Honey & Spice

Kiki sits with Malakai in what is called Cuffing Corner—the couch for people in relationships. Malakai guesses that Kiki likes that guys leave her alone because she’s the kind to call them out on their game. He also guesses that she hooked up with Zack because there was no chance she’d fall for him. He teases her that he sees her: “Angel face, demon heart” (75). He’s easy to talk to, full of humor. Aminah joins them to warn Kiki that Brown Sugar is losing followers as she’s been seen making out with the guy she warned everyone about. Kiki panics because it’s clear she warned the others off Malakai for her own purposes, but doesn’t feel embarrassed about using him, reminding him that “[w]omen deserve sexual liberation and guys like you do not. You can’t be trusted with it” (81). He reminds her that she played him by kissing him to annoy Zack, which makes her a hypocrite. Aminah suggests it would help the show if Malakai were on it somehow. Malakai lets Kiki believe he was indeed playing her, and she pours her drink into his lap.