Chapter 1: The Fire Wey Burn Old Flame

When I jam my first love again, the old fire wey I think say don die, just catch like NEPA wire—na so wahala start.

You know as e dey be—old flame dey burn pass anything. Everytime I see Morayo, my body go just dey hot, like say we dey back for those university hostel days. I remember those hostel nights, when we go dey press body for back of lecture hall, dey dodge hall porter, dey whisper sweet nonsense as if tomorrow no dey. Even ordinary breeze wey pass her side fit make my head spin. E sweet, but e get as e be.

But that night, when the thing too hot, I no fit hold myself. I bend down, bite the tattoo for her chest. Sharp sharp, she just use leg kick me comot from bed.

Na so I land for ground, back knack tile—pain rush me, I smell that faint scent of Dettol and dust for her room. As I dey look her, I dey wonder wetin I do. My pride wound, because which babe dey pursue man like rat from bed? I try form hard guy, but the pain for waist no gree. Na so I just bone and waka comot, dey mutter for myself.

I no even understand wetin happen. That night, I just carry my wahala go drop for our WhatsApp group chat.

As I drop the gist, everybody just scatter. Boys dey laugh, girls dey talk say na so I too dey do anyhow. Some dey ask whether na jazz Morayo dey use, another one say make I go do deliverance for church. Chuka drop that meme of Mr. Ibu dey shout "Wetin be this?"—group just scatter with laugh. Wahala everywhere.

Everybody begin throw wild guesses, dey yarn anyhow, until the group admin—person wey no dey ever talk—send me private message:

Omo, this one shock me, because admin na one silent guy wey just dey background. Na only when e wan remove person or pin message, you go remember say e dey exist.

"Your babe get one bright red swastika mark for her tattoo?"

If you see as my heart beat! I even check time—1:07am. Who dey disturb person with this kain gist for midnight? For this our group, admin no dey ever comment. Na why this message choke me.

"If she get am, abeg, run o."

As I see this message, I just dey look my phone like say na police dey call me for NIN wahala. Who send this one?