An update , it might even be a double one
*Winks*
Cause I love the next one.
MERCY'S POV
"Mercy I'm sorry." I heard him say with a gentle voice.
Okay so now he's sorry , I removed my arm from his grip and folded my hands in front of my chest.
I raised my eyebrows showing him to keep on explaining , after all the snubbing he did this morning before he will hear me talk ehn.
He sighed , rubbing his hands on his hair , a usual habit of his whenever he's nervous. Yeah I know , I noticed it.
"I have mood swings." He said not even surprising me , it was obvious. One minute he'll be smiling, the other he'll be scowling. I noticed that too.
"And it was worse when I was living with the rest of the gang , and Halima always take caring to the top so she was always focused in me and it was clearly taking a toll on her relationship so I decided to leave. And when I figured out this was the only available house I thought we won't get along so I went for it."
"And oddly enough we became close ."
I nodded at that , yeah we became close. Like close friends and even when he was his moody self I always found a way to make him smile.
"I know right . So why did you become so angry when I told you I had a boyfriend?" I asked trying to clear all the doubts Teni and the rest had caused.
He looked down ,
"I didn't know you were dating until I found out cause you didn't tell me so I was angry." He said making me confused.
That reason was obviously fake but let's just put all the matter behind us.
"Okay.. fine and don't do that again." I said with a smile .
He smiled back , "yeah I won't..and thank God Halima helped me."
"She's really caring." I said and he nodded.
"Without her ehn , I just don't know." He said back.
"I'm kind of sweaty , lemme take a shower , I'll be right out."I said making him nod.
.........
TWO WEEKS LATER
For the first time in forever , I heard noise from my apartment.
What was happening , yeah it was as strange as that cause Hakeem can be as quiet as a ghost.
I opened the door carefully and took off my sandals. Entering the sitting I was surprised with the amount of people talking and sitting round the sitting room.
The whole Trisha , Mide , Gori , Halima , Oyin , Hakeem , and another guy whose face looked so familiarar.
I don't know if Halima's bubbly personality can ever change cause she was already hugging a giggling me while Gori was still talking to the familiar looking guy.
She pulled back , "we all decided to visit you guys." She said making it sound like she was visiting a newly married couple.
Looking round I noticed the guys were in a deep arguement at one side of the sitting room , while the ladies too were sitting in one side.
"Trisha , Oyin." I said giving them little hugs.
"So we didn't get to talk well the last time I came here." Oyin said making me remember the thought I had of her dating Hakeem.
I chuckled inwardly , yeah I figured out how to do that without acting on it.
"Oh.. Hakeem told me." Halima said , seriously he tells her everything. Wow.
I excused myself and walked to my room. I went for a short three quarter jeans and a simple free top.
I packed my stubborn virgin hair making a mental note to braid it during the weekend.
I opened the door and walked out back.
"Mercy is back oo. Hey it's been long." Mide said as he saw me giving me a side hug.
Wow , boys . I'm sure they were arguing about ball like that oo that he didn't even notice that I was back.
"Yeah I know right. And I'm angry , I thought we clicked." I said obviously teasing him.
His smiling face fell ,
"I'm so sorry. "
"Yeah you can say that better with a cold stone ice cream." I said back . I know I'm too good.
"Okay sure , we are going to shoprite we'll get it there." He said with a grin making me mirror his expression.
"Now you're talking."
"Mercy meet my cousin , Damien. Damien , meet my roommate, Mercy." Hakeem said as I walked into the sitting room.
I took a better look at his face when he stretched his hands out with a smirk. I swear , all of them in their family were breath taking beautiful.
I stretched my hands out and his large ones engulfed my tiny own.
Still looking at him I remembered where I saw him, he was the guy who was playing basketball , the one we took picture off.
"I know you." I heard him say ,
"Yeah .. I took pictures of you playing basketball one day. Your pictures actually got me a good remark from my lecturer." I said back.
"Wow .. that's nice." He said ,
"That's cool ." I heard the rest said , and I've never felt that proud of my work before.
"Let's see it." Hakeem said and the rest nodded.
