I Remember 🦋

  I remember everything like it was yesterday. It was after we just finished writing one of our exams. We sat side by side on the stairs, the one that students hardly used because they all preferred to take the longer route.                                          We talked for what felt like hours even when it was just minutes. That’s how time felt when I was with  you. 

        “You have a pointed nose you know that right ?”, you said laughing.  I gave you an unamused look. “You know I don’t like it when you say that”, I said. “Come on, you know I just love teasing you. I’ve met lots of your family members and I know it’s a family thing”,you said.                            

           I noticed you said “love”, you said that often when you refer to me. I just never gave it a lot of thought. “You know I love you right? Come on, it’s not the first time I’ve said it don’t act surprised. And I’ll keep saying it till you’re ready to say it too”, you said as you reached in to give me a peck on my left cheek.    

            It’s not the first time you did it but I was always taken aback each time you did. “We’re going to miss lunch. The block is practically empty”, you said while dragging me up to my feet. “I totally forgot, today’s jellof rice Wednesday and I can’t miss that”, I said as I dragged you along as we descended the stairs. “Don’t worry I’ll give you half of my rice and my meat anyways”. I liked how you knew that the way to my heart was through my stomach I thought while smiling.                            

          I never really knew what we were. Were we friends?, were we dating or what? I still don’t know. And till today I still get asked but I say we were just friends but I know deep down we were more than that. Cause how else would you explain us holding hands on the paths everyday when no one else did that so publicly.