Chioma's POV.

After helping Amanda with the cooking, I headed upstairs to her room to freshen up and have a change of clothes and also let my parents know that I'll be staying over at Amanda's place. And since Amanda and I have the same body size, she let me wear her clothes for the night.

After I had gotten into her room, with no sight of Agozie anywhere, I immediately shut the door behind me and walked into the room. I stepped into the bathroom and and had my bath and also changed into a blue colored butterfly patterned pajama I found in Amanda's wardrobe. After that, I packed my hair up in a loose bun and put on a hair net which I found lying on her nightstand.

My phone made a buzz sound and I immediately knew it was my mom who was calling me. She has probably been waiting for me to get back.

"Hello, mom" I said as I sat down on the large comfy bed with white and pink beddings and floral patterned designs all over it.

"Where have you been? Can't you see how late it is?!" She practically yelled.

"Mom, I'm at Amanda's place and I'm sleeping over. I'll be back by tomorrow, okay?" I said very calm and I could hear her sigh across the line.

"Why didn't you say so? You had me worried sick!" She ranted and I rolled my tired eyes.

"Mom, I'm not a child. Don't worry about me, I'm fine" I said.

"Okay. Goodnight then, sleep tight" she said.

"Good night Mom, greet dad for me too" I said.

"Sure" and with that she hung up while I let out a shaky breath.

I scrolled through my contacts and found Amara's staring back at me. I so wanted to call her but my ego wouldn't let me.

She was right, my ego and pride does overshadow my sense of reasoning. But I won't say that out loud of course!

The door finally came open and Amanda walked into the room with a tray containing two plates of fried rice and chicken with a side of coleslaw alongside two glass cups and a bottle of apple juice.

"Wow, just the thing I needed right now" I said as I sprang up from the bed and took the tray from her, placing it on the side table nearby.

"Yeah, thanks for leaving me to do all the work" she said, sarcasm dripping from her voice like sour honey.

"I helped you, didn't I?" I said, feigning hurt and shock all at the same time.

"You did, but then you let me do all the cleaning. And you did say you'd come back downstairs to help me clean up" she said as she plopped on her bed, with a sigh escaping her puce lips.

"Whatever, I did help with the cooking" I replied as I also sat beside her on her large and comfy princess bed. I wasted no time to taste the delicious aromatic rice, well garnished with the right portion of everything. Corn, peas, carrots, kidney beans, and all those other stuff that you'll truly need in a well prepared fried rice. The chicken was massive and also well seasoned and marinaded with pepper sauce and a spicy but tasty flavoring. And the coleslaw was not left out in the tasty and delicious frenzy. The food looked, smelt and tasted delicious.

"I see you're enjoying the food" Amanda said, looking up at me from where she sat plop on her bed with a bored expression on her face.

"Yeah, I am. You should join me, it's delicious" I replied, choosing to act unfazed by her looks.

She sighed as she got up and grabbed her own plate of rice and sat beside me as she put a spoonful of well garnished and mouthwatering fried rice into. She took a moment to savor in all the flavors she was receiving and I had to say that Amanda truly is a magnificent cook. But I won't tell her that, she'll feel too special. My ego won't even let me tell her that.

"This is truly delicious" she said and I replied with a slight nod of my head in agreement.

After taking a few bites and sips out of the apple juice which I had already poured into a glass cup, I decided to ask Amanda about her cousin. In such a way that she wouldn't  suspect me or think I was already falling for her handsome cousin.

"Um, Amanda?" I said to her and she took her eyes off of her food for a split second.

"Yeah?" She replied.

"About your cousin..."

"What about him?" She asked almost immediately.

"Jeez! Let me finish!" I snorted.

"Sure, sorry about that" was all she said before digging into her food, shoving a spoonful of rice into her mouth and following it up with hasty chews. She's such a foodie.

"Do you by any chance know if he_"

"Don't tell me you are already interested in him" dang it! I actually thought she'd not say that.

"Of course not!" I denied with a scoff.

"Oh-kay? Sow what were you gonna ask?" She said and I shook my head vehemently.

"Forget it, I already forgot what it was" I lied and she shrugged.

We ate in silence for a while till we heard a loud knock on the door. Amanda let out a groan, followed by an annoyed sigh and an eye roll as she got up to open the door.

"What do you want, Agozie?" She asked, wearing a bored expression on her face.

"Chill, I'm bored. Can I hang with you two for a while?" He asked and she eyed him.

"Why? Since when do you like hanging with me or my friends?" She asked, clearly seeing through his innocent looks. Isn't it obvious? How cliche of him!

"Please na. Abi now I'm begging you and you are forming nonsense" he said in a calm and cool but funny manner. Something that actually made me smile.

