Chapter 7: 💔5💔

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Mercy’s POV

I blinked my eyes ,

What is Hakeem doing in front of me? I asked no one in particular as I raised an eyebrow.

He looked at me , his frown intact on his face. He raised an eyebrow too and entered into the apartment like I wasn’t blocking it. How did he even enter?

I followed him as he found his way to the sitting room. He sat down making himself comfortable before looking at me again.

I’m sure he didn’t want to talk cause his frown deepened but because of my lack of actions other than watching him he decided to talk.

“Are you not going to the mall again?” he asked his gaze on me. Wow his voice sounded so smooth. It was like those type of voices that you just fall in love with.

I blinked slowly as the voice rang in my ears , “uhm sorry what?” I asked again .

He look frustrated as he grumbled again ,

“I said are you not going to the mall again? You know what , forget it. I’ll go alone.” He said standing up.

God what did I just do? And then I remembered. We were supposed to get the drinks together.

What’s wrong with me . I just embarrassed myself , I really wish this was a dream or maybe I was still sleeping but the scowl on Hakeem’s face made me realise that it wasn’t.

“Sorry , I’ll get dressed now.” I quickly said as I walked to my room.

When I closed the door , I jumped on my bed and held the pillow to my mouth making my scream inaudible.

How could I just embarrass myself in front of a guy like Hakeem.

I quickly stood up when I remembered that he was waiting in the sitting room.

I walked to the bathroom and quickly took my bathe and the other stuffs.

When I was done I picked out my white crop top , a black jeans and a black and white vans to go.

I packed my braids in a bun letting two strands fall from each side. I quickly rubbed powder on my face and put on  my lip gloss.

When I was done I walked out .

My stomach grumbled in hunger and I found myself walking to the kitchen instead . I brought out the loaf of bread that I bought yesterday, I plugged the toasting machine and arranged the already buttered bread in it.

I walked to the sitting room , Hakeem had really made himself feel at home. He was lying down on the three sitter.

I walked closer to him and realized that he was already asleep.

His top was raised a little showing off his abs which I tried so hard not to look at  .

the jacket he wore on top was spread out and he looked so cute while asleep.

He wasn’t frowning or scowling at anyone and it made him look so peaceful.

I walked closer and poked him on his arm , “Hakeem.” I whispered, he turned around and I poked him again, “Hakeem .” I said louder this time making him wake up.

He opened his eyes and looked around, he was about to stand up probably thinking I was done ,

“ Do you want to eat sandwich  ?” I  asked making him look at me like I have three heads.

“I’ve been waiting for an hour and you are still making sandwich?” he asked annoyed .

Okay I’m sure that I was getting lots of words out of him than anyone else except his sister of course.

“I’m really hungry. And we can eat it in the car.” I said trying to make him change his mind or make him less angry .

“Fine .” he said and sat down back , while I rushed to the kitchen. I made two more rounds and then we were ready to go.

We walked out of the house , and I quickly closed the door and walked faster to catch up with his long strides .

We got downstairs, Fikunmi and Deborah one of our downstair neighbours were sitting down in their balcony.

“Hey Mercy.” Fikunmi said while Deborah followed her roommate’s gaze.

“Good morning guys .” I quickly said as I walked faster to meet the tall boy in front of me making them laugh.

Yeye girls laughing at me but they were really fun. Since on Tuesday we used to join them in their balcony every evening to play ludo .

He walked out of the gate and pressed a button on his key making his sparkly Mercedes Benz open the door. It looked so new .

I opened the passenger’s door and entered the car. I wore my seat belt and keem mirrored my  actions.

After five minutes of driving in complete silence I decided to break it well since I was done with my sandwich.

“sorry for delaying you.” I said as I turned to watch him drive.

“ it’s okay .” He said back. So he was back to his short reply style.

“Why is your car so quiet , can I at least turn on the radio?” I said again after another three minutes and the traffic was really bad.

The yellow buses were also driving rough trying to overtake the cars in front of them.

“whatever.” He said again making me quickly on the radio. They weren’t playing interesting songs so I connected it to my phone  using Bluetooth.

I started playing the songs on my playlists and singing along to them .

“let me know if it’s fun and I’llbring my friends or I could come alone , just me and you on a row.”

I sang along to the song until I noticed someone’s voice singing along to it too.

I looked at my left , “you know why don’t we?” I asked surprised.

“Yes I know them , why so surprised?” he asked back making me chuckle as I gave myself a mental high five. I got him to talk again.

“People don’t know them so I’ve been looking for someone who would like them as  much as I do.” I said back.

“ That’s true , do you have their whole album ? The eight letters ?” he asked smoothly like he was used to talking.

“Dude , I have all their tracks.” I replied making him chuckle ,

“obsessed fan girl alert.” He said.

“Hey , am not obsessed with them. “ I said back with a chuckle. I was definitely obsessed with them. I have their YouTube videos , pictures and well a whole lot more.

“Hmmmmm .. I’ll just pretend that I believe you. “ he said while laughing. I turned to watch him , wow he looked so hot. His laugh sounded so smooth and like music.

He stopped when he noticed I was quiet,  “ you know what, you should . Which drinks are we actually getting?” I asked not wanting that awkward silence back.

“Alcohol obviously , how old are you?” he replied .

alcohol ? What was I  even expecting, Fanta and sprite?

“ you dey whine me ni? “ I said back as he parked in one of the empty spots .

We both got out of the car and walked into the lekki mall.

He walked to the shoprite stall and towards the alcohol section. He picked pack of beers , vodka , whiskey, and some other ones.

When he was done I picked another basket and walked to the snacks section .

My snacks were reducing at home and I needed to refill it. I picked my favourite chocolate bars , cookies , digestive biscuits,

“Are you going to eat all of that?” I heard Keem ask surprised,

“yeah , I need to refill my snacks.” I said back ,

“How are you not fat?” he asked making me laugh.

When we were done we walked to the receptionist and paid for the goods. We carried the shopping bags and walked out.

“Do you want to grab something , I’m hungry. The sandwich you made you ate everything.” He said frowning.

“Ahah it wasn’t my fault. I gave you and you said you were driving so I helped you.”

I said with a sheepish smile which he shook his head to .

We entered the place and he ordered fried rice and chicken for himself, I ordered the same .

We walked to a booth and sat down , “so you still want to eat?” Hakeem asked,

“Hakeem what’s your problem with me eating?” I asked as I sat down.

“It’s Keem and you eat a lot.” He said back while I just grinned.

“ I like Hakeem and is it your eating?” I replied back looking at him ,

He smirked “ you like me?” he asked back making me almost choke on my rice.

Thank God I was a brown skinned girl of not I’m sure I would have been red like tomato.

“I said I like your name ... No I like calling it full like Hakeem ... You know instead of Keem..” I said trying to explain but was cut off by his laugh.

God , why was he laughing so much today . It was making my heart flutter which it probably shouldn’t.

When he was done laughing he faced his plate of rice back .

After eating in silence for five minutes he looked up again ,

“So how do you feel about our first date together?” I heard Hakeem say making me choke this time .

What type of question is that?

The song they were singing is

Friends by why don't we.

And who likes playful and smiling Keem?

Is it still going to be like this?

Hmmmm

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Eniola 💗