He was just a little taller than her but he was slimmer. Blessing had more flesh than he did. Even so, by the pose they struck up now, he looked like a big brother, patting the head of a sister despite he was the one who lost his parents and not her.
"Geez, Bles... I'm the one mourning here. Why you so much of a crybaby?" Lekan chided.
Blessing did not say a word or two about that. Rather than protest the words, she snuggled in closer to him, wrapping her hands around his body and tighter like she was not ever going to let go of him. It had been a while and true to her words, she really missed him.
Lekan himself could not bear to bring himself to deny her of the hug that she was engaging in. After all, he himself could tell that he was beginning to get used to her presence now, after being gone for as long for so long.
He schooled in a boarding school while his friend attended a close by school. She was a day student and the only time when they did get to see , usually, was when he came back around for the holidays. Or when Blessing had decided to be so stubborn that she followed up with his parents on the day of his monthly visitation day in school. Only then did he get to see her and so, it was only logical that he would begin to long after her now.
He inhaled her scent.
She was a stickler for feminine perfumes and scents. The cornrows on her head, black in color and large. She was also fair complexioned and had round, firm but robust cheeks. Her chest was full and laden with succulent boobs beneath the magenta toned gown she had on. On her feet, a pair of black gladiator sandals while a little waist bag of the color of black was strapped to her waist. It hung a little by the abdomen.
"Yes... Yes... That's enough. Uhmmm..." Lekan said, gently pushing her off his body but the young miss did not seem to like the idea. With each push, she snuggled in close, until it quickly degenerated into a struggle between the two of them.
Struggling, Lekan was able to pull her into the room and used his leg to shut the door behind him. As soon as he did that, Blessing snuggled in closer now, seizing the moment until her hands were clad tightly behind his back and her eyes staring into his. She was only shorter by a head length of Lekan but still,, she was staring into his face.
Lekan exhaled, taken aback by the way she looked at him. And as soon as that happened, she tiptoed, bringing her face closer to his, licking her lips.
At this instance, time seemed to slow down as the two of them stared into each other, Blessing daring Lekan to continue and Lekan being dumbfounded on what was going on exactly.
"Urrhhhh..." Lekan cooed.
"Heheh!" Blessing chuckled now and then pulled away from him. "I am sorry. I have just missed you so much. And when I heard you were refusing to come out, I was really worried." She said and then turned around, walking to the edge of the bed.
Once she was there, she let herself down into it, tapping the sides of the bed with both hands as she cleared her throat. She shook her head also, letting the strands of the cornrows sway from over her shoulders, to her back.
"I... I'm okay." Lekan exhaled, sliding down against the door till he reached the ground. Once he reached the ground, he put his hands to the side of him, one knee bent upwards while the other leg, the right leg being stretched out long on the ground. "I am fine. I just... I j-just didnt... I wanted to get myself. And the house is not so conducive for that to happen right now."
Blessing frowned her eyes now as she took a cursory look around the room. "Your room is neater than most days today... Wait, what did you say?" She said, widening her eyes at him.
Lekan shook his head, facepalming now. "I didnt say anything." He lied.
"I am not deaf, okay?" Blessing looked at him sternly. "You said something. I just did not catch it, kay?"
"Well..." Lekan shrugged. "If you were listening then, you would know what I said. Instead, you were first inspecting my rom. Look, this is not your room okay? And i can do it anyhow I like, right? " He said.
'You are deviating, young man." Blessing emphasized, looking at Lekan with a hand on her left hip. Blessing pouted, eyebrows arched with her arms folded, showing off total defiance in her pose. She gave him the look that she was not buying any bullshit while looking unavoidably cute.
"Agh! Fine!" Lekan splayed his fingers, looking down. He put his left hand atop the knee of his left and then let his head hang down over his shoulders. "I said that I am not digging this place, okay? I don't think I like it, especially now that my Uncle Desmond is the one who was assigned to be my guardian."
