Ruha

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

"Friends are like a treasure, its hard to find them, but they are very special. If you are a friend, it means you are chosen. You were chosen to stay in someone's life" Aiyla

Her therapy just ended and she was lazying around the house just for her to receive a call from Jamal saying she should join them at Na'im's house

She slipped a random veil on and walked out with her phone in hand, the weather today was cold so she's dressed in an off shoulder long sleeved with sweater with skinnies and slippers

She barged into the house without knocking because well... The house is almost like home to them now

The guys and girls were seated on a circle on the living room talking and she smiled involuntarily joining them

"Hey Ruha!" Muna waved "come and join us"

Ruha nodded and did as she was told but was surprised to see a new face smiling at her, she had a friendly but don't mess with me nigga aura

"Hamraa meet Ruha, Ruha meet Hamraa, Na'im's childhood friend and a cousin" Afra introduced "Hamraa, this is Ruha, Jamaal's younger sister"

"Hey" Hamraa waved smiling at her

"Hi" Ruha replied smiling slightly, she didn't mean to come out snobbish or non friendly but she couldn't hep it, she didn't do well with strangers hell she was surprised how this people and her became close

"Hamraa is staying Abuja for the duration of the holiday with us" Hanan added

Ruha nodded and rested her head on the couch trying to suppress the memories the therapy had brought up, today they just spoke about her life with them and about the new friends she has

Na'im has been quiet, they haven't met or spoken and she's bothered, Na'im is never not interested in talking to her, she knew it, Na'im has been there always but he hasn't been and she's bothered

"So Hamraa, where have you been?" Farha asked as all attention turned to the newbie

"I school in Liverpool, aeronautics engineering, third year"

"Single?" Hanan asked wriggling her eyebrows smiling mischievously

"Yeah" she replied blushing

Ruha and Na'im clashed eyes, he looked weak, exhausted, like something is wrong. She slipped her phone out and typed

Ruha: u ok?

Na'im looked at his phone then back at her gracing her with a small smile that didn't reach his eyes. She knew Na'im hides things, she knew he's hunted, she knew there's something dark about him but she could never leave, they are in too deep for her to just walk away

She saw his fingers moving rapidly on the screen before he looked up. The beep appeared and she clicked it

Na'im: I'm fyn angel, don't worry about it

Ruha: u sure?

Na'im: 100% angel

Ruha looked up keeping her phone away, watching him. Her stomach grumbled and she stood up heading to the kitchen. She has a low appetite and hardly eats

She went through Na'im's refrigerator searching for something, all that was in the refrigerator was ice cream, chocolates and other stuffs. She got two boxes of raw frozen pizza and dumped it in the oven before making a drink for herself

"You seriously aren't cooking for only yourself" a voice whispered from behind her, the minty breath was on her neck and she shrikes jumping away. Na'im burst out laughing at her earning a well deserved glare

"You are impossible" she said getting back to what she's doing, while Na'im rolled his eyes and began to eat a white chocolate

"Pizza, its gonna disappear soon, those kids won't leave it" Na'im pointed out "its not going to be enough, should we order from chicken republic?"

Ruha nodded "yeah sure"

Na'im slipped out his phone and ordered while the pizza cooked. As Na'im predicted, the forever hungry people entered and took the pizza. That's how they spent the day