Chapter twenty-eight
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The softness of the caress on his face is what made Moha wake up from his sleep to see Ndeye smiling at him.
_ Good morning to you, she said.
_ Good morning my Luna, Moha replied.
_ How did you sleep?
_ Like a baby.
_ That's great! So now get up and have a quick bath. They must be waiting for us.
_ They'll just have to keep going because I'm not getting up.
_ Really?
_ Taking advantage of having slept well for the first time in a while is not a crime, after all.
_ Now that you mention it, it's true that you seemed tired at night. I wonder why?
_ Just some problems with a pack or two but don't worry I've taken care of them.
_ But as for the bath, I'll go in the end, but only if we take it together!
_ What! Are you serious?
_ Very serious.
_ Too bad! I've already taken one. Do I have to remind you that I woke up before you?
_ It doesn't matter if you take another one! Better than the first one, especially!
_ Stop talking like that. You sound like a...
As if she had just seen something serious or terrifying, Ndeye paused in her sentence, widening her eyes for a moment before coming back to her and saying, embarrassed.
_ I... Please hide your neck and don't let others see it...
Without even finishing the phase, she almost ran out of the room leaving Moha who was about to ask her why somewhat confused by her request. He decided to blame it all on the night they spent together and her teasing and went to take his bath, smiling happily.
Once he was ready, he went into the dining room where, as soon as he entered, he became the center of attention. He didn't understand why, but everyone seemed to have their eyes on him, more precisely on his neck.
Was there something wrong with it?
He passed him over his neck without feeling anything strange or new.
Well, maybe!
But not that strange!
Weird!
He then sat down and everyone went into a fit of laughter except for Ndeye and Ma'Khady, the former at the height of her embarrassment and the latter from the inside by jealousy.
_ What are you doing laughing at me and staring at my neck? Moha asked them.
All eyes converged on Ndeye who had only one desire at the time, to disappear immediately, to melt away. And as if to add to her misery, Moha, even more confused, asked her the question she wanted to avoid at all costs.
_ What's going on Ndeye? What's wrong with my neck that makes everyone stare at us in turn? A scar?
Ndeye was speechless in the face of the question, and Fa'Bintou, who was only dreaming of an opportunity to play Moha, took over.
_ Tell me brother, where did you spend the night? she asked him then.
Having understood what she was getting at, Ndeye immediately got up to leave without waiting for Moha's answer, which was not long in coming.
_ What a question! In my room of course!
_ In your room? Are you sure?
_ Of course!
_ Then you must have been bitten by something or someone during the night!
_ Bitten? Something? Someone?
_ Yes.
It took Moha a moment to understand and when the information finally came to his mind, he rushed to the nearest mirror which was the living room to look at his neck. And as expected, he had a bite mark on his neck. More precisely, he had a hickey on his neck that could only have been made by Ndeye with whom he had spent the night.
A hickey?
Made by Ndeye?
So that was why she had asked him to cover his neck!
So she was dreading such a scene!
With a petty smile on his face, Moha apologized to the others without further ado before going to Ndeye's room where he was sure to find her.
_ I think you owe me an explanation for this hickey on my neck," he said as he entered the room, falsely serious.
_ I... I didn't mean to do it... I mean I thought.... (As he scrambles to his feet).
_ Relax! I'm not blaming you or lecturing you. I'm just curious about how and when that hickey landed on my neck.
_ I think... dreams and reality ..... got mixed up.
_ Mixed up? Wait a minute. Wait a minute. If I understand correctly, you're telling me that you had a dream about giving me a hickey on my neck and coincidentally, you did it in reality, too.
_ ..... (Prefers to hide her face with her hands in embarrassment)
_ And may I ask why?
_ I... For nothing!
_ For nothing? Seriously? (Walking towards her until her back is against the wall).
_ I... To mark... My land. It was to mark my ground.
_ So shy but at the same time so dangerous! I love it!
_ So, are you.... gonna hide it?
_ No! Don't even think about it.
_ Please! Please! Hide it!
_ Why would I hide the proof of your love and your possessiveness? Aren't you sure about it?
_ I... It's just that... The others may...
_ The others what? They'll just know that I'm all yours and I'm not hiding it.
_ I... It is seriously embarrassing!
_ You have to understand that our love is the most normal and wonderful thing in the world. So you don't have to be afraid to embrace it as I did. Okay?
_ Okay.
He then kissed her right cheek before whispering in her ear.
_ And I will make sure to take my revenge deliciously. You have been warned.
Without giving her a chance to reply, he left proudly.
Left alone, Ndeye, whose heart was overflowing with joy, had a dreamy smile on her lips. However, she was soon roused from her dreamy state by the voice of the last person she could wish to see or hear.
_ It must be nice to hear such nice things from Moha, but I wonder how it would be for others to know your dirty story.
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