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The Quiet Voice
Student @ Federal University Oye Ekiti
Student @ Federal University Oye Ekiti
I fasted for fried things for #300
<p>One afternoon after lectures, my friends said, "Let's go and eat shawarma." </p><p><br/></p><p>Everybody cheered. </p><p><br/></p><p>I cheered too, because I'm a team player. </p><p><br/></p><p>Then I opened my wallet and found ₦300. </p><p><br/></p><p>That ₦300 was my transport fare home.</p><p><br/></p><p> It was not for shawarma. </p><p>It was not for vibes.</p><p> It was not even mine, spiritually.</p><p> It belonged to the keke man.😭</p><p><br/></p><p>But I had already said "yes" with my whole chest, so I followed them anyway. </p><p>Mistake number one. 😭</p><p><br/></p><p>At the shawarma stand, the smell came out and attacked me personally.</p><p><br/></p><p> My friends started ordering like their parents were government contractors. </p><p><br/></p><p>"Double sausage!" "Extra cream!" "Add more pepper!"</p><p><br/></p><p> Meanwhile, I was standing there calculating how long I could survive on water and pride.</p><p><br/></p><p>Then the cashier looked at me. "And you?"😏</p><p><br/></p><p>I smiled like someone with a trust fund and said, "Ah, I just ate before class." 😌</p><p><br/></p><p>Reader, I had not eaten since morning. </p><p><br/></p><p>The last thing I ate was hope.</p><p><br/></p><p>One of my friends said, "Are you sure? You can taste mine." </p><p><br/></p><p>And because I had already started the lie, I had to commit to the bit.</p><p><br/></p><p> "No, no, I'm fasting from fried things this week."</p><p><br/></p><p>Fasting?</p><p> From fried things?</p><p> Which religion?</p><p> Which week? </p><p>Who gave me that rule? 😭</p><p><br/></p><p>Right on cue, my stomach let out a growl so loud that a man at the next table turned around.</p><p><br/></p><p> So I coughed.</p><p><br/></p><p> Then I coughed again, louder, like a person with a serious chest problem. </p><p><br/></p><p>A friend asked, "Are you okay?" and I said, "Dust."</p><p><br/></p><p> There was no dust. </p><p>We were at a food stand.</p><p><br/></p><p> I had just invented a new weather condition. </p><p><br/></p><p>To save myself, I brought out my lab manual and started reading it like it was a thrilling novel. </p><p><br/></p><p>I had avoided that book all semester, but suddenly page 14 was the most fascinating thing I had ever seen.</p><p><br/></p><p> Nodding. Frowning.</p><p> Even whispering "Interesting." Interesting? It was a table of contents. 😂</p><p><br/></p><p>I walked home that day with my ₦300 intact and my dignity in pieces. </p><p><br/></p><p>Every step, I could still smell the shawarma on my friends' clothes. </p><p><br/></p><p>By the time I got in, I was so hungry that I ate garri with the confidence of a five-star chef.</p><p><br/></p>
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