(#Black and Black Is a series you will find interesting. A young man trying to understand the things around him. However some things cannot be understood.)
1 - Kenne
Can you creat scenarios?
Let me make you creat one.
Imagine you are walking in a hall with people in it and everyone turns at every step, staring at you for about 5secs. even after your walk, people still turn to make glances. You can imagine can't you?
Well anyways.
Oguguo street, quite large to be a street.
Sorry I'm not hiding any secrets in this book, Nigerians read a lot now.
Back to business Oguguo villa, There you can make your home, there you can call your home. Quite traditional, but it's home.
I found myself being a local here. I see it as a privilege actually. The palm trees stand in place by the road side, the modern town hall make it seem like a city in a village, farming took place properly at its time(season), during this period, you get to see how wide the villa is, a church is situated at the middle quite sizeable it is, where the proper "glory hallelujah" takes place on full time basics. It is no more surprising how a typical Sunday around this ends feel like. there are usually Screams and shouts in the air every mile making step you take, well that's what makes a Sunday "a Sunday", I mean it wouldn't be one if all of this never happened. Now you can perceive what my street is like can't you?
Straight to business'
walking down the street,
I have known this guy since I was 12 and we've been brothers all through.
Micheal approaching from a distance
'Yo dinn whats up'
'Good'
'Where?
'Going to get drugs, Had a fight with 100000 ants last night'
(Josh chuckles)I can imagine, who won?
'Baba it was a combo'
'Damn man your face looks weird! and what is this on your arm?
'Rashes, You can see they are rashes can't you?'
How did it happen?, I'm trying to be considerate here,
'boy shut up'
(josh laughing)
'sorry what part of my statements earlier did you not understand man?
'The part where the tatoos were drawn'
'Ok, let me explain, its an army if brown ant feasting on me last night, saw couple of them in the morning so yes,
(josh irritated) 'shut up man, you were beating by mosquitoes, what's this whole talk about ant?'
(kenne interrupting)'Guy see I'm leaving tomorrow. When are you leaving.'
Josh trying to avoid the conversation.
'Man i don't know'
'You've resumed fully let me remind you.
'I know'
'So what are you waiting for?
'Money'
'Everybody is waiting for money '
'You won't understand '
'You de craze...shay na me and you de fight am.
'Well, I will resume when I'm ready. fair enough?'
'Kenne Hates it when josh thinks his eating the stones alone. Later that day, he makes preparations on his trip back to collage. In the bus he plugs his head phone and sat back for a play list while he thinks.
Oguguo villa to Obinze wasn't much of a journey but a shot sleep will do he thought as he was tired of the boring conversation his sit mates where having, it was a tall dark boy and a chocolate cream color girl. He found the dude so excited that she's relation to whatever it was she was saying. "look at him, so excited, so aware of her presence. I'm still wondering what's up with people's taste" Their combination did'nt work for him, she seem more than this guy man, probably out if his league, he thinks they are having the most boring conversation he's ever listened
like no match for this guy he thougth. Head phones plugged in, with no music ON, he heard their conversation.
De'jiofor street (3:37pm)
It was a bright weather, the sun under the clouds, there wasn't so much heat. So i took my time to walk, my apartment on campus wasn't too far from the bus stop. It was a five rooms bungalow, I had one josh had te other, so did macay' Jide' and Uche. I didnt like macay. I mean who bears the name macay if not for pet dogs. I was very sure that was not his real name, how ever that was not the reason i did'nt like the dude. This is why. macay tends to agree with everybody but basically never agrees with any one, and when we all engage in an argument, he changes opinion in seconds and never come
up with something reasonable. And worst of all, i did'nt believe he was real. But like they say, boys become men, enough not to throw stones. we just adjust to people's life style.
I arrived at my apartment 4:26pm at the dot. Set to put things in order. by the time i was done, it was already 9:50 pm
so i thought a good sleep would do. By the time i closed my eyes to get my sleep, macay decided to hit his speakers,
This was another reason why i didn't like this guy.
At 12:23am dude was still banging my ears with tones that sounded like a million empty containers fight, with unimaginable anger.
I thought i have had enough.
Macay!!
Yo bro what's good?
Its been three hours of the heavenly choir sound, i think we've had enough.
What?
Its 12:23am bro turn it off'
'Man I'm only trying to do some music'
'yes, for three hours at this time, i'm trying to get some sleep.
'I know you hava major issues with my style of music.
'They sound weird'
I know you kinda crazy'
'Whose business if i am man? just turn it off, or you reduce the damn volume. please'
'the list of issues that is.
'Steph called me today, asked me for some cash, can you help me tomorrow. '
'No'
'Guy abeg'
'No need for abeg, i don't have it'
'You just returned today, you are fresh on funds i know that'
'you are sounding foregn to me right now ? Make i give you money make you give girl? Get sense.
'Guy help a brother'
'You still need to turn the volume down.'
Kenne woke up, glanced at the wall clock briefly,
Oh shit.!
He had an appointment with his advisor on his project.
He jumps off his bed, had a quick mouth wash, puts his cloths on and headed for the bus stop.
while in the bus, he checks his phone, the alarm actually ranged three times. Feeling so disappointed he slots his phone back into his pocket and concentrated on the journey to work.
"stay put."