I LOVE YOU – episode 4

I LOVE YOU – episode 4

I ran back to my room to change into my palm slipper from the rubber slippers I was wearing . I sprayed my #600 hot ice perfume, brushed my hair, put on my cardigan that my friend blessing in UNIBEN likes

On getting to anglomoz, I saw her standing near a table that had been used by those that had an event the other day. I got to her

Me: “hi” (short of breadth)
Hadizat : Hi
Me: you are just coming from first bank lecture theatre?
Hadizat: yes
Me: you called?
Hadizat: (she checked her wrist-watch which says 12:01) happy birthday!
Me: oh! Whao! So you remember?! I didn’t even remind you, thanks so much

She hugged me and sang the birthday song for me ( still hugging me). Since it was dark, I comfortably hugged her back. The side of  her head that rested on my chest must have made her hear my heart that was racing so fast.

When she finished singing, she wanted to loose the hug, but I held her in that position and she stayed. I didn’t know what came over me. It was as if my hands were rebelling my heart, not letting go.

We stayed in the position for like 5 minutes, silent. Then she finally said “ I hope you would let me breath”. “oh! Sorry” I replied as I loosened the hug.

She retied her pashmina that she used to cover her hair. “so how are we celebrating today?” she asked, “well, we read” I said, cos my pocket was almost exhausted.

She promised to treat me out during the day. She touched my cheek and left for her hostel. I watched her enter into the poultry, oops! Sorry, hostel, with my hand on my cheek, as if to hold the warmth of her hand forever down on the cheek.

I was startled when my FBS teacher tapped me

Ms.titi : Kelvin what are you doing here?
Me: uhm! I came to return a friends note.(OMG!! Did I just lie?!)
Ms. Titi: ok, I came to get risky burger too, do u want too?
Me: sure

She got me mine too, and I escorted her to her hostel- alumni hall, and went back to awo café, packed my books, I was done for the night.

I prepared my concoction rice(the one I learnt from google in first semester) as I got to the room, watched one episode from “to the beautiful you(Korean movie)”, ran scales on the bass guitar P.lekan gave me, and played some grooves with oga emma as he practiced his keyboard, that late night(well, we can’t call it late in OAU). Most of my roommates that had papers that morning were out reading and others sleeping. I soon joined the sleeping roomies at around 3am

A call woke me up that morning, I rushed to pick the phone, hoping it was hadizat, but it was not, it was my parents.

“happy birthday son” they both chorused. My younger sister also shouted at the top of her voice so as to be heard. It was a hearty greeting.

Deep down me I said, “am sorry, I didn’t expect your call”. The call ended and I checked my time, it was already 10am. About an hour later hadizat called

Hadizat: are you ready?
Me: give me thirty minutes

I met her at yellow house basement, and we took ‘town gboro’ to town from SUB.
She took me to various shops around post office, bought a couple of t-shirts and trousers for me. I got a little bit scared as the bill was closing down on 10k. “Who would pay?”, I asked.
“chillax” she said, placing her hand on my chest, and chillax it was.

We were walking up the street to get some footwear, we saw apples and decided to buy, she bit a part of it and gave me to eat, which I did.
“thank you for kissing me” she said as I had eaten from the same spot she ate. I just laughed.

Suddenly, a range rover parked behind us, and the male voice from the car called “hadizat!!!!”. She turned to see the caller and she ended up being shocked, her mouth agape. I bent to look, who was it?