Monday, 30 June 2014

FICTION OR REAL SERIES-KARMA OR FATE?!

    I was barely 11 when this young man  walked into our sitting room and prostrated in front of my mum that evening. "Ahhh!!! Tosin bawo ni?(how are you?)" My mum questioned as she stood up to hug him. "Ku ojo meta,bawo ni nkan? (Longtime,how is everything?)" She continued. "Fine ma" he replied. "Ana!" My mum called as she used her hand to signal to me to come cos I was sitting at the other end of the sitting room. I walked towards her and I knelt down(Yoruba culture) to greet this young man. "Good evening sir" I greeted. He should be in his "late twenties/early thirties" with his looks I thought. "How are you my dear?" He responded as he drew me up with his hand and bent down to give me a warm hug. "Do you know him?" Mum asked. "No mum" I replied. "This is Tosin my cousin" she said as she pointed at him. "OK mum" I replied as I shyishly smiled and looked at his face. He sat down on the sofa as me and mum went into the kitchen to prepare dinner. It was time to eat and dad told me to invite him to the dinning to have dinner with the family.
   At around 9:00 that night he left and since that time,we became fond of him. Yaaaayyy!!! Uncle T is around as me and my younger ones will run towards him and jump on him anytime he comes to our house. This continued for months until one day when mum called him to come around cos she was to go shopping. Mum told him she would leave us at home and didn't want us to be all alone at home. So,she invited him to come and keep our company till she came back. Mum left and Uncle T came in about 30minutes later. Yaaaaayy!!! Uncle T is around I announced as my younger ones came out and we all jumped on him as usual. He came in and sat down,as I went back to the TV where I was seeing a movie. "Ana!" he called as I sluggishly stood up "Ooooohhhh! Not again. Why is Uncle Tosin disturbing me now again? I hope he doesn't want me to dish him food?" I thought as I paused the movie and moved towards him. The movie was a very interesting one and couldn't afford to miss a scene. "Go and get me a glass of water" he said. "I knew it!" I thought as I reluctantly stood up and picked up the remote to pause the movie I was watching. "This uncle sef and his wahala..he likes disturbing someone" I murmured to myself as I sluggishly walked to the kitchen. But as I walked to the kitchen,I noticed someone was following me. "Its one of my siblings" I thought and entered the kitchen. At this point,I decided to look back and guess who I saw? It was Uncle Tosin. "Ah ah why did you follow me?" I asked as he moved closer and held my head tight as he started kissing me.....yuck!!!
    To be continued........

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