female friend.Darius tells Savon about his sexual experience with Nina. He says that she put it on him alluding to some sort of spell she must have put on him because he was mesmerized. It must have been a spell because in the morning he was making cheese omelettes for her. Savon jokingly tells Darius Boy you better put your name on that because its better than Michael Jordans come back. Darius is a little defensive about that and replies This aint no love thang we just kickin it.This is all interesting because it defines the limits to which they can be mutually exclusive. When it comes to being vulnerable sexually Darius has no problems letting Savon know that Nina put it on him. But as far as her being his soul mate and describing for Savon the emotional connection he feels for this girl, which is out of the picture at this point. Although male friends seldom explicitly discuss their friendship or their feelings for each other, closeness exists-unspoken but strong. (Inman, 107) These two men are playing pool and talking about the women in their lives. One discloses some of his emotions about his wife who has left him and the other talks about an amazing sexual experience that he has had with a woman who he is too scared to admit he believes is his soul mate. These men are close friends but closeness in doing as Inman calls it is not the only indicator of that.In another scene, Savon and Darius are having a few beers in a bar. The conversation this time begins again with a sexual connotation. Darius has just found out that Nina is going to New York to see if she still loves her ex-boyfriend. Darius is really trying to stoke his own ego because he is talking about the fact that if Ole boy was doing his job in the first place why [is he] there. The tone of the conversation is a little more bitter than it was the first time as Darius says things like I put it on HER and I steal, I dont get stole on. Then there is a turning point in...
