You're My Reason

by K.C. Mills

If Ari needed me, I was there because that’s just how things were between us. The woman drove me batshit crazy, but she was undeniably the best part of me, my other half, my rider, and also a pain in my ass.

After stripping out my clothes and starting the shower, I pressed my palms against the marble counters, staring at myself in the mirror. Ten years had gone by fast. I’d changed in so many ways while still remaining the same in others. I had a little more weight on me, facial hair, a lot more ink, but the kid who didn’t know if he would make it was still staring back at me and guess what… I fucking made it.

“Ari, I know you heard me. Answer the fucking question.”

“Never let a man push you to the point where you gotta get outta character. Ain’t no man worth your freedom or mine, ’cause the first time one gets out of pocket with you, I get out of pocket with them.”

I pouted, knowing that it wouldn’t have mattered if I had called Dre or not. He showed his hand when he defended his wife over me and even made a point of explaining to her that I wasn’t anyone important. Just a bad decision that he regrets and wasn’t worth losing his family over. He made this declaration right before he kissed her with the same mouth that had been on my pussy only moments before she showed up.

I’m not sad, just angry. It shouldn’t be this hard to be happy.” “You make that shit hard by trying to force things that you know don’t fit.”

I loved that girl with everything that I was and would take down the city on her behalf. She was my best friend, even though she got on my first, middle, and last nerve, but there wasn’t a thing in this world she wanted that I wouldn’t make happen if it was within my power. If it wasn’t within reach, then I would still find a way.

“What I think is you’re scared to want what you think you might not be able to have. Fear makes you settle. Courage makes you cum back-to-back from the best dick you’ve ever had in your life. The choice should be simple, Ari. So very simple.”

Kiss me, just this once, so I can experience what it feels like to physically love you the way my heart has always loved you.

“They say that friends make the best lovers. I can’t wait to find out.”

I lifted enough to travel down her body, parting her thighs before my fingers parted her lower lips and my tongue began to explore. For this one, I would take my time. There was no need to rush because… She belonged to me too.

“Yeah, I’ma marry yo’ goofy ass when we’re ready, and we can have a hundred little freckle-faced babies that look just like you, a’ight? That good enough?” “So are we talking—” “Ari, stop. Shut yo’ ass up before I do it for you, and we already know I had to give you a learning curve for this dick ’cause you weren’t ready.”