"Oops, that's Joyce," Yuri said as he ran to his mother's room.
✧˖°.✧˖˚▹ₓ˚. ୭ ˚○◦˚.˚◦○˚ ୧ .˚ₓ༺༄ؘ 𝓒𝓱𝓪𝓹𝓽𝓮𝓻 7 ༄ؘ༻ₓ˚ .୧ ˚○◦˚.˚◦○˚ ୭˚▹ₓ˚.✧˖°.✧
"Thanks for bringing me on a walk, that was nice," Ariani said to her boyfriend.
His face remained poker as he stared at his girlfriend. "Um, you're welcome, but you need to be nicer to your fans."
"They gotta be nicer to me!" Ariani replied. "They bring me so much stress sometimes."
"And so much money 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦," Ravon shot back. "You can't just call a little kid dumb! What is wrong with you?"
"Hey! Don't assume shit's wrong with me just 'cause I called a little kid what they are! I'm just being truthful."
𝘋𝘪𝘯𝘨!
Ariani's phone vibrated in her hand. "Oh, I think Valeria finally texted me back."
𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘢𝘴𝘬, Ravon thought.
"Who's Valeria?"
"My best friend."
"What'd she say?"
"Why do you wanna know? What we talk 'bout isn't any of your business."
Ravon stayed silent as Ariani pressed a button on her phone.
Ariani rolled her eyes. "But I'll tell you anyway, since it ain't that important. She said 'Call now.'"
"Then why don't you call her?"
Ariani turned her phone so that her boyfriend could see the screen. "What am I doing now?"
Ravon sighed and stared at a pair of stunning heels in a corner of his girlfriend's room.
Finally, Valeria picked up the phone.
"Hiiii!" Ariani smiled.
"Hey!" Valeria replied.
"What's so important that you ain't gon' say it through text?"
"Girl... they're makin' up lies about you."
"Huh? Who? Why're they making up lies? When'd they do that? What lies?"
"Wait, I'm about to show you the link."
"Ugh, is it the paparazzi again? They're so damn annoying."
"Yeah, it's probably paparazzi again. Look at the link I just sent you."
Ariani went to visit the link while staying on the call.
"Girl, just look at the headline!"
Ariani looked, and her eyes widened in shock and anger.
"Ravon! Look what that stupid woman did to me!"
"What woman?" Ravon asked. As soon as he read the headline, his question was answered. "𝘈𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘪 𝘙𝘰𝘴é 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘢 𝘒𝘪𝘥 𝘋𝘶𝘮𝘣 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨... 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘊𝘳𝘺."
Ariani smacked her teeth. "And makes him cry? He wasn't even crying!"
"Wait, what woman?" Valeria asked.
"Ugh, just a woman we encountered on a walk. I just called her son dumb and annoying so she threatened to ruin my reputation."
"You called her son dumb and annoying?!" Valeria gasped in surprise. "I didn't think you was that... that short-tempered."
"Ugh, yeah, but he 𝘸𝘢𝘴 dumb and annoying."
"Ariani... that ain't good."
"I tried to tell her," Ravon replied.
Ariani turned to her boyfriend and snapped at him like she was some type of crocodile. "Who was talking to you?"
"No one, but I was talking to Valeria, not you."
"Ugh, how dare you? Get outta my sight! I don't wanna see you!"
"If you don't wanna see me then close your eyes. Let me talk to Valeria for a lil' bit."
"Um, no!"
"Just let him talk to me, It'll be quick."
Ariani sighed and rolled her eyes. She was about to hand her phone over to Ravon but quickly dodged his hand as soon as he was about to take it.
"Ugh, call her yourself!"
"I need her number. Valeria, give me your number."
"301-987-"
Ariani hung up on her best friend. "You aren't ever gonna get her number, no matter how bad you want it."
"Oh my gosh, I just wanna talk."
"What would you need to talk to her for? You can talk to me!"
"I can't just talk to one bitch. I need variety."
Even though Ravon was just joking, Ariani gasped over-climatically and ran to the door.
"Ariani, I was just-"
𝘚𝘓𝘈𝘔!
"Joking."
Ravon sighed and took his phone. He turned it on and texted Ariani saying, "I was just joking. I only want to talk to you and only you. I love you."
𝘚𝘩𝘦'𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵, Ravon thought.
𝓐𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓲🩷🫶🏾💞
<(𝙳𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚎!)
