Chapter 23: Chapter 22

Romeo arrived late to school on Thursday morning. Instead of heading straight to his class, he went to the consumer’s department, where he knew Halo would be. He arrived at the door and saw through the glass part of the door Halo standing with his back facing his direction.

Romeo quickly checked his appearance to make sure that he was good, then snuck into the class and told everyone to keep quiet.

Romeo walked over to Halo quietly while everyone watched him. He stopped behind Halo and snaked his arms around Halo’s waist, who immediately tensed but calmed down when he smelled that it was Romeo.

Just as he remembered Romeo’s name, he grew angry and said while he gripped a knife in his hand, “Romeo Isaiah Washington.”

“Yes,” Romeo answered timidly and popped a kiss against his neck.

Halo wanted to sigh, feeling Romeo’s plump lips where they always kissed, but he was too angry. Romeo went awol on his ass and here he was now, holding him and kissing him as though nothing was wrong?

Halo forced his elbow into Romeo’s ribs and said, “Boy, your black ass better let me go.”

“Okay,” Romeo winced and stepped back. He looked at Halo, who turned around with a wet knife in his hands and the couple stared at each other for a moment, which made everyone else feel awkward.

The head of the department quickly waved everyone over to hurry and get out and closed the door behind herself.

Romeo turned to look around once. He saw everyone was gone and raised a confused brow. He turned back to Halo and said, “So they all respect you now?”

Halo looked around, then back at Romeo and said, “On your knees.”

Romeo was surprised and opened his mouth to say something, but the look in Halo’s eyes told him to just do what he said.

Romeo got down on his knees in front of Halo and looked up at him. Halo raised his hand and smacked Romeo across the face and pointed his finger at Romeo who cupped his cheek and looked at him stunned, “If you ever, ever fucking ditch me again without telling me why I will stab you with this knife, do you understand me?”

Romeo nodded his head and said, “I deserved that.”

“Get up!” Halo ordered and Romeo got up quick. He stood tall against Halo and as he looked down at Halo, Halo wrapped his arms around Romeo and started crying, “I missed you, you fucking idiot!”

“I know, and I am so sorry. I just had to leave, but I will explain to you later what happened, okay? I don’t plan to go to class, so how about you skip what you are doing and I take you out? I really want to make up for dropping you,” Romeo said.

Halo pouted and nodded his head. He looked up at Romeo and said, “Fine, but you better take me somewhere nice.”

Romeo grinned, “I have a place in mind.”

*

Romeo and Halo sat down at the table. Romeo looked over at Halo and saw him jumping in his seat happily while looking at the menu. “You can order everything,” Romeo said.

Halo looked over at him and nodded. “I will.”

They waved the waitress over and Halo ordered all the cheesecakes off the menu while Romeo ordered a rack of ribs and a steak.

Halo looked over at Romeo and asked, “So, I want you to tell me now.”

Romeo sighed as he looked over at Halo. He then looked around the cafe to make sure no one was near them. He turned back to Halo and said in almost a whisper, “The drugs didn’t sell well at school, so I was punished.”

Halo froze as he looked at Romeo and whispered back, “Are you kidding me?!”

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Halo looked over at Romeo and asked, “Explain.”

Romeo shrugged. “So, Gregg from the baseball team tested positive for Nuse, a drug we push and it raised flags last month so, that’s why the police were doing a search. They did not find drugs on us, but because the flag was raised, our customers slowed down, making things difficult for us. Our boss was not happy, but she at least did not kill us. We still got paid but had to do dirty work.”

Their food arrived and leading to Romeo stopping his explanation. They looked at the ten cheesecakes on the table, but Halo was not interested in eating anymore. 

Romeo pushed the passionfruit cheesecake over to Halo and said, “Eat up or I will not continue.”

Halo frowned. He grabbed the fork and started eating. Romeo smirked and continued, “We had to work, or mostly myself and Cordell, because if all of us stay out of school, things will seem off.”

“But I don’t understand. How did you get into all of this?” Halo asked him.

Romeo looked down at the table as he answered, “We were kidnapped one day and told that we have the loyalty that is needed in the mob. We could kill a woman and all three of us did not waste a second and pulled the triggers.”

Halo’s eyes widened in disbelief. He looked at Romeo and hissed, “You killed someone?”

Romeo sighed and nodded his head slowly. “I have killed many over the last two years.”

“But why?” Halo asked and stood up.

Romeo reached over the table and pulled Halo down to sit. “Sit your ass down and don’t scream,” Romeo hissed.

Halo sat down slowly after he felt his wrist was squeezed hard. He looked at Romeo who continued, “You wanted to know and now you do, don’t make me regret telling you because both of us won’t like it.”

“Are you threatening me?” Halo asked him. He was slightly terrified of the Romeo in front of him right now.

“Yes, and you better keep it to yourself Halo, no one can find out about this, especially your friends. I am telling you this because I am your husband!” Romeo growled at him and squeezed his hand around Halo’s wrist, who struggled to pull his arm away.

Romeo let go of him and said, “I told you I see you in my future looking after our kids. You have to have my back, Halo and I will have yours.”

Halo rubbed his wrist and said nothing. He continued eating and ignored Romeo, who just shook his head and ate his food that was brought over.

Halo thought it was simple but Romeo’s life seemed far more dangerous than just selling drugs at school.

* 

Romeo dropped Halo off at home and went home. When he walked into the house, he handed his mother an envelope with money in it and said, “Here’s this month’s money.”

Lilian looked at her son before taking it, then said, “Thank you.”

Romeo dropped onto his bed and couldn’t stop thinking about Halo. Halo did not take the news well, so the next step with him was difficult to guess.

Just as he was falling asleep, his phone buzzed in his pocket. He pulled it out and saw that it was a message from Halo. Opening it, he read: You owe me 15 pizzas, 12 boxes of doughnuts, but don’t think I forgive you for ditching me.

Romeo smiled. He sent Cordell a message to deliver a sweet and sour chicken pizza to Halo’s home and went to sleep. He needed to rest. His time in the warehouse was exhausting.

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