Yaron Mama

Episode 23

Dedicated to Tahira

*Long episode alert*

Nino stood in front of the meat seller stall in the ever busy market. It was 3 weeks into the first semester, he was in 300 level and that meant he would be spending only 1 semester in school this session. The next semester was meant for the compulsory 6 months I.T. He stood there waiting for the man to bring out the chicken from the freezer, Asma'u was at the other side of the market buying some other ingredients they would use to prepare different delicacies for the dinner. Nino invited Zibu, Dai'ba, Folake and Fa'ad for a night out at his place, it's been long they were all in one place.

'How much meat did you buy?!' Asma'u appeared behind Nino, she was surprised at the amount of meat in front of him.

'No, this is not mine, it's for someone else' Nino pointed at a woman picking onions and pepper from the next stall.

'oh, naji tsoro wallahi' Asma'u dropped the plastic bag she was holding 'I have gotten everything we would need'

Asma'u brought out her phone from her bag, she put on the camera and tried to take a selfie, Nino noticed and moved away a little so as not to appear in the picture

'Why are you moving away I want you in the picture' Asma'u said

'I don't want to be in the picture' Nino said with a bit of anger in his voice. He was getting irritated by this new found love for selfies and Snapchat Asma'u had developed recently. She couldn't stay 10 minutes without taking a selfie, it was like a disease.

'Just one please' Asma'u pouted her lips and blinked her eyes like a baby

'No. Haba, we took selfies when I came to pick you in school, in the car as we drove here and now you want to take another one again' Nino said in 1 breathe 'I am not taking any selfie'

'tohm' Asma'u put her phone back in her bag, she was obviously angry.

They got everything and headed straight to Nino's place to prepare the food. Asma'u left immediately she set up everything to go get ready for the dinner.

They all sat engrossed in the movie they were watching on Nino's laptop, except for Nino. He kept on checking his wristwatch at intervals.

'Come, Folake ina saurayin ki?' Nino was sounding a little bit angry, he kept on tapping his feet at a fast pace, something he does when he is sometimes nervous or angry.

'How do you expect me to know, no be all of us dey here together' Folake hissed and continued watching the movie

Asma'u noticed Nino was kind of angry, so she sat up and went by his side 'Ya dai' she said in a low tone. She could see slits of anger in his eyes, this was a look she knew very well 'Stop vibrating like a Nokia phone mana'

He told her earlier that he wanted the night to go perfectly well. Nino had a thing for perfection, if not in it's totality at least 90%. Asma'u calmed him down and they sat together and kept on talking. He was a little bit at ease now.

'Wallahi nifa na fara jin yunwa' Zibu held her stomach, she changed her sitting position like it was going to help her situation.

'Assalamu alaykum' Fa'ad popped his head through the door. He walked in with a black plastic bag, no one cared what the content of the bag was, it couldn't be anything better than the nice aroma that filled the room from the kitchen.

Everyone stared at him with disgust on their faces 'Person put rocks inside your pocket?' Nino said

'Guy leave me joor, i bin go buy dessert so that when we finish dey chop we go use am wash am down' He dropped the plastic bag and went to sit close to Folake. Zibu, Dai'ba and Asma'u served everyone and they all ate to their fills. They sat down, reminiscing on old times and some fun moments they have had together.