Chapter 1: The Mistaken Kiss
After work, I pressed my babe down on the bed and kissed her deeply. The faint smell of fried plantain still dey the air from evening food. As my lips touch hers, I feel that familiar softness, but before I fit settle, she dey struggle gentle at first, then her voice come out muffled, “Wait, wait!” But I just dey lost in the kiss, thinking say na usual play we dey do.
As I kept kissing her, I noticed her cheek don turn like ripe tomato—na real blush.
E shock me. We don dey together for long—almost like old couple. How she still dey blush?
Wait, blush?
Na so I jump up, shame grip me like say I thief meat from pot.
My heart miss one beat. E be like say cold breeze just blow enter my room, and my mind start to dey calculate wetin I fit don do wrong.
"Brother-in-law, you..."
Her voice low, but e carry wahala. My back dey sweat. I hear that voice, and wahala start dey knock for my head. My leg dey shake small, but I dey try form guy.
"Erm... where your sister dey?"
"She just commot."
Her face still dey red, but now na vex join. I dey try remember if na the same perfume my babe dey use, or maybe na her sister dey wear am today. All the resemblance just dey confuse person.
"Sorry o, una too resemble, I..."
My voice dey tremble. The shame and confusion mix together. She eye me like say she fit slap me, but instead she just hiss.
"Brother-in-law, I dey go." She rush wear her slippers and waka comot. Her slippers dey slap for corridor, wahala footsteps echo everywhere.
I just stand for there like mumu, my hand dey my head, I dey reason whether I fit run go join NEPA pole disappear. How I take enter this kind gbege?
If I know say this mistake go make her fall for me, I for no try am even if dem beat me reach die.
I just collapse for bed, sweat dey my forehead even though fan dey full speed. The kain wahala wey I just buy for myself eh, e no get part two.