Since Ray as still asleep, she decided to grab a snack but stopped when she reached Miego's in-house studio. It was meant to be an office, but the day after they moved in, he paid to have someone soundproof it, brought in a bunch of equipment and turned it into a mini studio. He spent a lot of time in there, and could get lost for hours, losing track of time. She didn't know much about it but he seemed to be at peace when he was in there.
Yami knocked first, and when she didn't get an answer, she turned the knob and stuck her head in. She found him leaning over one of the pieces of equipment, headphones on and nodding his head. She stood there for a minute, debating on whether to disturb him before she actually decided to step inside.
He’d made it clear on multiple occasions that she could always have his time, no matter what he was doing, and he’d stuck to that. She shut the door behind her, and it took him a minute to realize she was in the room with him. But when he did, he smiled, patted the chair next to him, and pulled his headphones off his head, letting them fall around his neck.
“What’s up, you need something?” Miego's eyes traced her body like they did every time he was near her, but she couldn't read his expression.
“Nope, just wanted to see what you were up to,” Yami answered truthfully.
This time, he smiled. “So you missed me, huh?”
He grabbed the seat of her chair before turning his to face her and pulling her close to him. They were now face to face with her knees positioned between his. Miego leaned back in his seat, propped his elbow up on the arms of his chair and folded his hands together.
“No, I just wanted to see what you were doing.”
“Yeah, i’ight but we both know that shit is a lie.”
“I was thinking about going to see my sister today,” Yami said, trying to gauge his reaction. He had been asking her about Yaz for weeks and had made it clear that she needed to try to fix things. But, Yami and Yaz were both stubborn, so she refused to be the first to break.
“Oh yeah?” he said with his eyes locked on hers.
“Yeah, I miss her.” She shrugged.
“You still haven't talked to her?”
Miego knew that it had been a minute since Yami had talked to her sister, but he had stopped her about it because it seemed like a sore spot. He knew that she would eventually figure it out.
Things with her family had been complicated since she moved in with him. Her mom was flipping out, calling her stupid and saying that that she was making bad choices about her life and dragging her daughter into it also, but since they had been with Miego, she and Ray were both a lot happier.
It got so bad to the point where her mother and Miego got into it when he took Yami to get her stuff, and as far as he knew, she hadn't seen or talked to her sister since the day they actually went to view the apartment they were now living in.
“Nope, she won’t call me back, and she won't respond to my texts.”
Miego noticed how sad she looked and it bothered him. He wasn't trying to hold her hostage, and he damn sure didn't want to keep her from her family, but it seemed like that’s how things had worked out. Even if it wasn't anything that he could control, Miego wanted Yami to fix things with her family.
He leaned forward, taking hold of her arms and pulling her body up onto his. “Look, shorty, you being here doesn’t mean that you can't still be cool with your sister. She’s just mad for whatever reason, but she loves you, so you’ll figure it out. Go see her. Y'all need to talk that shit out because, at the end of the day, you’re family, and that means more than anything.”
“Maybe to me it does, but apparently not to her.” Yami frowned.
“Nah, she’s still rocking with you, she’s just in her damn feelings right now because you did some shit on your own.”
“I’m not on my own, though. This is all you.”
“Man, fuck that. This shit is in your name. You can put me out anytime you want to. I ain't having that, but you could,” Miego said with a cocky grin. “I bought you a car that you never use, so how about you take that shit to go see your sister? I’ll keep Ray if you want, or you can take her with you, but if you need to have a conversation with your sister and the phone ain't working to get it done, then just go see her. The fuck she gon’ do if you're standing in her face besides talk to you? She can't ignore you forever, shorty.”
Yami nodded in agreement, thinking about the day he showed up with a brand new car for her and one for him. He had been doing a lot of talking about getting one for Yanna, so Yami assumed that the one he showed up in was for his sister, but when he tossed her the keys and told her that it was hers, she was shocked. He explained how he had already gotten one for his sister, and knew she needed one too, so now she and Yanna both had their own cars, courtesy of Miego.