Intoverted_bae
The Meet-Cute (Digital Edition)
It all started on Aisha's business page, 'The Abaya Vault.' Aisha had just dropped her "Eid Collection," and the comment section was moving at lightning speed.
@Salma_Vibes: Aishalo! If I don't get this midnight blue velvet piece, consider our friendship over. 😭 Mashallah, the work is too neat!
@Abubakar_01: It's actually navy, not midnight blue.
@Salma_Vibes: @Abubakar_01 Oh, we have a color expert in the building? 🙄 Navy or midnight, it's still going to look better on me than in your gallery, Sir.
@Abubakar_01: @Salma_Vibes Bold claim for someone just window shopping.
The back-and-forth lasted for thirty minutes. Salma was witty, sharp, and didn't care that his profile picture was a blurred shot of a G-Wagon steering wheel. She thought he was just another "Abuja Big Boy" with too much data and too little to do.
The "Joke"
An hour later, Salma's DMs pinged.
> Abubakar_01: Since you're the expert, screenshot the top five you think are actually worth the price. I want to see if your taste matches your mouth.
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Salma laughed, adjusting her veil as she sat in her room in Yola. "This one thinks he's slick," she muttered. To play along with the "joke," she went back to Aisha's page and picked the most expensive, heavily hand-beaded pieces in the collection.
> Salma_Vibes: [5 Images Attached]
> Salma_Vibes: There. Don't faint when you see the total. I have expensive taste. 💅✨
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> Abubakar_01: Noted.
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middle of the university walkway. Her heart did a weird flutter that had nothing to do with the Yola heat. She quickly opened Instagram and typed a message.
> Salma_Vibes: You were serious? Abubakar, that was way too much. I was joking!
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> Abubakar_01: I don't joke about investments. Consider it a thank you for the fashion advice. Now, are you going to send me a photo of the 'navy' one, or do I have to fly to Yola to see it myself?