She Pulled Her Pants

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 13

So much for love abi? I got outside and started

walking home majestically throwing my hands in the

air like I had no care in the world. My heart was

beating right in my brain. I swear no be lie. You

know when your pulse transfers from your wrists to

that tiny vein on your head and start doing “dut dut

dut”, that was exactly how I felt that night.

“Na where you dey come from without shoes na”

My younger bro asked immediately I stepped into

the sitting room. My breath was high but who cares.

Na only shoe na and seriously nobody asked me for

it. I only heard “hey hey hey”, and my legs kicked in.

The shoes found their ways out of my leg when the

acted as a decelerating force-field.

“From work na. But men, some agberos been dey

fight for junction walai. Na run I carry comot from

there”

I said breathlessly while I proceeded to the kitchen

to dish food for myself.

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The next day, I had already left instructions for my

brother to retrieve my items from Perpetual. I was

in the office feeling uneasy and trying to

concentrate. No phone to play with, nothing to do.

Just sitting my black Bottom and browsing through

Nairaland. Each time I will have this feeling like my

phone is vibrating in my pocket but men, nothing.

I closed and got home to meet my brother watching

a movie on my laptop.

“Attai, I see your show for road o”

He said to me and smiled briefly while I frowned

and went to pick my phone. It was off. Well, I had

switched it off.

“Hello, Perpetual. Yeah. Thank you for yesterday. No,

can’t come.”

That was how the conversation flowed.

“I am not feeling too well. My stomach is paining

me”

She said, making her voice sound like a baby. My

brain processed the information the normal way so

my reply was in the normal way too.

“Sorry my love. I wish I am there right now. I would

have worked on it”

She paused.

“Go jor. You that say you can’t come.”

“Yeah, I can’t really. I am very busy right now. Loads

and loads of work to do.”

I replied trying to pacify her.

“So it is only sorry you will tell me ko”

Now where is she headed to.

“Lots of love baby, muah muah”

I blew kisses into the phone.

“mtchwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww”

You know that kind of his that make ones ear drum

vibrate. I pulled my phone out of my ear and looked

at the screen to be sure her lips were not going to

come out and s–k my ear drum outta my ear.

“Ah ah, what did I do na?”

I asked.

“Na only love I go chop? Abi na your kisses I go

drink?”

Kai, now that was harsh. But what was more harsher

is the next sound that followed.

“Kuchup. Kpoo kpoo kpoon”

She had dropped the call on me.

“Stylez”

I said referring to my younger brother.

“Go buy me MTN N400 own”

Moments later.

“Attai, I love you. You are the best thing that ever

happened to me.”

Okay, I know what you guys are thinking. I just

played the mugu. But to me? For every action, there

is an equal and opposite reaction. N400 no be child’s

play and I go draw the oil equivalent. If only the oil

would come quickly.

My phone started ringing almost immediately that I

dropped the call. It was a strange number. Owk,

every number for my phone dey strange. Una no fit

blame me na. Na so I pick the call.

“Hello, Attai?”

The person call my name like say e no dey sure and

na woman voice the person get self.

“Yes, na Attai”

I answer am back.

“It is me”

You who? I resemble magician.

“Sorry, I misplaced my phone so I lost all my

contacts. Don’t be angry, who am I speaking with.”