waiting for sadiq

11

"How are you feeling ma'am."a nurse ask and khadijah nod.

She honestly doesn't remember when and how she ended up here but she's glad she didn't wake up in her grave.

"I will give you this injection,it will help with the pain,
You where brought here few hours ago,
Your mum just left few minutes ago."the nurse explain and khadijah release a heavy breathe slightly holding her head with the way it's throbbing.

She glance at the drip and the blood bag hanging on the rail and turn to the nurse.

"Did i had a blood transfusion?"she ask and the nurse nod with a smile.

"Yes,
We don't have enough blood in the blood bank Dr A.........the door open interrupting there conversation and they both look up to the door.

The nurse quietly continue her work as khadijah give abubakar the usual annoying look, she just cannot understand why there path keep crossing,she rather find him annoying than interesting.

"I will come back later to give you your medication,
Good evening sir."the nurse greet and abubakar nod.

He wait until the nurse exit the room before he look at khadijah who's staring at the wall of the hospital room.

"How are you feeling?"abubakar ask and khadijah humm in response not sparing him a glance.

"I have call your mum,
She said she will be on her way,
Is anywhere pain............

"I'm fine."khadijah say irritated and abubakar sigh, he grab the plastic seat in the room and sit in front of the bed staring closely at her.

"What is it about me that you hate?
You didn't even give me the chance to.......

"Can you leave please?
I'm not in the mood to talk,
I understand you are a doctor and you gave me the necessary treatment, but that doesn't mean is by your grace that I'm alive, if I was taken somewhere else I would be treated same way so don't try to act as do i owe you something, pretty sure my family will settle the bills before i leave."khadijah say and Abubakar shake his head.

"Nanah you are just been difficult,
I don't know what is it that I did to you that you just hate me,
You don't even know me an.......

"And I pretty much don't want to know you."khadijah say and the door to the hospital open Making them to both look up.

"Ummah you are here already?"abubakar say quickly standing up from the chair.

"Yes abubakar,
I come with khalil,
Nanah how are you?"hajiya halima ask and khadijah mutter fine.

"Toh thank God,
Abubakar was the one that saved you,
He even donated his blood,
There's no enough word to thank him."hajiya halima say and khadijah feel like exploding in anger.

"Ummah let me go and round up with my shift,
If you need anything just let me know
"He say and hajiya halima nod.

"Nanah get well soon."he say with a glance at her before he exit the hospital room.

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Khadija spend 8days in the hospital before she was discharged nothing changes, the more abubakar try to get closer to her the more she find him irritating, it reaches to the point her mum noticed and have to quarrel her with the way she disrespect abubakar all the time.

"Nanah,
Abubakar is here to check on you."hajiya halima say standing by khadijah bedroom door.

"Mummy i can't come out,
What did he want,
Just because he donated his blood doesn't make him a part of my life,
If he want his blood back i can give it to him,
"Ni bana son damuwa, a asibiti damuwa mutum ya dawo gida ma ba,a kyaleshi ba sai ka che wani maye."khadijah say upset and hajiya halima enter the bedroom closing it shut behind her.

"Nanah what did you want in this life,
This old man that you want to marry what will you benefit from,
Did he care to come and check on you?
It's obvious abubakar likes you and I'm honestly happy because i don't think there's any better man any lady will wished for,
He's respectful, well educated and he care about you, isn't that enough,
Haba Nanah,
Which type of life is this,
What did you want again, sadiq is married aren't you going to move on?"her mum say and khadijah sigh with a pout.

"Yi hakuri Dan ni kije yana parlour."hajiya halima say and khadijah sigh.

She stand up and grab the veil from the bed and exit the bedroom grumbling to herself.

Abubakar couldn't help, after khadijah left the hospital he find his mind wandering back to her all the time, even do she barely pay attention to him during her stay in the hospital but he doesn't care atleast he get to see her whenever he want and that alone is enough to him.
He decide to stop by today to check on her, he's nervous and excited all at once.

"What did you want?"the familiar voice say gaining his attention and he stand up.

"Nanah how are you?"he ask staring at her upsetting face that he still find beautiful

"I'm fine,
Look abubakar,
I don't know what you want with me and I don't know what language of i don't like you did you want me to say to you,
You donated your blood to me but you don't own me, if you want we can go to the hospital and I will pay you back your blood,
Stop showing up randomly in my house,
Now leave."khadijah say pointing the door and abubakar stare at her for a while before he release a deep breathe with a facepalm.

"I just want to know how you re doing?"he ask and she shake her head.

"I'm fine,
Can you leave now?"khadijah say and abubakar shake his head before grabbing the bag on the couch.

"My mum ask me to bring this to you."he say and khadijah shake her head with a hiss before walking back to her bedroom.

He just stare at the way khadijah disappear into before he decide to leave.

"Abubakar are you going already?"khadijah mum voice ask Making him to quickly turn.

"Yes ummah,
That's for Nanah i forgot to give her."he say and hajiya halima give him a certain look but didn't comment.

"My regards to your mum."hajiya halima say and he nod.

She watch until he exit the parlour before she sigh and grab the bag heading back to khadijah bedroom to meet her for a very serious, deep conversation regarding abubakar.