C6 SIX

Ibukun yawned as she walked into the house. She pursed her lips upon seeing Toluwanimi.

“I thought you were resuming today” Ibukun said as she sat down on the chair.

“I just went to register, check out my room, arrange my stuff and all” Tolu replied and Ibk smiled.

“The house will get quieter when you leave. I miss you already” Ibukun said as she stood up and hugged Tolu.

“I have some news for you though” Tolu said and Ibk withdrew from the hug and sat down. She removed her sneakers and her pop socks before turning to Tolu.

“News for me? What is it about?” Ibukun asked as she placed her socks into her sneakers and placed them neatly beside the chair. She removed her jacket and placed it on the arm chair.

“I have news about Lashe” Tolu said and Ibukun turned sharply to her making Nifemi and Tosinmile burst into a fit of laughter.

“Lashe? What about him?” Ibukun asked.

“He’s going to be attending DUL. We are even in the same department” Tolu replied and Ibukun blinked her eyes as she tried to take the information Tolu had she just spilled. She let out a loud shriek the moment her brain finished processing the information.

Her mom rushed from the kitchen with a turning stick and a spoon in her hand. She looked around the room nervously.

“What happened?” she asked anxiously and the girls hid their faces to prevent their laughter from getting out.

Ibukun stood up and started walking further from her mom, “Mommy, it was me who shouted. I was a mistake” Ibukun said as her mom started walking towards her twisting the rod in her hand.

“Ibukunoluwa, how many times will I tell you not to shout like that ehn?” her mom asked as Ibukun started running around the sitting room.

“Mommy I know. I’m sorry ma” Ibukun said and her mom sighed as she looked at Ibk before returning back to the kitchen. The girls released the laughter they had been supressing and Ibukun couldn’t help but join.

“The turning rod and her body would have friends this evening” Nifemi said and Ibukun sat down beside Toluwanimi.

“So Lashe is the faculty of Law?” Ibukun asked and Tolu nodded. Ibukun smiled and sighed.

“I actually guessed Law but I didn’t guess DUL” Ibukun said.

“He’s name came out on the merit list, his admission number is two numbers before mine” Tolu said and Ibukun giggled as she raised her shoulders proudly.

“Lashe isn’t just good at singing and dancing. His academics are top notch too” Ibukun said the pride in her voice noticeable.

“Take care of him for him o” Ibukun said and Tolu scoffed.

‘What’s my own with him?” Tolu asked and Ibukun woved her hands into Tolu’s.

“Just look after him okay? That also means you have to be friends with him” Ibukun said.

“Why would I be friends with him? I don’t listen to his music or anything” Tolu said and Ibukun flung her hand away and Nifemi and Tosinmile burst into laughter.

“You are not even nice” Ibukun said as she grabbed her sneakers and walked upstairs. She removed her uniform and changed into causal clothes. She grabbed her phone and put on her data.

Lashe getting admitted into DUL was already all over the internet. Different pictures of him in the school was posted. Ibukun scrolled the posts with a smile. A proud smile crawled up her face when she saw a post that screenshotted DUL’s homepage where they were welcoming Lashe to their school.

Lashe was yet to make an official post as well so Ibukun kept refreshing until Lashe made one. He thanked his fans for the congratulatory messages and the posts.

Ibukun smiled at the two sentences. Lashe never wrote epistles on his post, he was always straightforward and was never over the board. In just three minutes of the post, it was already having over 300 retweets and over 100 comments.

It was as if his fans had been waiting for him to come online and make a post. The comments, likes, retweets were increasing by every minute and Ibukun sat on the bed as she read through the various comments.

A lot of them were wishing him the best, some telling him to have fun to the fullest, some were saying they were going to some other universities but now that Lashe was at DUL, that as the university they were going to pick.

“Ibk!” Ibk heard her name from downstairs and rushed downstairs.

“Food is ready” Tolu said as Ibk sighed and slipped her phone into her back pocket as she followed her sisters into the kitchen and helped her sisters to arrange and set the table.

‘What were you doing?” Tosinmile asked.

“Lashe made an official post” Ibk replied.

“And?” Nifemi asked.

“She sat down reading the comments and post” Tolu replied and the girls burst into laughter.

“I don’t still get why you do that. Like the post and move on. You will seat down and be reading comments and be laughing” Nifemi said and the girls burst into laughter.

“It’s fun nah” Ibk said trying to defend her actions.

“Fun? Like seriously, reading other people’s comments is fun?” Nifemi asked as Ibk wore a serious face.

“You’ve never done it before so how would you even know if it’s fun or not?” Ibk asked and Nifemi scoffed.

“That’s because I am not as jobless or stupid like you to seat down and do that” Nifemi replied and Ibk frowned.

“This is why I don’t like you. Just because you don’t like something doesn’t make it stupid. Just because you what I do in spare time you can’t do it in my spare time, it doesn’t make me jobless. Why do you like criticizing people for things they love?” Ibukun asked tears in her eyes.

“Guess what, art is total shit. Artists are jobless people who don’t have anything to do with their time, that’s why when you can listen to music and do other things, they’ll seat down and be wasting papers!” Ibukun yelled before she turned on her heel and stormed to her room.