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ehya na wa oooooo i hope when the update starts it will be a super pack

brother from.another mother, appreciate the checking in. sure thing oooo.......preparing non stop..... back to back.

apologies if this comes out of left field.....are there readers of old Greek folklore among us?.......the great Zeus and others etcetra etcetera..... I need reviews of what I'm bout to pen down....a recounting of the Greek tales.

Many writers have given their own thoughts bout it, movies made bout it with little or no twist, like the legend of Hercules, or Titans, not forgetting the tales of Achilles etcetera etcetera......so there's premise already for it, now a new writer wants to try his hand at it...and he needs criticisms..for there will be plenty of disagreeable moments. Thank you.

So they are bringing our transformer tomorrow or tueaday.....after close to a month and half.....and work will suddenly resume...thank you all.

BABY BOY? JUST BOY?!

He didn’t join the others in their frivolous activities; betting was a waste of time, he already knew that, so he put his energy into better things amongst which girls were a part of. Girls, this school was bearable only because of the beautiful creatures, praise the good lord for them, he smiled as he thought of this. It was a Monday morning, and he had classes to go to, putting on his sweatshirts with his legs in his cosy slides, with his customary bandanna around his forehead,
"howfar, Samuel, shey I dey okay?", he turned around
"ehhhh, fine boy, fresh guy, I like that your slides ooo, but where your glasses", Samuel gushed about him
"ohhh, I don forget am sef, see my life", he rummaged in his locker for it, dusting it off then set it on his bridge of his nose, "make sense now abi?"
"confirm, better thing, fine boy"
"nooo, na baby boy now, fresh baby boy", with that he left the room boncing with a certain swagger.

Classes went smoothly as they always did for baby boy, the lecturers couldn’t dampen the mood he was in, and after the long haul of classes, he took a stroll to the Sports Centre to while the time away. Leaving the place, he noticed a lady walking all alone, carrying a bag of sorts, she must have gone shopping, without thinking it over, he sauntered over to her.
"excuse me, isn’t that stressful?"
"pardon?", she paused, looking him over
"i’m talking about the bag, and you walking with it under this harsh sun", he replied smiling
"ohh, its no problem", she turned away
"noo, lemme help you", without waiting for a reply, he took the bag away from her, "lead the way please". The lady laughed, then continued walking
"so my name’s Samuel", he started
"i’m Stephanie"
"steph, hmm, so where’ve you been hiding all these while", he asked with a grin
"in my hostel and faculty", she replied laughing
"i’m geography", he indicated his department
"i’m Economics", she looked at him
"woah, so same faculty, even better, must be som sign from God", he pointed out with a grin
"really? If you say so", she shrugged
Taking this as a green light to march on with his advances, he continued, "so where you coming from"
"work"
"no classes today? "
"not really, but i’ve got to work, besides i’ll catch up with the others"
"cool, must be something big for you to ditch classes though"¸he angled
"its on the island, i’m the rep for a beauty shop, so I organize the models and do what a manager does basically, in a mini way", she explained
"ehhh, big girl"
"noooo, im just hustling too oo", she shook her head
"still great though," seeing there were almost getting to the only hostel in the vicinity, he hastened his plan, "now i’ve got something to look forward to when I go to FSS, can I have your number?"
She turned to look at him, then smiled, "don’t worry, when you come to the faculty, you’ll see me, not so hard to recognize the nice guy that helped me today" and with that she took her bag from him, said thanks then walked into her hostel without a second glance behind.
"………………..and like that I just stood there, omoh, I no believe am, I still dey shock now sef, na why I talk say make I come ask if ona sabi the girl, a whole baby boy like me dey do house boy, help girl carry bag", he looked dismayed

"haaaaa, you played yourself, Opiro, we sabi Steph", I said looking to the others
"that girl dey form die, you no wetin we dey call am nii? Stephanie SouthAfrica", Samuel continued, " the girl dey yarn us story of how she go SA because of Class Rep position, story wey nobody ask am"
"and i’m sure that Island story is another one sha, no bother yourself with that girl, she no go even answer you normally, na because you carry bag for am, she just look your side", Shola finished
"ehhhhhh, so I just dey feel myself for nothing, omoh thunder go fire that girl ooo, me wey suppose take cab come hostel normally, kon dey suffer under that kind sun", he lamented further. I moved in to pat his shoulder, "every boy don go through this stage before, its normal, you will run into another girl and this time she wont use you as her bag carrier", I said with a laugh as the others joined in.

KWIK DEBT

"ahhhhh, see as this foolish Monaco spoil my ticket, just one goal, ahhh", Junior V ran screaming into the room that late Friday night.
"its not only you na, them dey my ticket too", Tunji Burna joined in the lamentation
"guy, your own different, why you dey compare your own to my own", Junior said angrily which prompted glancing looks from everybody in the room. Then Jigaba acted as our spokesperson, "what is this one saying? Is it not the same money you used in betting? And is it not money you want to win"
"guy, see am na", Junior thrust the betslip at Jigaba, "na 15,000 I use bet, so now you see why I dey vex pass normal".
"ehhh, sorry for you ooo, and later youll be begging for garri now, you used a whole 15k to bet, good for you, rich man", Jigaba sneered derisively. It was a surprise to the others in the room too, we knew Junior didnt act like someone who had that kid of money to waste in such manner, but then nobody spoke up again, it was his money, didnt affect us one bit.
"ehn, e don go sha, e no mean, na small money", Junior continued, and we all threw looks at one another again, "I go do another one tomorrow, that one sure me, e go enter"
"goodluck to you sha", Burna laughed

It was the normal routine for the weekend since the football season resumed two weeks ago; football analysis and throwing opinions on betting, we all were looking to hit that big jackpot which was looking elusive as the weeks went by, nobody had won a big lump sum in the room, the last winner was Burna and it was pittance compared to what he already lost the same day he won, so we all still looked forward to the next day with the normal thought; we go chop by the grace of God.

"guy, how you take see this Chelsea match? Shey them go win?, I wan give them win and over two goals", Samuel looked at me
"im not sure ooo, hazard isnt fully fit yet, so he might not start again this week, and Arsenal will want to win, since they lost the first game", I erred on the side of caution
"ermm, so na ordinary Arsenal ona no fit beat? Nawa for ona oo, well, I go give Chelsea double chance and over two", he concluded
"yeah, thats better"¸ I nodded in agreement
"after all these analysis we spend hours doing now, last last the ticket will still cast, so why are we bothering ourselves again", Burna turned to face us
"ehn, na your money nii? Make I waste am na, no worry when I chop, I go give you 100 make you play your own", Samuel laughed out
"na wetin we dey talk since even before season start sef, and see nothing to show for it", Burna threw back at Samuel
"wetin concern you na, na your money nii, I dey go the shop now, who wan mah play game for am", Jigaba cut into the conversation
"take my own, Jiga, I no get monet for account again, so na shop for now", Samuel handed a piece of paper and money over and Jigaba set out to the shop outside school to play it. He returned later than expected, giving Samuel his Betslip,
"omoh, Sam, na your ticket delay me, the thing no gree play, so I just tll them make thm commot one game, na the Inter game them commot, he kon play, and the Inter game play for my own, no know why he be like that for your own"
"ehhh, maybe na God na, he don know say the thing go cast, an why he help me", Samuel shrugged
"noo, not possible, the game dey my own, so it must play", Jigaba shook his head
"ehn, that one na your own wahala sha, thanks, oyah, everybody ooooo", he gathered us close, "I dey chop today ooo, make ona ready, we go ball this week, money go show"
"thats what you guys say everyday, baba, instead make you enjoy your money, feed yourself, you dey waste am", Martins sneered
"okay oo, Martins, I no go give you anything if e enter", Samuel answered
"why would want I money thats imaginary", Martins replied, we all screamed savage that moment trying to get Samuel to give a worthy comeback, but he just looked at us and kept quiet, walking to his corner.

Later that day, we all asked about the Betslips from the guys that played and we werent surprised when they started lamenting,
"where that Samuel sef, that Inter game wey he dey fear, he enter neat neat, better three nil win", Jigaba grinned
"so your ticket still dey go?", I asked him, to which he nodded in confirmation
"so Junior, how far, how much you use bet today, rich man", Burna asked
"guy, guy, na one corner I need from that same Inter match, see as them mess up", he proceeded to show him the ticket, we could all see it, another five thousand down the drain.
"ehhhh, them just dey get you with all these one goal, one corner, no worry, na sign from God say you go soon win", Burna placated,
"I hope so oo, cause me don tire"
"at least your own na one goal, me I carry under three goals, the bastards score four for first half, the other one wey I carry over one goal, them score since third minute, kon forget how to score again", Tweener cried, we all laughed at this, and on and on it went, with nobody winning, not even Samuel who came later to tell us his game already crashed at the first minute, another day gone with dreams of being millionaires not achieved.

Sunday morning was like any other type in other rooms, half of the occupants going to Church, the other half lazing about the room.
"see, I don tire oo, I no even get strength go church, when money no dey", Samuel lamented
"I get idea oo, I was going to tell you guys earlier but I wasnt sure youd be up to it", Burna spoke up
"guy, anything on your mind, tell us jare, we wan hear", I implored, at the sound of which Shola came over to sit in with us.
"theres an app PayLater, my guys that are into Yahoo make use of it, they will take loans from it, flex and when maga pays, they pay back the loan, so the app na just to dey manage their lifestyle, them dey collect better money from am, I even get one guy sef, he dey build him ratings there, he wan reach level where e fit borrow 1 million, and like that, na Yankee straight", Burna explained, we all kept silent for a while, each of us thinking through what we just heard, then Shola spoke up,
"ohhhh, guy, and you sabi this kind thing before, you no tell us? We fit borrow from he app, use am carry two odd, double the money, pay back the loan and the remaining gain wey we get, na for us, omoh, you get the app, send am to me", he whipped out his phone. We all got the app, with the same ideas in our head, and after going through the necessary registration, and all applying for loans that early morning, it wasnt till the afternoon that we got replies back, our applications had been denied.
"omoh, nawa oo, so after our we don raise our hopes, naso them treat us", Samuel said
"I tire ooo, and I don already pick the game wey I go use the money play, better two odds", I was disappointed
"Burna, your PayLater wicked ooo, why them no grant us the loans, help us buzz your guy, make we know the kind information wey he fill, make we fill am again", we called out
"no problem, but since PayLater no wan pay us, make we try this other one KwikCash, the problem there be say, them dey start very small, like one thousand and from there, you go dey upgrade", he explained again. We all tried this new one, and I wasnt eligible to take a loan yet, Shola wasnt too but Samuel could get a loan of five thousand, without wasting time, he did, and getting the credit alert, funded his bet account with hopes of doubling the money, he succeeded in doing so, but then greed never leaves us humans, and with some other gambles, lost everything.
"omoh, I don die oo, money don finish", he told Shola
"ahhh, shebi you don get up to ten thousand for account na, wetin happen"
"I see one live game wey sure, kon use the whole money play, say make I just reach twenty five thousand, omoh, naso the money wipe commot ooo", he lamented
"ahhhhh, aye le ooo (life is hard ooo), omoh, Gabriel, come hear, come hear", and I heard the full story, we decided to wait on Burna to return to ask for some help.

