how is that"
"Marrying someone one of them cheats then fall out then divorce, it's a load of rubbish"
"So was your grandparents marriage "a load of rubbish"
"No that was genuine love"
"What is love?"
"Love is, love is the compatibility of true minds" Laith replied
"Have you experienced it before?"I asked curiously.
"No, have you"
"To be honest I don't even believe in it so I can't explain to you if I have or not I don't even know what it is!"
"I just said"
"I know but it doesn't sit right with me like everyone says love is this and that I don't
know"
"You know when you know" I shrugged.
"Back to marriage, not every marriage goes in shambles."
"How can you marry someone if you don't believe in love so you won't really have a happy marriage?" I nodded.
"Harsh but true, to be honest I don't even know let's just wait till we get to that position in life and in God’s grace we'll find what we are looking for" Laith nodded I took another slice of pizza.
Laith sat across from me watching me intently as if in thought.
"What?"I raised a brow.
"Nothing, it’s just...that you're different. Stick that way okay" I smiled nodding.
"Everybody is different in their own way"
"But with you ,don't call me cheesy, you have a halo on top of your head, which I guess makes you special." I stopped my hand in mid air with the pizza in my hand looking at Laith.
"That is one of the nicest things someone has said to me,thank you, but Laith don't go soft on me"
"I'm not going soft"
"Yes you are" I laughed knowing I was annoying him.
"But you're still a rudegyal" I through my head back laughing
"Alright, Laith why is it that you have grey eyes and Hakeem doesn't?"
"To be honest I don't even know why I have grey eyes nobody in the family has or had it"
"God has blessed you" He winked.
"These irresistible eyes girls can't get enough of can actually be annoying sometimes, eyes this eyes that like shut up I know I have grey eyes" I giggled.
"If you didn't have them you'd still be good looking it's just they're really noticeable"
"Some girls only want me so I could give their babies grey eyes" I shook my eyes.
"That's disgusting, if I have kids it doesn't matter what skin colour, hair type and so on you don't create kids for characteristics you create them out of joy of your heart"
"Life for you"
"No it's not, we must teach our kids the right way, when. I have kids they'll be educated and knowledgable from birth He chuckled.
"Alright calm down, I thought you said talking about you having kids was cringe worthy"I nodded.
"It is, but I tried surpassing the cringeworthiness"
"Cringeworthiness you know, is that even a word?"
"Don't know but it was understandable in my sentence" I looked up at the clock.
"Oh no it's getting late I need to go I have lessons first thing in the morning" He stood up nodding.
"Okay let me drop you"
"I'm not even going to object this Time because I'm too tiered. I yawned.
"keem!"Laith shouted looking up at the stairs
"What?"He replied back.
"Ari is going now!"A few minutes later Hakeem was coming down the stairs.
"Bye Ari yeah, Nice to see you again" He smiled taking me in to a hug.
"Yeah you too, good luck with uni, infact I need help with something with my uni application I was wondering if you could help me because my sister isn't back until two weeks" He nodded
"I will definitely need that luck and sure come round and i'll help you"
"That's fantastic thank you" I smiled.
"No worries" We said goodbye again before Laith and I departed, I got in the car and Laith sped off.
"That was a quick journey" I took off my seatbelt smiling at Laith as he turned the engine off.
"Clear road today"
"Well I guess I should get out the car, thank you Laith" I sat up kissing him on the cheek.
"Is that it?"He furrowed his eyebrows.
"What now?"I sighed. He turned around latching his lips onto mine. I sighed in his mouth, this boy could kiss to save his life as I tried to pull away needing to Breathe he latched tighter pulling me in closer ,I used my arms to push him in his  chest and pulled back abit but that didn't stop him. He slowly but surely started pulling,away pulling on my lower lip before fully unlatching. I heaved as my chest rose heavily up and down.
"That's what I wanted" He breathed heavily
"Did you want to kill me"
"No"
"Well you certainly took my breath away, literally!"He smirked
"See you later Ari"
"Yeah see you" I shook my head smiling leaving the car not once looking back until I reached my door.

Alright,alright, alright!!*jazz hands* Writing this I felt I don't know cringworthy I'm not the most intimate person you know,lool maybe it was because I was listening to 'how to claim a wifey' obviously bashy did me somtin somtin, but yeah I hope non of y'all think this is too S-A-R-R-FT.

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