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͏͏𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 , 𝟏𝟎:𝟎𝟎 ᴘᴍ

͏͏͏͏͏͏ ͏͏𝙖𝙞𝙧𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩

❧ 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑳𝑶𝑼𝑫, footsteps of people rushing in and out the airport jolted you awake. 10:23 pm? You whispered to yourself as you looked up at the clock that was facing you. You sat up a bit, rubbing your eyes long enough to help you wake yourself up. You've been at the airport for 3 hours, waiting for your best friend, Hakeem, to come pick you up but he hasn't shown up.

It's been your dream to become a fashion designer ever since you were young. Thanks to your mom, she was able to save enough money to let you move to New York so you can take classes to become a fashion designer.

Lemme call this man one mo' time, you thought to yourself. Dialing Hakeem's number, you waited for him to pick up but it went straight to voicemail. You sucked your teeth and went on imessage to spam his phone with text messages hoping he'll notice. To pass by time, you decided to walk towards the vending machine to grab a snack. Plus you were hungry, so why not?

You draped your jacket to cover your upper body as you stood in front of the vending machine, "Snickers? Milky way? Kit Kat?" You murmured as you looked at every aisle of snacks in the vending machine, " Aw man, f/candy isn't in here." You felt your phone vibrate in your pocket, pulling it out of your pocket, you sighed of relief when the name on the screen read Hakeem.

"Boy where is you at?" you held your phone with your shoulder up to your ear as you fixed the jacket that was on you.

"My bad, I was with Shawn..."

"The hell was you doing with Shawn?"

"N-nothing..anyways i'm at the front of the airport, you can come outside."

"Hakeem if you don't get yo ass out that car and help me with my luggage."

"Girl it's cold outside...fine, i'll let Shawn go in and help you."

"You brought Shawn with you?"

"Hell yeah, he was my lil GPS, " you heard Hakeem snicker through the phone, "Alright Y/n, Shawn coming in." You hung up the phone and carried the bag that you were able to hold with both your hands. You watched a tall darkskin man walk towards you with his hands in his pocket. He was wearing an all black Nike sweatsuit with Nike air forces that looked customize. This nigga so long...he done made me forget my height.

"Damn, I barely said a word and i'm already getting a dirty look?"

You didn't realize that your facial expression spoke before you did. You tend to make different facial expressions that you don't mean. You shook your head and spoke up, "My bad, I was just thinking of something...that happened last night," you lied, "Uhm, I'm assuming that you're Shawn?"

"Yeah that's me," Shawn nods as he grabs both of your suitcases. You mumbled loud enough for him to hear your thank you and began walking to the exit of the airport, Shawn following behind you. As the automatic door slid open, you felt the cold breeze against your face causing you to shiver a bit.

"BEST FRIEND!!" Hakeem shouted as he poked his head out the window.

"Hakeem keep it down, it's too late for all that screaming," You hushed him as you walked behind Shawn to the trunk. Hakeem sighed obnoxiously as he rolled up his window. Shawn helped you put all your luggage into the trunk, gesturing you to go sit in the car since it was really cold outside. Without hesitation, you speed walked to the backseat and slammed the door shut once you got in.

"Damn y/n, don't break my fucking door," Hakeem whipped his head to look at you, "This car was hella expensive for your information."

"Well hello to you to," you huffed as you wrapped your arms around yourself. The trunk slammed shut after Shawn finished up putting your luggage in.

"Ight let's go," Shawn said as he buckled his seatbelts. Hakeem nodded and started the engine of the car. You were so eager to arrive at Hakeem's apartment so you could snuggle up in your bed. Your mom only trusted you to go to New York since Hakeem agreed to allow you to stay at his place until you were able to get a place of your own. You slowly drifted back to sleep to pass time, once again, to wait for the arrival at Hakeem's apartment.

𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘮'𝘴 𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵

"Y/n...Y/n...wake yo ass up."

You fluttered your eyes open and felt Hakeem smacking your forehead repeatedly to snap yourself awake.

"Alright im up damn," You smacked Hakeem's hand away from your face. Hakeem moved out of your way so you can exit the vehicle. Once again, you felt the cold breeze against your face as you stepped out. You stretched your arms and cracked your back as you were twisting it.

"Y/n I thought I told you to stop cracking them bones around me." Hakeem said with a straight face.

"It's satisfying though..." You said as your started cracking your knuckles.

"Satisfying my ass," Hakeem closed his door and locked the car, "Let's go, Shawn already grabbed your stuff."

You nodded and trailed behind Hakeem into his tall apartment building. Inside the building had a large lobby that including different seating areas. As you walked with Hakeem to the elevator you noticed that there was a workout/gym room and a little office/work area. Amazement was read into your eyes as you looked around.

"Now, I already got your furniture for your bedroom so you don't gotta worry about none," Hakeem said as he pressed the 4th floor button.

"Aw that's so nice of you Hakeem," you grinned at your best friend.

"Bitch don't look at me like that," Hakeem looked away from you as he tried to hold back his smile. The elevator makes a ding noise as it arrives to the 4th floor. Hakeem tosses his keys into the air and catching it as he walks up to his apartment door.

"Dawg what?! Oh so you rich rich huh," you smirked as you ambled into the apartment.

"Mhm, lemme show you your room," Hakeem motioned his finger for you to follow him. Hakeem walked up to a white door which you assumed that as your bedroom. It felt like the angels were singing once Hakeem opened your bedroom door.

"Oh wow," your lips curved into a smile as you stared into you blue lighted room in awe. It was all tidy and neat just for you.

Hakeem snapped his fingers, remembering one last thing to show you,"Alright lemme show you the bathroom."Hakeem had you follow him to another room that wasn't to far away from your room.

Hakeem turned on a switch and there flickered the red LED lights of the bathroom. The bathroom had a glass shower and a corner where the sink was all independent and spacious as well.

"Hakeem, you out here living luxurious," you crossed your arms as you walked inside the bathroom, glancing at the looks of it, liking what you see. Hakeem chuckled at your comment and finally spoke out, letting out a quiet sigh.

"Get ready for bed y/n, remember you got class tomorrow," Hakeem backed away to the exit of the bathroom and turning around to walk towards his room, meeting Shawn inside.

"Uh huh," you hummed and smiled in the mirror, admiring how nice you're stay was about to be.