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1bkaye:
Your story has definitely piqued my interest

Perhaps lengthen your updates? Rather than posting in small segments

Thanks. What exactly piqued your interest?

About the length, I will try and improve on it.

1bkaye,Tholuwani,eitsei and others who have commented, thanks for you comments.

Constructive criticism are welcome.

Shebi we tell am? Chuks said amidst all the laughter as they found their way back to the hostel.

Meanwhile, Nightcrawler was in Awolowo hall, enjoying a political argument that was ongoing when a text message came in.

"Message still in custody of the receiver. Receiver still in the trash bin."

Nightcrawler smiled. He won't take any rubbish, especially from a non-initiate like that Korede.

Not that Toke could fall for him. He knew the kind of lady she was and had it in his mind that Korede will not smell an inch near her cooking pot, not to talk of having sex. The one that was a threat was her class rep, the one they call Chuks the Quiet one.

That's why he needed to send the message through Korede.

Meanwhile at Fajuyi hall, Chuks got an incoming call from Toke.

"Chuks, please see me."

Chuks looked around in fear and when he did not see her, he heaved a sigh of relief.

"What do you want from me?"

"Chuks, I need help with my work. Please I don't know what I did to you, but am sorry."

"Okay, where are you?"

"I am in Moremi."

"You expect me to find my way to Moremi? Please I am busy."

"Okay, let me meet you wherever you are."

He sighed again. "Let's meet at Fajuyi cafe."

Korede was just looking at Tade sheepishly, unable to talk. A nurse came in.

"The best you can do for now is to pray for him and visit him. His jaws were broken and he has to be in that position for weeks." She chipped in.

Tade then noticed his mouth was been supported by something that looked like iron thongs. He shook his head and left.

During the next few weeks, he and Chuks showed up at Korede's side in the hospital, waiting for weeks. Finally, when it was barely two weeks to exams, Korede could talk.

"What happened, Korede?" Chuks asked.

"Omo, as e happen I no fit talk. I dey waka go hostel as I just finish that assignment wey I tell you that lecturer give my class. Na so I see Gozie, one of my classmate. Na so we dey talk then one bros come joined us. As we wan reach the roundabout, the bros come slap me one heavy slap ehn, e too heavy. Gozie sef run, but as one pick race, another bro come join rack me come down. They come drag me go the bush wey dey the other bus-stop wey near SUB, yeeeh!...." Korede yelped as his arm started to hurt, much like it was burning.

Chuks and Tade tried to settle him down. Then the nurse of earlier, now known as Nurse Nike came in.

"You guys are still bothering my patient. Oya, make una go, e don do." She shooed both Tade and Chuks together as they left Korede.

As soon as they reached outside, they both burst into laughter.

Chuks had advised him against his chase, but Korede was heedless and unrepentant, so Chuks had freed him.

On Monday morning, Tade was reading a magazine when a call came through.

"Who is this?" Tade picked the call.

"Please, are you Tade?"

"Yes, this is Tade. Can I help you?"

"Your roommate has been found in the Health Sciences, seriously injured. He is been rushed to the hospital, so he asked me to call you."

"Which roommate?" Tade asked.

"Korede. We found him on the road to......."

"Yes, yes I heard you the first time. Which hospital is he in?"

"OAUTHC."

An hour later, Tade was at the emergency ward, looking at Korede, a bit sorry for him but not surprised at where he landed.

Korede face looked like a bag of buns so finely placed to resemble a face, his eyes were heavy laden with stress and his hair was recently combed, like it was riddled with dirt previously. His left hand was already connected to a drip, while his right hand was on plaster, obviously broken. His two legs were in similar condition as the right hand and were consequently supported by ropes tied to the ceiling

"What happened?"

"When shall we strike, sir?" A light skinned dude with a sly smile said.

"Two days time, Kira."

"But we have that senator's work to do on that day, don't we?" Blade, a short, dark dude with excess hair on his body asked.

"Stop shying away from such work, Blade." Kira told him. "You may soon need us to do such for you."

"Kira, mind you business."

"Blade, I was just........"

"Enough, both of you!" Nightcrawler whispered at them. "We are in a busy road in the full glare of the day, do you have some manners? If you speak any more, I will have your heads. We will send the message next week!"

Meanwhile, Korede was doing some 'serious' business with Toke.

"You see, am a very nice person." He stated. He had just brought her some ice-cream from Fivers as they walked around SUB.

"So?"

