<p>The issue isn’t Tade anymore, he has never been an issue to me. Our relationship is over a year now, and I think unconsciously or consciously, we’ve created a bond, a soul attached one. </p><p><br/></p><p>He made me a woman, and by doing so, we’ve become an entity, feeding off of each other’s soul.</p><p><br/></p><p>Not a day goes by that I don’t think of him, and this isn’t a typical “Lovers thing” it’s beyond that, I think my soul just yearns for him..</p><p><br/></p><p>Tade isn’t the issue, but Mayowa is. </p><p><br/></p><p>Mayowa is just a guy, I don’t know what else to describe him with… Should I call him my brother? My friend? Or a Foe? I’m conflicted.</p><p><br/></p><p>He’d informed me several times that he likes me, and he want us to be together, but I told him I have someone I’m with. He shrugs anytime I make mention of Tade. Wonder why you’d get mixed feeling over something that’s not yours.. I don’t want to call it jealousy, because would jealousy really suffice? </p><p><br/></p><p>Overtime, there was constant and persistent pressure from Mayowa, with nothing kept as secret from Tade. </p><p><br/></p><p>Tade knew every of Mayowa’s constant demands, a piece Of information Mayowa is oblivious to by the way..</p><p><br/></p><p>……………….</p><p><br/></p><p>On a fateful night, Mayowa told me to kiss him.</p><p><br/></p><p>Not jokingly. Not in the careless way people sometimes throw words into the air, expecting them to disappear before anyone has time to catch them.</p><p><br/></p><p>He looked at me when he said it.</p><p><br/></p><p>And suddenly, the room felt smaller.</p><p><br/></p><p>I remember the silence that followed. </p><p><br/></p><p>I got scared for a while, different scenarios ran through my mind.</p><p><br/></p><p>He kept pestering me, and I told him that it’s fine, that he can come to me, but that’ll be the first and last time. We kissed, and something felt elevating. </p><p><br/></p><p>Not like I haven’t had my first kiss, but this was different to Tade’s. Maybe it was my body reacting to it, because Mayowa never sparked my Interest, and I never hated Mayowa, I just didn’t like him in a romantic way.”. </p><p><br/></p><p>Days passed, weeks passed; Mayowa didn’t come around. I was worried, but I learnt he was sick, and had to be rushed to the hospital.</p><p><br/></p><p>I was genuinely worried because of his health nothing else made me worried. </p><p><br/></p><p>And so Mayowa returned; he’s been wanting to re-enact that first moment we had together since his return, but I keep turning him down. </p><p><br/></p><p>I informed Tade about the kiss, told him it was a mistake.. Tade agreed, and that was it.. </p><p><br/></p><p>Mayowa is back, he’s pestering me, said he wants something serious, he also wants to kiss me, just like our first time. </p><p><br/></p><p>He said to me, “I’d like to sit beside you, touch you, fall asleep with you by my side.”</p><p><br/></p><p>I laughed and gave him a stern look, before I knew it, I uttered “ In your Dreams” </p><p><br/></p><p>That statement came across as hateful and harsh, but I can assure you it’s not from a place of hate. I just genuinely told him. </p><p><br/></p><p>I never hated Mayowa, I just didn’t like him in a romantic way. </p><p><br/></p><p> I don’t want to betray Tade, i told you I have someone I’m with. I uttered that to Mayowa. </p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>That same words that lingered at the back of my mind when I was unsure about Tade came crawling back again, but this time there was someone to tell. </p><p><br/></p><p>“Are you trying to use me to pass time? Or clear Konji?” I could tell Mayowa was hurt by the word, but I didn’t care. Just wanted something that’d make him leave me alone. </p><p><br/></p><p>He was pained, but I couldn’t really care less. He likes me, and not the other way round, so I’m good. </p><p><br/></p><p>Mayowa left, he was down, but at least I was true to Tade. </p><p><br/></p><p>Want to know who Mayowa is? </p><p><br/></p><p>When I find the courage, then we’ll proceed. </p>
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