— "ι נυѕт ∂σ ιт му ωαу"

DARRIAN jimenez !
sugarhill, kennedy heights hs.
featuring; @sugarhillddot .

DDOT COULD ONLY let out a sigh sat unbothered in the principal's office as he waited for the principal to come back. he knew he was in trouble for skipping class, but he didn't know what kind of punishment he was going to get.

when the assistant principal finally came back, she held a stern look on her face

ddot mugs his assistant principal—mrs jackson—who jus kept blabbing on the fact that he was falling half of his classes.. but the school year jus started? that's what the boy couldn't wrap his head around cause that don't make no sense.

but here he was.

"and you were slacking since last year mr jimenez." the brownskin woman looks into darrian's eyes and she could visibly tell he was out of it. she knew what went down nd that he lost a family member, she let the teachers pass him jus cause of that reason.

but now it was all running up all to him cause if he don't pass this semester he won't pass at all.

but on the other hand ddot didn't care he jus shrugged, "ion care."

mrs jackson clears her throat. "well we had already gotten permission from your mother, that you will be gettin tutored through this whole semester. we already got the person and all,"

ddot sits up, scrunching his face up. "fu— what you mean i'm gettin tutored?" mrs jackson just leans back in her chair cause she knows kids could get physical, especially in this school.

even with they own principal.

"what i'm saying is that. zoey bennet will be tutoring you for the rest of the semester." mrs jackson says in a firm tone and ddot couldn't pinpoint on who she was talkin about but she knew he knew the person someway or somehow.

"nah you bein fr right now?"

mrs jackson nods as she picks up the papers and pushes it towards the boy. "she said she's available any day of the week past 4pm."

darrian left the office feeling defeated, knowing that he was going to have to face a random girl and depend on her to work with him to improve his grades. the boy walked to his next class which was art, which he did nothing in by the way.

he usually sat in the back like always and jus slept or leave to use the bathroom the like always— never come back. the boy walks in the class with a mug on his face, his hood over his head and sat in his designated seat.

ddot put his head downwards on the desk before he was called out by the teacher to lift his head up but he didn't care so he jus left it down.

unknown to him zoey was in the same class as him and seemingly this year she sits in the seat right next to her. "hi!" a soft chirpy voice exclaimed which caused ddot to groan cause he could already tell who it was jus from the voice.

he didn't even bother to look up, just switch the sides he was on—completely ignoring her existence.

"okay.. well. mrs jackson—i don't know if you know her but she said imma be tutoring you for the whole semester. that's so fun like i will have something to do after school then play the flute, but i don't mind playing the flute since i love playing the flute you know? but it's like so nice meetin new people and friends and stuff like that. but it's gonna be so fun tutoring cause i have all a's in my classes—not to brag or any of that cause i'm just saying that so you don't think i'm stupid to tutor you, ya know?"

ddot does full head turn to look at zoey in the eyes. he opened his mouth to say something but he couldn't even say anything cause she talked right over him. "you have pretty eyes."

ddot sits up and gives her a blank stare. "do you like not hear what you sayin bro?"

zoey literally shakes her head. "no cause i talk a lot so i just tune myself out." she said it like it was normal while darrian could just give her a weird expression.

"it was a theoretical question dumbass."

zoey puts her mouth on a 'o' shape. "ohh. but anyways, i'm so excited to tutor you, you knowww? like talking is so fun now i can jus talk to you and help you at the same time isn't that fun?"

"hell no nigga. stop talkin you irritate me." he said it with so much attitude it caused zoey's full on smile to drop. "oh." she mumbled, turning away cause she felt embarrassed.

well it didn't change the fact that she was just gonna go back to talk to him cause she simply doesn't care but that this moment she wants to be sad and dramatic. so she was gon do just that.

ddot smiles when he doesn't hear the sound of zoey's voice—peaking his eye out of his arms where they were buried in. he saw the small frown that was on her face, her big smile with braces no longer showing.

he kisses his teeth because now he jus thought she was being dramatic and was purposely making him feel bad. "bro talk ya shit i don't care."

ddot moves his head to look straight up so he doesn't see her smug smile. "okay okay soooo."

at the end of zoey's blabbing ddot just learned to tune her out. zoey would say random things and he would just mutter a 'mhm,' so she doesn't start whining. at this point in darrian's mind it was impossible to get her to stop talking, like she would stop for a good 3 seconds when he calls her annoyin but then she was unfazed.

like she didn't care she was gon talk talk and talk.

