It's night and the hood is quiet for once. Maybe a bit too quiet. I need to get my ass home quick. I'm mad tired from working a double shift at the nursing home. I really don't like walking around Roxbury at night. It's scary out here, people. Lots of psychos and gangsters walking around and all kinds of crazy shit is going on.
In case you're wondering who the heck this is, it's me, Malika. I'm a chick from the hood. I'm around five-foot-nine, chunky but funky Sistah, with a lot of everything that's good. I've got a fat ass and I'm proud of it. Yeah, big girls can be hot too, judging by how many cab drivers honk when they see me. I do love them bad boys. I work at a small nursing home in Milton. Not exactly the kind of job I love doing but it pays the bills.
It was around ten when I got to the park near my neighborhood. I was walking home when I saw two dudes walking around. Both of them looked like hoodlums. Tall, dark-skinned, with durags on and dark, urban-style Hip Hop clothing. I can't tell from a distance but I'm guessing Sean John's or Phat Pharm. Fortunately, they hadn't seen me.
Hell, I'm pretty sure they wouldn't have noticed an elephant walking once I saw what they were doing. The two dudes were in a dark alley, but instead of dealing drugs like regular gangsters, they were kissing. Yeah, two black dudes kissing. I couldn't believe it. They didn't look like fags. But here they were, kissing and touching each other like there was no tomorrow.
I did something very stupid. I should have kept on walking with my head down until I got home and locked myself in. that's the basic survival code in the hood. But nope, I had to do the stupid thing. I stopped to watch them. I was watching those two black dudes kissing and for some reason, I couldn't take my eyes off them.
I leaned against a wall and watched them. Since it the moon was out that night, I could almost see their faces. I was watching them and feeling more than a bit turned on when something happened. I bumped into something in the dark. The noise alerted the two thugs.
They turned around and saw me. One of them whipped out his gun. I stood there, frozen. The dude approached me. He was tall and good-looking, with a goatee. His skin was dark brown. A fine-looking Brotha.
I recognized this dude. His name was Antoine. He was the leader of the Red Blades, one of the meanest gangs in the hood. The kind of dude who can make anyone, male or female, piss their pants. His lover came, and I recognized him too.
A tall, lean guy with light brown skin and curly hair. He wasn't completely Black. My guess is he was half Hispanic or something. His name was Jose, Antoine's second-in-command. Those dudes ruled the drug trade from Dorchester to Roxbury and all over Boston. It was rare to see them in the streets since they had so many dudes working for them. All the pimps and all the hoes in the hood paid them money. You don't pay tribute to those two, your business gets shot down. That means you disappear.
Antoine looked at me. There was an almost feral look in his eyes. We went to high school and graduated together. Did he still remember me? Who cares, he still had a gun aimed at me. I put my hands up. Antoine glared at me and asked me what in hell I was looking at. I mumbled. I told him that I was just on my way home and I wasn't going to tell anyone about my catching him making out with his hustler boyfriend. It's not everyday that I've got a gun aimed at me and shit. I didn't need to be another statistic. Another one of those dudes and chicks who get gunned down in the hood. Antoine looked like he was about to shoot me. Jose came and whispered something in his ear.
I waited. Whatever Jose said to Antoine appeared to have relaxed him. He smiled. That's when Jose kissed him in the neck. I blinked. Man, the sight of those two gorgeous men was seriously turning me on, though I still had a gun aimed at me. Antoine lowered his gun and told me that I could leave. I stared at him. Was he really going to let me go or shoot me in the back? Gangsters in the hood have no chivalry, folks. I live in a world of violent men and psychotic women. There aren't any angels around here. Jose winked at me. Damn, the dude was cute. It's too bad he's gay, otherwise I'd have gone after him.
Since Antoine listened to his boyfriend and decided to let me go, I decided not to press my luck and get my ass out of there. I had walked only ten feet when I heard Antoine's authoritative and masculine voice telling me to get back. I froze and slowly turned around. Was he going to shoot me? Antoine told me to come to him. I did. He wasn't holding the gun or anything but he was still dangerous. Jose stood behind him, arms wrapped around Antoine's muscular torso and kissing his neck. Man, those two looked hot together. I looked at them. I wasn't going to tell anybody their little secret. Who would believe me anyway? Antoine's a tough motherfucker. He doesn't fear anybody, dude or bitch. Cops don't mess with him either. He's the man around here. He gets more pussy than most pimps. Who would believe that this man was bisexual? People would ask me what I've been smoking if I went around telling this shit.
Antoine looked at me and said that he recognized me. My heart skipped a beat. For two reasons. The first one was that Antoine had always been the cute and dangerous bad boy all the females wanted to sleep with. All the dudes wanted to be like him too. To have him remember who I am, six years after high school was still a thrill enough to make my panties damp. I smiled. Jose laughed. He said that he could tell that watching two men doing stuff together turned me on. Antoine asked me if this was true.
I nodded. At this point, why hide it? Yes, I'm a girl who likes watching man-to-man sex. It turns me on. Next question! The dude asked me if he scared me. I looked at him. He was a tall, sexy black man. He had a big gun. And that's probably not all that was big about him. But I wasn't going to let myself get pushed around. I'd rather get shot than disrespected. I'm a black woman, damn it! I looked at Antoine. What was he going to do next? He smiled and gestured for me to come to him. I did. He grinned and told me that he remembered me, Malika the Chubby Tomboy from Roxbury High School. I smiled. That nickname followed me everywhere. Right through high school and college and even now, in this dark alley with those handsome Homo-Thugs.