Benito and Tyron have been living together long enough to be considered friends at this point. Since Nina decided to up and leave Benito has been the one to try and work out a peaceful relationship between Tyron and the Tarantino family. Pride and ego were two things that neither side was lacking in and at one point Benito wanted Tyron to stop messing with his family "She's already gone, she left you holding the bag, you don't need to do this, move on, there are better people out there that will grow to love you." Tyron would just laugh it off, "If there is one thing, I'm not a quitter and I can't back down." So when Benito heard that Tyron was in critical care he had to put his foot down. Who was going to give him a chance, who was going to look past his background, he only really knew of one person and that was Anniken. She remembered what happened between Nina and Tyron and how he took a wrap for something that nothing to do with him. She owed him a favor so it would be time to cash that favor in.

As luck would have it Tyron took to his job like a fish to water, he improved so much that he was actually named Head of Security for Dalhousie, who would want to cross him anyway now, His personality left a little bit to be desired and he was a work out junkie at this point. Even though his normal clothes his toned muscular build made him an imposing figure. Benito did worry though, after waking up from the gunshot the force to the head gave him a short-term memory loss. The doctor said he saw someone with so much trauma before, however, if he takes it easy and takes his medication he should be back to 100% soon. That was almost 4 months ago and Tyron is already starting to remember things better and better now. With his memory, the way it is he carries a little black book and pin with him. It just made things easier that way to write everything down instead of having it and forgetting what he did with it. This morning he had a list of items that he needed to get for his home and also the office. They were having a Valentine's Day party coming up and he wanted to decorate the office Benito was here just in case he forgot something along the way. "So I wrote down milk, bacon, eggs, balloons, and chocolate was there something else I was forgetting," Tyron said looking behind to talk to Benito "Girlfriend, should be on that list, this year is going to be a great year. 2020 may have sucked but 2021," Benito then went white in the face as if he has seen a ghost. Tyron sighed as he bumped into something, he looked down and saw this little boy, then his mother stood in front. The two of them stare at each other for what felt like 2 minutes but Benito grabbed Tyron's wrist and pulled him away from each other cursing himself 'Fuck, FUCK! Why is she HERE!?' Benito found his sister before when he got out of the hospital. He was always able to find her no matter where she went they thought a lot alike in that regard on where to hideout. He told her about Tyron, how he was standing up for her, going against her family, challenging their father. What did she do to that, 'Sorry, I can't come back," Really after all you have put this man through and you can only hit him with a 'sorry,' He had heard that she was staying with someone in South America possibly a guy but then she had a baby. She just left this man to be with someone else and boom have a child? try and be a good parent now?

Benito "Tyron go and check out," Tyron looked at Benito as he pushed the shopping cart into the back of Tyron's leg. He was serious about leaving them alone Tyron looked at her one more time and gave her a light smile before walking back. He whispered something in Benito's ear and then went to the checkout counter. Benito looked at his sister in a way that if he could stop her heart right now he would be tempted to try it. He took out a piece of paper and wrote down his address and gave it to her before bending down to look at his nephew, he then looked up at her "This is my nephew right?" he asked trying to remain calm. While he was pissed as hell on the inside his calm poker face that he learned from his family you would think that nothing brother him. "hi, I'm your uncle on your mom's side. Your mom is my little sister." he said to Angelo "Your mom and I have a lot of catching up to do so would you mind if you come by and see me?" He said handing him the little sheet of paper. He then stands up and looks at Nina "We have to talk about a lot of things."

Benito could feel the veins popping out of his skin but he held it in, but to get over her "Good Luck with you're baby." he said loud enough for people can hear him as she walked away from him. "Rum, has a baby?" as she turned the corner Benito could only curse under his breath the last person he wanted Tyron to see. Tyron will possibly have questions and about this how she looks different and she had a baby.

