Yaron Mama

Episode 24

I am sorry for being M.I.A for a while now, life has been happening.

Nino drove Farisa to a nice fast food not too far from the school. It was really cold outside, the cold harmattan wind wasn't helping. Nino ordered food for her while he settled for a bottle of fayrouz. He watched her eat so gently

'stop looking at me' Farisa looked down at the plate of food in front of her 'I won't be able to eat this food comfortably if you keep on looking at me' she said shyly

'well, i have to make sure you are eating' Nino interlocked his fingers and relaxed his chin on them with his eyes fixed on her 'ki ci abinci'

After she finished eating, Nino drove her back to school. He tried to cheer her up during the drive back to school. She thanked him as He dropped her off

'Can i come see you tomorrow?' Nino asked

'Yeah, no problem' She turned and started walking to her hostel.

As Nino prepared to drive out of the parking lot, his phone started ringing

'Yaya?...' Farisa said on the other end of the line

'Na'am, you in your room yet?' Nino replied her while trying to put the car in park

'No, ina kan tafiya'

'Ok, hope dai no problem?'

'a'a just wanted to tell you thank you'

'Haba, don't do that' Nino stretched on his sit 'ama we need to talk, something is really troubling you'

'Sai kazo gobe'

They concluded the phone call and Nino went back to his room to finish up his assignment which was due the next morning.

The harmattan was at its peak now as most students had gone home for the Christmas break, but those students who live far away from school always stayed back, besides it was just a 2 weeks break. Nino sat on his bed with his laptop watching movies, he had nothing doing and the weather was very cozy. He had downloaded movies he was going to use to keep himself busy the whole day.

He got up to prepare cornflakes, he was feeling really lazy to do any cooking and Dai'ba was very busy with research for her project topic, else he would have called to help him cook something for him and she wouldn't have objected, she liked cooking. Nino finished fixing his cereal in his favorite bowl, a brown glossy ceramic bowl, he ate anything in that bowl. He was about to dive back under his blanket when he heard a knock on his door. He went to check who it was, it was his next door neighbor who came to borrow his gas cooker to cook.

'Guy keep my own oo' Nino said as he handed over the gas cooker to his neighbor.

Nino spent the whole day watching movies and chatting on his phone, Asma'u had called him earlier to fix a date with him. After he finished praying Maghrib, he got ready for his unplanned date with his girlfriend. Nino's mood was elated, he was very happy about the unplanned date. He traversed through the vast cloths hanging in his wardrobe. He wanted to put on a simple jeans and t-shirt but after much consideration, he changed his mind and settled for a sky blue kaftan with a coffee brown slippers and a multicolored hula to match with the outfit. He sprayed the Bvlgari perfume Asma'u got for him for his birthday, even though he didn't like it at first because it was too expensive but the scent was to die for, it was different from any other perfume he had ever used. He picked up his car keys and headed out to pick up his girlfriend.

'Hmmmm, Nino is enjoying wallahi, all this beauty all for him' Dai'ba rolled on her bed watching Asma'u dress up.

'Well, I have to look beautiful, before some other girl snatch him away from me' Asmau'u adjusted her veil while looking at the long mirror in front of her. The room was oddly quiet, Folake went out to read and Zibu has been M.I.A for a while. Asma'u stood in front of the mirror appreciating all the beautiful features she was endowed with, she deep in thought when the ringtone of her phone brought her back to reality. She ran towards her bed excitedly, she hissed as she saw the caller ID of the caller, she silent the call and continued putting some items into her bag.