I wanna sit my kiddo on my knees while he's watching Bluey, asking him to explain to me the different characters to keep him focused on the screen so I can get my dick out behind him. Hands on my boy's waist, keeping him on my lap while I jerk myself against his back.
"It's okay, sweet boy, just watch your puppy show," as I pull him back against me so I can pant and grunt into his neck.
"No, it's okay, kiddo. You can trust dad, I'll never hurt you. Look, I'll make you feel better, I promise." Sliding my hand from his waist to the waistband of his boxers to feel the wet spot and touch him through the fabric.
My boy twitching a little, leaning against me and sucking on his fingers while he watches the show. Moaning and panting, starting to push his hips forward against my fingers in a desperate need to feel it closer.
Kiddo beginning to mumble, "dad, dad, dad, feels so good, mmmh." He's talking around his fingers, spit sliding down his wrist and chin, eyes fluttering closed with how good I'm making him feel.
Laying my son down on his back like I've done his whole life, his crib to his toddler bed, to his big boy bed. At some point he stopped needing me to lay him down to sleep in his bed, but he's pliable now as he lies on his back and his legs spread open.
He looks so beautiful with his spit soaked fingers and chin, perfect boytits under his sleep shirt, and I pull his boxers down to reveal his soaking wet cunt. I don't hesitate to climb on top of my boy and slide my cock into him.
"Dad, it hurts!" My boy cries out, but I can't stop now. I'm going to fill my son with my cum, and if he behaves, his older brother can come and clean him up.
"Just, watch your show kiddo, just tell dad all about Bluey and Bandit. Just be a good puppy boy for me, there's a good boy," and then I'm fucking my kid desperately.
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@urburnoutolderbro inspired by the very brief conversation we had where you had to tell me, an Australian, the names of the Bluey characters 😂
BELPHEGOR X ASMODEUS HEAD CANNONS PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
YES SIR DADDY RO SIR
Tags: CxC, cum eating, Asmo being a bit of a freak, mostly fluff and freak, not beta edited or read, mostly things that just came to mind
Asmo X Belphie:
Somnophilia 1000% a thing they do
Asmodeus going to anime cons with Belphegor dressed as a sexy anime character Belphegor likes
Asmodeus also taking Belphegor to visit his descendants while on earth
Belphegor not caring when Asmodeus visits, since they will either end up fucking and actually hanging out(Much to Asmodeus’s delight, since not many like his hobbies but Belphie listens to him talk about them as he leans on him as he reads manga)
Asmodeus carrying Belphegor around on his back when in Abaddon, Belphegor sleeping peacefully on Asmodeus’s back
Asmodeus and Belphegor trying out new sex toys together, although Asmodeus is doing most of the work but he enjoys it a lot
Asmodeus 100% does semen cooking with his and Belphie’s semen and eats it
Asmodeus also licking Belphegor's cum off of him too and Belphegor still jerking himself off while Asmodeus is doing that
Freaky stuff, Asmodeus riding Belphegor’s dick and enjoying how his piercings feel
Asmodeus waking Belphegor up with a blowjob
Asmodeus also fucking Belphegor like a rabbit in heat every time he visits Nifilim, regardless if its before or after cute fluffy things
Asmodeus rambling about his children and Belphegor actually listening and lets Asmo leave photos of his kids around his room
Now all of Belphie’s subordinates get to see Asmodeus’s kids
They also get to witness Asmodeus and Belphegor getting freaky while trying to work
Summary: Rowan was just looking for a night of fun after his divorce. Aelin was looking for one last reckless moment before selling her soul to her everyday grind of 9-5. Neither had any idea of just how much one night could change somebody’s life.
Warnings: Mature content throughout. Language, sex, drinking, etc. Explicitly NSFW will be labelled at the beginning of chapters containing NSFW content.
A collab with @snelbz
It was a day that Aelin had been waiting her entire life for. It was the first day of school and she was so excited to meet her students. Today would mark her first year in her first school, and she managed to get a job at one of the most prestigious elementary schools in Orynth, thanks to who her uncle was. She had to admit, sharing a last name with the Governor certainly had its perks.
She’d spent the past two weeks since she moved from Rifthold in her classroom as often as Staghorn Prep would allow her, and she had decided that it was finally almost perfect.
The only thing it was missing were the tiny people who would be descending upon it any minute.
After double checking everything, Aelin opened her door and waited. She had about five minutes to waste, so she took out her phone and scrolled through her recent messages.
She smiled at one left for her last night that read, Looking forward to Friday.
Her night with Rowan had gone well.
Better than well.
Perfect.
He had treated her like a queen and she hadn’t stopped thinking about it, about him, since.
As she laid in bed the night before, she replied with a me too then imagined that her vibrator was him instead.
Imagining that had her cheeks turning pink and Aelin closed her messages and double checked herself in the camera before putting her phone away and stepping into the hallway just as the first bell rang.
Students started coming in quick after that, some on their own, some with parents. She made a point to greet every one of them, introducing herself first to her student and then greeting the parents, making sure they felt welcome.
There were, of course, a few tears shed. For some kids, this was their first separation from their mom or dad. Some of the students already knew others from preschool the year before and before she knew it, almost her entire class was full.
With five minutes to the bell, she glanced down at her roster, seeing that only one student was still unaccounted for.
Oliver Whitethorn.
She frowned, hoping he would show up soon. She would hate to have any absences on the first day. With countless activities planned, she wanted all hands on deck.
As she was making her rounds around the room, just as that final bell rang, a little silver-haired boy ran into the room.
“I’m here! I’m here!” He announced.
Aelin chuckled. “Hi, you must be-.”
Her words faded as an all too familiar man rounded the corner to the classroom.
Aelin shot up, her back straightening.
The man, a handsome, silver-haired man who knew how to hold his liquor and fucked like a god, froze.
For a second, they stared at one another.
Then Aelin said, “Hi.”
“Hi,” he replied.
Aelin knew to not go into her first day expecting anything, but Rowan was the very last thing she expected to walk through her door.
“You…” Aelin was absolutely floored. She repeated, “Hi.”
A tiny hand grabbed hers and she looked down into a pair of big, dark eyes. They were offset by his hair and looked like glimmering onyx. Remembering that she was, in fact, a teacher, she crouched to the boy’s level. “You must be Oliver,” she said, completing her unfinished sentence from earlier.
He beamed, smile adorably crooked, and said, “I am! Oliver Shay Whitethorn. But you can call me Ollie.”
She snickered. “My name is Aelin Ashryver Galathynius, but you can call me Miss Aelin.”
She showed him where to put his backpack and his desk, all the while she could feel Rowan’s eyes on her.
Clearing her throat, she said, “Class, I’ll be right back. Get to know your desk buddy while I’m gone.” She gestured to the way the desks were paired off.
