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“I’m not trying to scold you or anything but you’re keeping yourself at full capacity all hours of the day.” She adds.
So she has been following me too.
“I’m just used to it. I didn’t have the best family growing up and I don’t want to end up like them. I want a family one day and being able to provide, function, and be there for them is my goal. I want to be a man they can rely on.”
I never confessed that to anyone but I was able to figure out my life and be who I am today.
“You are, Dean. Look at all the beautiful things you achieved. You’re already that man.”
We lock eyes. The voices are at peace when I’m near her. Sucked into the vacuum of her paralyzing entity. Something about her personality is strumming on my heartstrings and it creates the most beautiful harmonies.
“Thank you for saying that. I appreciate it.” I am. Every single word.
We occupy ourselves with light conversations. I eat the rest of the pizza while Lenny knocks beer bottles like candies. I keep telling myself she needs it, I got her. I rather her doing it under my supervision than some fucker who might hurt her.
She sighs. “What’s the weirdest tattoo you’ve ever inked?”
I cackle, “I can’t even say it out loud.” A mouthful of the cheesy delicacy gushes my tastebuds.
“Come on,” she places her forearms on her thighs, leaning forward. “Now you have to.”
I sigh.
“This guy walks in, telling me he wants an alien with three heads, six legs, and a long pierced tongue.”
“Pierced how?”
“Three side-hoop piercings,” I recall.
She flashes a bright smile. “Sick!”
I nod, reminiscing on the old days. “Yeah, up until here it was.”
She places her knuckles under her chin and her elbows on her legs, “Then what?”
“Everything escalated. I’m talking a sharp incline down the rollercoaster without ever coming back up.”
“Ohh,” she slightly bounces in place, “Tell me.”
“I asked him if he wants to add anything else and he added six nipples, an alien dick which I came up with, and sperm flying in space.” I press the rim of the bottle to my lips, sipping the cold liquid.
“Wow, the details.” Pursing her lips tightly, she holds her laughter captive.
Not for long.
“It was in the early days of my career and at that moment I said fuck it, I know I can execute it. So I did. We said our silent goodbyes and pretended like it never happened.” At least I did.
Scar purrs at her side, searching for her touch.
Little fucker.
“Shame, I would’ve liked that photo on your socials.” Giggling, she goes to sit on the chair next to me with Scar on her tail—I think he’s in love with her—already.
“Not even tempted.” I shake my head sideways. “I got another quirky one, a vagina for good measure. She wanted it, it was tempting I admit. I think that was my best work, the realism was magnetizing.” My grin curves up higher.
Mouth agape, she comments, “I’m in shock. Why would someone tattoo a vagina…?”
“Weird tattoos are fine but people who don’t have boundaries are not. I hope not, but you’ll probably bump into individuals who will take their clothes off and think it would be okay to tattoo them like that. Or others who will offer you a different way to pay for their tattoos because apparently, they don’t have money. You know there is some shit you’d have to deal with. But I’ll do my best to protect you from it. I promise.”
