Oaths - Season 1 - Episode 14

6 years ago

Oaths - Season 1 - Episode 14

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Boma snuggled close to me and held me, pulling me closer to himself. He smacked my hair softly as the tears flowed out freely. It seemed like, the more I tried halting it to stop, the more it poured. However, he consoled and comforted me in his arms.

I held tight to him as the basking euphoria of nostalgia filled me up. I hadn’t been that emotional before.

Just then, the lock to my door twitched open and Mimi walked in. Considering the position she met us, on a normal school of thought, one would initially think the other way round, and I wasn’t surprised when she did. I saw the look she had; a very complex one.

We adjusted ourselves and sat properly as she entered.

“What’s smelling here,” she asked, sniffing the air like it had some sort of poison. I and Boma shared glances at each other, obviously puzzled.

“Like seriously you guys don’t smell anything? Something is burning,” she said. I instantly panicked to my feet and rushed to the kitchen, only to discover that my porridge sauce was half burnt.

In just one day, I had experienced a tonfold of bad luck. From my torn dress to the water tap refusing to work, which led to my fall along the road and made me sprawl a sandal, and now my porridge sauce was ruined.

“How far with the food?” I heard Mimi’s voice from behind as I turned off the stove.

“Why don’t you see for yourself. It’s burnt.” I said.

“Burnt as in?” she came closer.

“My goodness, I hope that’s not the food I want to eat sha?”

“It’s still manageable,” I suggested.

“I can’t eat that.”

“So what do I do?”

“What do you mean what do you do? You cooked it so you should know what to do,” she was almost yelling now.

“If you can’t eat it, leave it.” I exclaimed and left her.

The funny thing was that, I and Mimi never quarreled in that house until then. I knew I was unnecessarily paranoid probably from the bad day I had, but I couldn’t help it.

I returned to the room and joined Boma on the bed. Mimi walked out of the kitchen, hissed past us and went through the door.

“What happened?” he asked.

“I rather not talk about it.”

“Is it because of me?” he pestered on.

“It’s not you, something else.”

“Hmm… I better take my leave.”

He stood up, got on his feet and headed for the door.

“Boma, if you step through that door, consider us enemies.” I warned.

“If that’s how you want it, so shall it be. I prefer being an enemy to someone than watch her quarrel over me with her best friend,” he said.

“But I just said it’s not you. You’re not the problem.”
“Whatever it is, sort it out with her. I will call you when I get home. Take care,” he said and left.

So far so good, I had lost in many ways in just one day. I couldn’t even taste the food I cooked later on, due to its bad state. I lay on my bed with an empty stomach, reflecting on I and Mimi’s quarrel. I came to realize that I was somewhat at fault too and ought to apologize.

In a bid to wait for her return, fatigue took over me and I fell asleep.

I was woken by continuous pats on my hip. I slowly opened my eyes to see Mimi next to me, with a darkened atmosphere and a torch lamp lighting the room.

“Wake up, Fifi.”

I opened my eyes and was surprised to see dusk already. It was evening.

“You want to kill yourself with sleep?”
“How long have I been?”
“Closely five hours now.”
“Five hours? That’s a lie!”
“I’m serious. Have you eaten?”
“No,” I muttered.

“Come and join me,” she pointed to the pot close to her bed.

“I’m not hungry.”

“You think I will beg you, me I no get your time o! If anybody wants to hold grudge in this house, it won’t start with me. So you better check well and know who you are fighting with,” she said plainly and got off my bed.
With that remark of hers alone, I was convinced enough to see that she didn’t take our little quarrel to heart. I soon joined her on the floor and we ate together.

“I saw what you and Boma were busy doing when I entered sha o, in case you think I didnʼt,” she said.
“What were we doing?”

“You dey ask me? Love wantintin!”

We both chuckled as she said that.
“You claim to be holy holy but you have such a bad mind,” I said.
“So what were you doing then?”
I was about replying her when my phone rang. It was none other than the person we were talking about. He called to inform me he had gotten home, if I had settled with Mimi and if I had also had something to eat. All the while, Mimi kept smiling sheepishly as we talked, even until I dropped the call.

“What’s your own sef!”

“That was him abi?” she laughed.

“I knew it!”
“Knew what?”
“You’re gradually falling in love. I can smell it.”

“Love?” I laughed. “Love is the last thing on my mind now.”

“Will you agree before? Itʼs in your eyes!”
“Na you sabi o!”

That ended the topic for me. Since we had papers the following day, we proceeded to study a bit before heading to bed.

That night, I met a man along a long narrow road. He asked me to follow Him and I diligently did. He took me through various corners and routes as I followed behind.
Suddenly, I fell into a muddy pit and started sinking slowly. The man had gone. Another man appeared.

This man’s robe was bright, glistening white that I couldn’t look up to Him. I cried and begged Him to help me, but He stood still instead, watching me sink.

“Why do you chastise me this much?”
Immediately after that statement, I woke up, realizing it was all a dream.