"I love you, Toke. You see, I can d anything for you, even lay my life for you. And my dad is rich and successful. He is well connected, so I will be well-placed. If you don't reject me now, you won't......"

"Will you just shush it there, Korede! Who do you think you are? You, this church rat that can hardly afford #500 Ice-cream! You that is living on Toyin...."

"Forget about....."

"Shut up! If I hear anything from you again, I swear I will punch you to hell and back" She shook her fists. "Better leave me alone, Korede. You can't handle me, not to talk of my boyfriend." She walked away swiftly, swagging her as5 around.

"I swear, I go still tap that as5!" Korede said. He did not know that he had other things to worry about.

His curiosity grew as he stared at the leaving body of Made, until he was out of sight, then he opened the paper, which was previously sealed with candle wax.

It was ......a kind of love letter.

"Tade,
I know you are single and I don't care if you are in a relationship, but I like you and I want to be your girl. I don't know why you are avoiding me but I don't care. What I care about is the well-being of our relationship, which is none existent for now. If you keep resisting any effort from me to get close to you,.................. figure out the rest."

Tade looked with horror, and then interest at the letter. He knew who could write this.

It had to be Wande.


Meanwhile, far away on Ede road, a meeting is happening..............

"Who did you see with Toke?" a young handsome man bearing a scar across his eye asked.

"Na one bush boy dem call Korede." Another one answered. "The idi.ot even had the nerve to openly date her."

"Blade, Kira, go send this imp a message so he will have a taste of me, Nightcrawler!"

Tade hissed before pouting his mouth towards Made.
"Why you just come sneak on me that? You sabi say na correct slap I wan land you before? "

"Wetin I do na? I no even sneak, na just play I dey play with you. Your mind no even dey here."

"So? Wetin bring you come?" Tade eyed him nastily.

"Guy, Guy, take am easy na! We dey fight?"

"Yes, we dey fight!" Tade replied, obviously lying. He knew what Made will say if he says the truth.

He will simply say: "Get a girlfriend!"

Tade was not ready to hear that horse shi.t!

"No vex, me dey think about assignment." He finally apologised to Made.

"Easy oh! Made said. Na so person dey start to dey mad. Na just assignment oh." Then Made started gisting about school and the babes for im department, Tade half-listening. Then he asked about Chuks.

"I hear say babe dey fight over am. Na true?"

"Made! Made!! Made!!! You don come with your gossip!"

"Wetin you dey listen before? Abeg na true or lie?"

"I no sabi, ask Chuks when you see him."

"Okay oh! He made to leave. Before I go, somebody said I should give you this." He brought out a piece of paper, obviously full scalp sheet. "Take."

"Who give you the paper?" Tade demanded.

"Na one guy give me, im talk say na babe send am. Wetin be my concern?" Made said as he left

The month floated by idly, the boring rote of classes, hostel, party and classes again made it a burden. He was already in a couple of associations but had nothing concrete. The only thing that interested and bothered him were the ladies in his life.

Not that he was double dating, in fact he was dating nobody. The problem was that he had three girls competing for his attention. Shade was the first one in mind. Since that day in her house( or Lekan's house), she had sort of warmed her way into his heart, they had become fast friends and cool buddies, gisting on a lot of things including their plans and relationship and sex. Yes, they talked about sex and at times they did sex text and phone intimacy, Shade often initiating it and Tade responding. He knew that if he asked her out, she will at least consider it, but he threw it out of his mind, especially as she had a boyfriend already.

Then there is Wande. The Black Brass leader. She had taken an interest in Tade since the day they had faculty colloquim and he had to defend his classmates who were accused of been rude and noisy. He made some quality contributions alongside his apologies, drawing praise for his maturity. Since then, she had been tailing him, trying to get as close as possible. Tade obliged her, not because he had interest in her, far from it, but he did not want to wake up one morning and see himself bleeding from a knife stab or in the hospital. Since his secondary school, he had known that ladies can be difficult in relationships and Wande was no different, plus the fact that she leads a cult.

Then Sophie was in the picture. She, like Shade had a boyfriend, difference was that the boy was in and was already known for cutting across people's chest if crossed. In contrast Sophie was a meek, humble and kind girl, in addition to her beauty of course, who was targeted by the lecturer of the course she took in the previous year. The imp of a man failed her because she refused to sleep with him, leading to her boyfriend finishing the man off during the break. Despite the fact that she was a session older, she treated everyone in his class with respect and kindness, endearing everyone to her. Due to her boyfriend's status, people often feared and loved her presence in equal measure, though they showed the fear part in her presence but speak good of her when she is away. It was only a few people like Tade that associated with her up close, and like a leper who has just got a new friend, she stayed close to them. Tade felt some sort of closeness to her but cautioned himself for obvious reasons.

