Chapter 34: 💔32💔

An update guys,

Sorry it's coming late.

I wanted to do a double update but something came up.

MERCY'S POV

Sitting here starting at my book, okay no , reading my book for two hours straight was making my butts start to ache.

I stood up from the floor and walked out of my room. This past one week till now has been quite stressful.

Exams were starting on Monday and I've been reading all my books back and front since last week.

But I probably don't read up to Hakeem, I swear he's a bookworm.

Okay so bringing up his name , I know you guys are wondering what he actually meant by 'I'll soon be his' that he said last month,

But since last month I still haven't been able to get it out of him, maybe because I didn't want to know or maybe because he was just too secretive about it.

I got to the sitting room and like I  said Mr bookworm's eyes were straight in his pretty big textbook.

I sighed and walked to the kitchen not wanting to disturb his straight concentration from his book and well to restock my snacks.

I packed almost everything and made a mental note to go for shopping, some of them were even about to fall but I quickly used my palm to support it.

While carrying all the loads back to my room I heard a knock at the door. We don't usually have visitors like that so I was quite surprised.

I entered my room and dropped everything on my bed before walked out again and this time to the door.

"Who's there?" I asked

"It's me Trisha." I heard a familiar voice say back.

Hearing her name I quickly opened the door for her. She dressed in a  simple three quarter jeans and baggy t-shirt and she carried a filled back bag.

I opened the door wide and stepped aside for her to enter.

"So what's up?" I asked , she dropped on the chair and rubbed her face.

Eyebags were even visible on her face right now.

She placed her hands on her knee and her head in her hands.

"I'm tired ooo , ahhhhh!!!! Anyway I came here to read , Mide was distracting me there." She said with a tired voice.

"Pelee." I said back and went to the kitchen to grab a cold bottle water for her. When I was back in the sitting room she was already talking to Hakeem , so mush for not disturbing concentration.

I passed the water to her ,

"Mercy you're the best." She said with a grin and finished the water in just one go.

"I'm exhausted , I've been reading and reading, medical course no be joke aswear. If I'm reading like this here how will it be when my dad na decided to take me to medical school abroad. Jesus Christ!". She said and I felt for her.

The eye bags on her face were showing very well now and the frown that was placed on her face again were looking more tired and sad.

Was this what my sister was facing?

"What about me?" Hakeem said ,

"No no, you are used to fast reading, remember that time that you said you did biology , maths and agric in one day. You , you're the boss." She said making me chuckle.

She really looked frustrated, well I was too but I've been reading since last week and the funniest thing is that all the things I read last week , when I was doing revision just now i realized that I  had forgotten some parts and I had to start from the beginning.

All of a sudden she stood up ,with her big bag,

"Can I read in your room?" She asked ,

I nodded and within seconds she was already inside .

"The girl don frustrate." Hakeem said with a chuckle. I hit his head and almost joined him to laugh , he held his head and glared at me while I just rolled my eyes and entered my room.

Trisha was laying in my bed , different text book and notes were arranged on it making me wonder if she was reading all of them at once.

"I also brought snacks . I can see yours is plenty than mine sha." She said ,

I laughed at that and sat down on the floor again. I grabbed my book from the table and placed it on my legs ,

"How were you distracted there?" I asked ,

"Don't mind Mide oo , the both of us have been reading partners from the start but this time I just need to read alone , and since we're doing different course entirely I can't relate to the question and answer we used to do before. And he can't explain things to me again......."

She kept on talking making me regret asking her that question.

She reminded me of the time we first met and how she summarised all her life even before we reached the restaurant.

"Trisha ... Read your book." I said giving her a stern look. She nodded like a soldier and faced her book back.

I opened a pack of digestives biscuit and kept on reading as I ate it.

............

"I'm hungry oo." Hakeem announced entering the room.

I was also hungry but I was too lazy to even cook and today was for any of us to cook and do chores , so he should do it.

I turned a deaf ear and kept my eyes down , when he's over hungry he'll cook.

"I'm also hungry jare , what do you guys have let us cook." Trisha said , I remembered the time we were still living together, she was always so happy to cook.

I still didn't talk , Just faced my book.

"There's rice and pepper and egg , so concoction?" Hakeem said,

"Sure thing. Let me take a break I've been on this for the post two hours." She said and stood up from the bed.

"Is that one sleeping ni?" Hakeem said, mumu boy referring to me as that one .

"Leave her Jo. Let's go ." She replied and the next thing I heard was the door banging.

I rubbed my stomach, maybe I should just help them and take it as a break too. I can't kill myself with reading oo.

I finally stood up and packed all the biscuit wrappers. I walked out of the room and walked towards the kitchen were I heard noises from.

I threw the wrappers into the dust bin and tapped Hakeem's head. He was facing the cupboard with his back to me so it was easier.

Trisha was busy laughing while I was struggling to keep it at bay with the expression on his face. At bay meant I was already off and really needed to control myself.

He was glaring at me,

"What's that for now? And that's the second time today." He said,

"You.... Called.... Me.... That one. Stop looking at me like that Jo." I managed to say in between laugh.

He looked at me and hissed before facing the cupboard back.

"The two of you ehn, your drama is too much." She said when she was finally calm.

I picked out two onions that was needed for the concoction and dropped it on there counter.

"Hakeem where's the knife?" I asked Hakeem after searching for it inside the cutlery drawer.

"You borrowed Deborah yesterday." He said back still mixing the pepper and seasoning together while Trisha was Washing the rice.

"Got to collect it now sha. I'm coming." I said ,

I walked to the door and wore Hakeem's Nike palm that he forgot at the entrance. It was too big but comfortable.

I walked down the stairs and to their own apartment. I knocked at their door .

"Who's there?" A familiar voice asked,

"Mercy." I said back.

The door was opened and I walked in .

"Babes how far." Deborah said

I looked around the sitting room and books were also scattered around.

"I just dey ooo. I've been reading like kilode." I said making her chuckle.

"You sef you're seeing my condition right now." I nodded with a laugh at the truth of what she said, books were literally everywhere.

" I even came to collect the knife."

"Oh let me get it for you." She said and walked to the kitchen .

She came back with the black handled knife and stretched it out to me. I collected it from her,

"They're waiting for me upstairs. Where's Fikunmi sef?" I asked as I walked out of the apartment.

"She has gone out jare. She went to borrow a book from the library." She said

"When she's back send my greetings to her." I said and walked out of the house.

I ran up the stairs , immediately I entered the scent of the rice they were cooking was enough to make me smile and run faster.

"This rice wants to kill someone." I said walking into the kitchen.

"It's oga that's cooking na , you can't expect less." Trisha said , she would just make his head swell more.

I laughed and started cutting the onions into smaller pieces.

When I was done , I poured it inside the pot and  excused myself  to my room to grab my phone.

I asked  Teni one question that I saw and didn't quite understand , I checked the phone , still no reply.

I sighed , this was starting to be like a normal routine , him being everywhere , not being able to answer the phone , or reply my chats.

Having one excuse or the other and I'm getting tired. And the one thing I still don't understand is why Nini isn't waking up.

Okay ... A short chapter I know.

I  was trying to do a double one but the next chapter which I want to be realistic wasn't. So I have to start again.

Don't worry latest tomorrow it will be ready.

And if you guys have personal questions to ask me , you can ask here.

I'll answer.

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Okay ...

So who else has read before exams only to realise you have forgotten half again?

Wait,

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