Playing With Fire

Chapter 68: Catch A Case

Chris:

It started off with a quiet whisper, followed by little gentle kisses being placed all over my face. "Go on, kiss daddy" I heard her quietly prompt along, there was a small pause before another kiss followed, only this time it was wet, sloppy and full of what I could only imagine was dribble all down the side of my face. My eyes slowly fluttered open; I squinted as my eyes readjusted to the bright light and to the two identical faces that stared down peering at me.
"What y'all two up too?" My voice scratched my throat roughly as Jhene and Asia smiled cutely. I swear they were twins, Asia was sat up on my chest and like expected with a mouth full of dribble and Jhene was on her knees beside her.
"Morning sleepyhead, get up!" she giggled and then leaned down and kissed the tip of my nose. I couldn't help but smile. Copying her mama, like she frequently would, Asia too leaned down this time putting her whole dribble mouth over my nose.
"Oh God damn Asia" I laughed pulling my head back
"Aww she's giving you kisses" Jhene laughed clapping. Asia looked at Jhene and too clapped her hands together proudly. "Yay!" Jhene grabbed Asia playfully and then began kissing and tickling all over her body which resulted in Asia letting out loud, continuous heartfelt belly laughs. Her laughter was so contagious it was making me laugh, honestly I could get used to waking up to them everyday. It was perfect, just me, my girl and our daughter. What a way to start my morning. I was gonna make it my mission to start my morning waking up to them everyday

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Music was playing in the kitchen as Jhene danced around and cooked breakfast. She really was in a good ass mood for some strange reason, but I weren't complaining. I liked when she was happy; it beat her walking around with A. an attitude, B. Angry or C. Just straight up sad, I'd take happy, over active Jhene any day."Ok, so what did you do to her last night why she's so happy this morning?" Kyra asked as we watched her happy ass prancing around the kitchen. She couldn't even hear us she was so in her zone. I said nothing, I just looked over at Kyra with a cheeky grin that said it all "Ugh forget it!" She laughed pushing me away. I shrugged chuckling
"You asked"
"I should've known" she murmured as she pointed towards my neck.
"What?"I picked up my phone and looked in the reflection at the two red bruise formed on my neck. "Oh damn, she's wild"
"I see she likes to leave her mark huh? That's my bitch!" Kyra quietly cheered. I just laughed rubbing the back of my neck. She damn sure left her mark alright.
"Sooo anyways, you know your 21st is coming up soon right? You thought about whatchu gonna do for it?" She asked changing the subject
. Yeah that's right, My birthday was in less than two weeks away and so far I had no plans for it, I wasn't much of a 'birthday' kind of guy. I didn't like all that attention and fake happiness from other people. I preferred to just chill at home with the fam maybe have a couple people around, smoke some weed, maybe drink a little, but all in all just chill out. That was a perfect day for me, but I also knew I had friends that loved the 'turn up' and for my 21st I just knew they weren't bout to let me do me.
"Nah I ain't really thought about it" I answered Ky's question.
"Well u know we throwing you a party or at least go to a club or something. Your 21 you gotta turn up and have fun!" She suggested.
"Nah I'm cool on that" I muttered like I said, I wasn't much of a birthday guy person.
"Why you so boring!"
"I'm not boring. I'm just not tryna entertain niggas that's all" I shrugged again. Kyra huffed. "But-"
"Baby, can you come get this for me please?" I heard Jhene ask halting our convo. Both Kyra and I looked over at her and she was on her tip toes, struggling to reach for the box of Grits that sat on the top shelf in the cupboard. I laughed watching her and then got up to go help her.
"Why you so short?" I chuckled as I got behind her and took the box down.
"Don't laugh at me, it's high" she playfully pouted taking the box "Thank you"
"Whatchu in here cooking up anyways?" I asked loosely wrapping my arms around her neck and kissing her cheek roughly.
"I can't even say it without laughing" she giggled. I looked over at the stove and then chuckled myself.
"Ahh. Eggs, bacon, grits..." We both started laughing.
"Yo That song has just fucked everything up for me"
"Same here man"
"Nae please tell Chris we gotta turn up for his 21st!" Kyra shouted over to her, here she go bringing Jhene into the conversation.Jhene looked up at me and smirked knowingly. She knew me too well and she knew I weren't interested in partying like that, it just wasn't my thing. "I agree with you, but you know how he is" she replied
"Yeah boring" Kyra huffed and Jhene laughed
"Man I just ain't got time for that shit" I replied in my defence.