He was currently playing everything in his mind when someone tapped him from behind.

"Wetin you dey think for there?" Made said.

Chuks ignored her question and walked into the room, anger steaming up. Toke followed, much to the amusement of Tade and Korede.

"Chuks, didn't you hear me? Why are you avoiding me?"

"Toke, don't you have common sense to see that I don't want to talk to you? Or are you too dumb to realize that its not safe for me to talk to you? I have told you to meet Shola and co, yet you are here shouting at me. Who do you think you are that you can shout at anyone?"

"Chuks, answer my question now. I don't need answers later. Why are you....."

"Toke, leave my room now!" Chuks boomed at her, dragging her by the hand and 'throwing' her out of the house before she could blink.

"Chuks, am sorry, please talk to me." She started crying as Chuks locked the door and went straight for his bed, blocking his ears with his pillow. Tade and Korede watched with keen interest.

After a few minutes, she stopped and picked herself to go. Korede watched her leave, his eyes following every bounce of her as5. He then turned to Chuks.

"Why are you treating her like that, Chuks?"

"What's your problem, Korede?" Chuks replied.

"See, I know she has her behaviour, but what you did is not right. Dodging such a beauty when it evident that she is in distress is not chivalry, Chuks."

"What concerns you?" Chuks replied, looking at Korede like he will slice his head off at the moment.

"Korede e don do." Tade stepped in. "Chuks, what's wrong with you? You don't behave like this to Korede, nor do you lose your cool like that. What happened?"

Chuks looked at Tade and saw concern. "Her boyfriend sent guys to warn me a few days ago."

"Eh? Hope say they no touch you?" Tade said with some shock. Even Korede's face altered to shoe some concern.

"Nothing. They just waylaid me on the way to hostel and warned me. Since then, I sorted her out, not that I abandoned her."

"But why will they just come and warn you if you had nothing to do with her?" Korede asked just as Tade's face turned scarlet under his dark skin. Tade was about attacking him when Chuks raised his hand, suggesting calm.

"She had been taking extra classes for BCH from me, since she had issues with the course. They must have seen us together,that's why they warned me."

"I understand you." Korede began. "But its no reason for you to avoid her. At least you should tell her what is happening, so that she can sort herself with her boyfriend. Its her education that is at stake here."

"I will support Korede here." Tade said. "Its not healthy, the way you are taking it with her. You will still meet her on this campus and she looked pretty hurt that you are avoiding her. I suggest you tell her, unless you have another motive for seeing her."

"Noooo! Chuks said. If you guys feel I should tell her, then I will tell her. He brightened up. I have some work to do."

The week rode on, with Korede trying his luck with Toke, the girl who came to see Chuks. As Chuks warned him, the girl was proving stubborn and saucy, despite all his best efforts. Korede was soon getting depressed over the issue, with Tade and Chuks now trying to offer counsel to him.

"Korede, free the babe!"

"Can't you just get it? That babe has a boyfriend!"

"Make Nightcrawler no catch you! I don tell you oh!"

And so on they went. Korede grunted and left the room, causing some giggles across the room.

Meanwhile Toke was moving closer to Chuks, for she needed help in her courses and the class representative was the best lead she had. As Chuks knew what was at stake, he made the relationship one-lined, making sure she does not even enter platonic level with him. However this did not stop two unknown men from trailing him down and warning him about Toke. He immediately knew who sent them and nodded sheepishly, while making mental notes in his mind. The corresponding weeks gave enough evidence to Toke that he had changed, Chuks started bantering her off to other intelligent but awkward students who did not like her behavior, he avoided any occasion of long conversation and he now starting watching his back, making sure that she or no one else was trailing her.

It came to a head on a certain Thursday, when she went to his room.

"Good morning, where is Chuks?" She asked a stunned Tade, who took a few minutes before answering that he was not back from class.

"I will wait for him here!" She said defiantly while standing outside. Tade did not send her cause, so he closed the door and went to sit down. Korede soon came along and tried to 'toast' her, receiving a slap for his troubles. It was not up to thirty minutes after the slap that both of them heard her voice, this time considerably raised in anger.

"Chuks, why are you avoiding me?"

