Creative Essays, Essays

An Undiluted Love by Akintomide Victor

  No!!! This can’t be happening. I must be having a dream. Who could have thought that I would get a proposal on Valentine’s day? Not even in my wildest dream could I have thought of this. Not after all that had happened two weeks ago… Chiamaka is a child from a wealthy family and the only daughter of the Umuazi family. She has just been admitted into the prestigious school called Obafemi Awolowo University and is to study in the Department of Geology. While growing up, Chiamaka didn’t have the opportunity to have many male friends around her due to her big size. She was fat and chubby. Upon resumption, Chiamaka packed into her hostel and heard about the orientation program from her roommates; Kemi, Christianah, and Favour. It is a program solely for the fresh students, and it was happening the following day. With no plans for the next day, Chiamaka decided to attend the orientation program with her roommates who had become her friends over the night. By the time the ladies were done dressing the next day for the program, time had flown by. Taking a bike right from the hostel gate, they arrived at the venue for the program about thirty minutes late and rushed into the hall. As they were entering, the sight of a certain handsome guy got fixated on one of the ladies who had rushed in. The girl was dressed in a light blue gown and wore a white headband with a white high heel to complement. At the orientation program for the fresh students, Ademide, Muyiwa, and Bankole, the three hottest guys on campus had decided to grace the program with their presence as volunteers. Ademide is a student of the Department of Medicine and Surgery, Muyiwa belongs to the Department of Dentistry while Bankole is a student in the Department of Medical Rehabilitation. After the program commenced, they chose to sit at the back so that they can observe all that is going on within the hall where the program will be held. After waiting for about 30mins, the program eventually started and the three friends were having fun by checking out ladies that were coming into the hall for the program. While this was happening, Bankole noticed that Ademide had gone silent amidst the fun and then looked at him, only to discover that his gaze was fixated somewhere else. He called Muyiwa’s attention to his discovery and they both tried to locate the focus of Ademide’s gaze. It turned out to be a lady! This realization cracked up the two friends who realized that their friend has been caught in the web of one of the fresh students who was wearing a blue gown and a white headband. However, this joy was but for a short while. The girl was too fat. Thinking that their assumption must have been wrong, they decided to ask Ademide about who he was staring at. Then, Ademide confirmed their fears. It was Chiamaka. Although Chiamaka was fat, she was surrounded by many friends, mostly female, being a child from a rich family and a cheerful giver. Several of the friends around her were however there because of the benefit of wealth they were enjoying. Due to her being aware that her friends were only with her because she had money, Chiamaka always kept her guard around her friends concerning what she will say. Chiamaka never would have thought that she has a secret admirer who had liked her since the day of the fresh student’s orientation program and this one-sided crush lasted all through their first year, with Chiamaka being oblivious to this fact. Bankole and Muyiwa were surprised at the choice their friend had made and were confused about what to say. All convincing words and methods that could be used to make a person change their mind have been used for Ademide, but his mind was already made up. It was love at first sight. The session went by so quickly, however, Ademide tried as much as possible to get all the key information he needed about her before the session ran out, and he did this without her knowledge. One fateful evening after classes, Bankole and Muyiwa returned from classes to see their friend in deep thought. Knowing it was obviously about the girl he liked, they decided to give him a little support since all attempts to make him change his mind had proved abortive. Their conversation goes thus: (Ademide is lying down and staring at the ceiling) Muyiwa: Guy, wetin dey do you na? Why you dey do like bolo sef? Ademide: Omoooo… Na this Chiamaka babe matter I dey reason so ooo Muyiwa: But guy, this babe no fine na, and as you dey so, you be hands guy… why you con dey do like person wey never chop belleful. This your matter don dey turn serious palava oo. Na this babe suppose dey rush you sef and you con dey here dey do like fowl. If you sabi say you like the babe true true, standa make we go meet am. Bankole: See ehn, Muyiwa, leave the guy and his palava ooo… Make e dey do like a day-old lamb wey never chop better. The babe matter never do am well for body, na why. Ademide: See ehn, mai guys… make I talk true, I like this babe wella but I no sabi follow girl talk. Na my number one problem be that for this matter. How una wan take help me? (Muyiwa and Bankole then starts to gang-think about what to do) Bankole: Na wetin goh happen be this. This session don end like this, so we go run the package when we resume. When school resume, try find out how her timetable go be like. If you don sabi that one, you go just meet her one day after she don finish class, con do like say you dey meet her