"Time for what exactly? We'll plan it, all You gotta do is show up Chris, come on!"
I looked at Kyra skeptically. She was going way too Hard to try and get me to do this party shit and it was leading me to be suspicious "Ohh I get it" I smirked at her.
"Get what?"
"Admit it, you just want a reason to fuck around, get drunk and then act like you ain't know why you end up in Mijo's bed again" I teased her with a smile on my face.
"Uh..Oh" Jhene burst out laughing. I squeezed her waist as we both cracked up even more as the look on Kyra's face suddenly switched.
"You really tried it"
"Tell me I'm lying?" I smirked
"You lying"
"So y'all two not back fucking?" I laughed, she kept silent and rolled her eyes.
"Bye Chris, your so annoying" she waved me off
"You know Mijo my brother, he tell me everything"
"Babe stop teasing her, she know she luuhh her some Mijo" Jhene added.
"Jhene don't your ass start over there!" Kyra warned her with a smile.
"Whaaaat? I'm just saying!" Jhene laughed.
"Yeah just saying my ass,, Cos you the queen of fronting on a nigga. Don't play"
"I don't front no more though" Jhene chuckled leaning the back of her head onto my chest.
"Yeah cause that nigga got you're ass in check that's why" Kyra pointed to me.
"I'm glad y'all know this" I chirped. Jhene looked up at me raising her left brow.
"Who you got in check?" Her attitude suddenly flipped. I smiled knowing she was bout to get all feisty nshit.
"Your little ass that's who" I laughed
"Oh no you got me fucked up, ain't no in check over here!"
"Yeah yeah, whatever everybody else knows what it is except you"
".Exactly" Kyra chimed in smiling
"Wait, but how this turn onto me though? Kyra the one denying her boo."
"I'm not denying him, I'm just not telling y'all nosey asses shit" she replied just as her phone began buzzing. Kyra looked down at it and then picked it up. "Hello?" She answered as she quickly got up and left the room. Both Jhene and I looked at each other. "Mijo" we said in unison and then began laughing. Of course it was.
"You seen the way she hauled ass"
"Definitely him" She chuckled. "But anyway, back to your birthday, you really don't wanna do anything?" She asked as she began dishing out our plates.
I shrugged leaning on the counter as I watched her "Nah not really. I ain't feeling a party I'd rather just do something alone with you. Take a trip somewhere or something"
"Aww baby, we can do that" she smiled and kissed my lips. "We can go to like Miami or somewhere"
"Nah I was thinking away, away. Like Cancun or something. Somewhere nice man. I think after all the shit we gone through we need a vacation"
"Ooh Cancun sounds really nice" she beamed "I can get all brown and come back cute" she chirped, she was so excited, I just laughed at her.
"D'you really think you can spend a whole week just with me alone?" I asked her as I took the bowl she had in her hand out and put it on the counter. I then pulled her body around so that she was now standing directly in front of me. I then pulled her arms up around my neck and held her waist.
"Uhh of course I can!" she replied in a'duh 'sort of tone answering my question.
"You realise we ain't never really done that though right"
"Done what, spent time together?"
"I mean spent a whole week together alone, just us with nobody else around"
"That's crazy, we definitely need to get away then"
"Yeah. I can have mama look after Asia for the week were away"
"Right well I'm down for whatever, wherever you wanna go baby it's up to you, it's your birthday"
"Word. You're a girl so you know how to do all that planning shit. Go online and look for trips to Cancun or whatever place you wanna go and book whatever hotel or resort you wanna stay at I'll give you how ever much you need for it"
"Ok" she smiled "Your gonna be 21 like, what do you even want for it?" She asked me.
"I only ever want one thing for my birthday Jhene"
"Yeah, what's that?"
"Your ass..." I laughed.
"Really? You can get that everyday though" she screwed up her face.
"Wordd? EVERY day?" I beamed.
"Well yeah, if I feel like it" she shrugged
"Bet, well that's all I want. I'm a simple man" I chuckled.
"Hmm. I gotta come up with a better plan for your 21st"
"Well You can wear something sexy with that ass" I suggested.
