Ibukun hurriedly buttoned up her white shirt. She picked a blue tie from the drawer and skilfully knotted it. Grabbing her school bag and the jacket on top of the bed, she hurried out of the room.
She rushed down the stairs and quickly sat at the table. Her elder sisters were also seated around the table while her mom served everyone.
“How was the concert?” Tosinmile asked as Ibk turned to glare at her.
“It’s not a concert, it’s a stage performance” Ibk retorted as another of her elder sister shook her head at her.
“I sincerely don’t see the difference you know” Toluwanimi whispered as Ibk gritted her teeth.
“I won’t blame your guys; ignorance isn’t nice” Ibk said as she grabbed a plate of toasted bread.
She had been blessed with a lovely family. Lovely parents, the bestest elder sisters and two annoying brothers. Her dad was a civil servant while her mom worked in a private firm. She was one of the biggest lawyer not just in the state, in the whole country.
She had clients all over the country. Her case losses could be counted with one hand. Ibk was extremely proud of her mom; whenever she had the opportunity, she didn’t spare any humility and boasted about her mom.
“Get going, the bus is probably here already” Nifemi replied as she munched her toasted bread.
The house was currently a girls’ hostel if you excluded Ibk’s dad. Her elder brother was studying overseas while her younger brother was in boarding house.
As if on cue, they heard a horn outside and Ibk stood up to wear her jacket. At the side of the jacket was a bright golden emblem with a cartoon king on it. And on the emblem was written in italics was De Royals International College.
Ibk picked on the toasted bread and did a high five with her sisters before she strode out of the dining room. She was about to close the door behind her when she peeped inside again.
“Mom, Dad, I’m off!” Ibk said as she slammed the door and hurried out of the gate.
The school bus was already waiting outside and Ibk walked inside replying all the greetings sent her way with a smile. She hurriedly walked to the back of the bus where three empty spaces were and sat down.
She looked outside as the bus moved forward and turned into another neighbourhood. It stopped at a glamorous huge house waited white. A beautiful dark complexioned girl walked out of the door and entered the bus.
Just as she was entering, a guy stepped on her while trying to switch sweats.
“Ayobami, don’t you have eyes?” she bellowed at him as the bus went silent. The guy who stepped on her looked at her with a bored expression.
“I merely stepped on you, what’s with the you don’t have eyes?” Ayobami asked as the girl chuckled at him.
“If you had eyes you wouldn’t step on me” the girl replied and Ayobami snickered.
“Fikayo, you and this your mouth ehn, you will land in trouble one day” Ayobami replied as Fikayo nodded.
“At least, my body parts are complete” Fikayo replied as the bus roared with laughter.
Just as Ayobami wanted to reply Fikayo, Ibk waved her hand at Fikayo “Fikky” she called out with a smile and Fikayo instantly wore a smile and pushed Ayobami out of the way and rushed towards Ibk.
“How was the stage performance? My parents were hell bent on having some family time so I couldn’t sneak out” Fikayo complained as she sat down and removed her school bag before placing it beside her.
Ibk laughed “What did you guys do during your family time?” Ibk asked as Fikayo turned to her wearing a deadpan expression.
“We watched thundermans” Fikayo replied as Ibk burst into laughter. She held her stomach as she laughed. Fikayo hissed as Ibk laughed.
“I mean; I’ll rather sleep than watch thundermans with my parents like they didn’t even get the small jokes. You need to have seen Ini’s face while we watched it” Fikayo said as Ibk ceased laughing slightly.
Fikayo’s parents are the kind of parents which one could say had revolved to the 21st century. They weren’t like your usual Nigerian parents so you could imagine the kind of family Fikayo had.
The children could converse with parents freely and the parents easily understood their children.
“Forget it, I stayed up all night to watch the video you posted on your page” Fikayo said as Ibk smiled.
“Lashe has gotten way cuter, his dimples kinda sinks in deeper when he smiles nowadays” Ibk said her eyes full of adoration.
“What’s up people?” a girly voice echoed in the bus and Ibk shook her head with a small smile.