After telling him the whole story amidst laughter and shaking of heads, we all asked him if he knew any other loan sites or apps.
"but you still dey owe KwikCash now, you wan borrow another one?", he looked alarmed
"noo, na from another site, so maybe I go fit play another two odds, and this time, I go withdraw am sharp sharp", Samuel pleaded
"you still wan use am bet? Omoh, I don learn lesson, I no go use borrowed money bet oo"
"ermm, I fit no bet, I go just pay KwikCash then, so I go fit collect another loan, kon pay the other site", Samuel explained again
"so you wan dey do like that, till when? Chai, which kind life be this?, shebi you still get one month to pay, I go check for other sites", with that, he left us alone
"omoh, be like I no go borrow too oo, but I need money, I wan go that beach event wey Davido dey come, and Dbanj", I said
"you too dey go? Omoh we plenty be that ooo, you dey carry girl? ", Shola asked
"you hear say I no get money, still dey ask about girl, nawa for you oo", I rolled my eyes
"e no mean na, as for me sha, I dey carry girl go, but I never ask am sha, still wan gather small", he smiled, as I turned to shoot a reply at him, Jigaba burst in,
"ahhh, them don get me today, all my games don enter ooo, naso I check scores again, them don cancel one goal, and game end like that, ahhhhh, which kind life". We all turned to look at each other and smiled, different day same story.

KhalifaDam:
this work of yours kept me up till this time. kudos bro

mucho gracias, brother.....appreciate....

new update dropped. ....... ......to whoever's following....sincere appreciation.

THE WARNING

The lack of power supply was cutting into everybody’s allowances, so it was a case of who had the best money management, some better at it than most, I already loaned money to Junior V, and he was supposed to return it the coming Sunday. I wasn’t comfortable loaning money to people I wasn’t close to, but he was in year one so I felt safe that nothing bad could happen, he still had three years left to go in school, Sunday came, and Junior was nowhere to be found, i didn’t bother looking for him, I just texted him not to come back to the room without the money. He must have gotten the message cause he sent Jigaba to plead his case all to no avail, so that night we all slept in the room without Junior, questions were asked but nobody had answers, then Monday came and the first person we saw very early was Junior, walking up to me, "Gab, abeg no vex, abeg", in his outstretched hand, the money I lent him the other time.
"no problem, I have a deal with you means you stick to it, simple as that, I do mine, you do yours", I collected my money, turning away from him signalling the end of the discussion. Junior fielded questions from the others about his whereabouts the previous night giving his usual unbelievable replies which were taken with a grain of salt by everybody; we had all learned to do that whenever he spoke up.

The day was going slower than usual, so I ditched classes, going back to the hostel to play games and waste time, I met Shola, Tony back in the room, they obviously had the same idea too, we all plugged in and took turns playing each other, during this I received a call, picking it, I said hello.
"na you them dey call Gabriel, abi", the voice on the other end inquired
"who is this?", I asked
"you wan know who be this, na me scorpion", the voice replied
"who is scorpion? Do I know you", I asked again
"you go know me soon, shebi na you dey do anyhow for that hostel abi, you go sell that Benjamin phone that time, I give you twenty four hours make you find that phone, we don dey watch you all these while, you go find that phone if not….", the voice trailed off
"guy, whoever you are, just free me, I don’t know you", I cut the call, thinking who was that because only the room members knew about the phone matter, and it was a good week past already, my companions sensing my discomfort, asked what the problem was, I shook my head saying it was nothing and immediately left the room looking for Benjamin, running into him on the staircase.
"guy, shey you go call boys for me?", I drew me him aside
"which boys?", he looked confused, then I wasn’t s sure he knew anything about it
"someone called me just now, calling himself Scorpion, talking about that your phone that Double sold", I explained
"I didn’t do anything, I’ve forgotten about the phone already, it wasn’t me, did the person say he was from me? ", he asked, I could see he wasn’t lying. I shook my head and left him alone going back to the room in my troubled state and this time, I explained it to the others, we couldn’t call the number back because it was a private number, not knowing what else to do, we all waited, later a text came through; you have twenty four hours to live and find that phone back. I started, clearly shaken now, showing the others the text, the number was still private and we all wondered who could be behind it, then thirty minutes later, another text came in; 30mins gone, 23 hours 30mins left, your life ticks by, and this time, the number wasn’t private anymore, the digits were revealed and I was angry immediately, because I would know that number anywhere, it belonged to Junior, I informed the others and they preached calmness, I wasn’t in for that, I stormed out of the hostel looking for the aforementioned Junior, not seeing him anywhere, I returned to the hostel waiting for his return. Later in the evening, he came back and it was me, Shola, Tony, Number 1, Jimmy (Number 1s friend) and Samuel in the room.
"Number 1, how far now", Junior bellowed, I stood up, pushed a finger into his chest, pushing him backwards, "guy, you dey mad", I was besides myself with rage.
"ahh, wetin happen", he acted innocent
"you dey mad? You no wan live long? You no wan finish school?", I shouted again
"Gabriel, stop oo, you just dey push me, wetin I do", he was still acting
I then asked him about the calls and messages, and he denied it vehemently, giving him chances to confess, he stuck to his innocent line of not knowing anything about it thinking his number was still private and unreachable, I showed him my phone and that moment his countenance changed and I told him I was taking it to the school authorities, immediately, Number 1 started begging for him.

"Gavriel, please don’t do that, you know that’s straight rustication for him", he pleaded
"Gabriel, just overlook am, he’s still a kid", Jimmy added. I shook my head at their pleas, and walked out of the room, Junior running after me, holding on to my midriff, begging for he knew the consequences of what he had done.
"abeg, Gabriel, abeg, na prank, I just dey play, I no mean am at all, abeg, no do me like this", he cried
"guy, free me, shebi you dey from gangster abi, I go allow you show am well", I tore myself from his grip
"abeg, abeg, abeg, I use my mama beg you", he continued pleading, the others came out to join in his pleas
"Gabriel, na your boy, leave am, no do am like that, he still dey year 1, na the weed wey he dey take dey enter him head, he never get sense yet, them go teach am", Shola held my shoulder, I looked at him, and shook my head in disgust
"I don hear, just leave me abeg, ", I shook Juniors hands off me, "its simple, just stay in your lane, don’t ever in your life mess with me, if you want to spend the remaining three years of your schooling in peace, but I’m keeping this text, I pray I get to use it, because I’ll be honest with you, I’ll use I at the slightest chance I get, I don’t care if your parent even beg me, shebi you dey take weed, dey form bad guy, you go learn lesson", with that I went back to the game we were playing before, Shola and Tony joining me, as we were engrossed in it, seemingly forgetting about the incident, Junior came back to the room and dropped some drinks beneath our feet, without saying a word, he then left, we all took a moment and checked the drinks out. "ahhh, omoh, this guy dey really fear gan ooo, see as he go get soft stuff for boys to dey alright", Shola laughed
"fear? He never know anything, I dey find chance, I go show DSA the text", I said
"man, you’re a mean bastard oo, that guy wont have any rest of mind now", Tony shook his head
"don’t care, not my problem, I had no rest of mind too when I got that call, or have you forgotten? ", I looked at him
"I know, I know, but still, well, it’s your choice sha, but take it easy oin him, he’s wiser now", Tony laughed
"he should be", I concluded the issue momentarily but we all knew deep within our hearts that we hadn’t heard the last of it.

JACK OF ALL TRADE

The next day was the same; no power supply, and we had to go for classes, we all dispersed, and I was walking with Tony, Samuel and Shola with the topic being about whereabouts the night before, as he told the others what happened, they all started laughing with the others wanting to know who the girl was and Tony not willing to tell them her identity.
"guy, hafar you na, only you wan do the girl abi? You no wan help your guys out", Shola shook his head
"and im sure she’s not even your girlfriend, but no problem sha, eat alone…", Samuel interjected
"……and die alone", we all laughed
"say, Tony, oyah, now explain, why did you change your mind about paying the guys the money you promised", I asked, deep in thought
"ohhhh, that, I was planning on paying ooooo, but that Jaguar guy walked closer with me than the other one and he told me not to pay anything, he was like why should I pay them because I was caught, so he told me to look for a way to escape paying", he smiled
"ohhh, no wonder he wasn’t even strict like the others, nawa oo, well sha, na God save you say person like that dey at that moment", I looked at him
"yes ooo, na God save me, but na true sef, na normal thing, why man like me no go relieve himself abi body no be firewood na", he smirked at me knowingly. I shook my head like I knew nothing about what he was insinuating and we got to the faculty and scattered to our various businesses of the day.

Walking back to the room, I caught snatches of conversation being driven by Benjamin, "…….how do guys do it sef?", I looked around, set my bag aside and joined in, "do what?"
"self-service", he replied looking at Christopher
"ahhh, why are you looking at me, did I tell you I self-service? Abi wetin happen", Christopher absolved himself of any lingering looks from the others
"no, I’m just asking, maybe you’d know", Benjamin turned away from Christopher
"ehn, now you know, I don’t know anything about it",
"if you’re so curious, try it yourself now and tell us about it", Tunde suggested
"how? I’ll start rubbing my hands under my dick just like that? What if it doesn’t gt hard", he asked again
"ehn, that one is your own problem oo, carry phone, watch porn as you dey do am, and better cream", Tunde added
"ehn, cream abi? Which type?", he waited on Tunde’s reply as soon as he said that
"guy, free me, ask Gabriel, make you take you go teach you everything, I no sabi anything", Tunde dismissed him putting me in the spotlight
"wait, before you ask anything, why are you asking about wanking? ", I asked Benjamin
"nothing oo, let Opiro come back and we’ll tell you guys what we saw last night", and not too long after that, Opiro arrived back from class, and the conversation came up again.

