KIKIOPE

We were at the school field warming up and practising for the upcoming inter house sports. I was seated on the grass watching Bimpe do high jumps, when an ugly voice straining to be nice whispered into my ear.

"You look hot in your P.E dress," I turned to the person and almost puked at the sight of the person squatted beside me.

"The sun is scorching so, it's  normal for me to be hot," I replied sarcastically while glaring at him. Like I don't get, what's hot in the green baggy T-shirt and shorts we were all putting on?

He chuckled before sitting beside me, quickly I moved away not wanting his sweaty body around me, he was even smelling gan.

"You know, since, that day I haven't stopped thinking about you, I love fierce girls like you" Pako said and I shook my head. Truly, I've suffered, if not why would this ugly, unkempt and rabid dog try hitting on me.

"Ah, that's good but I never thought of you, I can't even imagine myself thinking about someone like you, I didn't even know you exist until you appeared now, so, if you'll please excuse me," I stood up instantly, and he did the same.

"Can you give me your number?"

"I don't have a phone," I replied before running into the middle of the field and I sat beside Khalid who was gulping down water, it was actually a beautiful sight.

"Hey, I saw you with Pako, what's going on? Is he trying to scare you or what?" Khalid asked as he threw the water bottle away. He was in blue house and was also doing Long jump unlike me, the only idle one.

"You should know he can't scare me, can you believe that guy is trying to ask me out?"

Khalid coughed vigorously while I patted his back for some minutes before he calmed down.

"Like, you mean, that thing is trying to ask you out? Is he blind, or he doesn't even know his level again?"

"I don't know oo, I think he's just crazy, of all persons in this school, after using guys to shako, I'll now date this one, over my dead body, do I even have time for that rubbish?"

"But, it's still amusing me sha, how did you guys cross part gan?"

"Last week when I went to SS3 pink to warn Chinyere."

"Wow, so, he just decided it was best to start hitting on you, he must he sick upstairs."

"Very sick,"I enunciated.

"So, if you're not choosing Pako, who will you choose oo?"he snickered and I chuckled.

"No one, do I look like I'm a fan of secondary school dating, it's just a waste of time to me, tell me, what are you guys gaining from it?" I readjusted my position prepared to listen to his explanation.

"It's not a waste of time, it's because you haven't found any one you like, you have to live the moment and enjoy your teenage hood," he explained and I pursed my lips.

Opening my mouth to talk, Doyin and Abee joined us, they were both in yellow house, Doyin would be running the marathon race while Abee would be throwing the javelin and discus.

"What are you guys talking about?" Doyin shouted as she plopped in between Khalid and I.

"Abi, you guys are doing something behind us," Abee added and I rolled my eyes.

"Can you believe Pako is trying to ask Kikiope out?"

"What!" Doyin and Abee shouted concurrently as their eyes widened.

Doyin swallowed her saliva before talking, "Wait, lemme first digest it, you mean that doofus asked Kikiope out? Is he insane or he doesn't know his category?"

"He is," Bimpe's voice came from the back and we all turned to her, just then Kunmi appeared from nowhere. He was in purple house and was throwing shot put.

"E ehn, who are you talking about?"

"Pako," Abee replied.

"What happen to him? Has he finally been expelled or what?" He inquired while sitting beside Abee and Bimpe sat beside me.

"Ani, the idiot is hitting on Kikiope."

Kunmi's brows snapped, "Ehn, that imbecile, he has guts ooo."

"Real one," Khalid added.

We all mocked him and shifted to another topic till we were ordered to go back to school.

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After Tunde and Choki went back to their seat, I turned to Bimpe with a crooked smile.

"I smell something," Bimpe said.

"Do you know Tunde likes you?"

"What!"

Abimbola and Nnena turned back to us.

"Face your front jo,  gbeborun," Bimpe chided and Nnena obeyed but Abimbola still eyed us before looking away.

"So..." I drawled

"So, what? I don't like him."

"Okay oo."

"Anyway, I already bought the sewing machine, thank God they gave me that money during the competition, now, I don't have to go to my boss's place to sew again," she narrated with beaming smiles.

"That's good news, what did your mom say about it?"

"She was more than happy, you know I've been pestering her all this while."

"Your dad nko?"

She frowned, "That good-for-nothing man, as if he cares, me I've already buried my piggy bank at the back of our house, I can't allow someone to start reaping what I sweated for," she answered with irritation evident in her voice.

"Hmm, that's thoughtful of you."I concurred.

"Announcement everyone," Bimpe shouted and all eyes turned to her.

"Start bringing your clothes oo, it's not the one that you'll start rushing me when it's a week to inter-house sports, that's all," Bimpe concluded and other students started talking before Kaffy also shouted.

"Announcement everyone!"

"What is it? I hope you're not planning to say anything stupid sha," Pimples factory sputtered.

Kaffy eyed him before talking, "I just want you guys to know that I'm doing make up, tell everyone is your house, okay?"

"Yayy," Bella and Precious shouted and I shook my head, as I turned to Bimpe to comment, our biology teacher walked in.

"Class, greet!" Longwire ordered and we all obeyed.

"Where did we stop?" She inquired while smiling at us showing that her brown teeth, she dropped her books on the table, crossed her legs and rested her hand on the table while looking at everyone of us still with her smile. Seems something good happened to her today because the Biology teacher me I know is always frowning.