Tyron and Benito checked out and while they were in the car Tyron had questions for sure. "So that's Nina? And that was her kid? cute kid, right?" Benito sighed "Look Tyron, seriously don't think too much about it, I'm sure she already has someone and you already know how she is like, don't even try it." Benito knows how this is going to go and he doesn't want the guy to die whoever sucker got her with the kid got out while he had the chance and maybe when the kid is old enough he could get out as well. They got to Benito's house and unpacked and while Tyron was off Benito called Anniken "Anniken, I know you looking to bring the team back together but why? Rum & Coke hasn't been a thing in a minute we could have brought back Coke and see what she was like as a singles act? She is just going to flake again you know."

Benito wanted a reason on why this was a good idea, maybe Anniken thought of something to help but she instead said co-parenting so matter of fact like she knew that before he could ask any questions she had already hung up. 'No, she didn't did she?' Sure enough, there was a loud shout about valentine's gift and Benito rushed out the door "don't go anywhere Tyron be right back," Tyron had a weird confused look on his face as he saw Benito slam the door behind him.

Benito made a b-line to Nina almost ready to choke her like he did the last time, but she had the child with her and he clenched his fist and grit his teeth "Sister, WHAT are you doing here so soon?" He wasn't going to have the boy see how dysfunctional the family can be I'm sure but at the same time non bringing in a FUCKING baby into the dysfunction would have been ideal.

Benito took a deep breath he needed to calm down he knew about this moment, it was going to happen that she was going to come back but just the logical leaps that it took to get from being there to here made him think that his father was way too soft on her at that hospital. He needed to lay out a trap something that would send the boy away so he could talk to her alone. "If you would have called I would have stop and got the little man something to eat. Come on, let's go up so you can meet him."

As they go up Benito unlocks the door and as they go in Benito pulls Nina to the side and talks to her in Portuguese

Nina, você está brincando comigo agora? Você sai para a América do Sul com um filho? Quem é o bebê de Tyron! Por favor, diga a alguém que a engravidou

Nina are you fucking kidding me right now? You leave to South America with a child? Who happens to be Tyron's baby! Please tell someone else got you pregnant?


Não acredito que essa cadela estúpida esteja relacionada a mim. Como onde diabos estava a lógica nesta parte? Você sabe o que esse homem fez em seu nome? protegendo você e agora que finalmente tivemos a chance de suavizar as coisas por aqui, você vem se foder de novo. Por que você destrói tudo o que coloca em suas mãos?? Oh, que hora de ser um bom soldado desde que Anniken ligou para você? FODA! Eu já chamei esse favor, ela fez, ela não se importa. DAMNIT!

I don't believe this stupid bitch is related to me. Like where the fuck was the logic in this part? Do you know what this man did in your name? protecting you and now that we finally got a chance to smooth things over here you come to fuck shit up again. Like why do you destroy everything you get your hands on? Oh, what it's time to be a good soldier since Anniken called you? FUCK! I already called in that favor, she done she doesn't give a fuck. DAMNIT!

"He almost died Nina! He was shot went into a coma and had short-term memory loss." Benito remembered what happen like it was yesterday He still remembers going into that kitchen and having his hands around her neck. "Don't act like you are innocent in this, he doesn't remember most of what happened back then The earliest thing he remembers was apologizing to you and work on the King's Brawl. If you just would have stayed it wouldn't of happen. He could have helped you, but you do what you do best and run away. Just this once run away and don't come back. Or do you really just want to kill him that badly?" Benito said not looking at her with his head down. All this talk about being a star and having talent when he just found out she had a child with the one person they didn't want her to date, now having a child with him.

Tyron looked at Angelo on the phone, he wasn't really good at connecting with kids. So he went out to where Nina and Benito were. He opened the door looking at the two of them, "Benito, I can handle this." Tyron said as Benito raised his head and walked pasted bumping Tyron to get through. Tyron felt nervous but he also felt like Nina really wanted to see him. "So..um, hi." At first, he didn't know how to react to Nina being here she took and felt different, but he chalked that up to being a parent now there was a lot of things he wanted to say wanted to ask but the first thing he wanted to say was "You're a mom now huh?"

