~Kunmi~
Mayowa went berserk.
I sat on the sofa, eyes fixed on the TV. It was tuned to Africa Magic Yoruba and in the film, they were showing, the husband was beating their maid in front of his wife even though he was having an affair with her. The wife kept begging him to stop but he did not yield to her pleas. I hated films like this but I kept my eyes on it anyways. I pretended to be engrossed in it while Mayowa lashed out all she wanted.
"I can't believe you embarrassed me in front of my friends. I just wanted you to play the piano. For Christ's sake, what's the big deal in that?"
I ignored her.
Mom, who was also in the sitting
~Kunmi~"You don't look happy to have me back."That was the first thing Sophia said to me two days after she swapped seats with Adam. I just got to school and Sophia was back on her seat, AirPods in her ears and her body moving in some sort of rhythm to the song she was listening to. Gone was the girl that walked around the school like a ghost for the past two days, gone was the girl with the blank look in her eyes. She removed the AirPods from her ears and her lips stretched into a huge smile when she saw me. Weird but not unusual."You don't look happy to have me back."She repeated when I did not say anything. I only focused my attention on draping my back pad behind my chair before sitting down."Trust me, I did not want to return either but I had to. I don't want you guys to flop your exams. It's starting in f
~Adam~There's always something about Kunle's house.Or home.The laughter.The laughter always seems to echo through the whole house, bouncing off the four corners of the whole house.The loud chatters never cease.The home this house embodies.I made a last-minute decision to follow him home instead of going home. It was going to be too toxic for me to return to that house anyway.Kunle wasn't his usual chatty self on the drive home. He figured out something was wrong with me when I missed all the classes and he knew better than to probe, him and Sophia. It went down the drain once and it wasn't a memorable time.It was the first time I understood the extent of the impact of Sophia's ange
~Adam~I returned to my seat after seeing what caused Aminah to scream like a possessed demon. Kunle was trying, putting up with Aminah's energy. Heavens knows I can't. She was always screaming.The four of them buried their heads in Aminah's phone as if the pictures of the girls were going to fetch them millions or something. I just sat there, watching them, waiting for the malady to pass, waiting for Aminah to stop screaming like a maniac.I wasn't watching them per se, I was watching Kunmi, watching how her eyes widened and she surpr
~ADAM~I had no place to go in mind when I left our class but I found myself looking around, eyes searching for one person;Kunmi.She wasn't in the love garden so I guessed she'd probably be in the cafeteria which I seriously doubted because she couldn't have possibly gone alone.I climbed down the stairs and I found myself heading towards the cafeteria. The school's cafeteria was located behind the block of studios so I had to walk past them before getting there. I was almost in front of the music studio when my phone vibrated in my pocket and I brought it out only to see the name coz flashing on the screen.Just know that if I should die now, It's Charles' handiwork. I pressed the red button a
~Kunmi~We decided to sleep not long after that. Aminah gave up her bed for Sophia and I and even though I insisted that she or someone else join us, she maintained her stance. I saw no reason, the bed was big enough to contain four people comfortably. Maybe she did that because of Sophia who doesn't like sharing her space with people.Thinking about Sophia, I turned to look at her from looking at the wall, slowly, careful not to make too much sound because the other girls were already lying on mattresses on the floor, probably dozing off. Aunty Sophia was lying on her side, face to me and she was pressing her phone. She'd spent more than an hour doing what she called her skincare routine. In the end, I lost track of the names of the products she'd applied on her face. I've never
~Kunmi~"People be damned Kunmi. You're hands down the most interesting, fascinating and beautiful girl I know. You're intelligent and deep that I always find myself looking forward to spending time and talking with you and the rest of the world doesn't know that, that's their loss, not yours."I blinked, once twice at his words. It's the most beautiful words someone has ever said to me but I did not believe it. Something that beautiful couldn't be true about me.I looked away from his face, from his eyes that seemed to want to drink me in, my heart thudding louder in my chest, to where he grabbed my hands, right on my wrist. I tried pulling away but his grip remained firmer, stronger even that I had to look up at his face again and yet, I was stunned by the intensity in his eyes.