"Ma, you look beautiful today," Choki shouted, and she smiled at him.

"You're glowing, did something happen?" Pimples factory added.

Biology teacher cleared her throat before talking, "Nothing much, so, class where did we stop?"

"Transport system," the ADS patients shouted.

"Oh, your class is lagging behind, you still have many notes to copy and next week is revision week, how will we do it now oo, who is a fast writer?"

"Kikiope!" The whole class shouted and I rolled my eyes.

Biology teacher turned to me with a smile, "Kikiope will you please copy the note?".

"This one that this woman is doing like a good person today yii," Bimpe mumbled.

"I think she won lotto or something," I whispered to Bimpe before standing up.

"You cannot walk fast, abi?" Bella hissed but I ignored her, she was only looking for attention and I won't give her that.

"Thank you, this is where you'll start from," she flipped through the pages before settling on Transport system, I collected the book from her and picked a marker from the table before turning to board.

Halfway into the class, the sound of Morenikeji by Konstant came from our teacher's phone and all students joined in the song.

"Eni bi okan mi, mo Fe ranjo Ife, ko fa mi lowo Dani, Koko...."

She placed her index finger on her mouth in her attempt to caution us.

"Be quiet class!" Longwire instructed, and we obeyed while my ears opened widely to listen to her conversation so far she wasn't far from me.

"What! You mean Mrs. Koko and Mrs. Olorunfunmi are fighting?"

Hmmm. Mrs. Olorunfunmi is holy holy while Mrs. Koko is a teacher in commercial class, I'm not sure of her subject.

"Ah! These teachers are shameless, how can they fight in the staff room, just because of the V.P, someone that cannot even marry any of them, oga ooo," She stood up and headed towards the door.

So, our V.P is the bone of contention. These teachers gan.

Our Biology teacher turned to me before leaving the class, "When you're done, bring my books to staff room and class behave yourselves while I'm gone, lest I forget, go to Purple and collect their notes, I'm done with their class, so, copy their notes so, we can start revision, class captain, monitor your class," she left before anyone could respond and instantly, the whole class turned to a market.

Quickly I dropped the note and scampered to my seat.

"Did you hear what she said?" I asked Bimpe who nodded and as she opened her mouth to talk, Abimbola did before her.

"Kikiope, won't you complete the note nii?"

I hissed scathingly before turning to Bimpe.

"You heard that holy holy and Mrs. Koko are fighting because of VP."

"Yes oo, they are even shameless and that holy holy will be doing as if she's a saint, oga ooo."

The whole class ended up gossiping over the matter and soon the rumour spread all over the school, it became the hot topic.

During lesson break, Bimpe and I walked into purple class, it wasn't long before we sighted Kunmi on his seat looking somehow sad.

"Hey," I poked his side, and he only looked up without smiling.

"What's wrong?" Bimpe urged as she sat on his table and placed her leg on his chair.

"Carry your leg away joor," Kunmi nagged.

"Until you tell us, what's wrong, oya spill!" She demanded and he cleared his throat before talking.

"My mom visited yesterday," he announced and Bimpe and I exchanged glances.

"Wow, that's good news na, why do you now look sad?" I commented.

"I'm just sad, anyway, this is rare, why did you guys come to class?" He changed the topic and I smiled, well, we all had problems with our mothers except Bimpe.

Kunmi's case was somehow similar to mine, just that his mother abandoned him at his grandparents place and went off with an old man old enough to be her father. She only married him because of his money and now she had kids for him forgetting about Kunmi who was her first child. Kunmi's dad was currently serving his jail terms in prison for being an armed robber so he sometimes referred to his grandparents as his parents.

"To borrow notes, Biology teacher told us to collect from your class, where is Abee?" Bimpe looked around even though his seat was empty, Abee and Kunmi do sit together.

"He went to Blue."

"Oh, Doyin's class, anyway, you'll give me your Biology note while you'll give Bimpe Abee's note," I said and Bimpe quickly snapped her head towards me.

"I'm not collecting Abee's note oo, that one that I cannot see his handwriting gan."

"Abee's note is not even complete," Kunmi uttered.

"Typical of him," I mocked.

"We'll both collect your note then, hope it's not much sha?" Bimpe inquired and the ADS patients rushed to us.

"Kunmi, you can't give them your note, I need it too, you know I'm your girlfriend," Kaffy said while running her hand across his shoulder seductively.

"Abi, this one is stupid?" I threw a scowl at her but she ignored me and turned to Kunmi.

"They came before you," he stated.

"Even if we didn't come before you, we'll still collect his note," Bimpe added.

"But, Kaffy is your girlfriend na," Precious and Bella shouted.

"E kpele oo(sorry oo)" Bimpe mocked, and they stormed out of the class, we all snickered till they were out of sight, just then, my eyes landed on the last row.

"See, see, see," I tapped Bimpe who quickly looked at the direction I was pointing at along with Kunmi too.

"Gosh! These three Maggots are senseless," Bimpe said with disgust. Three Maggots was the name given by we JANU Icons to some prostitutes in our set, they were three in numbers and always wriggled like worms, the idiots we're not even fine ooo, and they've dated almost every guy in our school.  We'd given them the name junior school yet it remained.

Currently, they were twerking for some useless guys who were laughing and enjoying the scene.

"This your class is something else," I uttered.

"You haven't seen anything," Kunmi pointed out.

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