"My job, you wanted to know what I got Valentine's day stuff for, I'm head of security so I wanted to something for my coworkers. As a joke I dressed up as a slasher for the party and that went about as well as you would expect it too." Tyron felt like he had this warmth come over him seeing Niña again after what felt like a long time. She seems nervous and that is something he didn't remember her being like before ever. He remembered her confidence and bravery but it like that it has been stripped from her.

"Umm I'm sorry things had happen and I got a job but their is a lot of things I don't remember yet, so if something happen during that time then tell me," Tyron looked at her wanting to know what really happen with him as everyone just left him in the dark about it having that vague feeling just frustrated him as he tried to get answers but no one will tell him anything.

"I doubt anyone wanted to date someone as out there as me, I would need to have someone as wild and as out there as me." While Tyron wasn't off the deep end anymore his reputation far exceeded anything else about him. Even now people are afraid to go near him from past experiences and he had to live with that but he was okay with being in that space it just made it lonely.

One of the things that helped Tyron in the past was therapy. Emotional and mental support but something that also helped his mental state that seem to not carry over was this other persona. Tyron was a classical case of someone who developed
Dissociative Identity Disorder. Maybe this person was just a coping tactic to remove all the pain that he was feeling and going through. It's not like Tyron could blame Niña from wanting to escape the family and other things that tied her down. Tyron himself wanted to escape himself and his position.

"So, we were dating and your family disapproved of me? I mean I can see why, but my question is how did we even become a thing?" Something like this Tyron couldn't explain they seem pretty different. Character wise he would have never imagined that he would have traits like her father. To make matters worst it was a father that she wanted to pull away from. Was there relationship something that she wanted to pull away from as well? This fear of being trapped Tyron happened to pull out a note that was actually a living will he called it. "Here, while I was going through some of the old things I found this."

Nina if you are reading this well...I'm sorry that you're reading this and not hearing this from me. I have enjoyed this time we spent together and it kinda frustrating we didn't hit it off sooner but we were in two separate places at the time and mentally it would have been a dumpster fire. If I was the person then trying to date you I could see why your family would hate me. Still I'm not the type to get mushie on you so keep your head up, fuck the world, and do you

As much as Tyron wanted to get out on his own He was really confined to Work, Gym, Home. A lot of himself wanted to work out his anger and frustration but at the same time, he used working out as an escape to not think and just react. Before he was using music until people didn't want to hear from him and at this point, he was directing all of his energy into training. That isn't to say that he has completely given up on music but there was no time. There was a lot of time for anything in his schedule so going out to the clubs or urban places where gangsters and mobsters was a plus he didn't have time for it. Even before he had made a lot of enemies taking down the petty foot soldiers and morale bankrupt cops to even be able to go in without leaving with more bodies on his count. "No, I don't think it would really work out, You know Anniken can be pretty demand when you work for her, so I really didn't have time for romantic stuff."

Tyron listened intently but also skeptically. He would like to think that they would go off for there to be anything but being a fling. "You really know how to pick'em, don't you. You go from a small little Asian girl to me. If that's not the wildest spectrum I have ever seen, it makes me question what is out of your strike zone." he said jokingly. He didn't know how it happened but from what he heard he sort of pieced it together that they started dating as a fling as her parents at mad at her for that. Why they did we might not know unless he asked but right now he felt, content. He wasn't happy he felt but it wasn't sad either. Maybe he should have felt mad that they tried to push them away from each other but what he felt was a relief. If she never wanted to see him she wouldn't be here in front of him holding his hand.

Seeing her cry as she began to read and seeing how hurt she was Tyron stepped in and held her in his arms. What he wanted to provide was some comfort. He didn't want to see her be in this kind of pain and now that she was here they can kind of get back to normal maybe even have a real shot at a relationship. He held her until she was able to calm down, "I wrote that I guessing when you left and I think what I was trying to say was you should be free to make your own choices you don't need to be confined, I liked the fact that you beat to your own drum and did things your way. I still admire those qualities."

Tyron waited until she wasn't crying anymore and gave her time to get herself together before he brought up her son. "So, you haven't been with anyone else but me huh?" he said looking at Angelo, he didn't think he was going to get this kind of 'surprise I'm back and I brought you a son,' kind of gift.

