Best mate

Mate number 2, Kingsley

The dining food was meh. It wasn't bad and it also wasn't good either. It was more or less like food you would eat on survival mode. The dining session lasted just thirty minutes and in the next ten, we were expected to be seated at the assembly hall where the real orientation would be given.

The orientation was meant to inform us on how the school was run in order to discern between right and wrong and also so the school wouldn't think twice about dismissing a student if the said student breached the rules.

The orientation lasted three whole days and within those three days a lot happened. The prefects were introduced, school rules were read, we had a bunch of christian gurus talk about redefining our purpose in the school and others.

Most importantly, according to the school anyway, was the orientation on how homosexuality was dealt with in the school. The school had rules on how to deal with it but they did it in conjunction with the government issued rules so it was like double trouble if anyone ever got caught.

I mean, who the hell likes boys, apart from girls. There's nothing to love about them. They are messy and have hard tough skin. It was like hugging a tree if you ever hugged a boy. I don't know how girls deal with it.

That particular night was chaotic. In order to prove that homosexuality was not natural and it was from the devil, they made it a point to show us, the juniors, the development of a baby. They said babies were born either male or female.

I didn't understand and I knew better than that but sure, let them do their thing. The chaos arrived when they projected screens of developing genitalia. It really wasn't anything. It was exactly like how students would behave when there's the adolescent reproductive health being discussed.

A lot more happened but I don't really remember. We finally closed the orientation ceremony but it wasn't over yet. We walked back to the house and received another orientation again from the housemaster. It was on how our house in particular was very special and due to that we were to portray unique behaviors that spoke well of the house and yet again on the topic of homosexuality.

At this point, I just zoned out and didn't hear a word until we were dismissed to go into our room. Wearing pyjamas to sleep was a necessity and so were watches. Absurd, right? Who the hell wore watches to sleep?

I was changing into my Pj's when I noticed the other boy directly next to my bed. Once again, he spoke to me first. He was genuinely weird. His questions were focused more on how well I did on the recent final exams that placed us in befitting schools.

Anytime I answered a question, he would speak down on himself on how bad a failure he was but I know a liar when I see one because I, myself wasn't being truthful. At least, not totally.

He wasn't like Jesse in anyway. He was just invasive. One time, I got aroused and so my wood was rockhard. This boy grabbed it. I was lucky no one saw it or else it would have been a huge problem. I just got there and didn't want any problems. Now that I think of it, he didn't really grab it. He sort of flicked it with his hand and asked me what had aroused me.

It was weird but, hey, boys will be boys. The following morning at assembly, the freshers were told to look for their names and assigned classes on the notice board and get there by noon.

Guess what. I was assigned the same classroom as the goofball that grabbed my wood, Kingsley. I preferred Jesse but he was in another class. A totally different class. As soon as Kingsley saw me, he called out to me. He had saved a spot for me and I had to take it because evidently the class was almost full.

So I sat on the reserved seat and thanked him and just then he didn't seem annoying as he was the night before.