Suddenly Sunny

Tattoo

"I wanna lay some ground rules." He looks different than normal.

"Okay." I raise an eyebrow at him.

"I'm very high up on the totem pole, so if you're gonna be hanging with me at school, you need to be a little less." He moves his hand in a circle around me.

"Less what? Myself? We literally dress almost the same." I say, slightly annoyed.

"Either fit in or don't. That's your choice. The pot leaves are a little much. Your shirt and your bag both say, huge stoner." He looks at me like he's enjoying the view, but his mouth says otherwise.

"Sorry, not gonna be any less. What else you got?"

He sighs, "Okay, fine. When we're around my friends and one of the girls swoons over me, don't say anything. Don't even scoff. My friends are kinda douchey, but that's just how they act in public. Don't pick fights with anyone because you won't win. If you're gonna smoke weed or do anything that can get you in trouble with my parents, leave me out of it. You fly under the radar, I don't. So, if I'm with you, you'll be noticed immediately." He turns back to the steering wheel and takes out the key.

We both get out and walk towards the school. He walks slightly in front of me and I watch as my oldest friend becomes someone I don't recognize. I've never been invisible before, but compared to him, I'm see-through. His friends catch up to him and I wedge my way between them, refusing to not be seen.

"Who's this?" A blonde Gym bro says to Kai.

"My childhood friend, Sunny. Her dad shipped her up here because she got expelled from every school she went to." He gives me a look like he's in charge and he's punishing me for not listening.

I push back. I won't let him treat me like s**t in front of his "cool" friends. I turn to the meathead and smile at him.

"Yeah, I smoked too much weed and beat up guys who thought they could touch me without my permission. But, if you wanna smoke sometime, I won't beat you up." I wink at him.

I look over at Kai and see how mad he is that I was flirting with his friends. Then, I walk away, knowing they're watching my ass. It's a great ass, I don't blame them.

I hear his friends laugh and tease him for being mad.

"Oh, you're mad at her for flirting. Is she your girlfriend or something? Haha!"

"No, you can have her." I hear the anger in his voice and decide my job is done.

I figure out where all of my classes are easily enough. When the lunch bell rings, I get my food and sit at the table Kai is sitting at. Gym bro sits right next to me. He claps his hand down on my thigh and I watch as Kai looks at him like he's gonna kill him.

"Hey, cutie." He says with a grin.

"Hey. I don't think I ever caught your name." I fake a smile in his direction.

"It's Kyle, but you can call me whatever you want." His hand slides up my thigh and one of his fingers is almost touching my crotch.

I wanna rip his hand off of me and twist it until it breaks, but it's too fun to mess with Kai.

"I'm gonna get my belly button pierced after school if you wanna come with. I may get a tattoo also. A hidden one." I watch his eyes light up and I know I've got him on the hook.

"How are you gonna do that? You're only 17. No artist in their right mind would pierce and tattoo a minor." Kai spits the words out like venom.

"I know a guy." I say with a challenging look in his direction.

"Then, I'm coming too. You're my responsibility and I'm not gonna let you get your kidneys harvested or anything." He gets up from the table and half the group follows him.

Kyle the groper leaves with Kai and the rest of his friends. It's just me and two girls still sitting there. I shrug my shoulders and pull out a blunt, gesturing for them to follow me.

I take the other two girls to a secluded spot I scoped out on my "bathroom break" earlier and I light up the blunt. I pass it to the red head next to me and I have to show her how to smoke. She coughs hard and I rub her back. She smiles and passes it to her friend. we smoke the whole thing together and they're higher than kites when we go to class.

Luckily, their schedules have them in the same class as me. I watch them go through Chemistry stoned off their asses and just giggling away.

When the final bell rings, I go to Kai's car and he stops on the driver's side to glare at me before unlocking it. We get in and I put the address for the tattoo artist into the Google Maps. The car is silent for most of the drive. When we get close he pipes up.

"What the hell is your problem?" He says, as calmly as he can.

"My problem? What about you?" I raise my voice a little bit.

He disregards my question.

"Kyle is not the kind of guy you want to give attention to. He beat up his last girlfriend and put her in the hospital." I look at him, confused.

"Why isn't he in jail, then?" I ask.

He looks over at me, studying me.

"This town has it's own government and that's not how they dealt with it. I don't want you to get hurt." He looks at me with sadness in his eyes.

The car stops and we're in front of this guy's house.

"Will you come in with me?" I ask him.

"What about Kyle?" He asks, irritated.

"I never sent him the address." I watch his face for a reaction.

"You know, you're cute when you make that face. I'll go in, but you're a big girl who can pay for her own tattoo and piercing." He says while glancing over at me.

I huff and get out of the car, going onto the porch, knocking on the door, and following the guy inside. Kai has to come in after me. He's standing in the doorway of the tattoo room while I slip my jeans off to reveal my almost naked ass. I'm wearing a thong because it's more comfortable.

"You have a nice ass." Tattoo guy says way too excitedly for Kai.

"Unfortunately for you, it's my ass." Kai says, unexpectedly.

He gives the man a scary look and he backs down. I lay on my stomach on the tattoo table and fold my arms to lay my head on. I watch Kai in the doorway. He's watching every move that Tattoo Guy makes. My right buttcheek feels numb after a few seconds and I realize he numbed it for me. He pinches me to see if I feel it and I just shake my head no. I actually fall asleep while he tattoos the peach emoji on my butt. It's in color and everything. It's so cute.

He has me stand up to get my belly button pierced, so I don't hurt my tattoo. I have him use a ring I bought two years ago when my mom with fought with me about it. It has a dangly, black diamond crescent moon.

After all is said and done, we get I the car to go home and I have to sit down gently because the numbing stuff is wearing off.

"Maybe you shouldn't have gotten a tattoo on your ass to prove something to me." Kai still looks pissed as he puts the car in reverse.

"I didn't do it to prove anything to you. I was gonna get this tattoo anyway. I just got it early." I cross my arms and look out the window.

"So now you're gonna pout?" He laughs to himself, "Wow. You haven't changed much." He says with amusement in his voice.

"What's that supposed to mean?" I ask, but he never answers.

We get back home and I walk in, slam the door, stomp up the stairs, and slam my bedroom door. Kai just calmly sits at the kitchen table to do his homework.

I pace around my room, angrier than I've ever been and wanting to hit someone. But, instead, I lay back on my bed.