"I don't think you really knew how I felt about you even in that club where you took me back to studio60 remember that." While it wasn't a death he wanted he felt like she would do it. Back before the truce where she trapped him he knew what he was walking into and he wanted to see how far that he even planned to blow himself up that night. He was expecting something but she just stopped, well it was interrupted, and he lived for another day but it was her conviction and loyalty that he also admired and respected.

"I love you too, Niña" while he was hard the first time to say words like 'I love you' before. He didn't have the same baggage as before. Last time he didn't know what they were and how long it was going to last. It was something that he had no control over so when he thought about it this was something fickle and she would be done with it when she would find something better. Here she admitted to leaving and not being happy. That she missed being with him and wanted to be happy together.

"Again, your strike zone. Is pretty questionable, but" he said looking at angelo "I wish I could have been there to see him and watch him grow. I sure it what difficult to do on your own but I can sympathize with it. Our upbringing isn't something to be fond of so having a clean slate can be very helpful. I'm also glad he got his looks from his mom."

As much as he wanted to hold on to her he let go to go and see the son he didn't know he had. Holding Niña's hand he walked over to him and bent down to look at him "Hi, I'm Ty, what's your name?"

Tyron nods his head. it was embarrassing but it was something that got him up to this point they wouldn't haven't gotten together unless those extreme steps were taken. "Still a little upset about it, but it all worked out in the end." Being in a relationship with Nina was something that he found a hard time picturing. It was one of those you had to be there to experience the madness in order to really understand it. He thought that it must have been a wild time because they were at each other before on opposing sides but who knew that they had such a similar mindset and awareness of the world around them. There was a sense of "I have to get out," frame of mind that pushed them to do what they did.

Tyron gave her a smile and a kiss on the forehead when she said she loved him. It was a feeling of warmth that he hadn't felt in a long time, being able to hold her like this was something that he wanted to do for a long time but didn't realize it until it was actually happening. She talked about Angelo and what he was like as a small child. His upbring and childhood wasn't the best and wasn't something that he to look to us a bright point to be "Ah, that's how I should raise a child." Instead, he thought back to the things he used to do at such a young age and he remembered he was curious about everything but also learning about people's behaviors and actions. Tyron just smiled and at him opening his arms and holding the boy lightly being close to his chest that he could hear his heartbeat.

Benito just looked at them and got a phone call, he talked on the phone for a while and hung up "Nina, why don't you take him for the night since V-day is coming up, and you are back in town. I'm sure there is a lot to talk about and do things." Tyron looked back at Benito "I'll go but you are kicking me out, you have someone coming over?" Benito looked at the two of them, "Yea, I have someone coming over and it will mess a lot of stuff up if the two, well the three of you are here, and since Tyron has nowhere to go? Take him home with you."

Tyron looked at Niña before laughing at do you get paid. "Yes, I get paid, but," pointing to his head "It wouldn't be best for me to live on my own for the time being considering I might forget something and then be out of luck. Living with someone is better for me. But yea I would love to come over and spend some time with you guys." He got up somewhat reluctantly cause he would have to separate from his son but he needed to pack his things if he was going to be going over to her place for a little while.

Benito went into the room Tyron was staying in and helped him pack some of his things "I don't want to see you back here, you got what you wanted so don't have any regrets about it."

Tyron nods his head and when he was done packing he gave Benito a handshake but pulled him into a hug saying a quiet "thank you" Tyron then left with some stuff walking to the car. Benito looked at his sister as she tried hard to choke up some gratitude for taking care of him. He didn't say anything to her but he gave her a nod for the effort.

When they left he got back on the phone and his mother pick up the phone "Ma, they are together. Tell Dad if he goes off the handle this time it is going to be a bloodbath that I don't think the family could recover from. Let this go,"

Tyron got him the car and rode to Niña place when they got there it was nice, much nicer than the studio apartment Benito was holed up in. "Wow, I don't get paid this much."