Rowan was still standing by the door and as she approached, he stepped out into the hall and held it open for her. Once they were both out, he let the door shut behind them with a quiet click.
“When you said you couldn’t wait to see me Friday, I didn’t think you’d show up here,” she laughed awkwardly, tucking her loose hair behind her ear.
Rowan hesitated. “I…”
“Have a kid,” Aelin supplied, rocking back and forth on her heels. “Who is in my class.”
Rowan started rubbing the back of his neck. “Yeah. It’s…not something I share on first dates. Or…whatever that was we had.” Aelin must’ve given him an interesting look, because he quickly added, “Not that I didn’t enjoy our date. Or, non-date. I did. A lot. And I’m not ashamed of Ollie. He’s everything to me. I just…”
His words faded and he looked uncertain, uncomfortable.
He let out a breath. “I feel I should start over.”
Aelin gave him an amused look.
“I’m Rowan, a single dad of a five year old,” he said, shoving his hands in his pockets. “I’m sorry I didn’t say anything before.”
“Don't apologize,” she said, quietly. “I was just a little surprised to see you here is all.”
“I was surprised to see you, too,” he said, his voice just as low.
Aelin realized she had been away from her class for far too long. “I should get back in there, but…we can talk about this later?”
“Yeah,” he nodded, backing away. “I can, uh, I can call you after I get off work. My ex-wife is picking him up.”
She was reaching for the doorknob and she cringed. “Okay. Sounds…okay.”
“She’s…” He hesitated and that made her even more uneasy. He settled on, “Harmless. Especially since she doesn’t know what went on between us.”
Nodding, Aelin was about to head into the classroom when Rowan said, “You look beautiful, by the way.”
Her cheeks were a deep shade of pink, but she said, “Thank you.”
They parted ways, but he managed to stay with her throughout the day. Every second that Aelin wasn’t completely enveloped in her work, she was thinking of Rowan. Even when she was distracted, her mind flashed to him. It didn’t help that a tiny version of him was everywhere she looked.
Oliver was his spitting image, all but the eyes. He was a sweet kid, too. Incredibly smart for five. He spoke of his father highly, and his mother just as much. He made friends quickly and was a great helper.
Ex-wife.
Rowan’s words ran through her head.
She hadn’t realized just how little they knew each other. Yeah, their night together had been incredible, but he was practically a stranger. Ex wife? Aelin had never had a relationship that had lasted more than a year, but Rowan had been married? The thought was intimidating.
Aelin had a ton of questions, but none of them seemed appropriate to ask him. Considering she didn’t know him that well, she assumed he wouldn’t approve of him prodding about his ex-wife.
By the time the end of the day had come, Aelin had mixed emotions. Her day with her kiddos had gone fabulously. She couldn’t have asked for a better first day of school.
But, she longed to call up Rowan and chat for hours about the surprise the morning had brought them.
As she waited for parents to come pick up their kids once the three o-clock bell rang, she took a seat by Oliver.
“Did you have a good day, Ollie?” she asked.
“The best!” Oliver grinned. “I’m so excited to show my mommy and daddy the pictures I drew.”
“You’re a very good artist,” Aelin agreed. “I’m very happy to have met you. I think we’ll have a good year together, you and I.”
“Me too,” he replied, smiling.
She heard the door open and a stunning woman with her dark hair tied up in a high ponytail stepped inside. She’d seen her once before, at orientation, when the parents had been introduced to all of the kindergarten teachers. Rowan hadn’t been with her and Aelin knew why now.
Seeing her then was a hell of a lot of pressure. Seeing her now, knowing who she was, was damn near intimidating.
She touched Oliver’s shoulder and said, “I think your mommy is here.”
He looked up and gasped before barreling towards the woman. She squatted down and caught him right as he reached her. Aelin got up and approached her. “You must be Oliver’s mother. I’m Aelin.”
She held out her hand for the woman.
The woman completely ignored it. Instead, she took Oliver’s backpack and slung it over her shoulder.
“We’d better get going,” she said. “Your dad will pick you up in a few hours. We want to get all the time in together we can.”
Oliver’s nose scrunched. “With Cairn?”
Oliver’s mom shook her head. “Just the two of us.” When Oliver beamed, she met Aelin’s eye. “I’m Maeve. How was his first day?”
“Good,” Aelin replied. “He was an angel, has a lot of art to show you.”
Maeve nodded and rose to her feet. “I assume you met his father this morning?”
Met him a few days ago. “I did.”
Maeve’s lips pursed but she nodded. “Very well. I’d like for all parental communications to be sent to me, too, no matter what he’s told you.”
Aelin’s eyebrows had to nearly be in her hair line. “That’s fine. I can certainly do that. If you’ll send me an email, I’ll get you added to the classroom thread and-.”
“No, thank you.”
Aelin balked. “Excuse me?”
“I don’t want to be included in a chain.” Maeve was looking at her nails and Oliver was putting his drawings in his backpack, oblivious to the conversation happening above him. “You can email me directly.”
Floored. Aelin was absolutely and totally floored. “I can’t email every parent directly, Ms. Whitethorn.”
“It’s Mallory, not Whitethorn. He’s my ex-husband,” she said, reaching down to pick up Oliver’s backpack. She took his hand after helping him put it on. “You’ll do well to remember that.”
She tugged on Oliver’s hand and left Aelin gaping, stuck in her tracks.
Rowan had been married to that? If he could fall in love with someone so…rude and awful, perhaps she had misjudged him in the first place.
Then again, they had gotten divorced, Maeve had just made that perfectly clear. Maybe she was the reason.
Aelin thought again about the night she had spent with Rowan. It was so good, so perfect. She couldn’t have misjudged him.
It didn’t stop her from thinking about it, though, the entire time she cleaned up her classroom and packed up her belongings for the day.
Having to talk to someone, she called her best friend. Lysandra picked up on the second ring. “Hey, how’d your first day go?”
“So, you remember Rowan?” Aelin asked, completely ignoring Lysandra’s question and heaving a breath as she flopped back into her desk chair.
Lysandra laughed and said, “You mean the guy you haven’t shut up about in three days? Yeah, I remember him.”
Aelin was idly swaying back and forth, brushing the ends of her hair back and forth over her lips. She hummed in confirmation. “Well, he dropped his son off this morning.”
The other side of the line was silent air.
“And his scary ex-wife picked him up,” she added, brushing the hair across her nose now.
Lysandra still hadn’t spoken, but Aelin knew she was still there. So she waited.
“Excuse me, what?”
“You heard me,” Aelin sighed as stood from her chair and collected her stuff to leave.
“He has a kid?” Lysandra asked. “And an ex-wife?”
“Scary ex-wife,” she corrected, locking her classroom door as she left. “And why is that more shocking than the fact that he has a literal child? A child who is one of my students?” She whisper-yelled the last part, careful to make sure no one overheard, even though no one was in the hall with her.