"Uhh Chris no that's basic"
"Not really"
"Yes it is. I need something that's gonna blow your mind" she laughed.
"Hmm blow my mind huh?"
"Yep something that's gonna have you like damn! I'll figure it out" she shrugged.
"As long as it comes with you naked ion really care" I said playfully. Jhene huffed looking up at me causing me to just laugh
"That's all you think about yo, sex!"
"That's not true" I chortled
"It really is that's the sad thing"
"Don't be acting like you don't be thinking about the same shit I do"
"Yes but I'm moderate with it though"
"No sneaky. At least my shit be out on the table"
"Too damn much I think you got a problem" she shook her head as she tried to walk away but I moved my hand from her waist and put my hand in the back of her sweats pulling her back in towards me before she could "you see this shit" she laughed pointing at me "This is exactly the shit I'm talking about"
"Pull away then"
"Nah" she giggled
"See, you not tryna do anything about it though. You like it when I'm all up on you like this" I laughed kissing her neck. She weren't slick, she low key loved it when I was all over her, she would never admit it though.
"Guys Mijo's coming over here" Kyra revealed as she walked back into the kitchen interrupting us before anything could even start. Jhene pulled away from me just in time and quickly went back to dishing out food like nothing happened. I laughed at her and she playfully rolled her eyes knowing exactly why I was laughing.
"Aye, why you walk out the room though?" I smirked as I turned to look at Ky, she looked over at me with a straight face.
"Christopher fuck off"
"Damn that's how you feel?"
"Straight like that, your cheesing me" She rolled her eyes
"Mijo coming right now Ky?" Jhene turned to look at her.
"He said the next half hour. He come to speak to angry bird over here" she looked at me.
"About what?"
"About last night, And you whiling, the whole reason I'm here!" Avoiding the conversation, Jhene turned back around and continued what she was doing.
"I spoke to that nigga yesterday. Ain't nothing to talk about. The nigga put his hand on my girl so I handled it" I shrugged
"Chris please stop" Jhene pleaded before the conversation could go any further. I knew this whole conversation made her feel uncomfortable so I respected her wishes and put an end to the convo Ky did the same. She dished out some food for Kyra and I and then gave Asia who she went and got from watching her cartoons, in her high chair with a small bowl of scrambled Eggs and a spoon to feed herself. She was at that age now where she didn't want anyone feeding her, she thought she could feed herself even if that meant the food going everywhere but in her mouth. Most of the time we just let her do her because weren't nobody tryna hear her big mouth screaming cause you tried to help her. Once she'd set Asia up, Jhene walked over to me with a drink and then placed it on the counter top in front of me. "That taste good?" She asked looking at me as I ate. I looked at her Skeptically and I began chewing slower "yeah...it taste real good" I muttered with a mouth full. She smiled "Let me try a little bit" she asked as she sat on my left leg and took my fork from out of my hand and begun eating some of my eggs. I watched her closely. One mouthful turned into two, turned into three until I was damn near sure she was bout to eat up all my shit on my plate.
"Jhene why don't you just dish yourself out some food? You steady eating off my plate" I complained as she cut into my sausage. There dead ass was a whole stove of food still left yet she wanna eat my shit up
"Because I don't want a lot" she said with a mouthful. "Why you put so much syrup on your pancakes tho?" She complained cutting a piece.
"Because it's MY food!"
"Yeah but all that syrup ruins the taste baby, you can't even taste what kind they were now"she huffed, I could hear Kyra laughing under her breath at her, this girl was ridiculous. I grabbed the fork from out her hands before she had a chance to steal anymore food from my plate as I did this, shock rained her face ."Babe shareeee!" She pushed out her bottom lip pouting.
"Nah man you've had enough" I mumbled as I looked down at my plate which was now half finished.
"But I just want a little bit more" she went to grab my fork but I moved my hand again.
"Nah man. You eating up all my shit and complaining about it!"
"Fine be mean then" she cut her eyes and then got up.
"Jhene why don't you just dish yourself some food!" Kyra laughed
"Because she wants to eat mine and then go eat hers! Greedy ass" I answered for her. Jhene started laughing and flipped me off.
"You should be happy I even made your fat ass anything!"
"Yeah yeah I'm very happy that's why I wanna eat!"
Jhene rolled her eyes and went and dished herself a plate. Something she should've done from the beginning!