C14 FOURTEEN

Lashe’s jaw dropped as he watched the Tv. After his concert, he had skilfully escaped from the jaws of the newsmen and reporters that were crowded at the centre but he soon noticed a video had gone viral.

At first, he was planning to ignore it but he soon noticed he was getting tagged like crazy and tags like; Lashe’s biggest fan, the love of a fan and bla bla bla started trending on twitter and he was stupefied when he opened the Tv and watched Ibukun’s interview.

His manager shook his head as he continued watching. Lashe had recognised Ibk the moment he had seen her. He was flabbergasted at the turn of events. Toluwanimi had always gisted him there and here about her sister crazy love for him and he had always laughed and said that she was childish but as he listened to her; inexplicable joy and happiness filled every corner of his heart to the brim.

“She’s really a big fan” Lashe’s manager said and Lashe nodded.

“Uncle Sam, how far as this video gone on social media?” Lashe asked and Uncle Sam brought out his phone from his pockets and started scrolling.

“There are over 100,000 forwards and reposts already. It’s trending like crazy” Uncle Sam replied and Lashe chuckled.

“I’ll check-up on who she is” Uncle Sam said and Lashe waved his hands as he brought out his phone from his pocket.

“No need, I’ll give her a call” Lashe said and his manager turned to him with widened eyes.

“You know her?” he asked and Lashe managed a short laugh.

“Kind of. Her elder sister is my course mate and we are good friends. I met her when she came to say hi to her sister” Lashe replied and Uncle Sam nodded.

“You should thank and talk to her properly. Don’t say your thanks over the phone huh?” Uncle Sam said and Lashe nodded with a smile.

“I’ll handle it. Meanwhile, try to minimize the way the video is spreading” Lashe said and Uncle Sam pursed his lips.

“Why? Your twitter followers already broke to five million already. It broke to four million when your admission post came out” Uncle Sam asked and Lashe smiled.

“It’s not for her, it’s for her safety. I know how crazy my fans can be. Some might start thinking she planned everything or that she’s trying to get my attention and boycott her. I’ll drop a post later thanking her and look for a news to override it. The trending news will still be centred on me but Ibk will slowly be pushed back stage. I prefer that” Lashe said and Uncle Sam nodded.

“That’s better. We should watch out for her safety too. I’ll inform the PR team about it” Uncle Sam said as he stood up and walked out of the room.

“Ibk, you are a celebrity now” Tosinmile cooed and Ibk chuckled.

“I still don’t believe the woman put this on the news though” Ibk said as she scrolled through her IG page for the umpteenth time that night.

In a single night, her followers had gone from about 800 to over 3,000. Ibk found it hard to believe.

She giggled excitedly as she sat down on the couch her legs crossed; “What do you think? Do you think Lashe will have seen it? What will he do? Won’t he think I’m so obsessed fan?” Ibukun asked and Tosinmile scoffed.

“If I were you I wouldn’t worry about that right now; you are so dead if daddy sees the video” Tosinmile replied as she burst into laughter seeing how Ibk crossed her hands over her head.

As if on cue, her parents stepped into the house at that moment, Tosinmile greeted their parents and collected her mom’s bag, winked at Ibk before walking upstairs. Ibukun greeted her parents and they both looked at like she grew twelve heads.

“I saw you on Tv blabbing about some teen celebrity. Do you know how I embarrassed I was?” Mrs Ola-Amuda asked.

“So you cannot be on tv for anything other than for a teen celebrity?” Mrs Ola-Amuda added while Ibukun dropped her head. She wasn’t scared of her mom at all, she was all bark and no bite. But her dad was the case here, she hung her head lower waiting for her dad to speak.

She raised her head to look at him after she didn’t hear his voice for a while. Mr Ola-Amuda glared at his daughter as he eyed her up and down.

“Didn’t you guys cook?” He asked and Ibukun nodded her head affirmatively.

“Yes sir, we cooked” Ibukun replied as her dad glared at her as he loosened the hold of his tie on his neck.

“What are you doing there standing there like an idiot? Serve me my food, I’m hungry” Mr Ola-Amuda shot his daughter and a big smile crawled up Ibukun’s face as she nodded.

“Yes sir!” she hollered not even minding that her dad had called her an idiot before skipping to the kitchen happily. Tosinmile walked into the kitchen after her.

“What did daddy say?” Tosinmile asked in a whisper.

“He didn’t say anything” Ibukun replied as she served her parents food into trays.

“That’s new” Tosinmile said with a giggle as she hitched closer to Ibukun.

“You know what I’m thinking?” Tosinmile asked and Ibukun chuckled as she rolled her eyes.

“Sis Tosinmile, I’m not in your head, how will I know what’s in your head?” Ibukun asked and Tosinmile ignored her sarcastic reply.

“I think Daddy is secretly a fan of Lashe” Tosinmile replied and Ibukun turned to her and nodded.

“I thought as much” Ibukun said with a giggle.

“He’s probably too embarrassed to say it” Tosinmile added with a giggle and Ibukun carried the tray and served her parents their food.