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019| 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭

~K O M I S O L A~

It was Library again and you could just guess where I was going to.

The Leisure Room.

"Komisola!"

WHAT?!

It sounded like that one person whom had that Australian accent and I hoped to myself that it wasn't...

But who was I kidding?

The universe and I weren't friends so it couldn't do anything in my favor. That's why I met face to face with a smiling Hanniel who appeared at my front suddenly.

"Wait! I need to talk to you."

I wondered what he wanted to discuss about.

I thought he would leave me alone after yesterday.

My thoughts were always mistaken.

"Be my friend."

You say what exactly, fam?

I blinked once.

I must've misheard that.

I dipped a finger into both my ears and wiggled them inside.

I'm still hearing well.

"Be my friend."

"Me?" I pointed to myself.

"Yes."

And I burst into maniacal laughter at the repetition of Hanniel's request.

The irony of it all.

"Come, are you sure you're fine?" I had to ask.

It was probably a plan. Yes, a plan.

Hanniel was friends with dem Dabirah, of course they would want to mock me.

"Move," I gestured for him to leave my sight.

"I don't have any friends. And you don't. Let's be friends—"

"Do you think this is some stupid teen fiction movie?" I almost snapped. "Move."

"Hear me out—"

"Hear you out?" I folded my arms and scoffed. "Stay away from me. You're in a way higher level than me in CH's social hierarchy, so stay away."

"I don't care about the hierarchy, Komisola."

He took a step forward and I took one backward.

"You have androphobia."

There again with this nonsense phobia.

"What are you talking about? I don't have androphobia." I protested.

"You don't?" Hanniel smiled at me. This was different from the ones he usually gave me, I noticed. Sure they did make me uneasy but this was sort of... knowing... cunning. "Then you wouldn't mind if I did this, right?"

He took another step closer and bent down to my height. "Do what?" I stepped back again.

What was wrong with this boy?

"I swear if you don't stay away from me, Hanniel Cardin, I'll reveal your true identity—"

I was cut off by Hanniel placing his hand roughly on my mouth to shut me up.

The memories I had always hated came back again and I froze.

"Komi, don't tell Dad."

"You mustn't tell Dad or Mum about this."

"I love you, Komi. This is for your own good."

"Why are you crying?"

Immediately I tasted salty liquid.

"Shit, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you cry. I'm sorry—"

I removed his hand from my mouth. Literally flung it with so much energy that it flew backwards instead of staying by his side.

He glanced down at his hand and back at me, "This? Oh sorry. You said my real name and I couldn't afford anyone hearing... That's why..."

"Find someone else to be your best friend."

I began to walk away but of course Hanniel had more to say.

"I'll stop the bullying! I swear I won't let anyone hurt you! Keep my secret and become my best friend."

"Why are you so desperate, Cardin?"

His face hardened.

Just the right spot, Komisola.

"Don't call me Cardin—"

"Then stay away from me—"

"Don't you get it?!" He yelled at me out of the blue and I flinched. His hands were all over his hair, running through his curls in frustration. "How are you so blind?"

"What do you mean?"

He sighed in more frustration, "nothing. But I meant everything I said. And I will continue to be persistent until you say yes."

He turned around and began to walk away leaving me in a state of daze.

~H A N N I E L~

In my sixteen years of existence, I had never met anyone like Komisola Queen Adedire.

My greatest fear when I entered this school was having people find out about my background. Who I really was, up to who my parents were and their divorce...

But as they say, you attract what you fear the most...

Or if it goes that way.

"I'm having a K-Pop themed party tonight," my attention was on Dabirah who was now at the front of the class. "Everyone is invited! Theme color is White!"

"Arraseo!" Ameenah smirked beside me in response to Dabirah. I looked at her with my brows raised in question. "That means okay or alright." She told me.

"Are you Korean?" I laughed.

"Nope, pure Hausa. But asides from my language, I am fluent in Hangul, Mandarin, Spanish and French. Just like Dabirah, but she only knows Hangul and Portugese."

Okay, wow.

"I'm guessing that's related to the K-pop thing,"

"Sort of," it was Dabirah's turn to laugh. "Are you going?"

"Hmm?"

I couldn't focus because Grey eyes— it's high time I stopped calling her that— I mean, Komisola walked into class with that cold look in her eyes again.

Ameenah must've noticed because she snapped her fingers at my front, "hey, lover boy. I was asking you if you were going to come to the K-Pop party, not gawk at her."

"What? Of course, I'm coming. Definitely."

I needed a distraction at the moment. I didn't know what I was thinking when I walked up to Komisola and asked her to be my friend.

I knew she wouldn't call me out in front of everyone, I knew she wouldn't expose my secret. She could not.

I just knew it.

But, I had my doubts for a reason.

"I don't even know what you see in her." Ameenah shook her head and shot me a nasty look.

Out of Hassan, Dabirah and Ameenah, I was safe to say I preferred Ameenah the most.

"Even I don't know," I smiled wistfully to myself. "Maybe it's just the fact that she's very interesting, intriguing and pretty..." I took a glance at a sleeping Komisola.

Why exactly did I like her?

"Her grey eyes too."

I completed.

"You're totally whipped, fam. Although I'll admit that's a unique color, grey."

"Don't you like her?"

Ameenah stared at me like I had grown devil horns. "Ew, I am not lesbian. In fact, I am homophobic, jsyk."

"I don't mean in that way," I rolled my eyes. Ameenah and being dramatic, a perfect pair. "Y'all told me she's an outcast. So, that means you don't like her?"

"I don't like her nor do I hate her. We live two different lives," she brought both her index fingers together in gesture and then separated it, "so hers shouldn't mix with mine and mine shouldn't mix with hers. Everything's okay if it goes on like that."

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all these children! look at them hosting a k-pop themed party, Father Lord when!😭🤲🏾
btw, ameenah revealed that she's homophobic 😂🤲🏾 who else is?
i'm starting to like ameenah though, anyone who can speak & write the korean language is automatically my fav :)
i'm not korean sha😂🤲🏾
just a little obsessed w korean related things and I can read and write it, not so fluent in speaking. also k-dramas and k-pop mostly BTS & SKZ🧚
a/n is getting too long...
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