Kim

He smelt like Cologne and mint, sweet, strong and everything good you could think of.

I was surprised to my bones when we had spoken at my dance academy, I had thought I was hallucinating until I actually saw him, dancing to some Spanish beats and boy he was good, really good.

And when we spoke, he was a totally different person.

Ken

I rolled on my bed and bit my lips from shouting or just kicking my mirror

How could the bastard look so effortlessly good, like was that even normal, beauty that was meant to be distributed equally the nigga took a triple portion for ten people.

And then his confidence, walking into the dance school and stealing hearts, girls on the dance  group chat wouldn't stop talking, talking so much that I had to leave the group chat for them

Nonsense and ingredients!

Yobanna the teen model was fine, yes, really fine, that one was another handsome bastard but I liked Ken's handsome features, he looked handsome in a way that you had to drink in every detail no matter how you tried to ignore him and then he had to wear baggy clothes everytime to make himself stand out more.

I rolled again and landed on the floor which a loud thud.

Ugh, see why I hated boys!

I sat the edge of the bed too tired and then Selena walked in, in her normal over washed trousers and shirt.

Selena,I've come to find solace in her, like her as a sister and a friend,after what had gone down with CJ,I made it a duty to draw her closer.

"What's wrong?" She asked,concern evident on her face. She sat close to me on the floor.

"Nothing" I turned my face away. My butt still hurts.

And then she smiled like she totally had me figured out.

"Why are you grinning?" I asked her.

Selena reminded me of something both fragile yet strong, with her frail voice and skinny body yet her soft smile,it was hard not to draw close.

Her hair was in cornrows I found old now.

"You didn't tell me" There was an accusation under her voice.

"Tell you what?" She didn't respond. She swiped something on her phone and once I heard Davidos voice,my eyes perked up and stared intently at the phone,at the video of myself and a boy dancing,a boy I had met two days ago.

Selena's eyes were now twinkling in a teasing way and I badly wanted her to stop looking at me like that.

"Guy stop that rubbish look you are giving me" I poked her head,shyness killing me.

" So you are shy?" She teased further

Aghh, Selena!

I buried my face into my palm and she laughed at me, tickling my sides

"Stop it na" I tried hard not to laugh and wriggle out of her reach.

"Okay okay,he just came to my dance academy, that's where I go everywhere Friday,we danced but I didn't know who took this video"

"It's actually beautiful,you both look good together" she mumbled,I watched the admiration in her eyes,the small smile playing at the edge of her lips.

"You think so?" I found myself asking.

"Yes,you dance so well Kim,you a bundle of talent,you dance,you make hair and you can do makeup so well" she pouted

"Abegi,stop making me feel myself"I blushed and threw my head back in laughter.

"I'm saying the truth na" She told me and replayed the video again.

"Just come and seat down lemme plait your hair" I suggested instead. This whole boy thingy was looking weird.

"Come lemme plait your hair" I repeated and drew her closer to me, loosing each braid and oiling the scalps.

"I'm happy for you" I heard her say,I was sitting on the bed and she on the floor,I couldn't see her face but from her voice, I knew how she looked.

"You look so happy and so alive in the video,I don't know if it's the dance or Ken but the combination is good for you"

I smiled

"Did you get cheese probably,you are too cheesey today" I smiled.

"Just say thank you" I knew she added an eye roll.

I was going to braid Ghanaian cornrows for her.

"You should be making good hair so that Yobanna can notice you"

And then I watched how she froze literally on the floor and I knew she was hiding something from me.

"Oya start spilling,sharp sharp" I  couldn't believe my own voice.

"it's nothing"

"Ehn,guy no let me sound you"I threatened hitting the comb lightly on her head.

"Ouch,you are too violent, okay,he took me out after that photo shoot and then recently,I fell a little ill and he made me go to clinic,he was nice though that nurse was too flirty,then imagine o,he didn't even come back to check on me,he just dropped the stuffs with her"

"And you are angry?" I made the parting on her black hair and applied coconut oil.

"Yes,cos I thought we were friends you know,we are supposed to be friends"She rambled and I laughed.

Selena was just lying to herself.

"Wahala for people way no get friends" I teased her.

" He left"..she said slowly,her voice broke slightly. This girl was too emotional.

"He didn't" I told her,I sucked at this shit called advice.

"You don't understand,like he didn't come back to check on me,that was on a Thursday, he didn't even come on a Friday and today is Sunday"

" Yobanna is a busy dude,you know it, don't you, maybe he had some stuffs to attend to"

" Maybe"She muttered under her breathe.

I didn't push it any further,I let it be.

***

Ken

I had come to school on a Monday morning thinking of nothing but the fact I was number 10 trending thing on Twitter Nigeria, myself and Kim.

Okay,breathe.

I stepped down from the car and the driver drove off,I strapped my bag better.

St Louis students had taken the news more seriously,the news seriously trending on the tabloids and Twitter pages and everyone kept asking who she was?

Why the hell did they want to know who she was?

And my friend,how was I going to start weaving around them?

I went to class dropped my bag and say for a while looking at the dance video which was seriously still being retweeted on different platforms.

She looked beautiful,her long hair like that in that bun and the energy and I had realized that somehow this girl was a better dancer than I am. She looked happy and different.

She was the highlight of the video and that was on it.

The first four periods passed and I knew I had to meet my friends at the cafeteria. There was no sort of music today, something about the speaker being faulty and it sucked cos I was finally beginning to like it, the good music was definitely a good way to eat well.

I walked to the counter,there was a long queue and students were actually giving me some space, well,I definitely didn't ask them to but since they wanted to,I had to take my order and leave.

A tray filled with pepper chicken and rice and a pack of fruit juice.

"The man we've been waiting for" Precious laughed and they joined him,they had definitely seen it.

I sat down opposite Yobanna who was focused on drinking his Coca Cola.

"You are seriously trending Ken,you didn't tell us you've gotten a shawty to dance with"Precious said

"It was just a dance practice, like just a dance practice, nothing deep"

Dozie was wearing his gold rimmed glasses and smiling that sheepish way.

"It didn't look like"

"It was the first time I saw that girl,I just enrolled in a dance school"I explained

"Seems like love at first sight then or love at first dance"Yobanna teased and I eyed him.

"I don't do love at first sight"I told them.

" Moreover you haven't come clean about mystery girl"

" That's because I've not figured out what's going on"Yobanna defended himself

" See let's just eat abeg,na person way chop food dey love"Previous snapped impatient.

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