“How do you feel about all that?” Lysandra asked hesitantly.
Aelin chewed on her bottom lip as she made her way to the parking lot. “Honestly, I have no idea. I’m still wrapping my mind around it.”
Lysandra hummed. “Want to know what I have to say about it?”
“Depends,” Aelin muttered. “Are you going to be the voice of reason?”
“Maybe,” she said.
Aelin snorted. “Fine. Go ahead.”
“Call him,” Lysandra said. “If you like this guy, don’t start off on the wrong foot. Call him. Get all the facts.”
Aelin sighed. “I don’t know. Seems like a heavy conversation for a guy I just met.”
“Well, it’s not like the kid or the ex-wife are going away,” Lysandra hedged, and Aelin could hear a phone ringing in the background.
“I know,” she sighed and added, “and I know you’re busy so I’ll let you go.”
“I’m sorry, my three o’clock just got here.” There was a pause and Aelin heard Lysandra greeting her next hair appointment. Her best friend’s voice came back through the receiver. “I’ll call you as soon as I’m done for the day.”
Aelin nodded, regardless of the fact that Lysandra couldn’t see her. “You can come over if you want. I’ve got a bottle of moscato and there’s a new episode of Arctic Love tonight.”
“I’m having dinner with Aedion,” Lysandra replied. “But I can tell-.”
“No,” Aelin interrupted, unlocking her car and putting her stuff in the backseat. “Don’t cancel. I’ll be fine. I guess I need to call Rowan anyway.”
“Yes, you do. I love you, I’ll call you later.”
“Love you.”
Aelin ended the call and tossed her phone into the cup holder beside her. Today had exhausted her. She was absolutely and completely wiped. She had woken up today thinking about Rowan, hoping to maybe text with him here and there, but she sure as hell hadn’t expected she’d be seeing him.
In her classroom, no less.
She drove home in silence, taking in all the facts. She didn’t want to assume anything, didn’t want to judge, but it was hard not to. She assumed Rowan wasn’t much older than she was, and she certainly hadn’t expected him to have already been married.
It wasn’t a big deal, Aelin told herself, but his ex-wife?
She was horrible.
Once Aelin got home, she settled into a bubble bath before tugging on a set of comfy pajamas and pouring herself a glass of wine. Once she made herself comfortable on the couch, she picked up her phone to call Rowan, but as soon as it was in her hand, it began to vibrate and his name popped up on her screen.
Rowan.
After a deep breath, she answered. “Hello?”
“Hey,” he said, slowly, uncertainly. “Is now a good time?”
She could hear his car beeping in the background. He must have been leaving work. “Yeah, what’s up?”
He laughed quietly on the other side of the line. “What’s up? This morning…you seemed confused. I just wanted to call and clear the air.”
Aelin was quiet for a moment before saying, “I met Oliver’s mom.”
She didn’t know why she chose those specific words, wasn’t sure why she didn’t say your ex or Maeve.
Rowan sighed as Aelin heard a car door shut. “Yeah, I…” His words trailed off and Aelin heard him start his car. “I really like you, Aelin. I haven’t been able to stop thinking about you since the other night.”
I haven’t been able to stop thinking about you, either, she wanted to say, but didn’t. “I just…I didn’t expect to see you this morning is all. It kinda threw me off.”
“I get that,” he said, simply. “Like I said this morning, I don’t tell women about Oliver quickly. If I’m being honest, Aelin, I haven’t…” he stopped, but Aelin didn’t push. She waited, patiently. “I haven’t dated since my divorce two years ago. I’m not really sure how to do…this…with a kid.”
She listened to the open air of the call while she thought. She completely understood why he hadn’t been up front about having a son. That’s a big thing and she could see how that might be a deal breaker for some women.
But…not for her.
“I get it,” she started, “why you didn’t say anything about him. And I don’t blame you. You didn’t know if I was going to be a hookup or a booty call or what.” Rowan started to interrupt but she went on. “And I’ve never done the whole dating with a kid thing either. So we’re even there.”
It was quiet again but then Rowan asked, “Dating, huh?” And Aelin could hear the smile in his voice.
Aelin’s cheeks turned a dark shade of pink. Realizing that she was far more invested at this point than she should be, she said, “I like you, too, you know. I still would like to see you again.”
“I’d like to see you again, too,” Rowan said, softly. “The other night was the first time I’ve felt alive in a long time.”
Aelin’s stomach was flooded with butterflies. “Does that mean dinner for Friday is still a go?”
Rowan’s quiet laughter sent chills down her spine. “I hope so.”
“I’ll be there,” Aelin promised.
“I’ll pick you up at seven,” Rowan shot back.
“Good,” Aelin said, and she couldn’t stop her spreading smile. “I’ll be ready.”
“I can’t wait,” Rowan said. A second passed before he said, “I’m almost to Maeve’s to pick up Ollie. I’ll talk to you soon?”
“I’ll talk to you soon,” Aelin promised, and they said their goodbyes.
She sunk into the couch and turned on her movie, but all she could think about was him.
Whenever I watch Smackdown and see Daddy Roman, I still can't believe Mox is not in wwe during this. The Ambreigns content would be amazing 😩
It wounds me up to my soul 😩 I mean their characters would mesh sooo perfectly together...and the Dom Daddy Roman/Mouthy Bratty Mox content would be off the charts.
Even if it was for a bunch of little boys swinging blindly at a plastic ball, it was a beautiful day for a t-ball tournament. Aelin was settled on the bleachers, eyes on Evalin where she ran about the playground to her left. Arden wasn’t quite up to bat yet, she couldn’t even see his little helmet clad head where he was in the dugout, so her eyes alternated between Evie running rampant and her husband where he stood a few feet away from her on the field.
Today, he was wearing khaki pants and the team polo, the pants framing his ass criminally good. So good that she almost felt dirty admiring him at a kid’s sporting event, but how could she resist? Even the women in front of her, all married to their respective husbands, had eyes wandering to where Rowan was currently bent over with his hands on his knees talking to the next kid up to bat for their team.
“I mean, look at the man. He no doubt knows how to treat a woman,” one of the women thirsted, leading Aelin to snort. One of the women glanced over her shoulder at the sound and Aelin offered her a smile.
“His ass? Fantastic,” she chimed in, all of the women before her nodding in agreement.
“Do you know if he’s married?” Another one asked, the only of the women down front without a ring. Aelin did her best to look as though she were thinking hard about the rumors she’d heard of the new coach, let her eyes zero in on his left hand.
“I’m not sure,” she said, “But no ring.” Because he’d forgot to put it on after his shower this morning, and it was sitting on the bathroom counter by the sink last she had seen it.
