In my Ugliness

💕 Chapter 15 💔

"But very black"

"Black beauties. Toh, we have fair skinned people too, beautiful too. Some of us were just born unlucky to share in that beauty"

"Who?"

"Me"

"Are you kidding me? Forget all those negative things you've heard people say; that photographer, I'm sure the guy was having eye pain that day." He paused reaching out to his hands.

"When I see you, I see someone beautiful. Kilahi, you walk into the room and everything freezes, time stops and the only thing that matters is the pretty one in the room; you. I speak as a mouthpiece of God when I say He beautifully and wonderfully made you, don't let anyone tell you other wise"

Kilahi's heart was getting out of control, she had to place her hand on her chest in order to control it.

Gbadamosi cleared his throat, "Your name is beautiful too, Kilahi. What does it mean?" He asked, "It means.." Her voice came off cracky so she cleared it, she was nervous at this point.

His look scared the hell out of her.

"Um.... What do you think?"

"Something like beautiful or Princess or a Queen like Ade said"

She chuckled shaking her head, "It means Moving forward or um... Advancing... towards something" "Wow, that's even more better that I thought" "Really?" "Yes." "Thanks." She appreciated watching his hand still clutch against hers.

He stopped for a moment shutting his eyes, the moment had come to give the speech. Does he need to give a speech?

"Kilahi, remember I said there's something I wanted to say but I wasn't sure if was a good time"

Kilahi exhaled, "Yes" Her heart raced in fear, Can it be what she's thinking? "Can we go back in? It's getting dark, there are sand flies here and the breeze is becoming too much, can we go. I'm not feeling too comfortable" She confessed, truly she wasn't comfortable. The compliment was bringing down the walls so already built before coming.

"I'm sorry. Are you sure you're not coming up with something, coupled with the stress of yesterday"

Yes she's coming up with something alright! It's called Gbadamalaria! a serious and fatal disease caused by a parasite called Pastor Gbadamosi that commonly infects humans like her.

Common symptoms: Weakness in the knees, blushing, red cheeks syndrome even when you're not fair, laughing gas activation, he doesn't have to say anything funny in particular, slow motion and eye staring activation mode every now and then, gummy body, dancing hearts, beating hearts, heart palpitations, heart attack, yes! Cause at this rate she knew heart attack was near judging from the way her heart deflated when she heard he already had someone in mind.

She couldn't believe that this was happening to her for real.

Gbadamosi placed his palm against her neck and she jerked up, "Let's go before cold will finish me" She replied laughing nervously.

Abi the cold hand of love!

Gbadamosi rose up then they used a short cut, "It's almost my prayer and study time. Let me go and squeeze myself somewhere and study" "Except you're more of a lone ranger. Why don't we study together? We'll share ideas"

Kilahi fought back rolling her eyes, she thought he was joking, until she noticed he was dead panned. "Like seriously?" "Yes" "Are you trying to intimidate me?"

For real? Just when she wanted to be alone so she can gather her thoughts together. The man doesn't want to give her breathing space.

"How am I trying to intimidate you?"