"oyah, Opiro, come here oo, Benjamin tell us say ona two get gist for us", I called him over
"gist? Which gist? ", he looked at us confused, then Benjamin pulled him and mouthed something in his ear, "ohhh, that gist abi, omoh, e mad, e mad die"
"baba, tell us jare, wetin happen", Tunde asked impatiently
"ehn, e dey somehow sha, but you guys remember Temi never sleeps without that long wrapper around him", he paused, and we all nodded in confirmation, he continued, "so, yesterday we figured out why he already sleeps like that, omoh, last night, we catch am, baba dey watch porn……"
"ehn, and so? Who no dey watch porn for here?", I shook my head
"calm down, let me finish, he wasn’t just watching porn, the guy must have thought we were all sleeping as per the heat, but me and Benjamin were still awake, and we just tiptoed to his bed and the guy no even know say we dey watch am, and next thing, baba start to dey self-service ooo, I shock, remain small make Benjamin burst out laughing", he finished
"but light no dey, so how ona take sure", Shola asked
"we sure of wetin we see die, the light from him blue film dey enough to see him hand dey move like that, and you cant be scratching yourself like that, so we are sure he was wanking, omoh, baba self-service for long ooo, chai, he just dey change the porn dey self-service…."
"so you guys were watching him like that, ona no get work", Tunde laughed
"no be so, we leave am jare, I for try video am but nothing go show so I leave am"
"ehn, we’ll watch him today then, maybe he’ll self-service again", I suggested
"ahh, shey na everyday the guy go dey self-service nii? He young na, him blood go dry up", Opiro laughed

That was a shocking revelation, we all saw Temi as the other baby of the room next to Seun and the thought of him masturbating was ridiculous but then we always wondered why he slept that way, he told us it was cause of the mosquitoes that abound on that side of the room and we didn’t bother verifying, it was his bed after all. So that night we set up ourselves to watch him sleep, another night with no power supply, as soon he hit the sack, we all waited for him to turn his back to us like he always did underneath the wrapper, after an hour of waiting and no sign of him doing anything related to wanking, we all gave up and as we all retired to bed, Junior burst in the room, "guys, ona dey here? Ahhh, ona dey miss ooo, come out come out, these girls don craze". We all bolted awake, confused, but followed him, not forgetting to leave someone behind in the room, closing the door behind us,
"wetin happen, which girls be that, wetin……", as Opiro asked these questions, we started hearing them, pencil dick, pencil dick, pencil dick,
"no be moremi girls be that? Ahh, theses ones are crazy ooo", I laughed, and immediately we heard the replying salvo from the guys, tiny breast, tiny breast, wide pussy, wide pussy, wide pussy. It wasn’t so hard to understand then; the lack of light was preventing the students from sleeping and to pass the time, they picked up taunting each other across the road safely locked in their various rooms in the hostel, we all trooped outside to the front gates to the hostel, they were open surprisingly and we all joined the others in watching the shouting match from the other two hostels next to us; marriere (boys hostel) and moremi (girls hostel). Then a girl’s voice could be heard once more; stupid boys, do you want to see breast, immediately the guys all answered in unison; yes, show us, the irony wasn’t lost on we the audience- there was no light so nothing could be seen even if she bared it all. These sort of words were traded back and forth between the two hostels, till we all got tired and went back to the room, entering quietly and right before our very eyes, a particular hand was going up and down on a bed with the occupant fully covered by a wrapper, turning to Benjamin, it was dark but it wasn’t so hard to imagine the look on his face; told you so

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"guy, wetin happen"¸ I put on my shirt
"omoh, I no fit explain, just drop your phone, no carry am, follow me and flow along with me, agree with anything wey I talk abeg, na only you fit help me with this, the others no fit do am, I no wan delay them", he pulled me along. Not understanding what was fully happening, I followed him down and outside the hostel, the gates were still open due to the lack of power and students packed outside and around the hostel. We got outside, and to the side of the hostel stood two security guys.
"good evening sirs", I bowed my head
"how are you", they chorused
"I’m fine"
“see sir, he’s the one I stay with in the hostel", Tony started, "and the person with the key isn’t around”
“ehn, so why did you bring him”, they pointed to me
“when I found out our bona fide wasn’t around, he decided to follow me so as to confirm it”, he explained
“ehn, see, I don’t know the kind of games you are playing but do we look like kids to you? Are we stupid? Young man, don’t joke with us here”, the leader of the two was getting worked up
“sir, please don’t be angry, he didn’t tell me much, but truly our bona fide isn’t around and he takes the key with me, maybe he went to stay in another hostel, or he isn’t in school cause of the light issue, but sir what did this silly boy do, please”, I pleaded still bowed
“its nothing too much, we caught him and a girl by the architecture building about to have sex, we let the girl go cause she told us about her hostel and we know their hall master, they wont allow her in after the set time, and this your friend promised to clear it all if we follow him to the hostel saying he would give us something for our troubles, and now, as you can see, he’s saying another thing", he concluded
"ohhh, ogah, abeg, please don’t be angry, he’s my friend so I know him well, he wouldn’t want to joke with you guys like that", I pleaded
"huh huh, so him bringing us all the way here from the lagoon front is what"¸ he looked at me
"he didn’t plan it out this way, he really wants to fulfil the promise he made but the guy with the key to the locker isn’t around, that’s why", I explained again
"huh huh, ehn, maybe when we hand him to the security guys at alpha base, he’ll produce the key by himself"¸ he threatened
That point, I knew these guys might never let Tony go, and I went prostrate, begging them, after a while, the younger personnel decided to listen to our pleas and conferred with the older one then they came back to us.

"okay, you’re lucky my colleague is here to plead for you, you people should thank him, but you two have to come back to meet the others with us, because if we go back and tell them the story you’ve told us now, they wont believe, it would look like you paid us off and we decided to cut them out of it, so you have to follow us", the older one said
"okay sir, thank you very much sirs" we nodded at the younger one
We began our walk back to meet the other security guys, on the way we stopped at one of their colleague’s shack, and he told us not to fret much, that it would turn out well but we should see him on our way back to the hostel. Getting to the others, we were met by four more officials, and after telling them the story we told the other two at the hostel, they all looked at one another and the leader spoke up.

"before I start, what’s your name", he looked at me
"Gabriel, sir"
"so Gabriel, you heard what your friend did, right? Is it okay for a normal student to engage in that"
"ermm, no sir"
"good, even after doing it and getting caught, he took men old enough to be his father on a merry go round, is that okay too", he asked pointedly
"no sir, not good sir"
"that’s okay, I’ll tell you the truth right now, I have no business with him again, I know he’ll do something like this again and that time I’ll hand him off to the relevant authorities to face be judgement, so im done with him, but the others here will be the one to determine his fate, I leave you in their hands", he rounded off
"thank you sir, sirs please, he’s a small boy, please forgive him", I looked at the others
"ehn, small boy? Small boys are learning fast ooo, with the kind way he dey handle the girl, see I wont even listen to any pleas from anybody, so don’t bother looking at me, it’s a waste of both our time", the fair looking one concluded
"please sir, I know what he did was wrong but he was just scared and then it didn’t work out, im sorry sirs, please", I pleaded again
"James, let’s free the guy, he’s proven smart today, everyday is for the thief, one day is for the owner, his day of reckoning will soon come", the quiet one amongst them turned to us with a knowing smile like he was saying he knew what we had tried to do with the whole hostel debacle
"Abdul, no, it can’t be that easy, they want to take us for fools and im not allowing it, hey you, this guy is your close friend, yes", the one called James looked at me
"yes sir", I replied
"great, so you’d do anything to help him, right"
Not knowing what direction the questions were going I answered, "yes sir, anything possible sir"
"that’s very good, you know what will happen now? I’ll call the guys at the base to come take you two and I’ll tell them you two were trying to rape the said girl, and we caught him on her already with you holding her down, and don’t worry, it wont be hard to sell, your friend was doing the deed in the first place so any investigation will prove me right", he turned a hard face towards us. It took a minute for the implications of what he just outlined to hit me and seeing the look on his face, there was no doubt he could go down that particular road and it was his word against us, a straight loss for us.
"ahhh, please sir, im begging you, don’t do that, please sir, I’m begging, please", we both prostrated and kept on pleading, after a while, the others went to confer and came back and told us to leave with a warning.
"if anything like this happens again, say goodbye to school", we thanked them profusely and started the journey back to he hostel with one of the guys that followed Tony to the hostel in the first place, on our way back, we stopped at the shack where we were told to call at on our way back and the person came out to see us.
"so you guys are now free?", He started
"yes sir, we thank our boss here that helped in begging for us", we pointed at the guy escorting us back
"that’s great, I knew he was going to plead your case, but you guys should be careful, you can’t jeopardise your admission for just 15 minutes of pleasure, besides you should know those security guys, get close to them, I tell you, is it a room you need to do your stuff? Or you need space? They will give it to you, but since you guys think you know all you don’t try to mix with them, that’s the reason they keep on catching people like you, be careful next time, now go back to the hostel, its getting close to three already", he set us on our way back, as we walked back conversing with our escort asking about the room that could be gotten from his colleagues, his confirmation delighted us something for the future, as we arrived at the hostel about to part ways.
"boss, thanks ooo, na you help us today ooo", Tony shook his hand
"noo, its nothing, just dey careful now, take am easy",
"no vex sir, but wetin be your name, we no even know am, we wan collect your number down", I put in
"no problem, them dey call me Jaguar, just that", he smiled and called out his number for us to save, we bid him goodbye and went to catch the little sleep that was left of the day.

finally, updates will start rolling in.......to everyone that's following....the ghosties...the few ones to comment, and the ones that have been checking in.....appreciate you guys.....very much....thank you.

BiadeFolar:
update nah boss

boss......na some forces hold me down..... working on that.

