𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑭𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝑫𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈

35| ꜰᴇᴇʟɪɴɢꜱ ᴍᴀʏʙᴇ?

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year I'm advance babies 😘💕

Dedicated to Mira_kol my baby boy....today is his birthday 🎉🎂 Happy birthday my darling.

ᴇᴍᴘʀᴇꜱꜱ ᴄᴀʟʟɪᴏᴘᴇ ᴋᴀʟᴜ

Ever felt like something didn't just happened but it just did?

That's how I felt when Dayo stormed off after yelling at me.

To say I was surprised was an understatement, I was petrified. Dayo have never raised his voice at me like that.

Never.

And now that all of our teammates were looking at me with evident disgust and anger on their faces. I realized how much of a bitch I've been.

A total, freaking bitch.

I could hear my mother yelling at me for being stupid and I shivered at the thought of her. The air was tense and everyone has one nasty look or the other on their faces. I couldn't blame them, I made their best player angry and leave.

"So much for that" someone muttered. It was Akin. Akin was a nice guy and he never had any issue with me but staring at him now? He looked disappointed. When I met his gaze, he gave me one hard look and shook his head.

Then he left.

And then, one by one, they started leaving. Everyone of them gave me dirty looks before leaving. I felt my heart sink to the bottom of my stomach as shame coursed through me.

I closed my eyes, feeling more hurt than ever. I felt my knees buckle as I let myself slid to the smooth floor.

What was wrong with me?

This wasn't the first time I insulted Dayo

Why did I feel like this?

"Empress you alright?" A soft male voice asked. I opened my eyes to see light blue eyes staring at me. I gasped In surprise when I recognized who the person was.

Nnanna!

I smiled and threw my arms around him. He laughed as he nearly buckled under my weight. I felt like crying but I held myself and hugged him tight.

"What-How-When did you get here?" I asked once I let him go.

"Oh I didn't go to school today cause I was a bit sick and bored. So I decided to come see you, haven't seen Amir and the rest yet. Came to look for Dayo but I found you here. Are you okay?" He asked, raising an eyebrow.

I sighed.

"To be honest, I'm not and it's my fault"

"Shhh, tell me what's wrong" he said and sat down, folding his legs under him.

"It's about Dayo. So you see, Amir broke Justice's heart for another girl and she is wrecked emotionally right now and I'm going crazy because nothing is making her feel better. Amir just disappeared into thin air and I couldn't help but take out all my anger and pain on Dayo which is completely normal by the way. But today, I screamed at him again and well he yelled back and said he was done with me, done caring and done talking to me and I feel like such a total bitch and douchebag and I regret those words and im bothered i even care about how he feels"

"Woah" he whispered and blinked at me.

"Has it ever occurred to you that you might care a bit about how Dayo feels?"

"Huh?"

I stared at him like he was crazy. He of all people knew how much I disliked Dayo.

I mean intense dislike.

"Yes. You might think you hate Dee, but you don't. You just manipulated your brain into thinking so" he continued while I stared at him like he was spewing rubbish from a book.

"I don't like him and I don't care. Maybe I should have been less harsh but-"

"How did you feel when Dayo said he was done caring for you? Be honest" he interrupted.

I swallowed.

"Well, uhm...I felt terrible and I wanted to say sorry but I just couldn't"

"You see Empress, feelings can be very complicating. I've known you and Dayo for a while now and I must say, you guys don't detest each other, you just think you do"

"What are you saying? That we like each other or what?" I sneered.

"Tell me what you hate about Dayo"

I blinked as I tried to think of all the reasons for my hatred of Dayo. To my utmost surprise, I could not think of any.

My head was blank.

"I...I don't know. I just... don't like him?"

He smiled.

"Tell me what you at least admire him for"

"He's a great basketball player. He cares about his loved ones. He can be nice too and sweet, from the way I've seen him interact with people. Dayo might be annoying, but dude knows his shit"

By the time I finished rambling, I saw Nana smiling at me.

"And with all of this, you hate him?"

I couldn't think, my brain were ringing off emergency alarms in my head at where Nana was going.

"No No No, you cannot think that. I do  not have feelings for Dayo. This is crazy!" I rambled again. My heart was pounding as the six feet baller with curly dark hair flashed in my brain.

"And what if you do?" He asked.

What if I did?

I shook my head like a dog wagging its tail and grimaced.

"Stop that! You just want to make me Delulu. I do not like Dayo and he does not like me, period" I half snarled. Nana wasn't affected by my harsh words, he just took a strand of my hair and twirled it round his fingers.

"Dayo cares about you. He really does. But the way you've been treating him made him have to give you the hostile attitude. Aren't there situations Dayo wanted to know what was wrong with you?"

I swallowed and remembered when he said he didn't wish for me to fall sick. I also remember when he hugged me in the court the day my mother tried to disfigure my face.

My heart sank as I realized how truly wicked I was.

"He did" i whispered.

"See? I feel you should apologize, and talk to him"

"He hates me now" I replied sadly. "He doesn't want anything to do with me"

"He's angry Empress. Give him time, you can visit him with an apology gift. You know what he likes yeah?"

"Yes? He's been pining for this pair of limited Jordans on Amazon. Although he never got the time to get it"

"Get it for him. You're leaving for his house on Saturday"

"But I don't know his house!" I protested. Going to Dayo's house sounded weird and strange...

"I know it" he smirked

"And I'll take you there"

Again I apologize for keeping you waiting...
What do you guys think of this chapter? Do you think Empress likes Dayo? Or not?
And she's about to go to his house to apologize, lmao 😂 let's see if that works out.
And we're seeing our baby Nnanna from "Seatmates" my first book. He appears in some parts of this book but if you want to know more of him, please check out my first book called Seatmates, it's on my profile board 😊✨🙏🏼
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