Idea & Request by @rueusedbag

"Your one of the top female rappers out right now." The podcast host mentioned smiling at Y/N.

"Yeah, and I did it with no features too!" Y/N boasted leaning back in her chair.

"Everyone on the market wants a collab with you. After your song with Megan Thee Stallion, we want more from you."

Y/N smiled reminiscing on her time with Megan, "I don't know. I mean everyone knows how much I prefer to work with women and queer artists. Those male rappers are very problematic."

"Central Cee has been adamant about wanting to collab with you. How do you feel about that?" Another host asked her making her semi-blush.

"Um, I fuck with Central Cee. He's good but I haven't heard about him wanting to collab." Y/N mentioned.

"He said it in an interview with a late-night talk show host. His fans and your fans have been tagging you in posts for weeks."

Y/N shrugged her shoulders, "I'm not really on social media like that."

"Well, we hope you two collab! Let's move on to your big interview with Vogue!"

Y/N stood out of the chair waving at the hosts once the interview was over. Her sister, Nella was waiting on her in the lobby, "Central Cee, eh?"

Y/N laughed, "How many people have been talking about us?"

"Way too many to count. The audience would like to see it, sis."

"If anything, I'd love to remix an old song of his. Gotta see if they like it before we drop something new." Y/N wasn't really feeling it.

Nella smiled, "Just wait for his team to reach out, don't stress."

Y/N's stomach growled, "Let's get outta here."

Y/N sat in the passenger seat of Nella's jeep. They drove through the LA streets in search of some food. Coming across a food truck, Nella got them some tacos. Y/N moaned at the taste, "My manager had me on a diet, so let's keep this between us."

"Babes, why are you on a diet anyway? Eat whatever you want. We only get one life." Nella broke apart her taco.

"Stage performance and stamina. I still sneak and eat behind her back!" Y/N laughed scrolling through her phone.

"Are you gonna get back online?" Nella asked balling up her trash.

Y/N nodded, "Last time those hoes came for me I almost went to jail."

"You let them get to you way too much. Just ignore it."

Y/N shook her head defensively, "I'll try."

She logged into her Instagram. A plethora of notifications came across her screen. Her social media manager had posted her most recent interview clip. Y/N had Nella take a picture of them and post it. Y/N smiled as she read the comments.

User 1: omg she's back!

User 2: where you been?

User 3: are we finally getting that collab? we saw that interview!

Y/N liked a few comments and scrolled to see what she was tagged in. An older video of Oakley in his infamous decathlon attire made her laugh. He smiled at the camera before answering the question.

"Yeah, Y/N seems like someone I'd wanna work with. There's a huge possibility but she doesn't answer DMs. "

The crowd laughed.

"And why?"

He took a moment to think, "Her words are like poetry you know? She raps and she sings and not everybody can do that. Y/N talks about real shit and she's super underrated in my opinion."

Nella looked over Y/N's shoulder, "Damn, he's talking about you like he's your man."

"Shut up, Nella."

Y/N opened her Instagram DM's. She searched for his name until it came up. Her eyes widened when she realized he sent the DM over a year ago. She clicked on the DM.

Central Cee: collab?

Y/N: I'm literally just now seeing this

She waited for his response. Y/N was shocked when it came quickly.

Central Cee: Number?

Y/N sent it to him with no care in the world. She jumped when a random facetime call came on her screen. Nella screamed, "Bitch, is that who I think it is?"

"Do I answer it?" Y/N asked nervously.

Nella took the phone hitting the accept button. Oakley's curly hair came into the frame. Y/N felt her pupils dilate the moment they made eye contact through the screen. Nella placed the phone in the middle console holder so both of them were in the frame.

"Hey! How are you?" Y/N asked throwing on her best professional face.

"Y/N, darlin' you finally reached out!"

Y/N smiled wider, "I heard about you want to collab. And that whole speech you did on the late-night show was awesome."

He nodded, "We should cook something up."

Y/N agreed, "When are you free?"

"Whenever you're free, sweetheart."

Y/N blushed and Nella looked into the camera, "I can come to London next week."

And a week later Y/N and her sister were walking into Oakley's personal studio. His dog greeted her at the door. Oakley came out of the booth ready to greet her. They had been talking almost every day until she landed.

"How was the trip?" He spoke leaning down to hug her.

Y/N inhaled his cologne, "Good, Nella couldn't handle the turbulence."

Nella sucked her teeth, "Don't out me like that!"

Y/N rubbed her hand on her thighs nervously. Oakley's eyes scanned her without her knowing. Her eyes were in awe at his studio. Y/N found the producer at the sound mixing board.

"Do you have a beat yet?" She asked sitting in one of the rolling chairs.

"Yeah, I just finished the song. Here, let me play it." Oakley reached around her making her stiff.

His new song played. Y/N found herself leaning back into the chair closing her eyes. She felt the beat and really listened to the lyrics. By the time his part finished, she opened her eyes, "Give me an hour and I can have it done."

After Y/N finished her part of the song they worked on it for a few more hours. Once she was all done Oakley asked her to take a picture for Instagram. The two of them got close as he snapped the picture.

@ centralcee tagged you in a post with the caption: cooking with @ y/nofficial dropping soon

Once he posted it floods of likes and comments and tags made Y/N nervous. She realized how close they were and back up in her seat. Nella eyed them suspiciously.

"You were great today." He said looking at her.

"Thanks for having me."

Oakley eyed her lips but looked her in the eyes, "Can you stay longer?"

Authors Note:

ahh this was so fun to write, thank you for the idea

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sorry for mistakes