92. What are you doing here, Walter?

The look on his face was satisfying! Yeah, I was taken aback by Ntando's comments too, but at that moment, it didn't matter. Call me bitter, but I liked that Ntando took a jab at Walter. Thanks to my "get better" mission, I haven't had the luxury to dwell on him, and Ntando with his stories somehow managed to take my mind off things, I really thought I was over him, but seeing him again proved me wrong, somehow it made my heart sting a little bit. So yeah, I liked it when Ntando threw a jab at him. I mean the man said goodbye as if I would never see him again, and suddenly he reappeared in front of me, that is a very jerky move. Coming and going as you see fit into someone's life is a very jerk-like behavior and I am glad someone said it. I stared at Ntando to see if he would cower and apologize, but no, the man stood tall and firm at his comment and sealed it by coming to sit next to me, unshaken by the man whose presence was an ambush to me. 

Walter was now twice as pissed, in his frustration, he growled, "Excuse me...King Jerk??!", 

This time, I really thought Ntando would flinch, but no, he kept calm, and chuckled, "What? You heard me... although you saved her life, in the end, you pulled another jerky move, so yeah, You are a jerk and you know it. King Jerk!",

I don't know why I expected him to deny it or fight back, but to my disappointment, he ran his eyes to me and our eyes met, but on impulse, I instantly looked away forcing his eyes back at Ntando once more, he sighed heavily, "How do you guys know each other anyway?". Just like that, the topic was dropped, and all his fury dissipated along with my excitement.

I guess he was aware of himself, I sighed about to answer his question in the nastiest way possible and Ntando almost beat me to it. Being the excited storyteller that he was, I could literally see him become all giddy all of a sudden, and ain't no way I was about to let him butter Walter up or put his mind at ease, nah-ah. One thing about Ntando, he never liked misunderstandings, and at that moment, it did look like Walter was a little bit curious about us and I was not about to feed it, 'let him think all he wants, let him misunderstand for all I care', that was the only thing on my mind.

Besides, I still didn't know why Walter suddenly showed up when he technically rejected me, I snarled, "What are you doing here Walter? Demanding answers like I am a child or something...How is that your business?",

And the air instantly became awkward...I bet no one saw that coming. Poor! Ntando, all he could do was just freeze in his position.

Walter didn't respond, instead, he took a seat on the couch, "Well, I didn't mean it like that...I was just wondering how you two- forget it. I actually came to check on you, to make sure you are alright and-",

I instantly felt insulted, why would I need checking in from the man who rejected me, "Why? Because you thought I would be falling apart? And what if I wasn't alright, what were you planning on doing? What was your plan exactly?".

To be fair, I would be falling apart if it weren't for my mom...but Walter thinking and believing that somehow pissed me off, it's evident that he was aware of how deeply I felt for him, yet he still chose to let me go. I was not happy and my reaction flabbergasted him, "Thandie...no, that's not what I was saying. It's not like that at all...I Just...I know you are going through a lot and it's a new city. I honestly thought you didn't have friends at all. Is it wrong of me to want to make sure you are okay?",

I was trembling in annoyance at the audacity of this man, I was so rattled that I began saying whatever came to my mind, "What happened to goodbye? To keeping me safe? Or wait, Is it safe now? Can I come out now?", but somehow that put a smile on his face.

He chuckled in amusement, "Well... uhm, no, I-I just wanted...is not-"

His grin told me my words were not as stinging as I hoped they would be, what a slap to my face. I sighed in defeat, " I am fine Walter, and doing very well, as you can see. You have checked on me and you see that I am still intact. You don't have to feel guilty and bear the responsibility of checking on me, you really don't have to come back. You can leave now, Ntando and I are not done.", I was done talking... and I laid my back on the mat, preparing for the next exercise.

I was very calm outside, but inside, I was screaming. What does this man want? How can I move on when he keeps lurking around? and what was he smiling about??

"Okay, I am glad you are okay...", He stood up and dragged his feet to the door, and I didn't bother to spare him a single glance, I was way over the conversation.

Amused, Ntando laid next to me and began whispering something about what I said, "Is it safe to come out? Really? Was that the best you can do? It's honestly hard to take you seriously when you say stuff like that...", and he laughed.

I laughed along, "I panicked okay?? It was the best I could do, my brain was all jumbled..."

He chuckled, "You suck. You were a mess. You should have just let me tell the story..."

"No...no way...I wasn't...and that story would have given him exactly what he wanted", I giggled

He fired back, "Oh...and how do you think you did? He was smiling...when he wasn't supposed to...", our banter was stopped by a loud bang of the door, this whole time, Walter was still in the room and we were not aware.

"Uh-oh!", Ntando said,

"What??", 

"I think we just made him angry...he will misunderstand this...and he might not come back..".

"Oh please, we are literally whispering and if he doesn't come back, it's even better. It makes my healing process way easier",

And boy were we wrong! Walter showed up the next day in his gym clothes, giving us both the shock of our lives, "What are you doing here Walter?" 

"I am joining you guys...", he simply said.