INSECURITIES.

CHAPTER 37

Thursday, 30th December 2021.

Jasmine POV.

It's five days after Christmas and the celebration is still banging in my house. Guests have been trooping in and out like it's a festival or something. My relationship with Tokyo has grown a lot more too. We have been seeing everyday since the 26th and I'm about to go out and meet him right now because he just texted me that he's outside.

It's like seeing him has become a routine for me since he arrived because not a day passes by that we do not see. And we chat all the time too. All of this does nothing but make me feel good. The feeling of knowing that someone actually wants to see me everyday. Our relationship keeps getting stronger by the day but the sad part is that it feels like Dave is the force bringing us together.

So it goes like this. We see, and he asks me how moving on is for me and how I'm feeling, If I'm still thinking about him and all that shit. Definitely, the response is gonna be that I'm not fine and I miss him. Then we just go on and on, talking about how he's a bad person and how I'm going to overcome this stage, and how long it's gonna take for me to do so.

It's like 90% of our conversation is about him then the 10% left is me asking Tokyo how he is and how his day went. It feels like our relationship is centered around him and I do not really like it. I do not like the fact that we are making him too important of a subject that has to be spoken about all the damn time.

And the worst part is that Tokyo. Just. Can't. Stop bringing him up, even when I told him not to. It's like he enjoys talking about him or something.

Asides all of this tho, Tokyo has been my only comfort zone at the moment. I mean he's the only person that understands what I really feel. He's even a much more sweet soul in person than on chat. Being around him makes me happy and I laugh a lot too. Like he's really funny. Although, I do not think he's as funny as Dave is.

And boy, the nigga is cute AF.

"Hi daddy," I say seductively as I engulf him in a bear hug. For some reason, I've found myself flirting with him since he came to lagos.

Well who would you blame?
I need someone to love and be loved anyways.

"Hey mama," he says as he wraps his hand around my waist And I let him.

"How are you today?" He asks as I pull out of the hug.

"I still miss him," I say pouting.

"Come here," he says and I wrap my hands around him again, letting him hug me tightly as he plays with my hair.

He smells so nice and I'm getting used to his fragrance because I see him everyday. It's even making me forget what Dave's scent feels like.

"You have me with you so there is no need to be sad anymore baby girl." He says.

"I know right, thanks for being here with me everyday." I say as I lock my hands with his.

I love Tokyo, I swear.

"You're welcome." He says, still seriously stroking my hair.

"What's your own with my hair gee?" I ask, chuckling lightly as I look up at him.

"I don't know, it's just so long and adorable. You're adorable." He states pointedly making my cheek turn crimson red from blushing too hard.

"Oh my God, Tokyo stop making me feel myself too much." I say, still trying to control the grin on my face.

"I'm not trying to make you feel hot or shit. I'm just being brutally honest with you. Something your prince charming didn't do." He says, teasing me.
At this point, he was making a failed attempt to braid my hair.

God, save me from the hands of Tokyo.

"Something he didn't do." I repeat his last words. At this point, the smile I had on earlier had faded away.

"I saw him when I was coming self." Tokyo says, making me pull out from his grip and staring at him in awe.

"Swear to God?" I say in a higher  pitch making Tokyo chuckle.

"Relax dolphin," he says laughing. "And yes, I saw him. We even spoke for a while before I started coming."

"Oh my God. What did you guys talk about?" I ask curiously, ignoring the fact that he just called me dolphin.

Tokyo has like 100 nicknames for me. He can call me ten times with ten different names. But I think his favorite name for me is Angry Bird.

"Nothing much," he shrugs.

"Are you seriously not gonna tell me right now?" I ask, giving him a glare. He always does this.

"Nothing much, I swear" He says.

"Tokyo!"

"Okay, okay, fine I'm going to tell you."

"Be quick about it please." I was already getting pissed because he is just being annoying about the whole situation.

I mean, he brought up the freaking topic because the last time I checked, nobody asked and now he's trying to avoid that same topic he brought up.
There is no way in hell I'm letting that happen.

"Okay, so I think he already knows we are fucking together and we are really close because when I first arrived Lagos, he was like that girl will be happy. I decided to play dumb and ask who he was referring to and he was like " Jasmine na." Asides that, whenever he sees me going out, he will be like "you dey go see her bah?" And I will be like yeah, sometimes I will lie and say No but the fact is that he already knows."

"How the fuck does he know that we are friends?" I ask, because I genuinely cannot recall mentioning Tokyo to Dave when we were still speaking.

"I really have no idea." He says.

"Is he stalking me?" I ask teasingly. I know he can't be stalking me. I'm sure he has even forgotten about me and moved on a long time ago.

"Maybe," Tokyo replies, playing along.

"So is that what you couldn't say all along?" I ask chidingly.

"That's not even it. We finally had a proper conversation about you tho."

"Hmm, what was it about?" I ask.
My heart is beating so rapidly right now but I try to act like I care less when deep down, I know that I really want to know what they spoke about.

"He just basically told me about how he met you through your ex and how he was trying to get you guys back together because your ex was miserable without you but then he found himself beginning to like your personality and he chose to stick around. Things led to things and you both fell for each other."

"Is that all?" I ask.

"He mentioned something like you guys couldn't work out because he betrayed your ex and he wouldn't want to hurt him more by asking you out which was why he chose to be a little bit  unserious with the relationship."

"Is that all?" I ask again.

"What else do you want to know Jasmine?"

"The full story Tokyo."

"Okay, he mentioned something about having feelings for another girl too."

And that moment, I feel my heart break into a million pieces.

Dave smith has feelings for someone that isn't Me.

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to end this chapter at this point but I just needed to keep you guys in this particular suspense🥂🤧😌.

Who do you think Dave likes!?

Feel free to comment below and you will find out sooner or later who the mystery girl is☠.

Dun dun dun😈😈.
Okay, don't mind me I'm just being silly at this point😂.
Byeee y'all😘.