"Good morning my beautiful ball of sunshine" i giggled at his cheerful expression and words. My face buried deep in my pillow.

"Morning..." i chimed staring at his handsome face through the screen of my phone.

"Ah ah... Is that how to greet your boyfriend?" he teased giving me a cute frown. I decided to play along.

"How am i supposed to greet my boyfriend o?" I asked sitting up on my bed, placing the phone against one of my pillows to allow me see him better.

"You can't say good morning my love, did you sleep well? Did you dream of me?" i chuckled due to his words before nodding.

"Okay. Let me try again.. " i said clearing my throat "Good morning Akorede mii, Okikiola te mii ni kan shosho.. She daa daa la jii?"
I stopped talking at the awe struck look on his face. "Kii ni?"

"That was the best line to wake up to every morning"

"You like it?"

"I do! I love it when you call me by my middle name." he said with a grin before staring deeply at me, like he put his whole face into the screen of his phone "did you sleep well?"

"I did" i muttered before yawning, rubbing my left eye to put the sleep away.

"You just woke up?" he asked peering at the satin bonnet on my head.

"Not really... I had been up for two hours" i was dressed in a halter neckline jumpsuit.

"Any plans for today?" he asked softly, his light honey colored eyes blinking slowly at me.

"I'm free this morning but will go out with my cousin by afternoon or evening... We are going to the mall or something" to be honest i feel like sleeping in the whole day, i am too tired, for no reason.

"Hmm... " we both turned quiet , staring at each other for no reason before he decided to break it "i miss you"

A blush form on my cheeks at his words. It has been two days since the eventful date and also two days we became official.

Yes. Official.

Like an item.

It was still so surreal that Korede asked me to be his girlfriend. I blurted out a big yes at his proposal.

Korede and i...

I always felt that giddiness in my stomach whenever i thought of it. Although, there was a clause...

I told him that i want to keep it private, like a secret. He was confused at my disposition and when asked why, i told him i really don't want his herd of fan girls coming after my head in school.

Yes, we are together but we got to use our sense. I haven't dated him yet,  Celine wanted to kill me. What will happen if they find out we were together?

Also, i don't want us to be the school hottest, trending topic whereby people will feel it is alright to dissect our relationship. I don't think i can condone that.

It is only the Elites and Ejiro that knows about it...

Ejiro kept teasing him when i called him yesterday, telling him Akorede asked me out and i said yes. I miss that stupid boy like crazy.

"It's only been two days"

"So you don't miss me?" he pouts sounding like a child.

"I miss you"

A grin appeared on his face the same time there was a brisk knock on my door.

"Can i call you back? I want to attend to something" his face fell, what am i going to do now... "let's chat on WhatsApp" he nodded eagerly. I ended the call "come in"

The door opened to reveal Tega, his hand by the door knob while he leaned against the door frame.

"I need your help..." he said sounding desperate.

"What is the matter?" i asked quite confused at his antics.

"My friends are here, and we are hungry, there is nothing in the kitchen to eat... " he laid down his heavy burden before me.

"Then go and make something for yourself naaa.. " i said waving him off.

He definitely wanted me to cook for them.

"Ah ah... Tolani, don't be like that"

"Okay. What do you want me to do for you?"

He stared at me with doe eyes enough to melt the coldest of hearts.

"Can you cook something for us?" he asked with hope in his voice.

I said it...

"No" my voice came out clipped, no room for argument as i pick my phone, to log in to WhatsApp.

"Okay please... I will do anything... " i rolled my eyes "i will get you something this evening"

"What?"

"Anything you want. "

I raised an eyebrow at him.

"You are not joking?"

"I'm dead serious. Tolani i am hungry se" he practically begged and i would have laughed at him if not that he was sounding hungry and i was equally hungry.

"Okay... Deal. I will meet you downstairs"

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I came down the stairs, with my phone in hand. Loud male voices filled the living room where i was heading to. He really had company and seemed they were arguing about something.

I came down the last stair, turning a corner to the living area before stepping into their view. The noise died down when one of them looked up to see me.

Eyes going wide in what i guess was surprise.

I stared at the first guy, he was dark and he had a boyish look to him and from what i can discern from his height, he was of the average. His hair was in a low cut making him maintain that boyish baby face look.

He is cute.

The second boy actually left me in awe because this is the first time i would be coming in contact with someone like him. He is a foreigner, i am not talking about an half caste, a pure white.

Wow...

He stood beside the large home theater, his grey eyes staring at me in curiosity and some other emotion i do not care to understand. A strand of dark hair fell unto his forehead from the mane on his head.

He looked exotic.

"Hello... " i greeted casually. Murmurs of greeting was heard from the two boys and i smirked when they kept giving Tega questioning looks.

"Guys, meet my cousin, Omotolani Peters. " he quickly introduced.

