The Lost Ones

Chapter Twenty Five |♠Selfish Desires♠|

Hey honey bunches!✨How are you all doing today?
I just wanted to say you look exceptionally beautiful right now 😌
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♠ Chetachi ♠

He swallowed hard, cleaned his sweaty palms on his joggers for the third time, and moved forward.
Chikamsi stood behind Tobiloba and Lumen, beside Gracious cheering Chetachi on.

"I would like to have a moment of your time please," he said, walking up to the waitress at the Rainforest Cafe.
Ifeoma raised an eyebrow at him, "I'm working, would you like to order anything?"she asked.

Chetachi shook his head, looked back to his friends, pleading with them with his eyes to let this one slide.
"Hey Ifeoma," Chikamsi said walking up to the counter with Lumen. Ifeoma's face brightened up, "Hey Kamsi."

"Chetachi here is planning to run away from his family, it's sad really, just because they would never let him have more than one milkshake whenever they came here." Ifeoma tried not to laugh, the look on her face embarrassing Chetachi further.

"But you're like, eighteen or thereabout, why would you run away because they only let you have one milkshake? Better still, why don't you buy two for yourself?" She asked.

Chetachi groaned, "He's a little boy at heart, he just really loves his milk.
It's just that-" Chikamsi paused, sniffed and faked a dramatic sob, "He's lactose intolerant, so please don't put too much milk in the milkshake, or baby Tachi will release some nasty nasty smells," Chikamsi said, stifling a laugh.

Ifeoma raised an eyebrow at the duo, Lumen walked up to the counter, hanging onto Chetachi's shoulder,
"How on earth will you make milkshakes without milk Chetachi, it's in the name, milk-shake." She sighed, muttering something along the lines of some people being unreasonable when they're young.

Chetachi groaned, he had remembered making a decision to run away when he was eleven, he wanted to turn eighteen so he would be old enough to buy himself milkshakes and chocolate cake that he would take with him.

"I don't like this number eighteen anymore," he said.

Chikamsi watched him for a moment and shrugged, "I agree, Chetachi looks like be wants to cry," Chikamsi noted, he opened his mouth to say something but Chikamsi held his lips together.

"And before you say big boys don't cry, I still have that list, let's get you to the main party."

Chetachi was confused, it must have been evident on his features, because Chikamsi grinned mischievously, beside Lumen.

"Did you really think Chetachi, that we'll bring you out of your house on your birthday to make you cringe and cry like a little boy?" She asked giggling.

"Abi," Gracious commented, "Thanks for the vote of confidence sha," Chikamsi said dryly and headed for the entrance.

"We're taking you somewhere I'm pretty sure you'll enjoy, follow me" Lumen told him, waving at Ifeoma as they left.

♪Gracious♪

Lumen was right, this place was Heaven, it wasn't just in the name.
They had reached Wonder Coast later than they had planned to, Lumen and Chikamsi had spent hours disguising themselves so paparazzi and fans wouldn't destroy the rest of their evening, clustering them and following them everywhere, Gracious had watched them for a while, amused at the amount of effort and dedication they were putting into it, Lumen had even gotten a tan!

Eventually, they had both come out looking simple, joining Chetachi, Tobiloba and herself in the ride they ordered.

She was confused at first when she saw almost every athlete in their class standing at the entrance, and waving at them, until it hit her, they had obviously come to celebrate with their sports captain, Chetachi was already hollering back at them, getting giddy with excitement.