For a moment, nobody said anything. We all just stood there, frozen.
Then Nya screamed.
"OH MY GOD!" she shrieked, pointing at Dose like he was a ghost. "BITCH, IS THAT DOSE?!"
Dose stepped out of the closet, looking unbothered as hell, and crossed his arms.
"Wassup," he said casually, like he wasn't just hiding in my closet like a damn teenager.
Nya's mouth was hanging open. She looked at me, then at Dose, then back at me.
"Sia," she said slowly, "you fucking Dose?"
"I—" I started, but I didn't even know what to say.
"Oh my GOD!" Nya screamed again, this time louder. "You fucking Dose! The Dose! The nigga you was too toxic?—"
"Nya, shut up!" I hissed, my face burning.
"Nah, nah, nah," she said, shaking her head. "Don't tell me to shut up. You been over here acting all high and mighty, talking 'bout you'll never fuck with this nigga, and here you are with this nigga hiding in your closet like he stole something!"
Dose chuckled, clearly amused by the whole situation.
"She made me hide," he said, throwing me under the bus.
"Oh, so now you snitching?" I snapped at him.
"I told you I wasn't hiding," he said, shrugging. "You the one who made me get in that cramped-ass closet."
Nya was cackling now, doubled over, holding her stomach.
"This is the funniest shit I ever seen," she said between laughs. "Sia, you really had this man hiding in the closet like you was in high school."
"It's not funny," I muttered.
"Yes it is," Dose and Nya said at the same time.
Nya wiped tears from her eyes, still laughing. "So how long this been going on?"
"A few days," I admitted.
"A few days?!" she shrieked. "And you ain't tell me?!"
"I was gonna tell you," I said defensively.
"When? After y'all got married?" she shot back.
Dose laughed at that, and I shot him a look.
"Don't encourage her," I said.
Nya walked over to Dose, looking him up and down like she was inspecting him.
"So you the one who got my girl acting all secretive and shit," she said. "That ain't like her."
"I guess so," Dose said, grinning.
"Mmhmm," Nya said, crossing her arms. "You better treat her right, or I'ma fuck you up."