Dmajor100:
gabrielGROUCH where have you been

boss mii.....I've been here oooo....my updates are somewhere inaccessible........and no light for three weeks over here makes it even harder getting them.....but working on a way round that tho.....eshey gan, ogah mii

SunFlow:
Good work sir.... UNN? I can relate

thank you Sir, Unilag, actually.

Pinkberry5:
It's kinda funny ooo, but chill with the plenty pidgin and space your work more, so it doesn't cause those reading from phones to have tired eyes.

I'm Following anyway.
And thanks for the mention

will work on that, appreciate your following.

Dmajor100:
Dont worry bro i gat ur back just keep it coming

appreciate you boss, you dont know how much this comment means to me, thanks mahn

WOMAN WAHALA

Monday came faster than expected, the one day most of us had lectures to attend, but still no immediate need for a lock and key, someone was still going to be around. This particular Monday was different for just one reason; an event (cool breeze) was going to hold at the school’s sports centre later in the evening with appearances by Simi, Lil Kesh, Slimcase and some other artistes, we all planned to go, we wouldn’t miss it for the world. So immediately classes closed for the day, we all gathered in the room, waiting for the others to arrive, another reason for us going was the absence of light, we had been warned by the school authorities about the impending darkness later in the night, so we decided spending a few hours away from the heat would do us a world of good.

"oyah, where Jigaba dey na? we go leave without am oooo", Samuel paced about
"he talk say he don almost reach hostel, make we chill small for am, but Tweener and Kent talk say them go meet us there sha", Kingsley replied. Not too long, Jigaba showed up apologising profusely for delaying us and we started off on the journey, as we got to the gate, I held everybody up and told them I wasn’t going again, everybody else were impatient to get to the place seeing as they were running late to ask me why, so I turned back to the room, didn’t even know why I declined going for something that had been on my mind since I heard about it, but I didn’t fancy large gatherings that much so I wasn’t bothered and up I went to indulge myself, all alone for the first time, peace and quiet.

Samuel got to the event with the other guys, it was in full force already and the indoors hall was already full to capacity, so they had to be content with staying outside with the other guys, just dancing away, and having fun. When it got to 10pm, they all dispersed to look for other things to hold their attention among the other party goers there, Samuel hitched up with a girl he found dancing alone.
"hey, I like the way you dance", he tried
"ohhhh…..kay, thanks", the girl looked up to the voice
Taking that as permission, he started dancing with her, till they both tired, then moved off to sit alone and started up a conversation.
"name’s Samuel, you", he kicked off
"Ore", she fanned herself
"wow, beautiful name, and beautiful dance steps, not forgetting your fine body", he smiled
"thank you, sir, youre not so bad yourself", she laughed
"so….did you come alone?", he asked
"yeah, why you asking? ", she looked at him
"nothing, just thinking since we’ve danced our legs away, maybe we could , you know, go chill at the lawn tennis court side", he suggested
"hmmmm, lawn ennis, so quick already? ", she looked knowingly at Samuel
"well, doesn’t hurt to try ones luck, besides this is me trying to pursue something I liked while dancing", he shrugged
"hmmm hmmmm, too much English, you have something in your pocket, right", she rolled her eyes
"yeah, of course",
"wow, you really came prepared then", she laughed
"better prepared than lose a good opportunity", they both laughed and started moving towards the lawn tennis court, getting there, they saw others doing what they both came there to do, and in full force already.
"wow, people must have been waiting for this night", the girl exclaimed
"don’t think so, konji can just hold you anywhere, so cant blame them", Samuel laughed and they both picked a spot with fewer persons and started off on their own journey of pleasuring each other, as they were almost done, a voice boomed across the lawn and a torchlight beam was cast in their direction, "hey hey, Jesus, what are you guys doing there" and immediately everybody deep in passion scurried off, nobody wanted to face whatever punishment the security men would mete out for having sex in that premises.
"wow, wow, that was crazy", Samuel laughed out loud belting his trousers
"I know right, cant believe that happened", the girl was gasping for air
"I know, we didn’t get to finish though", Samuel moved closer
"ahh ahh, not here na, will see you tomorrow, Im in HKE department", she pushed him away
"ohh, I rep Economics, lemme have your number then", he tried taking his phone out only to find no phone in his back pocket. After searching frantically for it, it hit me there and then, he must have misplaced it while trying to escape the security man’s torchlight beam
"you cant find your phone? ", the girl looked worried
"yeah, I mist have dropped it but no problem, just take my number, flash me tomorrow, in the evening, i’ll get back to you then", he waved it off
"are you sure you’d have a phone then? ", she asked
"left my other phone in the hostel, will use that, just need to retrieve my number", he explained
"okay then, I’ve got to go home, I enjoyed being with you though, goodnight", she walked off

Samuel wasn’t feeling the party anymore so he decided to leave for the hostel, not bothering to look for the others, getting back to the hostel. I was still awake, handt slept yet, was waiting for the others to thrill me with their experiences, and they all did.
"no too worry Samuel, at least your phone no lost for nothing, you chop free pussy na", we all laughed
"where is Tony? ", I asked
"we looked fr him, but didn’t see him, maybe he didn’t want to come back cause of the heat, them still never give us light at all, nawa ooo", Jigaba shook his head
"ehn, sure e say Tony no enjoy like Samuel for here sha", everybody laughed again
"guy e no funny, e dey pain me gan", he lamented, " I no kon even cum sef, imagine"
"eyah, go self-service for bathroom, that one suppose cool you down", I went to bed

Guy, guy, guy, wake up, wake up………..someone shook me up, and I looked at the time, it was 2:35am, it took me a while to get myself
"Tony, we dey find you yesterday na, where you go", I was surprised
"omoh, I don enter wahala oo, Gabriel, abeg follow me downstairs, security guys dey wait for me", he was very worried

PRIDEFOOL FAN

We had two devout sports pundit in the room as at this period; Benjamin and Temi law, these two reminded us of Neville and the others on Sky Sports- they could talk for days sounding intelligent but not so sure they could walk it. Another peculiar thing about Benjamin was his confidence in everything he knew, nobody could argue with him, he would always win, no two ways about it.

It’s convocation week, meaning free food for the students wiling to go and hustle for it though. No lectures, just a whole week of being lazy and in street 207, free time to spend on the programme of the day; argue till someone drops dead.

"hafar guys, we no go out today nii? I sabi one guy wey dey convocate", I said
"you sure say food go dey? I no wan go stand for nothing oo", Tunji Burna was sceptical
"sure thing, na my guy, I go arrange ona food join my own, make ona no worry, I got you guys", I reassured them
"okay oo, oyah, make we move out then, Benji, you go follow us?", Tunde asked
"no, I cant disgrace myself please, you guys, good luck", he shook his head
"ehn ehn, no worry shebi you go wan chop when we bring come abi, nothing go enter your mouth", we left the room

Getting to the guy that was convocating, we spent a bit of time before getting served, from there we went elsewhere, to other people we didn’t even know, it was convocation, parents would surely give us food. Seeing a crowd of boys at a particular tent, we joined them and sure enough we met a woman scooping rice into takeaway packs, setting them up, we stood in line with the other guys.

"omoh, hope this food go reach us sha", I asked the guy ahead of me
"I hope so ooo, I don dey here for a while now", he turned to look at me
"chai, but the woman sha know say boys dey here na? ", I asked
"yeah, she look us, use eyes count us sef, ", he nodded
Ten minutes passed, and the woman was still arranging the packs, this time without even looking at us
"I no sure if this woman go give us anything oo , see as she dey measure them, ", someone in the crowd noted
"never give up baba, she go drop for us", someone said
The woman then looked up, smiled at us, then "who are you people waiting for? "
"ahhh, mummy, we came to celebrate with you nii oooo", we chorused
"that’s good, thank you my children, so who are you waiting for?", she asked again
"the guy that’s convocating ma, we want to celebrate his 4 years in school, now that he’s leaving", we replied
"well, im sorry my children, but he told me to keep all these for his friends, that they are coming", she shook her head
"ehn, mummy we are his friends too na", we were dismayed
"noo, he’ bringing the, here himself"¸ she finished

Hearing that, we didn’t bother, we all dispersed to other tents, after an hour of part success and part failure, we retired back to the hostel, on our way up the stairs, we started discussing football
"Manchester derby dey come, I no forget wetin city do united last season", Double said
"I swear, them just use them catch cruise, the thing funny die and Pep never gel him team then ooo"¸ Tunde replied
"abi, but this season go different, united go win, Mourinho don sabi him formula wella", Tunji Burna said with confidence
At this point we had gotten to the room, and the Manchester talk continued, then Benjamin contributed his thoughts
"ehn, I know you guys will beef us again, cant you just talk without putting united in anything", he said
"ahhh, you no even happy say we dey mention your club, that club wey na past glory he dey live on", I answered
"ehn thank you, your Chelsea that’s using present glory, how many cups ona don win, make ona win league from now till Jesus come, ona no fi reach us, even that double wey dey talk, shey him Arsenal na club? ", he jeered at us
"well, my asenal no be club, I agree, but no be iheanacho go dey use cach cruise", we al laughed
"which iheanacho? Wetin he do against us last season? that one na player", Benjamin was saying
"ahhh, shey he no score against you and do assist nii? ", double asked
"oyah bet, he no score and assist", Benjamin stood up
"oyah, wetin you wan bet, shebi e sure for you", double said
"oyah, bet phone", and he dropped his tecnol8 against double’s Samsung edge.

We checked online and to the dismay of Benjamin, he lost, he didn’t accept and we took it to Youtube and same thing, he still lost, then it dawned on him that, his phone was gone. Everybody started laughing then.
"chai, naso person phone go just go like that on top iheanacho", Samuel commented
"I swear, abi make we watch am again? Maybe na FIFA game we just see, make we find the real match", Tunde sneered
"guys stop, the guy will start crying, stop rubbing it in", Christopher said when it seemed nobody was going to let it go anytime soon. Double gave Benjamin a choice though, he could get his phone back for 7,000 naira, after negotiations through the night, they settled on 5,000 naira, so it was settled.

The next day brought something new, Benjamin was mouthing off about not being that pained he lost the phone and Double heard.
"chai, Benji, you don Bleep up, oyah I no want you 5k again, just talk say you dey sorry and I go give you your phone back, simple", Double waited
"why I go talk sorry, because of what? Phone? Something I can go home and get another one", Benjamin didn’t back down
"guy, your mouth don dey too much, na you dey beg me yesterday now you don change tune, just say sorry and I’ll accept", Double repeated
"leave me, oyah, go and sell the phone then, me say sorry? Never", Benjamin left the room.