The women kept casually chatting about Rowan, about his ass in those pants, about how hot the tattoo that twisted down his left arm was. Aelin nodded in agreement just about every comment, even throwing in a few herself about how green his eyes were and she would willingly leave her husband for the man.
Sometime later, after Arden had made the winning catch of the game and Evalin was back at her mother’s side, Rowan jogged over to where she sat in the bleachers. He was beaming at her like he’d never been more proud of their son, of her, even of Evalin and the castle she had pointed out to him that she’d made in the sandbox. He couldn’t seem to help himself as he brushed her hair back and pressed a kiss to her lips, one that had her grinning against his mouth.
“Good game, coach." A wide grin was on her lips as he chuckled, unable to resist a second kiss to her mouth. "We brought snacks today,” she reminded him as his hand fell onto the small swell of her abdomen where their newest babe was making his or her home.
“I’ll go get them,” he said, bending down to kiss her stomach before pulling the keys from his pocket and half jogging out to the car. Aelin was still smiling watching him leave as she turned to look back at the mother’s that had been checking her husband out the entire game. She merely shrugged.
“We meant no disrespect,” one of the married ones started, but Aelin waved her off.
“There was none taken. I certainly don’t blame you,” she winked, hopping off the bleachers as Arden sprinted up to his mom with the little plastic ball in his hand, signed and dated by his dad and the other two coaches. Aelin beamed at her son, lifting him up to press soft kisses to his chubby cheeks.
No, she didn’t blame those other women at all. Not when she was so lucky to live a life where she had two beautiful babies, a third on the way, and a husband that looked like that.
Dancing around his room with his towel on his waist, Koda straighten his room up. There was no one home but him and he loved it. Kandice was out of town with two of the girls from the bakery for an event, Haleigh was at her friend's house and Roman was on the road. He would've been with one of his uncles or a friend but Roman and Kandice felt like 16 was a good age for him to be alone for three days.
Kandice gave him all the information he needed to reach her if he couldn't reach her on her cell, she made him two cakes and a few meals because she knew he would invite his cousins and a few friends. Roman gave him emergency and food money with the understanding that he should not spend all $300 in three days. And with extra convincing from Kandice, Roman left Koda the keys to his Range Rover.
Koda made sure to get the plans from Kandice several times to make sure he didn't run into any problems. Kandice would be back Sunday afternoon, pick Haleigh up from her friend's house and then get Roman from the airport. So they wouldn't get to the house until Sunday night around 7. But just to be sure he waited one day before he invited his company over.
Quickly, Koda pulled his basketball shorts up over his briefs and ran downstairs to answer the door.
On the other side of the door stood Parker, Koda’s girlfriend of ten months. Parker stepped into the home feeling anxious. She looked around the house as Koda led her to the living room. Koda let her hand go to take his seat on the large sofa.
" You can sit down, Parker. You don't gotta stand," he laughed staring at her. Slowly, she sat on the sofa. Two cushions away from her boyfriend. Koda laughed even more, he could tell she was scared but he wasn't sure why. "Baby, why are you alllll the way over there? You sit closer when my parents are here."
Parker pouted at his laughter, giving him pout dog eyes, "Cause your dad is here to keep your mom from staring a whole in my face."
"Okay sooo," he sung out pulling her closer to him, "My mama and my pops are gone so there's no need to be scared. You gon show your man some love or what?" Parker laughed a little as she leaned into Koda, preparing to kids his puckered lips. She stopped just as their lips were about to touch making Koda groan. "What's wrong, Park?" He asked softly.
"What if she pops up?" She asked looking around the large open room. "You know your mama is crazy, she'll kill me if she finds me here this late."
He sucked his teeth, giving his girlfriend the side eye as he moved to sit back on the sofa. "Aye, chill with that. Don't call my mama crazy, only I can say that." Parker mumbled an apology ass she stared blankly at Koda. "Listen to me, Parker. My mama is in Tampa, two hours away and if she was coming back early she would call me and tell me. Aight?"
"Okay, fine. "
"Finally," he rejoiced pulling her into him once again. They kissed slowly, Parker's fears forgotten by both of them. "You told your people you stayin' at Paige's house, right?"
She huffed a little at his question. "No, I told them I would be back by eleven."
"Parker," he said in a questioning tone, "It's already 9:30pm."
"I know, I know but you know how scary I get. Your mama scares me and so does mine. I panicked when she asked what time I would be back," she admitted softly. "But if you want me to stay, I'll tell her.
"Baby, I don't want you to think that I'm forcing you to stay. You know I'm not that kinda guy. My pops would kill me," he joked trying to lighten the mood. "If you don't wanna stay that's fine, I'm not gonna be mad at you. I want you to stay cause you wanna stay. Yeah?"
She bit her lip as she stared at her boyfriend. The two of them had been discussing Koda taking her virginity for months. He never brought it up, it didn't matter to him whether they did anything or not. He knew and understood that she wanted to wait, however Parker no longer wanted to wait. As soon as Koda mentioned being home alone, Parker jumped on the opportunity.
"Hold on, let me call her," Parker said with a smile. Her mama scared her but she was willing to take her chances.
Koda nodded and left the room to call his parents. He wanted to go on and get his good night calls out of the way.
He called Kandice first.
"My baby boy calling me first," she gasped as soon as she answered, "You must've broken something. What was it?"
He laughed quietly into the phone as he glanced into the living room at his girlfriend. "I didn't break anything, Mama. I called to tell you good night just in case I don't get a chance to later."
"And why wouldn't you get a chance? What's going on," she questioned. Her tone had become slightly serious.
He shook his head still laughing. "Nothing, Ma. Jordan and Eli wanna go to this party, Ima go with them."
"Oh really," she asked playfully. "And are you asking or telling, Koda Makai?"
"You know I'm asking, my beautiful and talented mama."
"You just like ya father, thinking you can butter me up with compliments."
Koda leaned against the wall laughing at his mama. He loved just talking to her, even though he knew Parker was waiting on him and he was lying to his mama, he wasn't rushing Kandice off the phone.
"Is it working," he asked playfully.
"Mmhm. Who's driving," She asked seriously.
"Eli is driving, Ma."
"Better question. Do Trinity and Kecia know y'all are goin?"
"Yes, Mama. Now can I go? I gotta get ready, I gotta look good." He joked moving back into the living room.
Kandice sucked her teeth. She knew he was just like his dad and would take an hour to get dressed and twenty minutes to do his hair. "Yeah, go on and go. Have fun, no drinking, no smoking and no fast ass girls, that includes Parker."
"Maaaa," he drug it dramatically.
"Alright, alright. Text me when you get back home, baby boy. I love you."
"Love you too, Kandice."
"Koda," she warned trying to keep the humor out of her voice.
"You know I'm playin'. Love you too, Mama. Good night."