"Oh!" Blessing sighed. "So, does that mean that you..." She shrugged her shoulders now. "Why does he have to your guardian? I don't think he is the best one for that. He is.. You know,... Not that I am trying to be rude but he is too self centered."
"Tell me what I dont know." Lekan sighed. "And to top it all, my parents only willed me a stupid ring. All of everything has to pass through the hands of Uncle Desmond." Lekan whined.
"What ring? I bet the ring must cost a lot on the market, right?" Blessing joked out.
But upon seeing the direction of Lekan's hand to the position of the ring, the smile on her face died out. She could not process it now. What parent would will their child an obstinate thing like that? It did not make sense to her, especially when the parents of such a child were really rich.
"Maybe it is something like a family loom. Something to help you along your stuff in life. A good luck charm or something like that." Blessing said.
Lekan shook his head, looking at her even as a weak chuckled escaped his lips. Blessing really did not know how to admit that things were bad. She would often try to find out what good could come out of a worse situation. And right now, she was dong the same thing again. Unless that in this case, there was no reason enough to back up her optimism. It was a useless case and she had to see for herself.
"I bet that it has a note, telling you on how to use it." Blessing said, looking to the shelf where the ring was.
"Sure, miss. Knock yourself out. The note is there." Lekan gestured to the shelf once again.
Blessing nodded her head, standing up from the bed. As she did, a tinge of indecision flashed across her face, before she was able to get herself moving. She took brisk steps, walking to the shelf and then picking up the piece of paper from beneath the ring.
Holding it to her face, she read out the line on it, only for worry lines to pop out all over. "I don't get this. Is this some kind of joke?"
"I thought you said, it is a good luck charm?" Lekan laughed.
Holding it to her face, she read out the line on it, worry lines popping out all over. \ "I don't get this. Is this some kind of joke?" She asked, examining the note in her hand. Curiously, she looked to the back of it but saw nothing of note there. Not even a squiggle or something. It was all empty and then it portrayed to her that the meaning was as vague and empty as the back of the note. It just did not add up, no matter how she looked at it. A ring from the dead father and then it had a note, something like a user instruction, speaking of power? Was this some kind of fairy tale where there was an inheritance of power passed from parents to children? She reasoned, she had read many fictional books but then she had not imagined that she would come across anything like this in her wildest dream. Master the power? Was what was written but it did not make sense. Master what power for what? What power could be kept in a ring like this? It did not even have the quality to be somet
For a moment or two, the room was silent. The only persistent sounds being Lekan's slow breathing and the confused panicked breaths for Blessing. It continued for s long as long as could be and if what happened had not happened, it would have been the most magical. However, a strange occurrence had happened, none of them could therefore sense the magic in the air It was alien to them, their minds pounding with all sorts of fear and thoughts. Lekan could just barely stabilize himself now. What he had seen, he could make no sense out of it. What was it? It was startling or maybe it was because of the fact that he had been mourning his parents. Perhaps, that had to be it for he could not understand what that visage was. Blessing would never slap him so then why was that? He did not want to think that there was really anything that was beyond the physical in the room. He did not even want to think that way because he was not sure. But still, he could not just override the thought t
"What….. You think you can just come and hug me to death…" Lekan winked. "Hell, no, I will tickle you to the beyond. Muhhahahahah!" Blessing laughed. A cheery one. Then pushed and kicked. Lekan followed, using his hands to wedge off her legs in an attempt to gain on her. A wild smile on his face as he worked with his hands. The issues of the time before totally forgotten. At least, for now. "Okay, okay... stop, stoppppp..." Blessing laughed, shaking her arms and her legs in a fit of laughter. Lekan did ease up now as he saw how she vibrated. He leaned backwards and she jerked then, shaking her head as she kept on laughing. "No... no... hahahah... " Blessing laughed. "Stoppppp." "I didn't do anything now, did I?" Lekan replied with an ear to ear grin on his face. "I was only leaving you alone." He laughed at her. "who knew you're such a scaredy cat?" "Heheh... it's not that!" Blessing disagreed. She hugged her legs with a coy smile on her face. "Its just... I don't trust you,