"Okay , it's on my phone." I said bringing out my phone from my pocket and tapping the gallery icon. I scrolled down looking for the pictures , after finally finding the one I showed Hakeem.
"Wow this is superb." He said and this was the first time I'm hearing him compliment me on my work. And just hearing that my smile was wide ehn.
"Am I not supposed to be the one to see my picture first ." I heard Damien say and the rest chuckled in agreement. I collected my phone from Hakeem and gave it to him. The others gathered him and they all checked the pictures , throwing different compliments at me.
"Thanks ." I said back grinning.
Gori's phone started ringing and he walked out to get it.
"So you guys didn't tell me you were going to shop rite." I said to Trisha , Halima and Oyin.
"Oh.. yeah we are. Halima didn't tell you?" Oyin said with that her clear voice.
And looking at her closely I could see the resemblance in she and Damien.
"Wait is Damien your brother?" I asked her ,
She chuckled ,
" it's quite obvious and he's my younger brother."
And she still looked so young . So Damien is probably in two hundred level. Wow.
"We are going to a party!" Gori announced as he walked into the sitting room.
"We are in . Mercy you're coming this time , Hakeem you too." He added and the rest agreed with him.
"Mide what about the Ice cream?" I asked straight.
"Well Hakeem can take you there and you two can meet us at the party." Mide said actually making sense
But I didn't really like the idea of party , but everyone was staring with hope in their eyes even Hakeem and why was it affecting them like this.
Ladies and gentlemen this is what we call peer pressure cause I didn't even know when I agreed to it .
All of them left saying they want to prepare for it or something leaving only Hakeem and I in our house.
This is definitely not how I wanted to spend my Friday night. I was planning my usual movie night but visiting ShopRite to restock my snacks is definitely a plus.
"Are you sure you want to go , we can just ditch them oo." Hakeem said with a concerned look .
"Let's go , I already promised them. , And we need to do grocery shopping so it's like killing two birds with one stone." I said back . And also the fact that I was going to get the ice cream.
"Okay then , I knew there was a hidden reason
You just like food." He said making me throw the small pillow on the chair at him.
He caught it and threw it back , making it hit my head.
"Hakeem you're not serious." I said with a glare.
"Yeah yeah ... Lemme get dressed Jo." He said back in between laugh and turned back in the direction of his room.
I carried the pillow and threw it back at him and this time it hit him. Nice throw. I told myself as he held the back of his head .
"You're not okay, you don't know revenge is not good."
"Pot calling kettle black. Shut up there Jo."
"You too."
"You three."
"Okay you're just being childish now."
"Whatever." I said back sticking my tongue out.
He chuckled as he entered his room.
I grabbed my phone from the chair and dialed Teni's number ,
"Hello." He said on the second ring
"Hey , I'm going to a party."
"What a coincidence, me too. I was about to tell you."
"Really?"
"Yeah , I'm serious."
"Okay sha , I'll call you later I have to get ready. "
"Bye."
I cut the call and walked to my room changing my clothes for the third time today. This time I picked a pink skirt , remember the one I wore on the first day which made my mum complain , yes that one but another colour.
I wore a simple white top which had some inscriptions on it in colour pink. I wore my sneakers to finish the look and one of my waist bag. I did a simple make up which consisted of rubbing powder and putting on lip gloss.
I stepped out of the room and into the sitting room , Hakeem was already waiting for me looking hot as usual . He was wearing a black sweatshirt and a black crazy jeans and white sneakers.
"You look hot." He said making me feel hot all over. I had to remind myself that I had a boyfriend , before cooling down.
"Thank you. And you don't look bad yourself." I said back to him before adding , "let's go oo. We still need to stop at ShopRite.".
We both walked out and entered his shining black BMW car . The inside was even more shining than the outside. And he loves the car ehn , you can't even put your leg on the board , or dirty it one bit.
.........
After driving and arguing about how delicious beans and corns is we finally reached shoprite.
We stepped down from the car and walked towards the building. Since we've been living together we've visited here a lot actually , cause of me .
I don't know why but I got a feeling this night , something is about to go down.
I don't have much to say
But just know that
This is the beginning of the drama.
Okay
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Eniola ð