Koda disconnected the call, waiting to see what Parker's mom said before he called his Pops.
"Everything good," he asked kissing her cheek. "Yeah, she didn't care. Her and my dad are gonna go out anyways." She shrugged happily. She was definitely scared that her mom eould see right through her lie as usual. "Cool. Ima call Pops. You hungry? My mama cooked and shit before she left." Parker's whole mood brightened hearing that. Everyone loved Kandice's cooking and she was no different. "What did she make? Ooh, did she make that spaghetti stuff," she asked happily. " If you mean baked pasta then yeah. It's in the big red container," he told her trying to keep from laughing. Parker was up off the sofa and headed for the kitchen before he could finish his sentence.
Knowing he would have to go in the kitchen with her to eat, Koda went ahead and called Roman. Ronan answered on the third ring.
" What's up, Ko? Say what's up to your uncles."
"Sup, Uncs. Y'all alright," Koda asked relaxing on the sofa.
"We're good. You scratch my car?" Roman asked taking the phone off speaker.
"Haven't even driven it, Pops."
" Keep it that way," he said quickly. " So either you broke something or you wanna ask me something. Which is it?"
"Neither, I was calling before I went out with Eli and Jordan to this lil party."
" You drivin'?" Roman asked putting the phone back on speaker.
"Nah, Eli's on sticks tonight."
"On whose sticks?" Jimmy yelled into the speaker.
Koda laughed at his uncle. Jimmy was just like Roman, neither of them wanted anyone behind the wheel of their vehicles except them.
"Uh, I think yours, Unc. I'm really not all the way sure."
"Go call your kid, Uce." Roman joked before going back to Koda. "You know the rules right, Ko?"
"Yeah," he nodded. "No drinking, smoking or fast ass girls. Mama already told me."
"Ya son got a potty mouth," Jey laughed. Roman laughed right along with him. "So do both of yours and so do we, Uce. Koda?"
"Yeah, I'm still here."
"I tell you this all the time but I know you don't smoke but make sure you don't over do it with the drinking cause I know you're gonna do it. And make sure y'all are clear on who is drivin' home so they don't drink. Clear?"
"Crystal. I'm pretty sure it's Eli though since he volunteered to drive. Anything else and we'll call Jasper, Pop."
"Aight, Ko. Call Tama and have him tell Jasper and remind him to check in with y'all. You know he's forgetful and he definitely got that from Tama."
"Will do."
"One more thing, son." Koda sat quietly waiting on his dad you finish his thought. He was quite honestly itching to get to the kitchen with Parker. "Condoms. You still got the ones I gave you or you need more?"
"Pops, come on man. They can hear you," he said referring to his uncles.
Roman sucked his teeth at his oldest. He always acts so shy about that kind of stuff when his uncles can hear him. His cousins were the same way. "So what, Ko? You got them or what? Your mama will kill your ass if you bring babies in that house."
"I know, Pops. I know. I have them."
"Put three in your wallet for you and your cousins. And use them, if a situation presents itself. Understood?"
"Yes, sir."
"Good. Have fun, use a hat and watch out for your cousins and Parker."
"Yes, sir," he said quickly. "Love you, Pop."
"Love you, son. See you when I get home and call if you need me."
Koda sat for a moment after his dad disconnected their call thinking about what him and Parker had planned. There were some thoughts of not doing it but he wouldn't deny her if it's what Parker wanted.
"Are you gonna make me eat alone, Koala Bear?" Parker yelled from the kitchen. Koda shook his head getting off the sofa to join her in the kitchen. When he got there he found that she sat up their plates and drinks up on the island, she sat facing him with a wide smile. "What I told you about that Koala stuff," he asked sitting beside her.
Three hours later, Kandice and Roman were on the way to their home. Roman had gotten his dates and cities mixed up so he ended up in Tampa with Kandice. The only reason Kandice stayed an extra day was because the girls wanted to stay. Roman left his rental with the girls, him and Kandice drove her Jeep back home.
"You think Koda’s home," Kandice asked holding onto Roman's right arm which was resting on the arm rest.
"Probably still out with his cousins. You know how they are. Why," he asked glancing over at his wife.
"Well, with both the kids gone we can break those new counters in without being interrupted." Kandice said tracing the tattoo on his arm worth the stiletto nail on her index finger. Roman smirked, pressing on the gas a little. They had almost twenty minutes until they were home but he was sure they could get there in ten.
Parker cuddled into Koda's sweaty chest, her breathing was ragged and shallow. Koda had made good on the promises he made her. She didn't regret her choice, she was glad it happened with Koda.
"You good," he asked kissing her forehead and wrapping his arm around her. She nodded quickly making him laugh. "I didn't hurt you or anything? You can tell me if I did, I tried to be as gentle as I could, babe."
"You didn't hurt me, Koda. I'm fine, I promise." She reassured him, sitting up so he could see her face. "We could actually try it again. Third time's the charm, right?"
Roman turned the jeep into their driveway as quickly as he could without hitting his baby and jumped out to open Kandice's door. Before he could grab their bags from the backseat, Kandice pulled him close to her by his shirt.
"The bags can wait, Ro. I want you now."
Groaning, Roman lifted Kandice with his hands securely on her ass and bumped the car door with his hip. Kandice attacked his neck with kisses and bites as he transported them to the house.
Knowing the house like the back of his hand, Roman got them through the front door and to the kitchen without bumping into anything. He sat his wife on the counter, standing between her legs returning the kisses she had given him.
"Did you hear that," she asked softly. He shook his head, continuing his assault on her neck. "Forreal, baby," she giggled. "I hear something."
"The only thing I hear is you moanin' my name, babygirl. Now I wanna hear you scream it." As Roman went back to kissing Kandice and getting her jeans off her, he heard a scream. He pulled back smirking so he could look at her. "That was quick," he laughed. She gave him a blank face then pushed him out of the way. "That definitely wasn't me. Someone's here."
"Baby, nobody's here. The kids are gone." There was another scream followed by moans and groans. Roman screwed his face up trying to figure out who was in his house. " Your daughter doesn't have a boyfriend, does she?"
"No, but your son has a girlfriend," she sneered kicking off her sandals. Kandice was a woman on a mission, she power walked through the house to get to the staircase. She was half way up the stairs by the time Roman caught up to her. He grabbed her arm to stop her.
"What," she spat.
"Calm down before we get up there. I don't want you to kill Parker or Koda." He said in a loud whisper trying to drown out the moans and groans.
"If it's Haleigh, are you gonna be calm?"
"Fuck no. But," he started to explain until Kandice's hand was in his face. "Don't even try to justify it. That boy is dead and so is she."
Knowing better than to argue with his wife, Roman followed her up the stairs praying that it really wasn't Haleigh. His heart couldn't take that, neither could his blood pressure. Once they passed her room, Roman let out a sigh of relief and stood back watching Kandice ease Koda's door open.
