Chapter 6: Sani, Bukka Beef, and Campus Politics

My mind scatter, I carry headphone, start dey play game.

I wan distract myself, carry PS4 pad, load FIFA, dey tap button like say e go wipe away pain.

Few minutes, person just pull my headphone, dey shout.

I almost jump. Na Sani—him face hard like cement. He no dey smile. The kain cold wey dey his eye fit freeze garri.

"Morayo dey downstairs dey wait for you inside rain, you dey here dey play game?"

E dey vibrate. I look am, try bone face. Wetin concern you?

I cover my ear, frown look Sani, the guy cold die.

I balance well for bed, cross leg. I no gree show am say e pain me.

"This one concern me and her. Abeg, you dey overdo."

I talk am with swagger, but inside me I dey vex. Who send this guy message?

He no gree, just dey look me hard.

He fold hand for chest, stand like village headmaster. E dey try intimidate me.

"You never do? You dey happy say you dey play with person heart?"

Him voice dey shake. I dey see small water for him eye, but he dey try hide am.

"See as she don lose control because of you. Your pride never full?"

E pain am pass as e pain me. Na real love be that, na so I see am.

WhatsApp group dey praise am.

[I dey emotional. Main guy love pure. To save campus queen from pain, he dey beg other guy to go see her.]

[Main guy na correct guy. Other guy wicked—see as he dey cause pain for our leads.]

E be like say dem dey vote me as villain for this campus tori. Everybody dey support Sani.

I just laugh.

I give small wicked laugh, shake head. I no gree show weakness.

"Me and Morayo don break up. If you pity her for rain, carry her go your side, no come dey question me."

I drop pad, stand up. I dey ready for anything. Make he try nonsense.

From day one, I no like Sani.

I dey always suspect am. E get as e dey do, always dey hover round Morayo, dey form Mr. Nice Guy.

As I dey chase Morayo, he dey corner dey look me like say I be wahala, dey spoil Morayo.

Any small mistake I make, na so he go show up, dey advise her. E be like say e dey monitor our movement.

If I bring food for Morayo, he go throw am away if she no dey class.

That one pain me pass. Jollof rice wey I buy for Domino, Sani go throway for bin, talk say e don spoil. I wan fight am, but Morayo beg me.

If I order moin-moin, na akara he go bring.

If I catch am, he go talk say Morayo no like sweet.

Na lie. Morayo dey chop chocolate anyhow. But na Sani dey always claim say he know her pass me.

I sabi say he dey like Morayo too, but I just see am as normal rival.

I no even see am as threat before, but now, e be like say na him get upper hand.

I even catch am dey smell Morayo jacket wey she no want again.

That one shock me. I see am one night, he dey press nose for her old hoodie. Na then I know say e get as e dey do.

E dey make me uncomfortable, but wetin I wan talk?

I talk am give Morayo, she laugh am off. But for my mind, I dey reason say na deep love dey worry Sani.

Even after I and Morayo start, he still dey show face.

He go dey act like say na me be stranger, na him be real friend. Sometimes he go buy gift, dey drop for her doorstep.