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Zion

I followed her closely and noticed she was heading into one of the bathrooms and I rushed in and watched her nearly screamed as I locked the door.

"Zion, what do you want?!" She asked,calmly as though I couldn't harm her in here but I would never. It was already closing period and a lot of people had left the school.

She was looking at me with those calm eyes, beautiful face,hair gelled to perfection and my eyes dropped to her waist,how her hips were well accented against the band of the skirt,her flawless legs and my breath hitched.

I looked up to her face,she had a smirk on her face,as though she knew I was helpless, that like many others I craved to hold her body against mine,well others except Yobanna.

"You should have told me you wanted to gawk at my body,the restroom is not the best place for that"She said and focused on reapplying her lip gloss, smacking her lips and repeating the process again.

"Are you going to keep chasing him like a fool you are not?Are you?" I attacked her and she smiled.

"And what about you, what point are you trying to prove by chasing Selena, what?"She charged at me

" You know it's nothing, there's nothing going on between us"

" Then you are a sore loser Zion,a bitter idiot"

I chuckled, Cynthia and her wicked tongue,was a there a time  she wasn't so harsh?

"See who's talking,you aren't supposed to be talking about bitterness,you are more terrible than I am"I teased her and she shook her head.

" No,at least I don't hide my hatred,but you,you are so pretentious,you are the one behind it aren't you, you are the one behind those pictures,you wanted to frame everything on me right?"

" I didn't do that.. "I tried to defend myself but the hot bloodied female was quick to stop me

"Of course you would deny?"

"Wait, why would you think I would do so? "

" Because you are one person I know who would do anything to frustrate my life"

" Well I didn't do it,I love you and deep down Cynthia"I moved closer to her and raised her chin,her eyes trained on mine

"Deep down, I know there's a spark you have,but you are only trying to prove yourself, trying to prove to mummy dearest you can get a man, trying to prove to the whole world that your hips and charm can work on anyone,now tell me baby girl, aren't we just perfect for each other?"

" You are just an idiot if you think I'll ever like you back,focus on Selena and let me be"

" Well,news flash,I don't like her,she is just.. look never mind but I know you Cynthia and you love attention too much and it's harmful"

"And you don't? We both love attention Zion"She was done with the lipgloss now and was replacing it in her small bag. Someone was washing their hands nearby but that wasn't going to deter me, what was the worst that would happen?

" I don't know why you keep fooling yourself, Yobanna is smitten by Selena, you'd only be wasting your time plus Selena is actually irrelevant to me"

I couldn't hear the running of the tap anymore so I assumed the person has left.

She shook her head at me and shoved me aside and walked to the door, she paused and then looked at me

" Selena is no match for me but you,No matter what you do Zion, you can never be a match to Yobanna and that's on facts"

And then she walked away, I walked out almost  immediately and stood confused at the door for a while until I noticed someone was staring at me intensely. How ever it was, wasn't trying to be so subtle in looking at me so I turned around to return the gaze and my heart dropped,not once ,not twice,maybe a hundred and one times at the very put of my stomach as I watched her look at me with those eyes.

Selena.

She was at wash tub watching my every move, her eyes pooled with tears and the emotions brewing were so deadly, anger, sadness and more anger,it was scary and painful to look at. I lost my tongue, I honestly lost it cos I couldn't mutter even a word. Even as she turned around to walk away I couldn't chase her, I couldn't... do anything.

I'm such an idiot.

***

Selena

I didn't know whether to feel hurt or not, somehow does words he said had cut me deep and I felt stupid

You are stupid Selena

The voice wouldn't stop taunting me. I didn't even allow him explain,I didn't want to hear what he had to say,I've had enough with him and his lies.

For a minute,for a minute I thought i had a friend, that he was sincere but of course,once again I was reminded of my place,I was meant to be used and tossed. I was irrelevant.

I didn't even realize I was already at the SS 3 block, there weren't much people and the few were more engrossed in their discussion to pay any attention to me.

"Selena" Someone called me and brought me out of my reverie. I jerked and then regained my stance.

There he was, standing and looking at me in a calculative way. This boy scared me a lot. He was arguably one of the good looking boys in school but he gave me the vibes of a good looking cold hearted vilian. Okay maybe that was harsh but he was scary.

