ÀWÈLÉ: Hell Hath No Fury ☑️

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Time flew by, and seasons changed. Months after the prince arrived, he had begun to spend more time with Àwèlé, and his actions were becoming more obvious to the villagers day by day. Àwèlé's peers would tease her, calling her "olorì ", but Àwèlé did not like prince romantically, and neither did she like the attention their friendship was causing.
It all came out one day, when Àwèlé was on the way to the stream to fetch some water. The prince came out of a nearby bush and announced that he "happened" to be going to the stream too. But halfway to the stream, he stopped and pulled Àwèlé towards him. With a coy smile he said
"Àwèlé!"
Àwèlé looked at him, puzzled.
"My pr... Adéoba, is anything the matter?"
"Àwèlé, why are killing me slowly like this? Do you not know the extent of my love for you?"
Her eyes widened, and she drew back, surprised.
"W-what? My prince, I don't think we should be having this conversation."
Adéoba cringed, she had gone back to calling him "my prince"
"Àwèlé, do not shy away from this, everyone knows how much I love you. O re wà, o sì pé lómobìrin. You can't blame me for falling in love with you"
(A/n: translation:" you are beautiful, and you have everything I need in a woman.")
Àwèlé did not know what to say, she did not want to say yes, because she obviously didn't like him, but she also didn't want to hurt his feelings. So, she did what women have perfected and repeatedly done over the years.
"My prince,I do like you, but only as a friend. If I have led you on in any way, I am sorry. But please, I do not think that there is hope for any romantic relationship between us"
There, she'd said it( A/n: welcome to the friend zone Adéoba😔)
Adéoba was shocked that she blatantly refused his advances with out even taking time to think about it. But he persisted still.
"But, Àwèlé, don't you want to think about it first? I can give you all you want, and even more. Just...."
But she was stubborn. " My prince, I am sorry, but I do not like you that way. Moreover, my heart already belongs to someone"
As she said this, Adéoba felt like his heart was breaking into tiny little pieces, his throat became constricted, and he felt like he couldn't breathe. A wave of anger and jealousy , so strong, washed over him that he stepped back from Àwèlé and ground his teeth together.
"Who is the lucky man?"
So that I can kill him for trying to take what's mine.
Àwèlé must have seen the anger in his eyes because she shifted back and nervously chuckled. " Nobody really, just a man I met in the last general market. "
Adéoba swallowed the bitter lump in his throat and answered with a simple" hmm"
"Does he know about your affection for him?"
"Yes, yes he does" she replied with a shy smile.
"Oh" was all the devastated prince could manage, then he turned and walked away with slumped shoulders and a sad smile. And most of all, a crushed heart.

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Adéoba's heartbreak did not go unnoticed by his mother and his best friend Àkànbí. And even though he ignored his mother's concerned inquiries, he could not keep it from his friend for long.
"It hurts so much, I can't stop thinking about her. I see her everywhere. Do you think I'm crazy?"he said after he'd told his friend. Àkànbí just shook his head and gave him a sad smile.
" No, you're not crazy, you're just in love"
"What am I going to do now? I feel like I'm going insane. Sometimes, I want to go over to her house and strangle her for doing this to me"
"You don't really mean that Adéoba"
"But I do. I dream about killing that idiot that is trying to take her away"
Àkànbí began to look disturbed. His friend's words were alarming and he seemed to be serious. He placed his hands on Adéoba's shoulder and comforted him.
" Adéoba, there's no use crying over split milk. You'll find another woman who olódùmarè specifically made for you. Just let it go"
But Adéoba couldn't let it go. As days passed, his love developed into a twisted obsession, stemming from insecurities from his childhood. He began to convince himself that Àwèlé made him fall in love with her in order to ruin him.
And as the saying,"love is the beginning of insanity", goes. Adéoba's heartbreak was only the beginning of his descent into the deep, dark abyss of madness.

Bada Bing bada boom!💪
We're through with chapter five.
Apparently, Adéoba is going crazy because of his heartbreak. Thoughts?
More drama to come in the next chapter, even though I don't know when it'll come. I really really hate exams😥. But it'll come, I promise.
Translation: olorì means queen👸
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