It Started with Mocha (Short story)

ISWM|Chapter 6

He chose who he wanted, now it was my turn to do the same.

" No!" I pull him off of me, some of his cologne lingering on my robe. "You need to go and be with Tina."

" And do what? Pretend like I love her?" He asked.

" This ain't about love, this is about you ego! You feel like Everytime shit isn't going your way, you have to try and put a stop to everything. Look what you created! You wanted Tina but can't stand when I allowed you to have her. Now, I'm treating myself to some potential dick and you can't handle it."

He ruffles his dreads to the back, showing off that big ass forehead. His hands on his waist, trying to come up with something to keep me in the house.

" Go to Tina, you have to go Din."

I wasn't going to say it again, I needed him to live his life and live mine. As I stood in the loneliness of my own living room, I felt liberated. I felt like I can breathe, and my feelings for Din was about to be behind me for once.

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That same night

Narrator

It wasn't suppose to be like this. Din having Tina on his arm, her smiling like she's won a prize. The ride was so silent that Tina was scared herself to ask what was wrong with Din.

Din haven't felt right about Tina, since he got back with her. She's been hiding her phone, constantly changing her passwords and getting short with him as though he was the problem with everything that's going on in her life. As soon as the date was to commence, she was wearing that smile again.

The restaurant was about 45 minutes out, and of course the passenger princess had her choice of music playing on the radio. Some soft R&B music lingering in the air, with her snapping her fingers to the tune.

"This my song." She moaned.

Din said nothing, waiting at the red light as he noticed some traffic. He sighed, putting his head on the armrest and rubbing his temple. He had a headache going on, that name- Emanuel, wasn't sitting right with him as he knew it from somewhere.

Emanuel?

45+

In real estate and the best friend of the boss at the job? The details were coming together, but wasn't quite there.

" What's wrong?" Tina finally spoke up.

"Nothing, it's nothing."

" Doesn't seem like nothing. Look, if its about me and my phone situation, I can explain all that-

" It's nothing, Tina. Just go back to doing whatever you were doing."

Tina didnt like that. She paused the music with her phone, and looked at Din.

" I'm not liking your attitude. You're making me feel unwanted and if that's the case, them maybe we should just break up."

That wasnt a bad idea, not a bad idea at all. But for whatever reason, Din wanted to see if this was really for him. He put his hand on Tina's thigh, calming her down as it was one of her love gestures.

The sushi restaurant was semi packed. Ryn looking around for Emanuel as he was late getting there. He was suppose to have picked her up, but, he had some loose ends to tie up before he had to leave the house. That was twenty minutes ago. She sat in a booth, sitting pretty and turning heads. She knew what she looked like but, how would Emanuel take it?

Was she his type?

Did he just want her because she was younger? More impressionable? She'll be damned if she was anyones fool, she knew what she was getting herself into when she took his mumber down.