Maraa - Season 1 - Episode 13

5 years ago

Maraa - Season 1 - Episode 13

It was relived in the lenses of my brain and eyes as if it was a digital movie shown on a LCD television!
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I sat on the gossip chair in front of the girls’ hostel where I was a serving corps’ member, pressing my runner-band supported handset. I was getting furious because I was kept waiting for long.

“Where are you for goodness’ sake?” I typed
I was almost getting mad!

I am a woman for Christ’s sake and I shouldn’t be kept waiting for long for one d--n man from wherever!

I love him…oh yes I do!
But it’s sunny

It was so scorching that it felt like I would have tanned greatly.

Adejare had told me to leave my hostel very hurriedly and I had been very scared of what could have been wrong.

I left the tray of groundnut I had just peeled and was blowing to take garri and I quickly wore a very long, fitting gown.

I stepped into flat slippers and jumped out.
To my dismay, forty minutes after the ‘pajawiri’ call, he was nowhere in view!
There was no reply, though the message marked ‘read’

My heart started beating and I became really vexed.

If I had checked the mirror, my eyes would be so red Exactly how was I supposed to feel?
Sad?

Scared?
Solemn?
Uncertain?
How was I supposed to feel?
…but I felt angry.
In our years of friendship, we had always kept to time, keeping no one in suspense.
——–

I stood up and turned towards my hostel.
‘If he called later, I might not come out o’…I thought to myself

I turned to look round again to be sure he wasn’t near.

There was no sign of him, so I started walking away angrily.
—–

As I placed my right leg on the first stair case, I felt a warm hand on my shoulders.
I turned around fiercely.
It was a guy’s hand and I wondered who had the audacity to touch my shoulders.
It was Jare!

I tried my best to hide my anger but no!
“What sort of a thing is this? Were you kinda playing some games with me? Jare, you should know me better. Excuse me” I said and started mounting the stairs
He followed me
He was not panting

That only meant, he had not run.
If he had run to catch up with his fiancée sitting under the sun and who had waited for him for the past 40 minutes, he would be panting like a deer now.

It meant he had been quite around for some time, watching and waiting to see the level of my perseverance.

Jare shouldn’t be the one doing that to me.
I hate those kinds of tests, abeg!
“I am sorry dear” he said calmly
…and it worked
Magically….as it always did!
I stopped in my tracks
I was still backing him.
“What?” I asked angrily.
“Sorry for wasting your time” he said coolly.
I felt guilty and turned to look into his face.
There, in front of my face was a very big bowl of ice cream scoop.
I held my breath
“Are you for real?” I exclaimed loudly, smile erupting my face
He came closer to me and covered my mouth
“Bush girl, don’t embarrass me jhur” he said sweetly into my ears
And I blushed!

I loved it when he called me bush girl!
Weirdo me!
But wasn’t I really a bumpkin?
The last time I saw this very large bowl of Ice-cream at Shoprite, I went to check the price and so clearly, it was embolden on the cover ‘N2, 500’

Where was I supposed to get that from?
But here it was on a platter of gold!
He took his hand off my mouth and I smiled sweetly at him.

“This is so sweet of you” I said and he smiled too

“Let’s leave this place for the shade over there” he said as he pulled me gently back to the gossip chair.
As we sat down, his eyes were steadfastly set on my face and I looked away
“What is the problem?” I asked
He sat beside me
“What would Gun Jun Pyo have done if he were to be the one waiting?” he asked and my eyes shone brightly
“You watched Boys Over Flowers?” I asked so astonishingly, beaming with smiles
He smiled too as he shook the head
“If I didn’t watch it, you said you would withdraw your ‘yes’ nah and I didn’t want to lose my all round beautiful angel!” he said and I blushed with excitement
“You won’t kill me Adejare!” I said softly and he pressed my right palm sweetly.
I watched the Korean movie on my roommate’s laptop and I loved it so much that I had pestered and threatened that he must watch it.

But he had always had one or two things to criticize about the movie which I always fought him about.

The language irritated him but that sent cool chills down my own spines whenever I watched.
Talking about the main character now (Gun Ju Pyo) showed how much he cherished my interest and how much he wanted to be a part of my life.
I was happy that he watched my best movie ever!