END OF SEMESTER

NORA'S POV

Exams were finally over,I was relieved but then I was also sad,I'd be going home,weird as it sounds I will actually miss school...or maybe the people i met in school,I just did not realize it yet.

I spent a week more in school before I left,and to be honest I had so much fun,not going to class for a whole week,having to just talk and talk with my roomies or enjoy the constant soundtrack of screaming girls,trust me it never got old

victor and I were getting closer,he said he wasn't going home for holidays because it just a 2 weeks break anyways...so we usually just hung out together,sometimes with tessa and mercy but other times it was just the two of us.

And today was one of those days,tessa had gone to see man,mercy was out with her new boyfriend and me? well me was very bored,so I called toh he picked on the first ring

"what's up babe?" his voice boomed from the other end

victor had developed this habit of calling me whatever nickname that comes to his head,babe was more common though

"I'm boredddd" I whined

"where's tessa?"

"she went to see man"

I could tell he was smiling

"and mercy?"

"out with bae"

"awwwn,you must be pretty lonely" he cooed

"you bet!"

"would you like to come over? and before you ask, yes I made spaghetti"

I laughed at this,he knew me too well

"alright let me get dressed"

and then I hung up

Going over to Victor's wasn't such a big deal anymore,I had met his roommate a couple of times,and I am not even joking he really had calculus all over him,I got to Victor's and he was outside with his friends,my insecurities kicked in,what if I trip and fall?,or what if they think am too tiny and unattractive?,or worse yet, too flat?,while my mind was going into overdrive I felt hands around me...victor had obviously seen me stalling and came to hug me...in front of his friends,who by the way were smiling and giving us weird looks,I just said hi and walked inside as fast as possible and made myself comfortable on his bed

"so fine girl,what's wrong? I noticed you were acting strange outside"he asked me

"nothing really,I just get very self conscious around people I am not comfortable with"

"why?" he asked again

I waved my hand at his face dramatically "hello,incase you haven't noticed I am slim,and slim in this side of the world is synonymous to flat and unattractive"

he frowned deeply at this "nora,you have absolutely no idea do you?"

I gave him a puzzled look

he replied with "my friends were looking at you in a way that made me feel weird,so I was urged to hug you or something"

I replied with a simple "oh"

"oh back"he said and smiled,then he went and got a plate of spaghetti,I positioned his PC properly so we could both see a movie while eating,and then after that he went to clear the dishes,while I just continued seeing movies on his PC.

I honestly didn't know that I had fallen asleep,but I woke up to find him next to me watching,somebody scream awkward! I am sure I looked cha-hideous while sleeping,and so I decided to play it cool

"I didn't know I had become more interesting than a movie", I smiled

"oh you have no idea" he said

what's up with his serious face?

"you are very pretty nora,you don't have to see yourself as less"

"well thank you,its just that growing up I was constantly told that I had to add flesh,be more curvy to be NORMAL,so now although I try to control my head,I can't help but see so many flaws,I don't like my thighs they're too tiny,I don't like my face,its acne prone,I don't like-

hell no,I am dreaming right? victor just shut me up...with his...with his own lips,I was freaking out!and yet I didn't break the kiss,instead I did the unbelievable I actually kissed him back...holy jollof rice! my insides were melting,when he finally broke the kiss for air,I felt extremely shy,I could tell he was shy too

"urrrgh,I am really sorry,i just lost it,please forgive me" he all but shuttered

I couldn't excalty tell him that he was the second guy I've ever shared a kiss with,the first being my bestfriend nate so instead I said"no its fine"and then I turned away and buried my face in a pillow

I heard him laugh

"nora are we shy?"

I ignored him and pretended I was sleeping

he only moved closer to me and kissed my neck from behind,its funny because osas once tried that and I felt disgusted,but now? I've no idea what this feeling is,whoever taught victor these things did a good job because he took his time, I had no idea I was that sensitive,I don't even get ticklish,but now my whole body was tingling.

I had no idea how his lips found mine for the second time that day,but it did and the kiss was more frenzied than the first,tongues and all,jesus christ I never knew I could do without oxygen for so long,but I still had to break the kiss because as irresistible as his lips were,I'd enjoy it better alive.

toh refused to stop staring and I was already shy seeing as I had already felt his lips..

"I am falling for you nora" he finally said

"oh" I said out loud,and to myself I said "it wasn't obvious at all"

"don't worry I won't ask you out yet,but I definitely will soon"

you could have sliced through the tension in the room with a knife,it was that awkward

I cleared my throat and said "okayyy" in an exaggerated manner

he just smiled,he smiles alot by the way,and I hate the effect it has on my insides

it was getting quite late,I yawned

"epa let me come and be going"

"iye let me come and see you off then"

I could tell he was humoring me,but I let him,he saw me off to main gate,I was going to take a bus from there to my hostel

"so I guess this is it for the next two weeks huh?" toh asked me

I couldn't tell if he was sad,but I definitely was,so I just replied with "yeahh,this is it"

"don't miss me too much okay?" he said

I smiled "see this one o,I should be the one saying that sef"

"well I won't deny unlike you,I am actually going to miss you so much"

"wow,talk about being straight forward"

"I am joking sha,I might miss you only 5%" I teased him

"abeg shut up and come and hug me"

and I did,I really did like hugging toh,he just had this way of hugging me,when we broke apart,this son of Adam pecked my lips,smiled and hurriedly walked away,I was beyond stunned,he turned and gave me one last cocky smile,this boy! I was too scared to look around because i know people saw him kissing me,even if it was pretty dark,this is uniben afterall.

I quickly got a bus to my hostel,I couldn't get the kiss out of my head,damm you toh! when I got to my room,i found out mercy came for a sleep over,I wonder how long I'd keep my mouth shut about the kiss...God help me...

Glossary

iye:(bini) traditional word for mother

hey pumpkins

how e day be?

how's the lockdown and all?

house don tire me sha

but we will survive

soooo,coughsss

it was getting a bit hot right?

who expected the kiss to happen?

certainly not me

Thank you sooo much for being patient with me and INDEPENDENCE

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Doreen