"She has a boyfriend." Chuks said, causing a free face fall for Korede.

"But I can try my......"

"Guy, she get boyfriend, you get girlfriend, why you wan dey chase am? Tade asked him. Toyin never do you?"

"Please, Tade let me be! This one wey you bring Toyin matter come here, I dey wonder if she dey pay you make you dey form 'monitoring spirit' on top of my matter."

"Its not even possible sef for you to date Toke. Chuks cut in. She is dating Nightcrawler."

At the mention of the name, Tade's skin tingled. Korede was defiant.

"That one no concern me, if she likes make she dey date Daybreaker, I no send..."

"Better send! Tade interfered. I don hear of am for department. He is the current capone of the Ravens, and he is second to the overlord of the Ravens."

"So make I dey fear abi? Abeg I go see as I go handle am, my own be say I go chop my own comot from am."

"Korede!!" Tade and Chuks shouted. "When will you control your d*ck? That thing will kill you one day!" Tade added.

"E she! Let it kill me, but the ladies love it, especially Toyin."

"Hmn, Toke is different from your regular babe. She is very saucy and vengeful. I have seen what she does to guys that use her." Chuks said. "Then Nightcrawler is a very jealous guy and he has spies everywhere watching what happens to her, who talks to her, e.t.c . Its suicidal to date such a girl, especially for a person like you that has no cover."

"See, all that one no concern me, what concerns me is to enter the place. I just imagine how fresh her toto go look. Like make I ....."

"Korede!!!"

"What?! Na babe she be, she no be beast, abi she be mammy-water?"

"Korede, your thirst for women is unsatisable! I don remove my hand for your matter!" Tade said.

As soon as Korede saw Chuks, he looked up and shouted.

"Omo Aye! Omo agba! The coded one!" Korede said, jumping up and waving his hands in the air, shocking both Tade and Chukwuma. Tade looked at his roommate, stupefied at the incredible change of mood and 'agberoism' that Korede showed at the moment. Chuks was confused at the sudden 'hailing' by Korede.

"No come form for me, your babe don come check you. If you see as the babe dey cry as she no se you ehn, you go sabi say na true love." Korede continued. Tade just managed to suppress a laugh.

"Can you tell me what is happening?" Chuks said, looking at both lads with a blank face.

"Some girl came asking after you. Tade started, seeing that Korede had quietened up. She was rude so I just slammed the door to her face, then she started crying........"

"Saying how she can't do without you, how your 'thing' sweet die, how you used to rub her......"

"Korede!!!" Chuks and Tade said together. "Stop lying for Africa abeg. Tade added. She just cried abeg."

"How does she look like?"

"She was a bit tall and fair with......."

"Medium sized bo!obs and a good fleshy ass. Korede jumped in again. You know I saw her." He told a shocked Tade.

"Wetin concern you?" Tade asked him.

"How fair was she? Was she fair like albino or white or just fair?"

"She was very fair, in fact she was white. white as the sun....."

"The sun is yellow not white, Korede. Even I know that."

"Tade don't interrupt me abeg. She was fair like the day......" Tade shook his head at the strange similes coming from his roomie's mouth

"and terrible as the dawn." Chuks interrupted, stunning both of them.

"She is not to be touched or followed. And she is not my girlfriend!"

"Iffahear!"

"She came to submit an assignment and if you have not been so rude Tade, she would have......."

"Submit her assignment in your room!" Both Tade and Korede echoed. You be class rep? "How she sabi here sef?"

"None of your concern and yes, am a class representative!" Chuks said. "Now if you don't mind, I need some time to think. These assignments have waited for too long here. Toke must have been worried."

"So if she is not your girlfriend, I fit scope am be that?" Korede asked.

Feraz:
konnichiwa rapmike kun! Long time!

Sorry for taking so long to recognize you....

harjibolar10:
Tade don enter gbege... .


Anyways, who is Korede abeg, or I'm missing something here o


And e b like say, you dey rush this story. Take your time to draft something lengthy, don't let the urge for updating fill your mind...

My token thou

At the bolded, you probably missed this:
Korede, Tade's current roommate
and this:
Korede was a tall, fair skinned dude, who despite his humble background was tastefully polished in school, courtesy of his girlfriend who is a wealthy half-caste running a beauty spa in Victoria Gardens in Lagos.


As for the length, I am mainly updating with a phone and its not that easy, though i will work on it.

Thanks a lot, i appreciate your comments