TENSION
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DESIRE
I agreed to live with princess, for a month now we have been together, bound by an agreement with rules to maintain harmony.We established this rules and regulations to guide our cohabitation, which we had been following diligently.One rule was to respect personal space, especially at night. We shared a bed, with me I'll on the right side and Princess on the left. However, Princess had a tendency to roll around a lot during sleep, often ending up with her legs on my body. Often i would found myself eract and I had to fix it early in the morning, she would sprawled across my side, her legs tangled with my leg, my face, her toes forcing themselves inside my nose….
I complained about her sleeping posture, and we tried using a pillow to demarcate the space. But by morning, the pillow would be on the floor. I would be left to wonder how it got there.
Good morning, she greeted.
"Good morning," I responded back warily.
"How was your night, and why do you look like a pig?"
Yeah, insult me… "Oh, how was my night… war… I didn't sleep well."
"Why?"
"Why? Because someone can't stop rolling and kicking."
"Sorry, did I kick you off the bed?"
I will answer if that will stop you from kicking my spirit out of my body… "Yes, you did." She laughed…
"You got no stamina.. so where did you sleep?"
"Oh, where I slept last night, right?… on the couch."
"Am sorry I can't help it because I'm used to sleeping alone." "But you don't blame me? What about you that snores like a dragon?"
"Me? Mmmm… I don't snore."
"You do… sometimes I wonder if there's a speaker in your body…" "So please excuse me, let me prepare for school… before we expose ourselves further.."
"I don't snore."
"You won't agree, don't worry, a day will come I will show how you use to open your mouth, showing that your vampire teeth, you have luck this house is always neat if not… flies will be laying eggs in your mouth."
"Common… shut up, fly will enter your own mouth…" "Haha shift let me enter bathroom."
"Which bathroom!! You that always takes time to finish your bath, you think I have that time to waste, ehh! wetin self you dey master….."
"What…?
You dey chop soap inside that bathroom?"
"Eye eye) if I eat the soap, will you have the one to use in bathing, ehhh.. see I don't have time for your problem this early morning.." She entered
I was about going out to get fresh air and I heard a cry coming from the bathroom. "Princess, are you okay?" I didn't hear anything, and I felt disturbed.
What if she fell off and hit her head on the bath… so I rushed in, not minding. "Princess, are you ok! ay f**k!!" She was wet from head to downward, no cloth standing in her full glory. I couldn't even move my leg like as if I was glued to the ground, I don't know if I should just turn and leave.
But her state apart from her being naked, she was rubbing her head. So I moved forward.
"Desire, what you are doing?"
"Princess, what happened to your head? Are you bleeding?"
"No, am not.. leave!!!"
I was confused to locate the door immediately, acting like a child… "Ohh gush Am so sorry.. ok
Leave."
My reaction was immediate; I felt embarrassed and quickly left the bathroom and banged the door. "s**t s**t… Desire can't you get hold of yourself what have you done? Touching my face…
finally, the door to the bathroom opened, and she came out dressed in departmental uniform.
It was our agreement to dress up in the bathroom before stepping out since it's a one-bedroom apartment.
" I faced her;Princess's demeanor changed and she became distant. She looked like she had seen a demon… and all red.
I apologized, but the incident left a lingering tension between us
"Am sorry I heard you cry so…"
"Forget it.." She picked up her bag and turned to leave
I held her arm.. she looked at me with bug eyes.
"Jessi I don't like her looking at me like as if am a creep and pervert."
"Princess I wanted to help
I told you to forget it.. pretend as if you didn't see anything.. or did you see anything?"
"Me no no I didn't see anything, what is there to see?" She hit my head..
"There is something to see but you act okay, remember rule number 8."
"What? What has rules to do with this?"
"Orl!! if such thing happens again you buy me ice cream do you hear me?"
"Cross my mind… but what happened today was a mistake."
She put her face like as if she was hurt at what I said now.. but brave it up… "I don't care all I want her to do is understand I didn't try to see her naked
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