An extremely light skinned girl was slapping handshakes with everyone in the bus. She had short conversations with a few people and she laughed and smiled until she got to where Fikayo and Ibk were seated.
“What’s up girls?” She said as she sat on the seat beside Fikayo.
“How do you manage to talk to …..” Fikayo asked her expression showing how much disdain she had for most of the people in the bus.
“Girlll, don’t do that” the girl said as Ibk laughed.
“Blessing, leave Fikayo alone” Ibk said as Fikayo leaned in her seat.
“Mehn…... Lashe has gotten hotter” Blessing cooed as Ibk nodded.
“I mean; his outfit yesterday was so dope” Fikayo chipped in as Blessing started moving her head to imaginable song.
“I’ll be here oh baby, if you ever need me” Blessing sang.
“I’ll be here, here, here, here” Ibk and Fikayo sang along in the bus.
“What do you guys even see in this Lashe guy sef?” a guy asked turning to the girls.
“Someone like you can’t grasp why we love him so much. The day you find out why Tola can’t like you back, you’ll know” Ibk replied and the bus roared with laughter. Even Fikayo and Blessing burst into laughter.
The bus drove into the school and everyone started getting down while they walked to their classes.“Now to the gist of the day” Blessing started as she walked in the middle of Ibk and Fikayo.“Akin and Shayo are dating secretly but at the rate at which the secret is spreading, it might just blow up soon” Blessing as Fikayo’s face contorted into an irritated one.“Akin and Shayo?” Fikayo asked and Blessing nodded.“One is stupid while the other is just plain idiotic. What a match made in heaven” Fikayo said and Blessing and Ibk burst into laughter.“Why are they even keeping it a secret? They are one funny couple” Fikayo said as they entered their class.Ibk was seated in front of Fikayo while Blessing was seated beside Ibk. They all sat down as Blessing sighed.“When will Lashe’s company organize another fan signing?” Blessing asked as Ibukun shrugged.“I think there’s another stage performance coming up” Ibukun replied and Fikayo sat
Ibk walked into the sitting room and slumped into a chair. Her sisters didn’t bother to glance at her as they continued watching the movie playing on the screen.“Which movie is this?” Ibk asked.“Crash Landing on You” Nife replied and Ibk quickly sat up.“What episode is this?” Ibk asked.“We just started” Nife replied as Ibk hurried up the stairs. She hurriedly pulled off her uniform and sneakers. She grabbed a pair of shorts from her wardrobe and a small top before hurrying back to the sitting room.She sat down while trying to wear her blouse. She finally wore her blouse as she sat down, her eyes trained on the movie.“What’s has happened?” Ibk asked as Nife leaned closer to her to explain what had happened in the previous scenes.“Okay” Ibk nodded as Nife explained, her eyes on the Tv at the same time.....Ibk turned to Toluwanimi as she remembered something “Has the list come out?” Ibukun asked a
Ibukun was double excited by the time she got to school the next day. The news of Lashe’s admission had spread way too fast and everyone was still talking about it.“Do you have any idea about what kind of university he chose?” Fikayo asked and Ibukun shook her head.“I tried thinking but I came up with none. I mean, I know how secretive Lashe is; if he doesn’t release a news, no one knows about it” Ibukun said and Blessing pursed her lips.“So now we just have to wait till universities start resuming before we know the university he got into” Blessing said as she folded her hands.“I wish I had super powers to know” She added and the girls burst into laughter.“I sha wish him the best either ways, let’s go for class. We have practical” Ibukun said as the girls rose to their feet and walked out of the class.“Did I tell you guys that Tolu got chosen?” Ibukun asked as they walked to the laboratory.Fikayo scoffed as she took a glance at Ibuku