"Gabriel, make we go computer village, that guy go learn lesson today, who go follow us", Double pulled on his trousers
"make I follow jare, I wan go check something there sef", Tunde stood
"noo guys, the guy’s just being childish, abeg no sell the phone, him parents fit kill am for house", Opiro begged
"abeg, Gabriel, no dey encourage Double na, help Benji beg, that phone na him life, if he no use am for one second, he go die and ona wan go sell am, abeg, forgive am", others joined in begging for Benjamin
"me no even wan the phone, but make the guy just talk sorry, I go listen drop phone, but he wan form bad guy abi, and I no go hear again", Double signalled to Tunde and me and we left the room together on our way to Computer village.

We got there, after an hour of looking for a good deal, sold the phone for 10,000, then went around doing nothing, just wasting time till it was almost 5pm then we got to school by 6pm, the others assumed we didn’t sell the phone seeing as we got back to school late, they were of the opinion that we delayed coming back to make it seem like haggling for a good deal took up most of our time.
"so Gabriel, where the phone, the guy wan beg now, him head don correct", Opiro walked up to me
"ahhh, omoh, phone don go ooo", I looked at Double and Tunde
"I know say you dey whine me, abeg, bring the phone out", he smiled knowingly, "Benji, come here jare, come beg them", he called out. Benjamin came in, looking like someone that had been crying since morning, "guys, im sorry, I wasn’t thinking clearly, please im sorry, I’ll even pay the 5,000 naira we agreed on earlier", he looked at Double
"ahhh, omoh, serious your phone don go oo, Double show am the cash na, we sold the phone for 10,000, see what your strong head cause now? Simple sorry, you were acting big, you played yourself oo", I looked him in the face feeling bad for him
"na the cash be this", Double showed them and Tunde corroborated the story, then it dawned on the others that we had truly sold the phone.
"well, I don do my part sha, sorry Benjamin, your phone don go", Opiro left us to go back to his corner.
Benjamin was quiet throughout the day, even more quiet when the absent room members heard the story, with everybody calling him "iheanacho" throughout the night.

the fellows reading it, i actually appreciate you guys, means a lot to me, even when with no comment, i still appreciate you guys reading it, much gracias

PLUS ONE

I woke up the next day feeling groggy, checked the time only to see it was almost 12pm, that stuff really knocked me out, huh, to the cacophony of voices that indicate the people in the room are alive and kicking.

"hafar na, why ona dey shout again this early morning", I winced
"ehhhhhh, he don wake up ooo, everybody", Samuel screamed
"wake up? Na why ona dey shout nii? Which kind life na", I shook my head
"no be him fault, all of us think say you don die nii, when we dey try wake you up this morning, and you no move at all, we don dey fear until Tweener check say you still dey breathe, na then we calm down small", JIgaba explained
"so ona think say I don die? If I die, them go pack everybody wey dey here, fit ona for one cell kon lock this room na", I cleared the cobwebs in my head
"you too dey feel yourself, if you do mistake die, we go just use Bagco bag carry your body go throw for lagoon, bye bye", JIgaba laughed
"ehn, my spirit go come disturb ona for night then, shebi ona smart nii, last last ona go run leave this room alone", I stopped the head clearing for a minute, "abeg, who get purewater, my throat dry gan"
"abeg, make person give am the water ooo, be fore he go truly die, I no fit get wahala on top drink wey no touch my lips", Korede said

After taking enough water to last a drought, I went to the bathroom, did my business, wasted some more time looking for food, then went back to the room and continued sleeping.

"guy, guy, guy, wake up jare", someone was tapping me
"huh, huh", I tried getting myself
"wake up, wake up, porter dey find you", the person said again. After some seconds, I was awake, "ehn? Which porter? "
"that one wey yellow, he talk say he wan see you, say make you come down now", the person stood up
"guy, why you no talk say I no dey around na? which kind wahala be this again", I stoop up also
"I no know, I forget, sha go meet am", he replied. Then my eyes got clear enough to see it was Samuel

I set out to meet the porter, and found him at his post, with a fair guy backing a big bag, I already had an inkling of what was going to happen
"Porter Mike, good afternoon", I smiled
"how are you Gab, I’ve been looking for you since morning, where you hide", he asked
"nowhere, I was sleeping nii"
"okay, see this guy", he pointed to the fair guy, "he’s my padi, and some issues came up so now I want him to stay in your room till I can figure something else out, you hear"
"ahhh, sure thing Sir, shebi his bags are hear? Lemme help him carry it up", I offered
"see, Martins, don’t do anyhow in that room, Gabriel will show you the way there, the people there are okay, just be friendly and no issues, your stay there will be great", he advised
Hearing the latter part of it, I knew this guy was here to stay forever, but what can I do, after all he’s the Porter and im the student.

"so Martins, hope say you bring things for boys sha" I walked up the stairs
"of course na, I’m tired of going up and down, one place to the other, so I’m just glad Mike found this place for me", he followed me
"okay na, no lele, the room na street sha, so hope say you wise", I chuckled
"street? As in? I don’t understand", he looked confused
"don’t worry, you’ll understand sooner than later", I was laughing as I studied him; tall, huge was the right word, very fair, another fine boy for the room’s collection, well, don’t hurt to have another big guy in the room.

Getting to the room, I announced, "oyah, guys we don get new member ooo", and everybody started shouting, throwing greetings, helping us arrange the bags.
"oyah, ogah, wetin you bring for us?", Opiro asked
"you guys shouldn’t worry, this night, something will land", Martins promised
"okay ooo, hope say you no dey bobo us sha, cause for this street we no dey use that kind thing joke ooo", Opiro warned.
Martins looked at me and I shrugged, he was getting to understand what the street means.

That night he brought a bottle of vodka and a one litre soft drink, while others were knocking their drinks back, I stayed behind.
"Gabriel, come join us na", Shola teased
"I no want, today na Saturday, I no dey drink on saturday", I repeated
"ahh, baba de fear na, you wan kill am nii Shola", Jigaba threw his head back
"I no dey fear jare, I just no wan do anything but give me one cup of that coke sha", I pleaded
"nooo, no vodka, no coke, oyah, take tiny vodka, I go give you coke", Shola said
I declined, opting to leave the room as Martins asked the others why I didn’t join in, and they started the whole story about yesterday

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So we set out on our way, stopping at a shop to get the Nigerian version of a six pack, 6 cans of bullet, three action bitters and a small bottle of vodka. It was a straight line to the lagoon front for the five of us. Getting there, we were treated to the usual sights that grace that particular location at that particular time of the night; boys and girls doing extra curricular activities, and the usual crowd of guys hanging around probably doing what we were about to do.
"oyah, make we sit down for that side", Kingsley pointed at a shaded area that was unoccupied, getting there, we made ourselves comfortable, and cups were produced out f a nylon bag,
"shey you fit handle three bullet", Kinglsey faced me
"three na smalls na, bring am", I puffed out my chest
"you sure? Cause I go still add something inside, na the real level be that, bullet na girl drink normally", he warned
"baba, add anything wey you wan add, bring am", I was still boasting
"okay ohhh, ona dey hear when I ask Gabriel ooo", he nodded at the others
"leave am, na him be world’s best drunkard na", Tunde laughed
Kinglsey faced away from us, poured two bullets in an empty plastic bottle, and handed it to me, I didn’t waste time, I always prided myself on being able to stay sane even whilst drunk, so I knew how to act normal if worse came to be.
I downed half the drink in two tries, amidst cheers from the others, this guy think say I be pikin, he never see nothing, I thought, then I tasted what wasn’t alcohol, but something leaning towards codeine and something else my brain couldn’t pick up at once, I had it at the edge of my mind but it kept flitting away.
"this one you dey look like person wey dey think, hope you dey alright", Shola was laughing
"I dey okay, no shaking", I replied after minutes passed, I downed the rest of the drink then, and stood up, expending energy was a good way to wear the effects of alcohol off, so I started pacing.
"chai, oja ti gbe Gabriel lo oooo" (the stuff has hit Gabriel in the right place), Shola couldn’t hold his laughter
"na lie, I no believe, Gabriel, how many fingers I dey hold", Tunde turned me around.
I could still se clearly, I wasn’t gone yet, I knew what he added to the drinks wasn’t something normal, and it wasn’t weed, I would have known that already, I just had to get what it was then i’d know how to go about it,
"Gabriel, you no hear me? How many fingers I dey hold", Tunde repeated
Tunde dey ask me about fingers, but if I face am now, I go forget wetin I wan remember, I don experience am before, no be skushis, mah just think am well, the guy don finish the remaining bullet sef, ohhh, e remain one for me, omoh, I migh not eb able to take that last one, maybe i’ll offer it to Benjamin, since he followd us here, so he has to drink too, I cant fall my hand oo, this guy go dey loud am for room say i off after two bullets, and I don make mouth say I fit handle three, chai, but this level make sense, I go ask Kingsley how he take get am, na pure stuff……..