The teenagers were both completely unaware of the presence in the room. The longer she watched Parker move on top of her son, the more Kandice's anger boiled. Roman stood in the hallway waiting for the okay to enter the room, he knew there was gonna be a shit storm in his house for a long time.
"Koda Makai Reigns, you got a lot of nerve bringing this little girl in my house while I was gone!" She yelled finally getting their attention. Parker jumped off him, moving to the opposite side of the bed, covering herself with the sheets they were under. "Not only that but you got the nerve to be fuckin' her fast ass in my house! On sheets that I paid for!"
"Mama, I'm sorry! It just happened, we got carried away." Koda had never been more afraid of his mama than he was in that moment. He watched Roman slowly enter the room behind his mama.
"Carried away?" Roman yelled eyeing his oldest. "Koda, she wasn't even supposed to be here. You knew what the rules were and you purposely broke them."
Koda looked away from his dad, who had fire in his eyes. "Pop, I know."
"No, you don't but I promise you will, Koda," Kandice spat attempting to move closer. Roman grabbed her by her waist gently pulling her away from them. "Put your clothes on and bring ya asses downstairs. And hurry up." Kandice stared at each of them a few seconds longer before turning on her heels and leaving Koda's room with Roman right behind her.
"Calm down, baby. Breathe," Roman said trying to soothe his angry wife. He rubbed her shoulders as she stood at the island shaking. "Don't kill them. Remember, baby, you hate the way you look in orange," he joked softly. As much as she didn't want to, Kandice cracked a smile and leaned her head back to take a look at him. "I hate you sometimes," she whispered. "And I love you all the time."
Parker walked into the kitchen somewhat behind Koda. Neither of them looking at the adults before them.
"Mrs. Reigns, I am so sorry."
Kandice sucked her teeth at the young girl and moved out of her husband's embrace. "Sorry for what? You're not sorry for doing it, little girl. You’re sorry that you got caught, don't play with me."
"I'm sorry for disrespecting your house, Mrs. Reigns. We got got carried away and I really talked Koda into it, he didn't really wanna."
Both Roman and Kandice broke out in laughter. Koda knew what that meant, he had made them both mad enough to laugh like that one time and he swore he would never do it again yet here he is. The laugh didn't mean anything good, it made him wish that Parker had listened to him and didn't talk like he told her before coming downstairs.
"He didn't really want to, Parker?" Roman asked folding his arms across his chest. "If he didn't want to then this would not have happened. Right, Koda?"
"Ye-yes, sir," he stuttered looking his father in his eyes.
Kandice raised her brow and spoke while staring at her son. "You've known my son since you two were in middle school so, you know that my son will not do anything that he does not want to do. Right, Koda?"
Koda nodded, stuffing his hands in his pockets.
"Open your mouth when your mama is talkin' to you, Koda." Roman spat harshly.
"Yes, sir," he answered quickly then turned to his mama, "Yes, ma'am."
"So this is not all on you. Koda knew what he was doing, that's why he called us I'm assuming while you were sitting your fast ass on my sofa," Kandice said leaning against the island. "And do you know why he's so quiet right now?" Parker shook her head taking a small glance at Koda, who had his eyes trained on his dad. They were holding eye contact and Roman silently dared him to look away. "Because he knows what kind of shit he's in. Koda knows that you shouldn't have been here or doing what you were doing especially not in my house."
Parker nodded as she slowly stepped back towards the door. "I'm just gonna go. I really am sorry, Mrs. and Mr. Reigns. Call me later, Koda." Quickly and cautiously, she kissed his cheek and she could feel him cringe at that. And again there was laughter, Parker knew it wasn't anything good. "I know good and damn well you did not just kiss his ass after what I just saw and what we just said to you," Kandice yelled coming around the island to where the teenagers stood. "And you just thought your ass was gonna waltz on out of here like that? Oh no, ma'am. Just like Koda is gonna get the business and believe me he's gonna get it," Kandice threatened looking at him briefly, "You are too. So I hope you got all your shit cause we're taking you home and having a little talk with your people."
"Wait, no! Please don't do that. My parents will kill me if they find out," she plead quickly. Kandice cut her eyes at the young girl wondering if she had heard her correctly. "More reason for it to happen. Did you drive here?"
"Yes, ma'am."
"Let's go. We'll follow you home," Kandice told her as she grabbed her keys and passed them to Roman. "Koda, you can ride with your little girlfriend. It'll be the last time you see her for a very, very long time."
The fifteen minute ride to Parker's house felt like an eternity to the teenagers. They made sure to talk about the fact that they would only see each other in school for a long time and that their parents were going to be on their asses for a long time. Roman made sure to talk to Kandice about how she approached Parker's parents. It was almost four in the morning and Parker was their babygirl, that made everything even more sensitive than it already was.
Kandice knocked on the door and rang the doorbell, ignoring Parker's insistence to use her house key. After the fourth round of knocks, the door swung open revealing Parker's very upset parents. They invited them all in, taking a long, hard look at their daughter.
"Tisha, Mike, we're so sorry to bother you so early," Roman said shaking their hands. Kandice did the same before all four adults sat down, the teenagers stood quietly looking on. "There's no easy way to say this but my wife and I came home early from our business trips and found our son and your daughter in our home." Tisha cursed under her breath then took slow, deep breaths not wanting to look at her daughter. Mike rubbed his hands together not believing what he was hearing. "What exactly did you find our beloved children doin'?" He asked staring daggers through both kids. Roman started to talk only to have Kandice put her hand up to silence him. "Our children were having sex in my house," she spat glaring Koda, who had grabbed Parker's hand.
Tisha gasped loudly at Kandice's words.
"She was doing what," Mike yelled standing from his seat.
"Not only did you lie to me about where you were but your fast ass was laid up in their house having sex?" Tisha spoke sternly. She slowly turned to look at her child. "What possessed you to go lay up in these people house? You think that's cute?"
"No, ma'am. I didn't mean to," Parker started to explain.
Much like Kandice did, Tisha sucked her teeth. "Didn't mean to what, Parker? Didn't mean to have sex in their house with their son? Or did you not mean to get caught?"
"You had my daughter laid up with you, son?" Mike asked eyeing Koda. Koda looked to his parents for help Kandice turned her head and Roman simply told him to answer the question. They were fine with her parents speaking to Koda unless it got disrespectful.
"Yes, sir."
"And you thought that was the right thing to do? Disrespecting your parents, their house and us?"
"Umm, I wasn't thinking, sir."
"That's clear," Tisha added.
Mike shook his head, moving his attention to Parker. He finally actually looked at her, seeing how uncomfortable she was but he didn't care just like the other adults.
"Parker, tell him good bye and go on to your room. You're done seeing him for a long while."