He sighed in disappointment.
(𝚠𝚑𝚢 𝚗𝚘𝚝? 𝚒 𝚊𝚕𝚛 𝚝𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚓𝚘𝚔𝚎)>
𝓐𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓲🩷🫶🏾💞
<(𝚈𝚎𝚊 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞)
<(𝚆𝚑𝚢 𝚠𝚞𝚍 𝚞 𝚓𝚘𝚔𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝)
(𝚖𝚋 𝚒 𝚓𝚞𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚠𝚎 𝚠𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚝)>
𝓐𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓲🩷🫶🏾💞
<(𝚆𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚏 𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚍𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗)
(𝚊𝚕𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚝)>
(𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚒 𝚍𝚘 𝚜𝚘 𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚊𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚎)>
𝓐𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓲🩷🫶🏾💞
<(𝙸'𝚖 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚔𝚒𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚗)
<(𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚘 𝚘𝚗 𝚞𝚛 𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚐𝚒𝚗 𝚗 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗)
(𝚏𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚔𝚔𝚔𝚔𝚔𝚔𝚔 𝚗𝚘 𝚍𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚍)>
𝓐𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓲🩷🫶🏾💞
<(𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙸'𝚕𝚕 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚊𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞)
(𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢 𝚖𝚊𝚍 𝚒𝚐🤷🏾♂️)>
𝓐𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓲🩷🫶🏾💞
<(𝚄𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚢 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞)
(𝚕𝚖𝚊𝚘𝚘𝚘𝚘 𝚗𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝)>
(𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚞𝚟 𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚘 𝚜𝚘 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑)>
𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝓐𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓲🩷🫶🏾💞
Ravon sighed and turned his phone off.
𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢'𝘴 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘸, Ravon thought. 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦.
✧˖°.✧˖˚▹ₓ˚. ୭ ˚○◦˚.˚◦○˚ ୧ .˚ₓ༄ؘₓ˚ .୧ ˚○◦˚.˚◦○˚ ୭˚▹ₓ˚.✧˖°.✧˖°.✧˖˚▹ₓ˚. ୭ ˚○✧˖°.✧
"Mom."
There was no answer for a few seconds so Ariani walked out of the kitchen and ran to her mother's room. There was no one there.
"Mom! Mom, where are you?"
Ariani couldn't find her mother so she texted her saying, "Hi Mom, where are you?"
𝘜𝘨𝘩, 𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥, Ariani thought. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘥𝘰? 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘥𝘴... 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮... 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘢 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦. 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘧 '𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵... 𝘯𝘰. 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘰. 𝘜𝘨𝘩, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨! 𝘔𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳!
She didn't know what else to do, so she decided to go through her camera roll and delete some unnecessary photos.
𝘜𝘨𝘩, 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘶𝘣é𝘯, Ariani thought. 𝘜𝘨𝘩, 𝘙𝘶𝘣é𝘯 𝘓𝘢𝘥𝘳ó𝘯. 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘏𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥-- 𝘯𝘰! 𝘏𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥! 𝘏𝘦'𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘥. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳... 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴.
Ariani swiped to the next photo.
𝘖𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘴𝘩, 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘴𝘰 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦! 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢, 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩. 𝘐'𝘮 𝘮𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘙𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘯, 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦... 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘏𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘙𝘶𝘣é𝘯.
She swiped once more.
𝘔𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘮 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘴𝘰 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘰𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘴𝘩! 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩, '𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘪𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦... 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘮. 𝘐 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯, 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘢𝘪𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘐'𝘮 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴... 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘪𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬.
𝘋𝘪𝘯𝘨!
Ariani stared at the notification that popped up on her phone.
𝘔𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬! 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺.
𝙼𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚢
<(𝚂𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚢 𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚢. 𝚆𝚊𝚜 𝙸 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐?)
<(𝙸'𝚖 𝚊𝚝 𝚊 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘!)
<(𝙷𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝙹𝚊𝚑𝚕𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚗𝚜𝚘𝚗. 𝙷𝚎'𝚜 𝚊 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚋𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚝𝚋𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚞 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚜!)
<(𝙸'𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚒𝚗 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎, 𝟹 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚓𝚊𝚑𝚕𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚜𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚞 𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚗 𝚞𝚙 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕!)
(𝙲𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚗 𝚞𝚙?! 𝙸 𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚗𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚍)>
𝙼𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚢
<(𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗. 𝙲𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚗 𝚞𝚙, 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜.)
(𝚃𝚌𝚑, 𝚘𝚔)>
Ariani decided to turn off her phone and sleep the long hours away.