"mahn, na true you talk ooo Shola, the guy no even answer me, he don go", Tunde sat down back
Thank God, e don go siddon, I no ven sure if I see those fingers wella, and that one na easy to cast.
"baba, I never go jare, I just dey reason how the stuff take hit me well, no be fingers you hold up nii? Me see everything, I just dey observe as very every dey go", I lied my way through, hoping they bought it.
"ahh, I don fear, I trust you na, you be bad guy, remain the last bullet, oyah, finish am, make we know say you don clear boys doubt", he held up the remaining can. Took it from him, popped it and asked if Benjamin wanted to take a sip seeing as he hadn’t taken anything, he declined, "you dey fear nii? You no wan enjoy life at all nii?", I taunted
"ehn thank you, finish the drink, we are waiting for you", he threw back at me,
I sipped at the drink for a minute or two before taking it all in, instantly knowing I wasn’t going to last long, "guys, oyah, makeeee weee dey go hostellllllll", I slurred my words
"ehh ehhh ehhh, the thing don nack am wella, no go crash for road, I no go carry you ooo", Shola voiced out
Choosing to ignore rather than speak up and further be found out, we started off back to the hostel, getting close to the hostel, we ran into three girls, and it was there and then it started hitting me like a brick and I couldn’t stop myself from shouting, "hey fineeee girlssss, wwhere off to?"
The girls ignored and walked on, but I wasn’t done with them so I ran after them, and after a minute of composing myself, introduced myself again,
"i’m sorryyy fing girls, I just couldn’t help it", I smiled stupidly, by then the others had joined me
"hey, ermm, is your dreind drunk?", one of the girls asked the others
"ask him yourself, Gabriel, are you high?", Tunde laughed
"guyyyy, I tell you, I nohigh, im just cool", I staggered a little then turned it to skip stepping
"okayyy, we agree, can we be on the way now?", one of them pleaded
"im sorry, don’t mind me, just wanted to know your names, in case I run into you again", I managed after a moment of deep breaths taking
"im Linda, and they are both Tito and Laura, can we go now", she asked again
"sure sure sure, thanks ermmmmm, Lydia", I walked on past them with the others still laughing behind
"heyy, you should really take it easy, getting drunk isn’t that cool", one of them said and they all trooped off
"guy, I Bleep up, I no ask for number, why I no carry phone leave hostel like this", I wailed
"but guy, your phone dey your back pocket na", Tunde pointed
"ohhh, I no feel am be that, next time sha I go collect their number", I mused, and we all walked back to the hostel, others walked, I was skipping, masking my staggers, getting to the room, I didn’t bother taking off my clothes, I just dropped to the bed, without dinner or the nightly argument.

"so you did come back to the hotel? With your friends?", she sipped her glass of water
"not really, none of them could come cause hey wanted to bring girls too and the ones they called weren’t available"
"so you let the room go like that"
"nah, found a girl I was trying to get intimate with to go with me and she did"
"why am I not surprised? Typical boy behaviour", she shook her head, rolling her eyes in an exaggerated fashion
"nooo, not really, I was just into her, wasn’t planning too much concerning her but then she came in handy, wont you agree?", I smirked
"yeah, hurray for you",
"but nothing happened with the girl I took back though, guess I had lost my appetite for girls not up to the age I already set for myself"
"really? And what age is that now? "
"above 20, the new girl made me realise this"
"how so?"
"ohhh, after going to the hotel with her, I was on my phone all through the night, and she slept through the night, and we went out separate ways the next morning, forgot all about it till she brought it up some months later talking about how I ran my mouth off to some guys claiming I took her to the hotel to have sex with her"
"but you did it, didn’t you? Tell others?", she asked
"honestly, I didn’t, I might have told someone I sent the night at the hotel with the girl, but I specifically said nothing happened"
"of course, you don’t expect them to believe it, you being a guy and she being a girl, coming from you again?",
"well, wasn’t my fault they took it up the wrong way, but wasn’t cool seeing a young girl talking to me like I had no idea what I was doing, I cut it all of with her, after making attempts to clear my name, and of course I forgot about her, but you know what? She didn’t cause she sent me a text some months later asking me to come t her birthday with gifts, see why my stance on young girls is the best? ",I bragged
"how so?"
"this girl insulted me, says she wants nothing to do with me, and later comes around asking me to come to her birthday? i mean, seriously? "
"maybe she had a change of heart, you know girls are forgiving when it’s the right guy", she explained
"nah, I don’t think so, me thinks she assumed I would be eager to get in her good graces like some sex starved brother"
"really? And im sure you weren’t sex starved, seeing as there are more than enough 21 year olds walking about"
"well, you know what they say, when life gives you lemons, you squeeze the hell out of it"
"that’s not the right saying, but I’ll let that pass", she smiled
"so that’s it, I guess Tonia was the start of it all", I finished
"okay, lets play a game then, you plan on seeing her soon, yes?", she sat straight up
"yeah, I guess so"
"postpone it, give it a year, try to see if you’d get engaged to other things, don’t let your infatuation with her dictate how you plan yourself", she advised
"hmmm, that might be hard though, you know, seeing as she might be gone again"
"well, in that case, let her be gone then, other Tonias will surely come around"
"after the stress of reconnecting with her? i should just let go like that?", I gasped
"yeah, besides she’s not more than 19 now if my math is correct, so why you going back on you 21 year limit"
"I don’t know, I guess, she’s the exception to the rule", I shrugged
"that’s a dangerous exception, take it easy, If you cant delete her number, just hide it, see if you would move forward, i’m not going to advise you sleep with everything in a skirt, but please, use a condom"
", sure thing I don’t joke with that"
"okay then, come see me next week, same time, it will just be me and you again"
Looking up at the time, 4 hours had passed already, seeing I was looking up at the clock, she smiled "you were on a roll, didn’t want to adjourn till next week, wanted you to spill it all out"
"thanks, I appreciate that, maybe next time I’ll make sure to be time conscious", I ruffled my hair
"please do, else I might start charging you for overtime” she laughed
"I know I know, see you next week then", I shook her hands and walked out of the office

On the road back to the hostel, I realized I really did need that, wow, its been a while, not sure I might forget Tonia though, will give it a try though,

So, after a minute became two, deciding she couldn’t wait any longer, she asked for the stuff I was supposed to bring, brought them out of my bag, and she went on to do a cocktail of sorts, for a girl her age, young as she was, I was surprised, wow, they really do grow up and learn fast, was my train of thought, and from then on, I guess, shy me took the back seat, and we made the room more cloudy that it should be, with the tramadol in my system, I was pumped up and ready to go.
"so where’s the condom", she asked
"in the bag", I nodded at it, she went and took it out, squealing in delight, "hey, you’ve got good taste, fiesta is one of the few I like out there", I didn’t catch the meaning of that, guess I was too far gone, so I just nodded in a goofy way. She wore the condom on me, proceeding to lie down on the bed.
"ermm, aren’t you supposed to give me head first? ", I asked
"sure, but I want my scent on your dick before putting you in my mouth", she winked

"wow, excuse me, but wow, please go on" she interrupted
"cant blame you, that was the same expression on my face that fateful day", I smiled

With that by the side, I hovered above her, with her guiding hands, I was about to enter, till it clicked in my brain, this girl was still 16, another part was telling me to go on, she was already a master at it already, so what more would my doing it with her change? I succumbed to this side and continued till I was at the tip already, and that’s when shy me took a stance, before I knew I had rolled back on the bed facing the ceiling
"huh, Gabriel, what’s wrong", Maria was worried
"nothing, let’s do this another day", I shook my head
"huh, wait, another day? We talked about this already, so me anticipating getting my brains bleeped out was for nothing", she was disgusted
"im sorry, just not myself today, maybe it’s the drugs in my system or something", I lied
"really? You’re annoying, im sure it’s still that age stuff on your mind", she left the bed and started dressing up
"seriously? You paid 9,000 for this room and its going to waste like that", she was still angry
"don’t worry about it, i’ll probably spend the night here", I sat up
"ermmm, maybe I can stay with you then? Will tell my parents I’ve got assignments to do in school", she brightened for an instant
"nah, don’t worry, just go home, i’ll call you"¸I shook my head
"God, you are the worst", she stormed out of the room

"yay, score one for the moral you", the therapist beam at me
"im not so sure that was morally right from me , I mean I’m not sure some moral side was what stopped me, I guess you were right after all", I shook my head
"right about what"
"i’m really a shy guy"
"that’s rich, coming from you, so what happened next"

A[i]fter she was gone, I packed up myself, and went back to school , letting the money waste like that, wasn’t that concerned, at least I did something right, I consoled myself, but I never called her again, never spoke to her again, deleted her number, I had had enough unwanted experience with "teenagers", especially 16 year olds, not interested in those anymore, guess my "not younger than my sister" maxim was going to stay strong then, so I thought………….
[/i]
"why am I not surprised?, its even plain on your face, this breaks you have", she shook her head in exasperation
"are you serious? Well, it’s not my fault though, it’s the environment", I shrugged
"so you let yourself be influenced by the things around you? That’s shocking, and you are supposed to be the man", she asked
"hey, you aren’t supposed to judge me you know", I winced
"i’m not judging, just making observations"
"right, and im a saint", I smirked
"well, if that’ what you think of yourself, feel free, wont be the one to correct that notion", she teased, "so tell me about the umpteenth time you broke your word again"

Well, this time it wasn’t my fault, and the girl was 17, so technically I wasn’t going so low, but she was still two years my sister’ junior, so there was that, but we hit it off real fast, did the whole song and dance about relationships, something about her though, she was the daughter of a pastor with arguably more experience than Maria, I wasn’t as shocked as the first time, was getting numb to it, and once again, we went to the hotel, same one, in the room, no "cold feet" hesitation, we did a little tease kissing, this time I was determined not to go back without doing what I came for.
"lets watch a little porn to get us in the mood", she was fixed on her phone
"really, do we need it? ", I stood still
"don’t be a baby, come over here", she patted the bed, I went over, and we watched it together, had to make an effort to show interest in it, I knew the actress in it, already watched a hundred of her movies, so wasn’t moved by her sight, after a while, we stopped watching and started our pre intimacy, a level of arousal later, I was waiting for the whole works and then she shocked me.

