Thought it was Khayr✅

Chapter 57: Who is She?

Hameed's POV

"Guy, you seem on the low today. Wetin happen?" Ahmad inquired, nudging at Lukman which had his brows creased with annoyance. He was furiously typing something in his phone, obviously ticked off by whoever he was texting with.

"Mtchew!" He drew a long loud hiss, flinging his phone over the draped table. Maserati by Olakira was booming with fervor in the hall and Lukman is supposed to be anywhere but here. He's supposed to be on the dance floor, up to his zen; casanova-ing. However, he's here fuming like a bull in front of a red cape.

Our highschool officially clocked fifteen years since opening today, and they're throwing a huge ceremony. Of course, as an important alumni, I ought to be there. But you know me now? I'm usually never eager about stuff like this.. Especially that almost quarter and half of our classmates know about what happened with me. You know; "the guy who latecomer do shege for". Thiers is with a twist sef. It's "the mumu who loved a junior and got overtaken by a latecomer". It's common to date a minor in highschool..just that your classmates don't usually settle with it. They feel like thier pride is being tampered with by having thier classmate stoop so low to date a junior. That's why they overblown it, making it a scandal even. It became a hot topic of discussion in our WhatsApp group chat and they discussed on it for several days. See eh, I suffered. With my guys, with my classmates, with the online jabs... it wasn't easy. However, it's safe to say that everything is okay now. Life was slowly going back to normal.

Afterall, in life, nothing lasts forever.

Anyways, we finally bagged our degrees. It happened just two weeks ago. As much as I'm relieved from heading to Maradi frequently, I will definitely miss that place. I have meek desires for a Masters, however... Well if I decide to go for it eventually, I'd be going abroad most likely. I'm tired of seeing African faces abeg. For now, me and the guys are just idling around. We've been eating book for four years. A month's break will not kill us nau? We deserve it.

The event today is huge, really. With the current students, the alumnis, even non alumnis, teachers, directors, founders...it was as if the whole of Sokoto was there. Lukman and Habibu did not attend our school as everyone knows, but they came along with us. Yeah, it was normal for alumnis to bring non alumnis with them to such event. When they heard about the event, those two including Ahmad were too excited for it. Of course, my guys always jump at any chance to mingle and hunt for new girls. They felt like this event was the most perfect. What do you expect? Our school is one of the top best private schools in Sokoto.

Which means that the girls are no different. With looks because.... most of them have IQs of paramecium. But It's the guys now, all they want is new girls. Irrespective of thier character or intelligence. Just new, fine girls to flaunt on thier Instagram timelines and snap stories.

The day's finally here, yet things seem to be going the opposite way. The thing with Lukman is that, he's the heart of our group. He's mostly unreasonably goofy, but whenever he's not up to his ridiculous puns, it affects us too. Someone is trying to piss him off today, and it's strangely decreasing our energy levels. It's easily noticeable if his miffed, cause Lukman's life is divided into two. Either always goofy, or not goofy.

"Fine girls just dey parade up and down in front of us and you're not commenting. Are you okay?" Habibu asked, raising his eyebrows. See, even Habibu, he only goes along with Lukman's quirks to catch a laugh. He's infact a very romantic person, and he has a girlfriend he's actually really serious about. I'm sure all of this commentating regarding "who's the hottest" that he does with Lukman is sheer pretence. Too bad everyone knows that except Lukman. Anyways, his annoying side aside. He's a friend. Our friend. Whatever affects him, affects us as well. Just like when he was desperately trying to hook me up with his cousin. He was just trying to be of help. Offering his cousin to me was the best solution he could come up with. Though I don't side with his solution, I appreciated the fact that he's caring.