ONE YEAR LATER

"Sorry mama, he'll be here in like five minutes," Nai smiled nervously, coming back in the room.

"It's okay, Pea, just come sit down," Nadira replied, patting the seat next to her. Nayeli and Nadira were in for the final tasting for the food for their reception.

After Armani proposed on Nai's graduation day, they decided on a day, and immediately began planning. Of course, Nadira was planning her daughter's wedding. She wasn't going to have it any other way.

So far, they'd secured a venue, a caterer, DJ, photographer and videographer.

Nai chose her bridesmaids, as well. Samara would be her maid of honor, Aubrielle, Amora, Pheonyx, November, Josefina and Camila were her bridesmaids. Amani and Cianna were junior bridesmaids and Sarai was the flower girl.

Armani chose Duck ad his best man, of course. Tripp, Josiah, Dallas, Israel, Kareem and Kingston were his groomsmen, while Ajani and Omari were junior groomsmen and they were trying to see if they could get one of his little cousins to be the ring bearer.

Exactly five minutes later, Armani bursted through the door, still in his work uniform, breathing heavily.

"Sorry I'm late," he huffed.

"It's okay, honey, just come sit," Dira waved him over, and he sat next to his fiancée who's eyes were narrowed in his direction.

"How many times did I tell you what time this was at, Keandre?" she asked him quietly.

"I'm sorry, mamas. I really am, I just lost track of time. I'll be on time to...what's next week again?" he asked, making her suck her teeth. "I'm kidding, baby! I'll be on time to the engagement shoot, I swear," he smiled at her, knowing she could never stay mad at him for anything.

"You better, I'll fight you, Armani. I swear I will," she threatened and he simply leaned forward and kissed her lips gently. "That doesn't change anything," she rolled her eyes playfully and he laughed.

"Baby, spend the night with me, please man. I miss you," Mani groaned, leaning up against his car, Nai standing in between his legs.

Nai still stayed at her parents house. She found it very pointless to get an apartment if she was just going to be moving in with Armani in September.

"I don't know," she said, teasingly. "I'll have to see. I'm a busy girl, Armani,"

"Busy my ass, you comin' home with me," he said again, pulling her toward him.

"You can't make me, what if I don't want to?" she giggled, and he smacked her on her butt hard, making her jump, and he chuckled.

"Stop acting up and bring yo ass home," he muttered, kissing her lips, making her melt in his arms.

"Okay," she grinned, making him laugh loudly. "You gonna buy me food?"

"I can, greedy ass girl. We just ate all that food in there," he joked, opening the car door for her to get in.

"Them childish ass portions! You better feed me," she laughed. He got in on the other side, and since she rode with Dira, she didn't have to worry about her car. On their way back to Duck and Armani's apartment, they stopped for chick fil a.

"Hey Ducky! How was your day?" Nai smiled, seeing Duck on the couch, eating cookies.

"Hey sis, it was long as hell, yo daddy and them work. All day."

"Yeah, he used to make me work on bring your child to work day...so there's that," she chuckled, plopping on the couch with him to eat, since Mani had to shower and everything. "How's noon? Y'all doing okay?" she asked. November hadn't had the chance to move down to Atlanta for different reasons, she and Duck were both hoping she'd be here before the wedding for good.

"This long distance shit hard," he groaned. "I ain't seen her since...I think the end of March? Nigga I am suffering. Ain't had a kiss, ain't had no ass—"

"Demar!" Nai laughed, slapping his arm.

"My bad," he chuckled. "But yeah, she supposed to be coming back soon,"

"That's good, I can't wait to see my sis," she smiled.

"I'm sure she can't wait either, she bought her bridesmaids dress and she been pressed to show me ever since. Every time we get on the phone she like 'bae ain't it cute?' like yes, I seen it six times already," he chuckled.

"Leave her alone, Duck," she laughed. They settled in after talking, just watching whatever Duck had playing on the tv until Armani came from the back, shirtless in some baseball shorts to eat his food.

"Baby, we finna get on the game, you wanna—"

"I'm going to lay down, bye," she chuckled, making them both laugh as she retreated to Armani's bedroom. She was tired and worn out from her day, she had two interviews at two different agencies and then two ballet classes, one of which was advanced. She had to go to the florist and the seamstress with her mom and she did it all before 6, so now at 8, she was exhausted.

She changed from her clothes into a shirt of his, leaning back in his bed and cutting on the tv, pulling her phone out to text back her bridesmaids in their group chat.

lea🌸: I had to get my dress taken in, but my ass is gonna look good af when it's done 😌

bri bri☀️: mine was too big too! We all some little ass hoes

noona🍃: ummm mine was too small, fuck yall

nyxie💓: bitch mine too. These skinny ass whores

: LMAO yall are so irritating 😭

She laughed before exiting the thread and getting on instagram, and scrolling through pictures until she saw Dallas and Luna. Well, Dallas annoying Luna. She was pregnant, and he fulfilled everyone's predictions, and was carrying on the twin gene in their family.

Luna was going on six months, with two girls, and everyone was so excited. Her baby shower was actually coming up in a few weeks, and Nai couldn't be more happy to meet her little baby cousins, who would probably call her TT. He was also the first in a long time to have two same gender twins, which was exciting.

Almost two hours later, Nai was half sleep, scrolling through tiktok and giggling to herself when Armani came in the room.

"You sleep, mamas?" he asked quietly.

"No," she mumbled back, and he laughed, knowing she was about two blinks away from being knocked out. "I'm not!" she chuckled as he slid in the bed with her finally, making her even more comfortable.