"lemme guess, she blew you out of your mind", she smiled
"well, put that way, you can say that, mind you this was someone I had already spent a month with, we already stole kisses, did the whole finger in he, already boasted about her skills as an headmistress so I was prepared for the best time of my life"

She asked me what exactly did I want, I looked at her and said she could start with giving me head first, and she looked at me, sighing.
"Gabriel baby, I really want to drive you crazy but…"
"but what Ella?", I waited for it
"I want you to earn it, I want it to mean so much to you knowing yes you worked for it", she was still holding on to my dick
"earn it? woah, so what we’ve had all these while don count", I was getting angry myself
"nooo, it does, that’s why I came here with you in the first place but for a Mouth Gig something more needs to take place, see, I actually like you very much, so I want this to mean more to you like it does to me", she sighed
"well, good thing then", I disengaged myself from her, "wont force you, lets blow this joint", I wore my clothing back
"what of the room? "
"i’ll come back with the guys, we’ll crash here together", I got ready to leave
"are you still mad at me? Don’t be, im sorry", she pulled on her dress
"nah, its cool, said I wasn’t going to rush you, just take your time", I smiled
"thanks Gab, I do love you", we left the hotel together, seeing her off, till I got back to school,

"right, now im going to guess kissing was too little that day", she said with a twinkle in her eyes
"you can say that again"

That day I had already gotten to the university, was in my 100 level, first semester, just a fresher, and a not so fine one, so no hope on that front yet, and I didn’t mind, I had Tonia back home for me, it was one of those public holidays, was on my way home, sent her a ext about coming over and seeing her before arriving home, she texted back with a "yeah", rushed over there, and after the whole kissing that I couldn’t get enough of, I asked her to do things to me, she looked at me, and said are you sure, I told her yes, I am, and she said don’t move then, just let me do it all

"hold on, wait, you planned on asking her to do this from he start? "
"not really, I just did it on a whim"
"don’t think so, that whim of yours must have been something for you"
"now that you say that, I think so, back then during my final papers, was doing NECO then, I remember going to the toilet during one of the exam and seeing a girl in the toilet, she didn’t close the door well, and I called out jokingly, "wouldn’t mind joining you there", then ran off to do my business and went back to my paper, I forgot about this, but then the girl, I didn’t see her face then, walked up to me later on after the exam and repeated my statement back to me, and asked if I was game"
"what? She asked that? ", she replied incredulously
"yeah, she did, I was as shocked as you are now, I fixed a time with her, went over, her granny was around, she said she was going to come to my side, told her my address, knowing she wasn’t going to come, and that day, around 7, I could hear my name being called downstairs, the girl was looking for me, had to discharge her, promising later, well, later never came though, but from then I realised, maybe over thinking things too much was bad and going with the flow was the way to go"
"wow, im amazed, mr Casanova, go on"
"thank you ma", I replied, tongue in cheek

As she asked me not to move, I sat down on the couch, and she proceeded to go down on her knees, unbuckled my trousers, drew them down, same with my boxers and before I could say blow, she put me in her mouth, I ran mad that moment, that was my first time of getting a Mouth Gig, before I could start enjoying it, however, I came in her mouth, and right before my eyes, she swallowed it and looked at me and said,
"what? Why did you come so fast"
"its been a long time I was with a woman", I lied but that was the truth technically
"that’s bad, maybe next time will be better", she said and stood up in all her baked glory, I remember saying to myself; wow, this girl just 17? That’s crazy, pulled up my trousers and went back home, all smiles and on top of the world, my parents noticed and asked what was making me so happy, told them It was the aroma from the kitchen, they laughed and shook their head, and I sat up all night replaying it in my head, couldn’t wait for next time to come around, so I spent time reading on how to last longer, all the tips were stored in the "fast eroding" brain of mine and next time I went here again, we didn’t even bother kissing, she just went down and did it again, and like before I came early, not to be deterred, she made me rise up again and continue, and I came again, and once again she covered me with her mouth and I came not fast but not that long, I was blown right out of my mind, forgive the pun"

"you’re on a roll, go on"

Well, after going back to school, I scheduled meeting up with her, and after one of those meetings that ended up with me trying to catch my breath, I offered to use my fingers on her and she declined saying she was a virgin, I was shocked, seeing the shock on my face, she tried explaining
"im still a virgin cause of my mum, she will kill me if she even thinks im doing blowjobs"
"really? But how will she know, will you tell her? "
"nah, don’t have to, she will know", she reiterated
"right, so how did you get so good at this; giving head, I mean"
"I had good teachers", she said with a smirk
"teachers? Like a boy or what", I asked, confused
"yeah, a guy and my friend, a girl, practised a lot on the guy till I got this good"
"wow, that’s some lucky guys, two girls for him alone"
"yeah yeah, he’s gone though, they packed out already"
With that information, I went home, after a while, I tried asking her to date me and she brought me back to reality
"see, Gabriel, I might enjoy touching your body, cause I like it, but I don’t like you, hope you don’t get offended, but I really don’t"
This was a shocker, I left her house then and there, promising never to come back

"but lemme guess, you didnt plan on keeping that promise? "
"yeah, I did, but not after two years had gone by, I stumbled on her number in one of my notebooks and called her, we talked a while, spoke to her brothers, reminisced about the past, then I spoke to her again, and I kept on calling her, tried hooking up with her cause I was following the law that says if you have entered a girl before, you can enter her again, technically I hadn’t had sex with her, but I was close already, so figured it wouldn’t be hard, but it was, she was out of the state for a while, had to wait for her to come back, and then they moved out to another street, far from where they were before, thinking it would be gone like that, we also moved out, and we did so to a street opposite theirs, and I took that as a sign"
"a sign? Or more like devil playing temptation"
"sign, temptation, same thing, just semantics", this elicited laughter from her, go on then
"right, suit yourself, hold it though, you haven’t see her yet, have you?" she inquired
"nah should do that before the month runs out though"
"well that’s something to look forward to hearing about if you actually do succumb to the temptation, that’s by the way, things must have happened between then and you running into her now again, you weren’t celibate throughout, were you? ", she smiled
"no, I wasn’t, that’s true, lemme backtrack to Maria"
"ohhh, the 16 yr old? Please do, was curious about what happened to her, before you start, hold that thought", she went to the adjoining room and came back with a bottle of water, "you must be parched now, Casanovas shouldn’t talk for so long without water", she teased
"ha ha ha ha, the shrink knows how to tell a joke"
"right, so get on with Maria then"

Ohh, so about Maria, I did all she asked for that day, specifically cancelled my class for the day, needed to be in a good frame of mind, im sure the others must have noticed I was a walking energy bomb cause they all stayed out of my way, and when it was time, she called me, said she was downstairs, went down to meet her, we walked over to the ATM, withdrew 10,000 as a precaution, so we continued on our journey, neither of us saying anything to the other, I was lost in thought, she was looking at me like I wasn’t okay, so we went to the hotel, name’s Zest, funny thing is, that was the first time of me going to that hotel or any other hotel for that matter and it was the beginning of numerous hotel stays, we got a room, went in, and there it was just the two of us, looking at each other, one waiting for the other to make the first move….

"got cold feet", she inquired
"not really, guess that shy me never got totally erased, you know", I shrugged
"right, so shy you was missing when you made the journey to the hotel?", scepticism in her tone
"what can I say? Shy me picks its moments, seriously though, I think it’s more of the fact that my brain finally registered, I was about to do it", I said sober
"okay, go on then"

GENESIS/REVELATION

"so you see, all of those vows I made back then just went down the toilet", I finished my story
"wow, that’s a lot to take in Gabriel"
"I did warn you"
"yes, you did, but there’s one thing though, one thing that keeps bugging me in this tale of yours", the therapist voiced out with a look of worry
"huh? What is it", something cautious was triggered in me
"in everything you said, you were just jumping from one scene to the other, there wasn’t a definite point where you acknowledged was the beginning"
"beginning of what? "
"I mean, the point where you al started seeing your vows as something not to be taken seriously, there must surely be a genesis for it all"
"oooh, now that you say that, I think there was"
"of course there is always a starter for everything we do, nothing occurs by happenstance in cases like this, so what was it"
"well, i don’t know know exactly how to start"
"just do what you’ve been doing all morning- start anywhere"

Well here goes, I don’t know how the mechanics work, but I was given birth to, and right from that pin till I grew older, I was always tagged with the ugliest boy in class, the girls would always shriek whenever they were joined with me in that childish "he’s your husband, its you and him" thing, I was still the playful one, always the one to bring the noise to the class, so that was how it was till I started my secondary school education, and same thing happened, something happened though, during our valentine’s day celebration in school, I was in JSS1 then, that was before the seminar about SEX happened, we were all told to write valentine letters to someone in the class that we cared about, I didn’t hesitate, I wrote to the girl i’d always crushed on, and we all submitted, during closing assembly that day, the best letters from each class were read out and I was shocked mine was the best in JSS1, and the teacher in charge read it out, I still remember clearly, "I don’t know if its right or wrong, but I know what it is, I feel when I talk to you and you smile, it compares to no one, you are the epitome of what valentine should stand for, beautiful, with that smile, and smart, I hope to always spend valentines knowing I can just look around and there you will be, smiling. ", and the claps started, the seniors wee shocked a small boy could write that, I was surprised too not by the words I used(I was familiar with it, I had read lots of book before entering school) but by the fact that I actually penned it down, after that, the girl walked up to me and said though she write for some other boy she was glad someone in class actually wrote something good like that for her, I couldn’t hide the joy splitting my face in two, with that I walked on home feeling on top of the world.


"hold on, this girl, she is the one that triggered it", the therapist interrupted
"no, just hold on, she wasn’t the trigger, she was just the beginning before the beginning"
"okay, go on then"

Well, as I was saying, from then on, I didn’t show it but I was getting over being the ugliest boy in class, and then the whole seminars on Sex happened, and later Pornography talks, I actually adhered to that vow till I got to SS1, and then I all started unravelling, I walked in on some guys watching Porn, I was disgusted, tried to warn them to stop, they jeered at me, and after a while, I decided I was going to see what was making them addicted to it, and it was from there the destruction started, I couldn’t stop watching it, I was always going early to school just to be the first to watch it on a friend’s phone……

"wow, and you didn’t try to stop?"
"you know, funny thing, I actually tried to, but then around third term, the seminar guy came again and this time he was going to elaborate more on Pornography"
"so? I can tell the seminar didn’t dissuade you from watching it still"
"well, yeah, but then not my fault, his main point then for us not watching porn was that, if we watched porn, it would erode our brain cells and we would start forgetting things we ought to remember and then the next stage was us becoming dullards"
"really? And that didn’t scare you", she inquired
"it actually did cause I figured out the guys watching it weren’t top of the class to so I wondered if it was their watching it for a very long time that caused it and since I had just started, it hadn’t started affecting me yet, so I did a test, kept on watching ti for long and at the end of the term still aced my papers, then I figured I was immune to it so what the hell, lemme keep on watching it then"
"wow, get on with it"

So after seeing my little test work out for me, I continued watching it right up until SS2, then I noticed I was getting friendly and more than friendly attention from a certain girl in class, it continued for a while and during on of those funny conversations with the class, a girl was telling us about how she would kiss her boyfriend and the kiss wasn’t that into her and she would use her hands to make him hard then that was the kinda kiss she liked, I filed that in my brain for no reason then, so after I got close to the girl showering me with attention, we started the whole making out at her house, whenever her parents were not around, that is, and around when we were in SS3, I let it out to her about what the girl in the past said, Thelma, about using her hands to play with the little thing below, and after cajoling my girl, she did it for me, and beyond words, it was great, so much so we found every little opportunity to touch ourselves, I still never touched her down there, I hadn’t worked up that courage yet, and during our final exams before WAEC and JAMB, I was still in my elements, had a girl so maybe being ugly wasn’t that bad as the first time. I had just finished a commerce exam, was the first to wrap up, then a friend finished and we both went up, to meet two of our classmates who weren’t offering the subject, both girls, one thing led to the other, and before we knew it, they both had our dicks in their hands, that moment, something he seminar lashed into my mind, "don’t start o the road to destruction, cause then it becomes hard to turn back", and at the same time I figured to myself "I know how to stop if I want, im not hooked on it like others, I have control over myself", and I let her play with me, she never put me in her mouth though, and after that, exam finished and I was done with secondary school, no more girlfriend, she was packing out and going far, didn’t have the resources to keep up a relationship like that.