I watch in amazement as a look of realization fell on their faces.

"The cousin you always told us about? The one we wanted to meet during the friendly match but you forbid us from knowing or meeting?" the dark one fired series of questions at my cousin which seemed to annoy him greatly.

"Yes. That one"

I chuckled while folding my arms against me watching their drama.

"Hello, my name is Yul and i am the best friend of this moody psychopath" he said reaching out for an hand shake in which i gladly returned "over there is Giovanni, our boring friend" he points at the exotic boy, i gave him a smile in which he returned. He may be boring but his face does not look boring "and you are?"

It was then i noticed he was still holding my hand, i thought Tega introduced us a while ago.

"Omotolani by name but you can call me Tolani"

"Can i call you Omotola?" i nodded "It is a pleasure meeting you Omotola" he said, boldly going ahead to plant a kiss on the back of my hand.

"Alright! Stop that shit! Stop flirting with my cousin!" Tega bellowed.

"Don't blame me. It is not my fault your cousin looks this pretty" i giggled watching Tega tear him away from me.

Boys are something else.

I made them join me in the kitchen to help me with the cooking cause God forbid me doing it all alone. I had Tega washing the already dressed chicken, Yul slicing the plantain into circular shapes for frying while Giovanni was washing the tomatoes.

I am making Nigerian jollof rice, fried plantains and chicken. I listened to the boys conversed among themselves and i asked questions here and there.

Yul is a teenage male model, that i can see from his facial looks. He is a very jovial thing, his boyish look was a plus to the charm.

Giovanni was an Italian, his mum who was divorced is an expatriate to Nigeria and he followed her here which led to him schooling in Ivy League Academy.

"Does your friend know how to eat Nigerian food?" i asked Tega as he placed the washed meat in front of me.

Tega shrugged before turning to look at Giovanni.

"Nigerian food are tasty." his voice came out in a raspy tone, low but raspy.

"Tasty but spicy" i pointed out but he shrugged.

"I can take a lot of chilli in a food" Yul snorts while Tega shook his head.

"Trust me... You don't want this one" Tega advised, talking from experience.

"Just so you know, i like my food extremely spicy" i told him so that he will know what he was getting himself into.

Then Tega launched into a conversation of how i almost split his brain all in the name of spicy spaghetti one time like that while i got busy with the cooking.

I could still remember it clearly, Tega's eyes were watery with unshed tears, running nose as he gobble down the food, i watched him in amusement that day thinking on how what we were both eating could be spicy.

He actually begged me to cut down the pepper i will use if I want us to eat the food.

I drained the parboiled rice, leaving it in the sieve inside the pot before putting my attention on the sauce. While i was parboiling the rice, i was also cooking the chicken so i quickly took the chicken from the stock before frying it.

Waiting for it to fry, i walked towards the counter to check my phone. Switching on my mobile data, i was greeted with series of messages, mostly from Akorede.

Expensive Handsome❤❤
[9:23am]
Log in na...

I am waiting for you...

Shetemi?

Babe😒

I grinned. This boy does not have a chill pill in his body.

Me:

Heyyyyyyy

Expensive Handsome❤❤:

I have been waiting for you all day! 😌

See exaggeration o!

Me:

😁😁... Oni iro oshi . I was busy.

Expensive Handsome ❤❤:

Wat 're u up to?????

Me:

Cooking 🍜🍜...jollof rice.

Expensive Handsome ❤❤:

Yum! Can i place my order? 😊😊

Me:

We will see... You've eaten?

Expensive Handsome ❤❤:

Yes 😭😭... Noodles.

Me:

That is nice na.

Expensive Handsome ❤❤:

It's not. It's soggy and tasteless. 😒

I snorted.

Me:
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

I look up from my phone at a sharp noise. Tega was staring at me as if i had grown five heads, i didn't even bother to look at others.

I put away my phone. Quickly checking the chicken. I turned it, once it was done. I drained it from the hot oil with the steel sieve ladle.

I put the chicken inside the sauce to get it coated with. Once it was done to my taste, i collected the peppered chicken from the sauce before pouring the washed parboiled rice inside the tomatoes and curry seasoned sauce. Adding a bit of water, i put it under moderate temperature for it to cook.

I skipped towards my phone. Opening the first pinned chat.

Expensive Handsome ❤❤:

Be laughing at me o

Shebi na me talk

You are not answering again... 😒😒

Shetemi oooooo

Me:

I went to check what i was cooking. Fara buruku bale... 😏😏

Expensive Handsome ❤❤:

You are almost done?, I'm salivating here.

Me:

If you are salivating, what do you want my cousin and his friends to do?

Expensive Handsome ❤❤:
Friends??

Me :

Yeah. He brought two of his friends. One is an Italian! A freaking white boy! How cool is that?!!!

Expensive Handsome ❤❤:

Yeah... Very cool...