"I missed you all day, mi corazón," he mumbled, running his hand up and down her back, looking down at her peaceful face. "My boss was asking when you're coming back to eat," he mentioned, making her laugh, not even opening her eyes.

"I missed you too, papa. Tell him I will come tomorrow, and it better be a plate waiting for me,"

"I gotchu, baby," he smirked.

Over the next few days, Nayeli followed the same routine. She woke up, applied to new jobs, went to do wedding things with her mom and taught two classes. Armani had been busy every day, so she spent most of her time at home with her siblings or her cousins.

"That's what I'm saying, Nai," Amani shook her head. Amani was now 13, and a full fledged young lady. "I keep telling him stay out my room and then he gets mad at me when he sees a pad on the floor like my gosh! It's my room!" she complained about Ajani.

"Keep them things off the floor! How bout that!" he argued back.

"How bout you keep your funky self out my room, Zyaire! Or knock," she rolled her eyes. Nai and Omari just watched, as this was very typical behavior for the twins. They loved each other one second and wanted to fight the next.

"Can y'all quit the damn fussing! Me and your sister are doing homework!" they heard Nadira from the kitchen. Nai and Omari tried their best not to laugh when the twins immediately shut up and sat down.

A few minutes later, Sarai joined her siblings in the living room while they watched tv, and she immediately went to Omari. Omari was her favorite, she never said it, but she showed it. She liked laying on him because he wouldn't move, and he let her sleep in his room. She was clearly a very spoiled child.

"Mari, can I sit with you, please?" she asked, batting her little eyelashes and Nai smirked, because according to everyone this was exactly how she acted as a kid.

"Mhm, come on," he said, lifting her on to the couch like she wasn't nearly eight years old. It didn't matter how old she got, everyone was always picking her up because everyone in the house was tall. Omari was taller than Nai now, he's only 14. Amani was exactly Nayeli's height and Ajani wasn't far behind Omari.

Nai was the shortest sibling, before Sarai of course, at twenty two years old.

Later on, the siblings were still watching tv, when there was a knock at the door, and Gionni called from the kitchen that he was going to go get it. Nai was so zoned out, watching tv, that she didn't even hear who was at the door until they came in the living room.

"I'm here to steal y'all sister," Mani spoke and her eyes shot over to him. She hadn't seen him in a few days, and she'd been missing him like she always did.

"Hi Mani!" Sarai and Amani said with huge smiles on their faces.

"Wassup y'all? What my girls been up to?" he asked, plopping down on the couch between them. Amani started telling him about school and he listened intently, making Nai smile. She was glad he had such a good relationship with her siblings.

"I'm gonna go get my bag, babe, I'll be back," she informed him and got up off the couch to do so. Once she was packed up enough for the weekend, Nai went into her parents room to tell them goodbye and goodnight.

"My man is taking me, bye y'all," she cheesed, making her mom laugh slightly.

"Bye, child. Don't forget you gotta text me the date you want for your rehearsal dinner so I can make the reservations, okay?" Dira reminded Nai, who nodded.

"Yes ma'am. See y'all later, I love you," she grinned, jumping in their bed to kiss them bye.

"Nayeli," Gionni laughed. "You gon hurt yourself jumping on this damn bed all the time. Be safe, princess, tell Mani we said goodnight" he said.

"Okay, I will. Y'all better tell me you love me or I'm not leaving,"

"Chile we love you, now let me kiss on my husband in peace! Bye Nayeli," Nadira joked and Nai laughed loudly before getting up from their bed and going back downstairs to meet Armani. After she kissed all her siblings goodnight, they went to his car.

"You ready?" he asked, buckling his seatbelt and starting the car. When she did respond, he noticed her staring at him with her eyes narrowed, and he instantly looked around, seeing if she was actually looking at him like that. "What I do?"

"You just come snatch me out my house, ain't say no type of hello, no 'hey baby' no 'how was your day mamas?' no kiss, no hu—" he laughed a little to himself before grabbing her face and pressing repeated kisses to her lips and face.

"Hey baby," he spoke, close to her face before kissing her again.

"Hi," she grinned, leaning back in her seat. He shook his head and they finally left, making their way to his apartment.

Nai stood in the kitchen, washing the dishes after eating then dinner Mani cooked. She always volunteered to clean up after dinner and Duck hated doing it, so he loved when Nai came and he was free of the dishes for a weekend.

Armani came in there to tell her to leave them alone until tomorrow, so they could lay down, but he got distracted by her. She wore his shirt and had her natural hair up in a bun. Her nails were freshly done as well as her toes, and the gold anklet she always wore was shining off her skin, and he was mesmerized.

"May I help you, sir?" she asked, snapping him out of his daze. By the time he got it together, she was completely done, and sliding her engagement ring back on. He couldn't stop himself from staring even is he wanted to. "What, babe?" she chuckled, as he began walking over to her with a look in his eye.

"You so fuckin fine, don't make no damn sense," he mumbled, wrapping his arm around her waist and pulling her into him. "Go in the room and wait for me, sexy ass,"

"But, Duck's here—"

"We just gone have to be quiet then," he chuckled, making her raise her eyebrows, knowing they could get very loud. "Lemme go tell him cut his tv on," he said quickly, and ran off, making Nai bust out laughing.

i was really planning on waiting to post this 💀

lol welcome to season two!

we join our favs a year after their engagement, and only four months before the big dayyyy! who's excited for the wedding chapters, raise your hand 🙋🏾‍♀️

lol but seriously, this was nothing too much, just a cute reintroduction and hello :)

let me know how we're feelinggg, are we excitedddddd? i am lol. leave me some thoughts as usual.

till next time ❤️