"so, the girl that played with you was the one? "
"nope, the thoughts that came to me then might have been the trigger, cause then I realised why was I being scared of a road I could always take a fork and go in another direction"
"right, but surely you must have missed the sign on that fork seeing as you failed to take it"
"well, what can I say? Snow must have covered it"
"very funny, go on"

During the holidays before trying to gain admission into the university, I spent time plainly stocking my system full of porn, I was on a spree, since I couldn’t get a girl to play with, I was content with watching others do it, I had up to a thousand on two separate files, it got so bad, I couldn’t sleep at night without watching some, and one night I must have been watching and then slept off, cause I woke up and saw my system still on, obviously charging, and i wasn’t charging it before dozing off, and it wasn’t in sleep mode, this fear that my little brother must have seen what I was watching still haunts me till today, but that’s digressing, so I was doing that, and one unfortunate day, I say unfortunate cause it set me on this path……
"finally, we are getting to the crux of the matter"
"yeah, I know right, finally"

That very day, I ran into two little boys I knew in back when I was in junior secondary school, and going with them to their house to catch up on why I wasn’t rolling with them again, we got talking and then I asked them if they had a sister cause I remember a girl with them back then and they both nodded their heads that yeah, Antonia went out, she would be back soon, after talking for a while, I took my leave, getting downstairs, I run into this beautiful slim, petite girl on Danshiki and bum shorts, I was knocked out, had to stop and say hy
"hey"
"hey you too", she relied disinterested
"hold on, aren’t you Antonia"
"yeah, who are you"
"seriously you don’t remember me? "
"noooooooo………….ehhhhhhh, Gabriel? "
"yup, in the flesh", I said laughing
"its been long oooooo"
"I know right, wow, from that tiny girl back then, you grew up quick though"
"who’s tiny girl, abegiii ooo", she replied laughing
I couldn’t get my mind off that bum short
"okay then, wasn’t going to be here for a while, but cause of you im coming tomorrow, better don’t go out"
"ahhh, you have to come in the evening then, cause I wont be around in the afternoon"
"okay then"
Throughout the night I kept on replaying it in my head, it was crazy, the girl turned out fine, but then some things just don’t happen……the next day I went to her house and we talked for a while, from talking about her age, she was 16, same age with my sister, that gave me hope, she was small, but then wasn’t younger than my sister, had a boyfriend, doesn’t school in Lagos, so she only sees him during the holidays, she herself was still in secondary school, after a while, we got close, but then I was still not doing anything with her until the day we kissed, and I decided I didn’t want that t happen anymore, told her I would wait till the next year, and the next year couldn’t come fast, w started over again, from getting close, to closer, then we started kissing, this was better than me watching porn daily, so I quit that for a while, her little brothers noticed my frequent coming to their house, but I masked it well for them, anytime they would be around while I was coming, I would take my laptop and give it to them with game pads so they could knock themselves out, so this lessened suspicions, it was only kissing till one day……….

LightQueen:
Thanks for the mention

Hope you and the others enjoy it, madame

CODEINE DIET

The whole Junior drama would be the first of many as the days would go by, but we let him be and I didn’t tell the other guys what he told me the day night before, they wouldn’t be able to hold it in, and ribbing him would be the order of the day. A certain number one was mentioned earlier; good looking, but closer to the ground than the tabletop, he was in this same room the year before, and his nickname then was locker, he wouldn’t tell us why but we put two and two together and figured maybe he could fit in the locker if he needs to hide, but he wouldn’t disprove or confirm it. He was one of the ring leaders of the "calling" gang, he wasn’t around when we got caught the last time, else he would have been roped in with us, he was the true definition of lead from the front.

Friday afternoon, and it was a slow day, no lectures at all, was about to sleep through the day before hearing, "hey hey, get out jare, see as you fat, no yansh for back", I bolt upright and went to join him, and not later, we were a sizable bunch by the window, shouting on the girls, taunting them, winding them up, once in a while someone would go out and check if any porter was passing, we had figured out why we got caught yesterday; the porters patrol the hall around 6, cause they have to switch on the hallway lights, so we were intermittently checking the time and the corridor as we kept on calling out the girls walking by and then three guys walked towards the hostel slowly.

"hey, hey, you deaf, no be you I dey call?", Number 1 shouted, the guys looked up and ignored us, at that point I recognized one of them as someone you didn’t want to mess with, I tugged in number 1’s shirt, "guy stop, stop, I sabi that guy, free them make we face the others", the others looked at me, and knew I was being serious, but not number 1.
"you deaf, you dey mad be like your papa dey craze, I dey call you, you dey ignore me", he called at them again, this time they looked up and stopped and said clearly, "you get mind abi, I dey come your room now", and walked off, at that moment, some of the guys ran out but not number 1.
"wetin them wan do, make we continue jare, them no fit come here, them too go fear small, reason am well, abi you dey fear nii, Gab", he laughed
"me no really fear, one of them na my guy, so nothing go do me, but na you I dey fear for", I voiced out
"nothing go happen jare", he said and we both walked out and stood outside the room with the others, at that moment, other room members cam out and asked who riled up the three guys earlier, w didn’t answer them and one of them said,
"ona don die today, ona no even know who ona jump on abi", still we ignored him, after 5 minutes passed and nothing happened, we entered the room back, and immediately we did that, the three guys entered the room, we didn’t even see them enter, and the leader was vexed, "oyah, where that guy wey dey make mouth for here?"
"ermmmm, na him be this, but he no dey make mouth ooo, no mind am", I pleaded with the leader
"ahh, Gab, you dey this room sef, you Bleep up, why you no follow your guy reason before he do wetin he do", my friend among them asked
"bros, no vex, no be ona I dey follow talk, na one guy wey dey behind ona", number 1 begged
"ahhh, shey his guy dey mad nii, you dey follow me talk nonsense earlier now you dey lie, you wan die", anger spilled out of the leader
"OG, no vex, no be you, e just be like say na ona cause I dey face ona side, but no no no be you I dey follow talk", he stammered with fear in his voice
"Arnold, mah see you outside, abeg", I called one of them and the others followed outside
"no vex, the guy no know who e dey follow talk, abeg, blame me, na me no warn am fast, e no know", I begged on his behalf
"Gabriel, Gabriel, na you ooooo, but e no fit just go like that, I don hear, but God, I wan Bleep am up, which level and department he dey", Arnold asked
"ahhh, you no say I no go fit tell you that one, no vex abeg", facing the leader, "abeg no vex OG, the guy na pikin, he don learn lesson", I begged
"ehn, but he never learn lesson, make we go inside back", and we walked in back to the room
"so short guy, your guy don beg for you, but I no fit leave like this, the strength wey I use climb that staircase no fit waste, so wetin you get for us", the leader asked
"OG, abeg, wetin you wan make I do", number 1 asked after looking at me
"see, na simple stuff, you go buy codeine for us, simple, for the three of us, that one na 1500 naira, so sharp sharp, no delay", he ordered
"ahhhhh, I don die, na 500 naira I det ogah mii, abeg", Number 1 pleaded
I went to him and discussed, then brought out 5oo naira to help him out, "Arnold, OG, make ona no vex, bar no dey boys hand these days, make ona manage this 1000 naira, I know say e no worth the stress wey ona go through, but abeg, an wetin dey on am be that"
"omoh, na because say na you oo, oyah bring am", Arnold collected the 1000 naira from us,
"make you learn today say some boys dey wey you no suppose dey mess with, some pass your level, so no go think rubbish, else them go take you out, simple as that, you don hear, if I hear anything about you again concerning this kind thing, say you go jump on top on of my person, you go see me again and his time codeine no go save you", the leader finished, shook hands with me and Number 1 and walked out with his gang.

"omoh, number 1, so you fit quiet like this", Tweener taunted
"guy, I gats respect say them be three and I be one nii na", he retorted
"so, wetin you for do before"¸ I joined in winding him up
"nothing na, I no even fear them, I no go drop any money, na only mouth those kind guys dey make jare", he said and wandered off to where he wuld find the money to pay me back for helping him out.
When the others came back, we told them what happened earlier, with laughter going around, then one person made a statement,
"if na Fabs those guys see na, them no go bother am, him thinness go just discourage them, one slap one die", he laughed
"na true ooo, them go just dey wonder if e no dey chop at all, see as you thin Fabs, see your bones", another jested
"naso God create me na, shey na my fault, naso today I go see my course advisor, and I no come my hair, the guy just look me, ask me if I be student, say make I no lie, if na cigar I dey smoke abi na weed abi codeine, I look am, say nothing, he no gree, he talk say I be drug addict say make I go do test for medical centre, say make I bring the report come back before he go fit sign my course form, omoh, I just frustrate, so na mistake make person lean abi", he finished
"you dey call this one lean? Omoh, you thing, be like bloed no even dey your system, I support that lecturer, I suspect you smoke, so have you done the test?", Tweener asked
"I go do am tomorrow, but na negative e go be, cause me no dey do those kind things", Fabs said
"e go shock you say na positive", I butted in

"hafar, Gabriel, you don ready?", seeing the confused look on my face, "today na Friday na, Make we dey go lagoon front, for that level?", Kingsley asked me
"ohhh, sure thing na, you think say I go fear?, make we carry some other boys go?", I was pumped up
"sure, make Tunde, Shola and Benjamin follow us",
"Benjamin na pikin na", I protested
"ehn, I wan make he start to dey learn too na", he laughed

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obehiD, prudee,