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I did not answer. Just pecked both her cheeks, and kept my lips lingering on her chin.
With our faces connected, fingers joined and my lips pressed on her chin, I felt heavenly calm. We stood like that fanned in each other’s breaths for a few minutes. Suddenly there came voices from the floor below and our moment broke.
“It’s time for the lecture to begin. I must go now. Bye.” Sani extracted her hand from my grip and turned to leave. Her mention about class reminded me of that fool.
Pushing her back to the wall, I caged her with my hands.
Just the early morning rays of sun lightening her in that darkened stone stair wall, made her look even more desirable, that I kind of forgot what I was about to say.
“Aariz?” She whispered with a nervous hitch.
“You brought him up again to tease me.” I scoffed, “You think I was jealous of seeing him around you?” I shook my head, “I was not jealous. I hated it, because I know his intentions.” Sani cupped my cheek starting to say something, but I kissed her palm, and went on annoyed, “I won’t tolerate him. Remember this; your affection towards me can have no partners. I won’t share you. And you don’t get to bring him up when you are with me.”
She chuckled, “You’re really cute.”
“And serious.” I said meaningfully, “I’m possessive about what’s mine Sani. Deal with it.”
Her mouth hung open.
“I just try not to straighten him and also stop myself from coming close to you, because you are a student here and I don’t wanna make things difficult for you.” Leaning in, I whispered, “Otherwise, I don’t give a crap about rules.” I smirked reminding her, “Just like I did not care before making you sit on my lap in my office.”
“I was hoping we could pretend it never happened.” She squeaked wide-eyed.
“But it so did. And it will again.”
Her mouth was still half way open in bewilderment.
Biting on her lips softly, I pushed myself back. Winking at her now shocked face, I stated, “Close your mouth or I’ll have to with mine. College or no college.”
She snapped it close before running away with a hot blush evident on her face, leaving me to stare after her longingly.
Sani
“Where had you been?” Rose made a face when I met her outside the classroom.
She must have been waiting for me. I guess I was not giving my friends much time since I started going out with Aariz.
“Nowhere. Just roaming you know.” I smiled at her, feeling bad I couldn’t tell her I had been upstairs for a little rendezvous with Aariz before lectures started.
My smile fell when Rose just rolled her eyes as if not buying it, her face did not reflect any playfulness. As if she knew, I was lying.
“What...?” I chuckled trying to light up her mood.
She shook her head scoffing at me, “You were off to some corridor so you could see Professor Aariz teach, weren’t you?”
She wiggled her eyebrows, but her face bore the superiority complex I had seen on her so many times before. It had always been when I scored better than she did in something. Later it would go away and she would be back to her normal friendly self. But this time...And from what I had been observing from a month or so, she often got that look mixed with hints of being betrayed by me. But why? Was I missing something?
She went on chuckling slightly,
“I know you have been doing that for months now. You sometimes double take and go around the corner just to pass the corridor, while staring at him curiously through the classroom windows when he teaches.”
I used to do that initially when I was trying to figure out my feelings, trying to understand why his presence affects me so much. It was a long time ago. And for whatever reason, she shouldn’t have said it even if she noticed. Friends don't do that. She had to know, this was like making fun of me.
“I don't do that.” I tried to laugh it off.
Rose laughed too in a friendly way, but her face reflected some kind vehemence, as if she couldn’t stand me anymore.
Giving me that disapproving look, she continued, “You so do! You’re obsessed with him. Jokes apart Sani, if I can see it, don't you think he must have noticed it too? And he might be laughing behind your back for this fan-girling thing you have got going. Just because you are good in International politics...”