Me:

Don't worry. I will send pictures of the food when i'm done.

Expensive Handsome❤❤:
Shetemi na!!.... 😩😩

A laugh escaped my lips, turning off the mobile data, i went back to the burner to check if the meal was ready.

                        😆🍛🍹

After dishing the meal into individuals plate, i took a quick picture of my own sending it to Korede to drool on.

Soon we settled at the dining room having small talk over breakfast.

"Heard you school in SJC?" Yul asked after taking a piece of dodo into his mouth.

"Yeah. That is my school"

"How is it over there? Is it true that some of the students control what goes on in the school?" Yul interrogated me.

"Control?" i asked sounding confused.

"There had been rumors about students belonging to the one percent of the one percent having a lot of control about what goes on in the school."

"That is why there are rumors"

"There is always an element of truth in rumors" Giovanni finally spoke up, staring at me with his piercing eyes which were filled with a lot of questions.

"And what is the truth?"

"It is well known that the school is being owned and ruled by a group of closely knitted students popularly known as the Elite, they are very discreet and private individuals but super rich kids who have a lot of money to last them for life" Yul poured out like a private detective and i couldn't help but wonder if he was one.

I gave Tega a dubious look but he only shrugged. He was definitely not helping me out of this.

"They are actually cool people"

"It is also well known that they can make or mar your stay in SJC. They also happen to have shares- well their parents actually making them practically own the school" Yul spewed out with a tone of fascination in his words.

"For a while... You made it sound like they are running a cult group in SJC" i teased but on the inside, my brain is all jumbled up.

Wow...

They have shares?

How much do i even know about my new friends?

"Why would you even say that?" Yul asked in total confusion.

"Because i happen to know them... One on one... " i drawled out.

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After breakfast, the guys cleared the dishes from the table while i went ahead to clean the kitchen. Surprisingly, Giovanni finished his food, there was not even a single grain of rice in the plate.

He was that hungry.

I was cleaning the work surface in the kitchen when my phone chimed beside me. I picked it up reading the message Ejiro sent me about him meeting a female model he had been stalking on the social media for a while now.

The next message which was from Akorede caused me to crack up and at the same time blush.

"Boyfriend?"

I jump at the sudden voice of Giovanni, not used to the foreign accent. He stood few feet away from me, leaning against the cabinet.

For how long had he been standing there?

"Yes. " i placed my index finger on my lips, before gesturing towards where Tega was in the living room.

"You don't want me telling him?" i nodded slowly for him to assimilate "he doesn't know" he stated the obvious.

"Yes and i would like to keep it that way for now... "

"Why?"

"He might freak out. Tega... Still has this mentality of me being a little girl who can't take care of herself"

He chuckled at my response.

"Maybe he is just looking out for you" i scoffed.

"I don't think so. I mean i am not a ten year old" we stayed in silence for a while, he choosing to watch me or what i do while i being my antisocial self couldn't grow the balls to start a conversation "So... How long have you been in Nigeria?"

That is a good way to start a conversation, right?

"I've been in Nigeria for over four years"

"Really?!"

"Yeah... I transferred to Ivy League last year"

"No wonder... Tega never mentioned you. I have heard about Yul but never a Giovanni"

"Your cousin was an ass to me when we first met but i guess that is just who he is. His 'i don't give a damn attitude' really pushed me away from him for a while"

I giggled. He was right though. Tega can be a bit mysterious a times, coupled with the fact that he loves wearing black. He always gave off 'don't mess with me' attitude but deep down he is as soft as a teddy.

People always misconstrued him and he never tried to correct them. I mean if you want to know the real Tega, let him come to my hood, he always gave rich kids like him this 'fuck off' vibe.

"He is a good person"

"Yeah. He is" he nodded.

We talked for a while, the conversation flowing easily. He told me on how he one time followed one of his mum's help to the market to get some foodstuffs. Little children were following him that day like he was an alien. I laughed when he told me they kept giggling and pointing at him alongside the elderly ones. He tried greeting one of the market women the way he saw the help did by saying 'Ekaasan ma'. The old woman was so elated, she gave him a lot of akaara pointing out it was the first time he tasted something like that.

Soon, it was time to head for the mall according to Tega, i quickly excused myself from the guys before rushing upstairs to get ready.

Translation :
Akorede mii, Okikiola te mii ni kan shosho.. She daa daa la jii?: my Akorede, my one and only Okikiola.. Hope you slept well?

Kii ni: what is it?

Fara buruku bale: calm down

This couple is just giving me vibes o 😄😄. Their ship has successfully sailed off. Someone should come up with a ship name for them cause i can't think of any right now.

Expensive Handsome 😏😉😉...  Oga o...

Akorede well done o.

What do you guys think of Tega's friends? Yul and Giovanni...

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Xoxo...