𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦 (𝙱𝚃𝚂 𝙵𝙰𝙼𝙸𝙻𝚈 𝚂𝙴𝚁𝙸𝙴𝚂 #𝟻)

Chapter 3

𝕁𝔸𝕄𝔸𝕃

"He's coming here? To Lagos?" Somadina asked for the fifth time in the last ten minutes. Skye let out a loud in response.

"No o. He is going to calabar." Mateo replied in sarcasm resulting in Somadina flashing him a glare.

It was one week to resumption and we were seated in the food court of Shoprite, hanging out because we didn't get to do that during the holidays. While trying to catch up, Skye thought it was a good time to tell the guys that Khalil would be arriving in two days. Vanessa has met him once but Mateo has known him almost as long as Khalil has been my cousin. Only Soma and Elyon had not met him.

"He was just asking a question na." Vanessa defended her boyfriend.

"The same question five times? Really?" Elyon rolled her eyes and I laughed.

"I thought I was the only one counting." I chipped in.

"Sorry for asking the question then." Soma said, trying to lay his flop to rest. "It's just that I've heard so much about him but I haven't actually seen him. I follow him on IG tho. He didn't follow me back." Somadina pouted and Skye groaned in frustration.

"Can we get back to the topic at hand?!" She called back our attention. "Somadina, no one cares if he follows you on Instagram or not." Skye added and Soma let out a dramatic gasp.

"Harsh." He muttered, munching on his fries.

"What's the issue with this Khalil dude that has got you guys so worked up." Elyon asked, looking straight at me, silently asking me to feel her in.

"Khalil is not just any dude." Mateo started, perking Elyon's curiosity.

"Yes, he's the worst of the worst." Skye chipped in and I laughed when Elyon's eyes widened like saucers.

"Skye, he's your cousin." She chided and Skye scoffed.

"That's exactly why I can tell that the dude is a demon. I honestly don't understand how someone so vile and annoying can be born into a family of angels." Skye lamented then she faced me. "Jamal, tell them." She added and Elyon faced me with rapt attention. I sighed and sat up.

"Khalil is not exactly the best person to be around..." I started but Mateo cut in.

"That's just putting it mildly." Mateo stated.

"I've only met him once and I can say for a fact that he's a total ass." Vanessa chipped in. Even with how the situation was a tad bit serious, I found the impute of my friends rather funny.

"Khalil is someone I would term has mischievous and devious. He always has something up his sleeve and it's not always good." I explained briefly, clearly not wanting to go into any more details.

"It's never good." Skye added.

"So basically," Somadina started. "What we are looking at is a Male version of Tolani?" He asked and I chuckled, shaking my head. Not because his question was in any way funny but because he decided to compare Khalil to Tolani.

Tolani is just a learner compared to Khalil.

And we haven't seen Khalil in almost 5 years.

So basically, eighteen years old Tolani would be learning from fourteen years old Khalil.

Imagine how eighteen years old Khalil would be.

"You dare compare Khalil to Tolani." Mateo stated in disbelief, as if he was reading my thoughts. "You have no idea what he is capable of." He added and Elyon's eyes widened in awe.