<human>: Can you succinctly summarize the text in 1-3 sentences?

We(gonna call him roy) used to call each other bestfriends, but haven't really been too close lately. Still love and care about him but we are both at different places in our lives so I maybe see him once a month out at the neighborhood bar and talk for 10 minutes. The usual. He can call me I can call him, we just don't hang out as much as often.

The problem, last year when we were pretty close I drove him to his dads city for a free tattoo. His dad owns a shop and is an award winning artist. Well, his dad also had a bunch of health problems and got addicted to meth so his tattooing isn't the best anymore ( a fact unbeknownst to me, I was stupid about it, really really stupid)

I got this horrible black and grey skull on my cute little shoulder. I can't look at it anymore. Its terribly done. Its un even. Its blown out. Every tattoo artist I show it to laughs at it. I dont like to wear shirts that expose it. I just absolutely hate it.  

Roy on the other hand is always telling me to show it to people, he's so proud of his dads work. His dad used to own a shop in our town, even the artists there can't believe this work came out of that man and completely understand why I want it covered. 

In an attempt to make it look better I added on my half sleeve. So I have this amazing half sleeve and this horrific shoulder tattoo.  

Well I got my taxes and researched and researched and found a guy I trust to fix this entire mess, set up an appointment for the 20th and put down my depost.  Even that guy and his apprentice were just astounded at my shoulder. 

So basically I don't know how to handle this situation with Roy. I should probably tell him I'm getting it covered up but he's really great at being an ass hole that gets mad at even the smallest things and holding a multiple year long grudge on people. Do you have any tips on how to handle this and hopefully make it so Roy doesn't get absolutely offended by me?
<bot>: Goodfriends dad put a terrible tattoo on my shoulder, ive set the appointment to cover it up, dont know how to break the news to my friend and still keep the friendship