"But, Daddy!"
"Parker Mariah Jones, you heard your father. Tell him good bye, get upstairs and when you get up there leave your phone on my dresser."
Parker pouted heavily, hugging Koda tightly. They embraced each other until their parents cleared their throats. The young girl ran up the stairs not longer able to hold back her tears.
"Here," Roman said holding out the keys, "Go get in the car. We're comin'."
Once Koda was gone, Kandice and Tisha moved over to the foyer having a conversation amongst themselves as Mike and Roman did the same. The parents had known each other since their children met in high school, their kids along with six other kids were all in the same group of friends. All their parents were well acquainted because of that, their relationship was closer than with the others since their children were dating.
“Thank you for tellin’ us, Roman. I know how hard it must have been to do it but I appreciate it,” Mike admitted slapping hands with Roman.
“I would want the same in return, man. It’s hard to hear I’m sure.”
Mike sighed, running a hand over his head. “You have no idea. But as much as I wanna keep them apart, I know it won’t last long.” Roman nodded, he was thinking the same himself and Kandice had said the same thing on the drive over there. “But we’re definitely grounding her for a while.”
“Same here. It’ll be a while before he does anything remotely fun. Trust me.”
“You ready, babe,” Kandice asked from the doorway.
“Yeah, I’m right behind you.”
Roman said his good byes to Mike and Tisha before heading out of the door behind his wife. In all honesty, he had no idea what Kandice planned on saying to Koda once they got home but he knew what he wanted to say once it was just him and Koda. Roman knew Koda had been having sex prior to this incident but he thought Koda was more respectful of his own home at least. Especially with how Kandice is.
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As soon as they got into Roman pushed Koda into the living room, telling him to have a seat. Koda and Roman sat in silence waiting for Kandice to join them, she stood in the garage trying to calm herself down. As mad as she was, Kandice did not want to completely lash out at her son. Koda was staring at his hands when she entered the room, his hair was thrown on top of his head in a messy bun. He looked every bit like his father, there was no denying that.
Roman looked at his wife then at his son before speaking. He knew she was still too upset to say anything to him. “Before we say anything to you, the punishment you get is not because of the sex its because of the disrespect, Koda.”
“I apologize for that.”
“At this point, Koda, just don’t talk unless we ask you a question. Nothing you say is gonna make this any better,” Roman spoke calmly. He stared at his son, who still had his head down afraid to look up. “You called us so neither of us would call you while yall were doin’ what you were doin’ so don’t tell us that you guys got carried away or it was an accident. It was planned.”
“We trusted you to be here by yourself for a few days and that’s the shit you do, Koda. Not only am I pissed at you but I’m disappointed and hurt,” Kandice said sitting on the coffee table in front of Koda. “Look at me.” His head rose slowly looking into his mama’s red eyes. This was the last thing he wanted to do. “Your father didn’t want to leave you here by yourself. He wanted to send you to stay at Jimmy’s house. But I convinced him to let you stay home and to leave you his keys. I did that because I trusted you would do right, Koda.”
“Please don’t cry, Mama. I didn’t mean to make you cry.” He tried to wipe her tears only for her to move away from him. His heart sunk as he watched her get up and move away from him. The tears he was holding in had started to fall, he wiped them away quickly. Roman pulled her into his lap, he didn’t realize how upset his wife was.
“There will be no driving to school, one of us will take you. No electronics period,” Roman told him in the calmest tone he could manage. “You’ll go to school, go to practice and come straight home. Outside of playing in your games there will be no going out until we decide otherwise. No company, that includes your cousins. No pool. And I know we don’t need to say this but school better be the only time you see Parker. Understood?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Wipe your face, son and pick ya head up. You’re a man, never put your head down no matter what.”
Finally calm enough, Kandice stared at Koda trying to get her words together in her head. She knew one day Koda would start having sex, but she hoped she would never see it and it wouldn’t be in her house. “You have such a bright future, Koda. What if we hadn’t come home, yall broke up somewhere down the line, she got mad and said you raped her?” Kandice questioned softly. Her question made Koda think, there was a boy at his school a couple of years ago who had that exact thing happen to him. Even though it wasn’t true by the time that was found out, all if his scholarship opportunities were gone. “Your father and I can do a lot for you, but we can’t get you out of that. I know this isn’t something that you wanna discuss with me and that’s fine but talk to your dad.” Koda nodded, sniffling a little. There were still tears in Kandice’s eyes. “Did you even use protection,” Kandice asked. Roman intertwined their fingers, rubbing the back of her hand with his thumb. Looking around the room nervously, Koda scratched his bare arm trying to avoid the stares of his parents. “Don’t make me ask again, Makai.”
“The first time.”
“How many fucki—,” Kandice started to yell. She covered her face with her hand, laughing a little to herself. “And the other times, Koda?”
“I um I forgot. And she told me she was on the pill so I just went with it,” he explained quickly.
Roman and Kandice both sucked their teeth at his answer. “Birth control doesn’t always work, Koda. And that only protects her from getting pregnant not from any diseases.”
“You think I gave you those condoms for my own good? You think I bought them for me,” Roman asked through gritted teeth. “I don’t need them, Koda. I have a wife and a job, if I get her pregnant I can take care of everything. I’m not having sex with anyone but her and vice versa, we’re clean. They were for you to protect yourself. What do I tell you every time you go somewhere, Koda?”
“Use a hat, if I bring babies in here Mama will kill me.” He mumbled.
Kandice put her head on Roman’s shoulder. Her eyes were closed as she took a few deep breaths. “I don’t wanna talk about this any longer, I’m ready to go to bed, Roman.” He nodded, releasing her from his lap so they both could get up. Kandice went over to Koda and held her hand out without saying a word, she watched Koda pull his phone from his pocket and place it in her hand. “Just in case you weren’t sure, when your father goes on that European tour next week, you will no longer be going. “
“Come on, Ma. Please let me go,” he pled looking between his parents.
Kandice put her head on Roman’s chest, sighing softly, “Talk to your son, Roman.”
“Me taking you on that tour was a reward, a privilege, Koda. You don’t deserve to go anymore,” Roman explained. “How can I trust you to do what I ask over there while I work when I can’t even trust you to do it here? You disobeyed us and disrespected our house, that’s unacceptable. We don’t trust you, it’s just as simple as that.”
“But, Pop,” Koda started only to be cut off by Roman.
“I’m tired and my patience is real fuckin’ thin with you right now. Stop tryin’ me or you’re gonna end up on your ass. Go on upstairs, change your sheets and go to bed, Koda.”
Walking behind his parents up the stairs, Koda sulked silently to himself. Him and his cousins had been talking about their upcoming trip for months, When their dads told them that they were going they couldn’t hide their excitement. They had wanted to tag along with their fathers since they were little and it was finally happening. Except now, Koda would miss it. And with everything going on, he wasn’t sure how it would be in the house with just him, Haleigh and his Mama. Especially since she was pissed at him.