The gate to house opened just then as a man wearing ashgray trousers, black sneakers and a white vest stepped in. The gate was black and towering, having a fence topped by electric wiring with a notification that read 'stay away; high voltage' His hair was short, black in color and seemed to be a bit dishevelled at the moment. Opening the pedestrian door a bit longer now, a lady wearing some skimpy gown of yellow stepped in, wearing an amused smile on her face. She had cornrows on her head, the color being black and yellow. She had her complexion to be tanned and a mole just below her left eye. The gown which she had on was spaghetti in style, two crossing strands of material which looped at back of her neck and then a set of those material threads looping at the back two. The length of the gown was just by her hips side and on her feet, she had high robed gladiator sandals of brown color, holding a purse of yellow close to her body with the left hand. She put a hand forward, that
"what's happening?" Dorothy said, looking back at him. "I'm coming... Just need to check on something " He said and then raced his way forward to where the sounds of sobbing were coming from. First things first, Desmond sighed to himself, he had to make sure that everything was alright. He was been worried about the one who he had to take into guidance now. While it was understandable that the boy had lost his parents and thus would be have fits such as this, he was really worried that he may have let that get to the person who had come in to visit. When he was leaving the house, earlier, he had been frustrated. It was not too long since he had to leave his own house and his own life to come here, in the status of a guardian to the son of his late brother. It was not long enough and so, it was normal that people would be watching him. After all, he had been the brother who had not been seen around the family since the time that his brother had decided to cut ties with him. Based o
Lekan whistled as he moved from the ironing table to the wardrobe now. It was just some hours since Blessing had left. Actually, it was another another day, although with the difference of not more than 12 hours in between. Compared to other times, his mood was improved now. He moved to the wardrobe and whistled, putting a finger to his lips as he paused, trying to remember what he had wanted to get in the first place. Shirtless with only a pair of trousers, black on his lower half, Lekan nodded his head harmoniously to the rhythm of the music booming out from the mini music player speaker which was on the table. As if lit by inspiration, he opened the two doors of the wardrobe and then pulled out a shirt from the one with the hanger compartment. He held the shirt and then looked at the vintage styled design of it for a few moments. And after he was done with the observation, his head still nodding to the boom of music, he tossed it to the Queen Sized bed which was behind him. After
“Ha!” The girl in the black jumpsuit roared as her feet bounced off the ground. Landing a few steps to the right, she smiled, her white skin reflecting the light and warmth. It revealed the radiance in the heart of this young girl. She held her two hands in front of her. Her blonde hair wafting softly from side to side even as the wind teased it. Her feet were placed, the right in front while the left was placed behind it. Just a little bit. “How long do you think you can really hold out against me? I am the Queen of the Combat Facility.” She smirked. The person whom she was speaking to frowned, his bushy eyebrows knitting closely at his forehead. He breathed hard, fisting his hands as he stared daggers at her, unmoving while his eyes loooked left and right. The place where the two combatants stood was one of a kind. It was a circular platform which had just three pillars at adjacent ends. The ground was lined with circular carvings. And right at the center of it was the insig
The taxi screeched to a halt in front of the campus of the school and Lekan heaved. It was a relief that he could actually get fresh air to breathe, fresh air which was not the same air that his Uncle Desmond would be breathing. He felt a strange rush of emotions well up in his body just then, as the Uber driver looked back to him and then informed him about their ride destination being reached. For a moment or two, he did not answer, neither did he move. He just stared up ahead, looking at the Uber driver who wore a blue baseball cap, white vest and black jeans. There was an aroma of scented mints in the car and the air conditioning was doing a good job in delivering the extra chill in the air to it/. Lekan took in an inhalation of air, allowing the mint scented air to settle against his lungs. It was refreshing in a way, he wanted to stay but then again, he could not stay. He had come down here because he had something which he wanted to do. And also because of the fact that being