He was standing against a pillar as though he had been waiting for me. He hardly spoke, being with Yobanna didn't change anything about how I felt about Ken,my heart clutched at the thoughts of him.

Yobanna,what did I do?

"How are you doing?"

Was he really asking me that? We weren't friends for goodness sake.

"I'm fine" I responded and then he was about to say something and then he paused.

He was looking at me now,I couldn't tell what was going through his mind,was he here to tell me how stupid I was? Ken looked like that kind of person that could hurl words at people and not feel terrible.

"Have you seen Yobanna of recent?" He asked me and I didn't know whether to nod or not,of course he came to school always and we were in the same class.

"You do know you are selfish right?" He asked and I gasped at the words he used,me? Selfish? Did he just call me selfish?

He didn't look sorry,in fact he still had more words for me from the looks on his face.

"You think it's cool to just cut someone off,you think everyone doesn't pass through stuffs,you think it's okay to protect yourself alone,did you ever listen to him explain his side of the story?"
His octave rose a little and then he paused and something that looked like anger passed through his eyes and it was gone in a flash.

He was saying the truth and that's what hurts,I'm indeed selfish. God,I ruin things

"Selena,you just don't run away from things because you feel like, that pure cowardice. Ghosting people who love you is very childish,it doesn't even make sense." He was sounding really calmer.

He looked away and then back at me,I couldn't even keep the gaze any more.

"Yobanna is a good person, probably the softest human you would find,he doesn't show it often and I'm not saying this because his my friend,nigga is hurting,stop this madness, please"He added and I held myself from breaking down that moment.

He was gone the next minute. It was as though I received a revelation from an angel because he left as quick as he could.

I stood in my spot for some more minutes,my heart clutching painfully, thinking of the pain I had put two of us in because I wouldn't listen. I was quick to run away cos I was a coward and now I was alone.

It was as though Ken had planned something, Yobanna was out of the class searching around the passage in a minute.

He was coming so close to me and I found myself gawking at him. Yobanna looked beautiful every single time and not sharing the same space with him, not seeing him laugh and teasing me in the few days have being hard. He wasn't wearing his jacket now and I noticed how well ironed his shirt was, how bored his face looked as he kept looking around the passage. How he easily towered around everyone on the passage and I found my heart shrinking as he kept coming closer.

And he did come closer but he didn't spare me a glance, not a single one and he passed me, he freaking passed me as though I was so invisible as though it was just air and nothing else

"Yobanna" I whispered

He didn't respond. He just kept walking.

Christ!

Yobanna..he ignored me..

My heart shattered a million times and I was gasping for breath while struggling with the tears,he didn't just..he didn't just ignore me...

He continued walking to the end of the passage still searching for Ken probably and without thinking, I didn't even know what came over me,I ran and hugged him from behind.

I could swear he froze,I felt it. He didn't struggle to move,just stood in that spot.

I hugged him tightly against his waist, crying and inhaling his cologne that I had missed. I kept crying.

"I'm so sorry Yobanna,I'm so sorry" I kept repeating,there was no one at this part of the passage,just two of us.

I couldn't see his face and he wasn't making any move to turn around

"I don't know what to say Selena,you can't just stay away because you feel like,I don't know what to feel about it,it's like I'm not worth fighting for,like I'm not relevant "

" No I swear,it's not like that,I know I hurt you.."

I wasn't relenting on apologising. His back was still against me, my hands snaked around his waist like a chain,not like he was struggling to move but still I held him so tightly.

I heard him take two breaths and then muttered something like "fuck this"

H turned around and embraced me and I felt my legs going jelly cos I've missed him so much,I've missed everything about him,his solid body,his smiles...

"Does that mean you forgive me.."

"Shush" He told me and hugged me more tightly for some more minutes, stroking my hair occasionally.

"God,I don't even have self control when it comes to you,I miss you,so much"He mumbled and I felt my heart doing double turns

Gee,you are supposed to be pumping blood not gymnastics

"I miss you too,I'm sorry" I told him and then he let me go and looked at me , his eyes piercing every damn fibre in my body. His brown eyes were hypnotizing and I found myself actually holding myself again him

" Promise me you won't shut me out again" God,he looked like a child,so vulnerable and delicate.

"I promise"

He hugged me again like he couldn't believe it and deep down I knew this boy was honest with me.

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