Roman sat on the side of the bed in only a pair of briefs, watching his wife change her clothes. She was still crying, trying to hide it from him but he knew better. He got under their covers with the sheets pulled back on her side waiting for her to come to bed.
“Stop crying, beautiful. It’s alright,” he whispered as she got into bed. She slid closer to him, wrapping her arms and legs around him, trying to find comfort in his arms. “Talk to me, tell me why you’re crying.”
“I’m just so fucking disappointed and hurt, Ro. He knows how much I fight for him to do stuff and get stuff, but he does this.” She stressed wiping her eyes. “I don’t care about him having sex, that was gonna happen regardless. It’s him bringing her here, him lying to me and all. It’s not like him, he’s not disrespectful that’s Hae’s thing.”
“I’m sure he knows now, Kandi. He didn’t realize how real everything was until he saw you crying. Koda likes hanging with me and all the shit we do together but he’s a mama’s boy. Seeing you cry hurt him more than anything we could ever do to him.”
She scoffed trying to wipe her eyes. “The only thing he was worried about was not going on that trip.”
“You know why he was pushing to still go with me?” Roman asked. She shook her head, snuggling closer to him. “Cause he knows that he’ll be home with you. Princess is always gone at practice, with her aunts or friends so she’s not gonna be here to deflect.”
“I’m not sure I even want him here with me. Bringing that fast ass girl in my house and thought she was just gonna skate her ass up outta here. Lil heffa was gonna leave my baby hanging.” She pouted making Roman laugh. He kissed her forehead a few times between his laughter. “You and your baby will be fine. I’m sure you’ll talk to him at some point between now and then.”
“Whatever, Reigns. For now though, he better stay out of my way.”
The next morning, Roman got up to get Haleigh from her friend’s house leaving Koda and Kandice alone for a little while. She had planned on going to church and going by the bakery to check on her employees, but she wasn’t up to it. In place of going to church, she got up early to watch the service on television and fix breakfast. “Good morning, Mama,” Koda said kissing her cheek. She didn’t reply, she continued cracking eggs for the pancake batter. Kandice was still upset with him, her feelings were still hurt. “Do you need any help?” She shook her head, concentrating on the batter in front of her.
“Mama!”
Kandice shook her head at her loud daughter. Whenever Haleigh was gone more than a day she acts like it’s been months since they last saw her. “Stop yelling, Hae. I’m in the kitchen, girl.” The thirteen year old ran into the kitchen, throwing her arms around her mama and kissed her face. Kandice laughed as she pushed her off and threatened her with the whisk in her hand. “You missed me, Mama? You were sad without me, huh?” Haleigh asked trying to steal a piece of fruit Kandice had already cut up. “Don’t put your nasty hands in food that we have to eat, Hae,” Kandice scolded playfully, “And nope. Cause I definitely didn’t miss you yelling in my house and all in my face.” She kissed her mama one more time then went to Koda, jumping on him and asked him the same question she had asked Kandice. “Get off your brother and go put your stuff up, Hae. I’ll be finish in a little bit.”
As Haleigh was running out of the kitchen, Roman was coming in. He stopped her to remind her not to run in the house. He put his hands on Koda’s shoulders, gripping them tightly. “Mornin’, son.” Koda looked over shoulder at his father, giving him a sad smile. He was glad Roman wasn’t mad at him as well but it didn’t make him feel any better. “Mornin’, Pops. I’ma go wash my hands and stuff,” he sighed looking sadly towards his mama. Roman watched him leave the kitchen with his hands stuffed in the pockets of his basketball shorts and his head down. He knew all of this was taking a toll on Koda but he knew that his son would learn his lesson at the end of all of this.
“How long are you gonna ignore him?” Roman asked leaning on the counter beside the stove. Kandice flipped a few pancakes before responding. “Until I can talk to him without wanting to scream at him.”
“Fair enough,’ Roman shrugged, “You need me to take this stuff to the table, baby?”
“Please. I’ll be done in like five minutes. Get the juice and water,too.”
Fortunately for Koda, Haleigh talked the entire time the family sat and ate breakfast. Roman was the only one actively participating in her conversation, Kandice chimed in whenever Haleigh asked for her opinion but Koda was silent. He ate his breakfast, glancing around the table but avoided looking in the direction of his mama.
“Is Parker coming over today? She promised to put those fishbone braids in my hair,” Haleigh said looking at her big brother. She had grown closer to Parker since Koda had began dating her. Silence played over the table, Kandice dropped her fork onto her plate staring across the table at her husband and son, waiting for Koda to look up or open his mouth. “Sooo,” Haleigh sung out, “Is she coming or what, Koda?”
“Not today, Princess. Your mama can do it for you, I’m sure.”
Roman smiled at his daughter, watching her until she went back to eating then turned his attention to his wife. He shook his head at her knowing that she was about to say something hurtful or smart. Kandice held his stare for a few seconds before rolling her eyes and getting up from the table with her plate and glass.
“Where you goin’, Mama,” Haleigh asked loudly.
“To mind my business, Haleigh Marie. And stop all that yelling.”
“Well, you don’t have to be so sassy about it, Ma.” She joked stuffing her last piece of bacon in her mouth.
“Not today, Hae. Today is not the day,” Kandice told her as she passed through the dining room.
“When is it ever,” she laughed.
Kandice stopped at the bottom of the staircase, trying to decide whether or not she wanted to go back into the dining room and give her youngest a piece of her mind. Ultimately, she decided against it realizing that her problem was not with Haleigh but with Koda. It took a lot but she kept walking up the stairs, headed for her room.
“I’m warning you now, Haleigh. Your mama isn’t in a good mood, maybe it’s best you don’t poke at her like that.” Roman suggested. He grabbed his plate and a few other dishes from the table and stood to take them to the kitchen. “Grab the rest of these dishes so we can clean up.”
“What’s wrong with Mama,” Haleigh whispered. Koda shook his head gathering dishes. “Don’t worry about it, Hae. It’s nothin’.” She gasped at her brother as she hit his shoulder playfully. “You broke something didn’t you. What was it?” Koda shook his head continuing to the kitchen with his sister trailing behind him.
Rowan Whitethorn Galathynius ~ Prince of Doranelle ~ Buzzard
“You make me want to live, Rowan”
Today we’ve got Daddy Ro! It’s a bit rushed and I just got the blender pen so It might not look too good but I’m working on it guys. So we’ve got his name in green because of Terrasen and blue and some yellow because he’s Aelin’s (and mine of course) hubby; then the crown of Terrasen and the feather because he’s our buzzard.
I just really love him and adore his character development through th series.
Now, if you have any suggestions leave them on my ask!
