By Akintayo Akinjide

Crayfish

Jimi knocked Lola's door.And waited patiently. He
blew air severally to strenghten his courage.
They had been friends for three years now, and he
hadn't tell his mind.
' Yes? Who's there?'
' Jimi..'

' Ah...Crayfish.' She said as she opened the door.
And gave him a warm hug.
He stood there, with his hands behind him.
He had just read a story on Nigerian Writers' Hub.
A guy delayed telling his friend how much he
loved her, and when he did, he made it look like a
surprise. But it failed.

He brought out his hand from his back. And held
her hands.
' I don't want another seconds to pass...before I
tell you how much I love you'.
' You said...'

His eyes darted from her face to the other part of
the room. She didn't hear him. That was good. He
was making a fool of himself. Maybe, she wanted
them to just be friends. Just friends. He would
change the topic. Or he could say when they
entered the house.

' I said I....' He shook his head.
' I said I love you. I love you with all my heart. I
want to spend the rest of my life with you as my
love...'
She stared at him. The wind blew past him, and
the Harmattan cold tapped the back of his head
but he stood still.
He had released her hand. She gave him a
resounding slap.

The force pushed him back. The stories he had
read on Nigerian Writers' Hub had always yielded
good results. He never knew the result would fall
like this.
' Never ever in your life...' She shouted and
pointed at him. ' Never ever play such prank on
me again.'
He wanted to tell her he was sorry for loving her,
he was sorry for telling her his mind about how he
felt towards. He knew he had done it foolishly
maybe he should have waited more.
' I'm not playing prank on you', he said as he held
his face. The pain of the slap, mixed with the
dryness of the harmattan season made him stick
his hand to that part of his face.
' I really love you...I'm not playing prank.'
Nigerian Writer's Hub had pushed him to do what
he didn't plan but he must now show her his
confidence. Afterall, it was confidence that helped
Ebuka pass his last question in the interview
question by Akintayo Akinjide.
' Shut up! Shut up!! Why did you keep me waiting
for so long? I had planned that anybody that tells
me his mind will be my BF because it seemed you
didn't love me'.
Just then, a whatsapp message entered her phone.
She looked down at it, smiled, looked at Jimi and
hugged him.' God saved you. I would have kill you
for losing me to another man'.
She passed the phone to him. It was a message
from a guy, Kay.
' Lola, I love you as I have told you before. I really
love you.'


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