"You are something else. Enter jorr" she said as she stepped aside and let him in. I immediately got nervous when he sat right next to me and winked.

"Don't mind her oh, that's just how she behaves with me. It's how I'm managing her" he whispered into my ear, causing me to smile and chuckle a bit.

"I saw and heard that" Amanda said as she sat between us and shoved him aside.

"If you'll be in here with us, then you won't flirt with my friend. Not today, we have some catching up to do. It's a girl thing, you won't understand" she said and he laughed. A deep loud but hearty laughter which filled the entire atmosphere.

"Says who? Abeg, I have five sisters. I should understand" he said and my eyes unknowingly bulged out of their sockets.

"Five?" I asked, not even knowing when I did.

"Yeah, five. Five annoying but super fun sisters" he said, laying down on Amanda's bed and staring at the ceiling.

"And that's why he acts like a girl sometimes, he's an only son and he has two elder sisters and three younger ones" Amanda explained as she placed her now empty plate on the side table next to her.

"Don't listen to her. Do I look like someone that would act like a girl? I'm not a fag, please" he said with an eye roll as she poked Amanda's head playfully.

"But ya look like one" Amanda retorted and I couldn't help but laugh at them.

I wish I had an elder brother, or a brother figure in my life. Someone to act overprotective of me and defend me and also kid around with me just like Amanda and her cousin do.

"I don't, my friend. I've got a killer body, smile and everything. It's in the bag jorr and I know you'd date me if we weren't cousins" he teased and I laughed.

That's so true!

"Heyss!" She said, stressing the 'ss' for more impact. "I don't date playboys. So please don't flatter yourself" she replied him and he feigned hurt.

"Me? A Playboy? Because of why now?" He asked and I Amanda threw a pillow at him, which landed on his face.

I knew he'd be a playboy. With those looks, it's so prominent and very obvious.

"You want to start abi?" He said as he grabbed a pillow and was about aiming it at her.

Amanda smirked and gave him the 'bring it on' look.

"You asked for it!" And with that, the pillow was thrown towards her but then she ducked just in time and I got hit in the face instead.

"Hey!" I whined as I placed my plate on the side table and also grabbed a pillow for defense, still not believing that I'm about to have a pillow fight with these two.

I immediately launched a pillow at him and sadly, he ducked and reciprocated the not-so-kind gesture. I wasn't fast enough though, and so it hit me in the head and Amanda laughed at me, but her laughter was short-lived when Agozie threw a pillow at her and it collided with her face.

"Oh, you are so dead!" She yelled, and with that she grabbed two pillows at once and aimed them at him, one of them landed on his chest while the other missed him by an inch.

"Nice, but you throw like a girl" he snorted as he grabbed four pillows at once _ yeah, Amanda has a lot of pillows. About eight of them, and in different shapes, designs, colors and sizes.

"I am a girl, you dimwit!" Amanda retorted.

I also grabbed a pillow and aimed it at Amanda who glared at me playfully and smacked my face with her heart shaped pillow. While she was at it, a pillow got slammed at the back of her head and that made me laugh at her. The sole culprit had a smile on his cheery face.

Amanda glared at him and he laughed at her.

"No be my fault na" he said in Pidgin English as he shrugged with a smug smile on his face.

And that's how the night went on, us throwing pillows at each other. Me dodging some and me getting hit by a lot and Agozie winning the pillow fight while Amanda kept arguing about it.

Turns out, this was actually  really fun and Agozie can be really funny and annoying. Just like the brother I've always wanted.

"This was fun" he said, bringing me back to the reality that we were lying limply on Amanda's bed and staring at the ceiling and her room was a huge mess, pillows were scattered all over the floor and her beddings were now out of place.

"Yeah, it was super fun and I truly enjoyed it" I said and he nudged me over.

"But you weren't so good at it though. But I think I'll teach you the arts next time" he smiled at me, showing off his one-sided dimple on his left cheek.

"If there will be a next time," Amanda snorted. " You clearly cheated" she argued with a childish pout on her face.

"No I didn't, I won fair and square" he replied.

"Didn't seem fair to me" she further snorted and Agozie and I both laughed at her.

"Next time, I'll let you win. We cool?" He said as he flung his arm around her shoulder.

"Take your arm off my shoulder or else I'll break it in half and stick it into your nostrils" she threatened and we erupted with laughter and chuckles.

"Grumpy much!" Agozie teased and I smiled.

"She's going to kill you if you don't shut up real soon" I said and he immediately scoffed.

"Tell him!" Amanda yelled out and eyed him playfully.

"Forget that thing!" He said in Pidgin English. " What can she do?" He said and Amanda sprang up from the bed and smirked.

"This" and with that, pillow fight II commenced with me wondering how but I still joined in either way.

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