Ibukun yawned as she walked into the house. She pursed her lips upon seeing Toluwanimi.“I thought you were resuming today” Ibukun said as she sat down on the chair.“I just went to register, check out my room, arrange my stuff and all” Tolu replied and Ibk smiled.“The house will get quieter when you leave. I miss you already” Ibukun said as she stood up and hugged Tolu.“I have some news for you though” Tolu said and Ibk withdrew from the hug and sat down. She removed her sneakers and her pop socks before turning to Tolu.“News for me? What is it about?” Ibukun asked as she placed her socks into her sneakers and placed them neatly beside the chair. She removed her jacket and placed it on the arm chair.“I have news about Lashe” Tolu said and Ibukun turned sharply to her making Nifemi and Tosinmile burst into a fit of laughter.“Lashe? What about him?” Ibukun asked.“He’s going to be attending DUL. We are even in the same department”
“Ibk, what did you just say? Artists are jobless people?” Nifemi yelled after her but Ibukun banged the door instead.“You shouldn’t have spoken like that. You know how much she likes him” Tolu said with a small smile.‘I know that’s why I spoke to her like that. Someone needs to snap her out of her fantasy and stupid imagination” Nifemi replied and Tolu frowned.‘That’s what she just said. She’s not you, you are not her. She the right to love whatever she wants. You as well have the right to love whatever you want but you do not have the right to criticise someone else because of what they love” Tolu said.“Besides what’s the big deal in liking a musician and a sensible one at that?” Tolu asked as she shook her head.“But that didn’t give her the right to call artists jobless people. Does she even have an idea who an artist is?” Nifemi asked angry and Tolu laughed.“She did the same thing you did to her back to you. you criticized her hobby and s
Toluwanimi sat down as they got ready for their first class. It was supposed to be an introductory class so the lecture theatre was filled up. Her eyes remained fixed on the phone and she didn’t even notice when someone sat beside her.She fixed one of her ear pods inside one of her ears as she watched a movie on her phone. She soon noticed people looking at her direction and Tolu frowned slightly.She took a look at herself and discovered she wasn’t doing anything outrageous nor did she look weird or anything but why were everyone looking at her?It took a while for Tolu to realise it wasn’t her almost everyone was looking at but someone around her. She turned and her eyes widened in surprise upon seeing Lashe. The latter gave her a small smile and Tolu smiled as well.“You are Lashe bah?” Tolu asked and Lashe chuckled.“I was still grateful I sat down beside someone who didn’t know me” Lashe replied and Tolu chuckled.“Are you sure there’s somew
Ibukun woven herself in between the students and walked towards Tolu with a smile. Tolu had resumed for about three weeks so Ibukun had missed her greatly.She rushed into Tolu’s arms and hugged her. Tolu hugged her back laughing. Ibukun broke the hug as she stared at Tolu.“God saved you that mommy wasn’t the one who came. You used pink attachment” Ibukun said with a snicker and Tolu laughed.“You are pretty anyways” Ibukun said as he handed over the bag to Tolu.“Thank you jare. See you face, you are finer too” Tolu said and Ibukun gave her weird look.“Fine when tests are coming. I’m reading my head off” Ibukun replied.“Tolu who is this?” A guy asked and Tolu smiled.“Ohh, this is my younger sister, Ibk. Ibk, this is Kunle” Tolu said and Ibk waved to Kunle and gave a polite smile.“Hello pretty” Kunle said and Tolu elbowed him immediately.‘Don’t play around with my sister” Tolu said with a smile and Kunle laughed.“Wha
Ibukun could barely contain her excitement the next day. Fikayo and Blessing soon noticed it.“Did anything interesting happen?” Fikayo asked and Ibukun nodded her head.Ibukun nodded with a big smile as Blessing hitched her chair closer to Ibukun’s “I feel like this is going to be big, so spill” she said and Ibukun took a deep breath.“To spare you guys the long story. I visited Tolu at school and guess who I met?” Ibukun said and Fikayo and Blessing’s eyes widened.Fikayo’s hands went to her mouth “Don’t tell me you met Lashe?” she asked slowly and Ibukun nodded a big smile still on her face.Fikayo gave a loud shriek and Blessing soon joined and everyone looked at them in confusion. Fikayo kept looking around with her mouth open.“Err…. Fikayo, keep your mouth closed” Ibukun said and the girls burst into laughter.“Wow, how was it?” Blessing asked and Ibukun smiled.“Normal. I kept trying not to scream. I even cleaned my eyes to che