"and that's why i stopped doing dance. cause music was gettin borin but i didn't like hate music it was just getting boring you know?" zoey looks back at the boy who eventually sat upright now a full view of his face.

nothing has changed but he looked paler. like he hadn't ate in a while and zoey was lowkey-high key worried for him.

just the thought of one of her friends? if they were even that—but the thought of her friends not being okay just makes her queasy. and she really liked ddot and wanted to be his friend.

and zoey knew he didn't like her, which she couldn't wrap her head around since she was sweet to everyone but darrian on the other hand was the opposite. she could tell he didn't care what flew out of his mouth until he saw somebody was actually hurt.

which was rare but that's what happened with zoey.

"i like your chain." zoey blurts out since she saw he was fidgeting with the heart shaped pictures, touching the small photo engraved in it.

the girl had noticed the chain on him and she could tell it meant a lot to him. darrian only mugged her slightly before putting his head back down, prepared to listen to zoey's blabbing but she don't say anything just yet.

now zoey wasn't the type to go through extreme extents just for someone to like her. but ddot? she will cut off her limb just for him to like her.

zoey zoned out, finding herself think. what would happen if ddot lost something so meaningful to him it would bring zoey and him closer—so she could comfort him; a way for them to be friends.

no. she wasn't that crazy.

"zoey nigga if you pass out right now that's gon be on my command, and i ain't goin to jail." ddot told her, looking her in the eyes.

the darkskin girl immediately smiles as her eyes fall down to his chain. the chain. she immodestly started talking all over again as he jus tuned her out.

ddot wouldn't even admit this on his death bead but with the amount of thoughts running through his mind right now, zoey's talking was actually letting him calm down for a while.

he was always overthinking his thoughts and all that he never noticed the real problem was him being alone. and it wasn't like friends and family alone, alone in his mind. but with the amount of time zoey talks and talks,

he just knows that even though he don't like her, he'll warm up to her eventually. but he wasn't planning on it any time soon.

zoey in the other hand as she was speakin her mind was completely somewhere else.

what would happen if she stole his.. chain?

sugarhill, harlem, zoey's crib .

even zoey had gotten home the first thing she did was walk inside her room to start on her homework for herself. she was happiest a bitch could be cause she ended up getting ddot's number.

but only for educational reasons, like tutoring. yeah.

at this point she had looked at his contact so much times she was scared that it would disappear. zoey had planned out her schedule with darrian tutoring lessons, she would come every 2 days at 4:30 over his house.

zoey knew that ddot didn't like her like that just yet which frustrated her.

now, zoey was sitting on her bed, her curly hair out, with her books and notes spread out around her. deep in concentration as she studied for her upcoming tests. aoey was always very diligent when it came to her studies, and she knew that she had to put in the effort to succeed.

she loved to learn and was always eager to discover new things. that was just the extrovert in her.

zoey's favorite subjects were english and history, and she spent hours reading and researching to expand her knowledge. her passion for learning was evident in the way she approached her studies, and her dedication was an inspiration to around her.

the girl loved reading, she could read for so much hours and not even get bored. it didn't even matter what the book was about, she was gon read, read, and read.

and as zoey was finishing her her assignments she found herself thinking, looking at her light pink journal that was on the highest shelf. that journal held things from years ago, dumb ideas she would write into the notebook.

her mind drifted to what she was thinking earlier in the day. one thing about zoey was that she couldn't stand not telling people things. she just couldn't hold a secret.

but if she was gonna have to make darrian like her, be friend her, she was gonna have to hold the secret that would get to that point to the graveee.

for the whole rest of the school day zoey felt like she was wrong for even thinking that far of taking something of someone else's. she was jus gonna let it go and let fate decide what to do with ddot and her.

but she wanted him. she wanted him to like her.

she don't even believe she's doing this but she picks up the journal that was on her shelf, she made a whole new page so it was labeled; how to; make him your friend.

zoey let's out a giggle cause this is sooo childish she doesn't even believe she's doing all of this.

all along while the song 'spread thin,' played in her airpods. and now i cannot trust you, and i'm forced to let you go.

zoey stopped for her music just for a lil because, isn't stealing a crime? no she's a minor so it don't reallyyyy count.

F SPEAKS 💗.

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