Love at first sight - by Oluwatosin Leramo

❤️ Love at First Sight A love story born under African skies It was just past 5 p.m. at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle bus terminal in Accra. The sun was beginning to drop, casting golden light over the city, turning busy streets into glowing rivers of dust and movement. Kwesi, a young documentary photographer, leaned against his bag near the ticket counter. He was on his way to Cape Coast to shoot a local fishing festival. Tired, sweaty, and a little impatient — the bus was delayed — he had been scanning the crowd through his camera lens to kill time. And then, he saw her. She moved like she belonged everywhere. Headscarf tied in a bold Kente pattern. A stack of books in one arm. She wasn't trying to catch anyone’s eye. She was simply present — calm in a place full of noise and motion. Kwesi lowered his camera. He had no idea who she was, but he knew one thing instantly: He had to speak to her. She sat on a wooden bench, humming softly to herself as she flipped through a novel — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. A strand of hair escaped her scarf, curling near her cheek. She noticed him looking, smiled slightly, and said, without missing a beat: “You’ll lose the light soon if you don’t take the shot.” Kwesi grinned, caught off guard. “Then maybe I should take the shot now,” he replied, lifting his camera toward her, asking with just his eyes. She nodded. Just once. Click. That moment — golden hour, book in hand, gentle smile — became one of his best photos. But what came next was better. Her name was Ama, a teacher from Kumasi visiting her aunt in Accra. They talked for 45 minutes straight while waiting — about books, music, old-school highlife, and how Ghanaian jollof is definitely better than Nigerian (she insisted on that). When the bus finally arrived, they boarded together. Sat beside each other. Somewhere between laughter and shared roasted groundnuts, something unspoken settled between them. 🌅 Final Scene By the time they reached Cape Coast, Kwesi knew.It wasn’t just her smile, her voice, or her mind.It was something deeper — like meeting someone your heart had always known, even if your eyes were just now catching up. --- 💬 My conclusion: Love at first sight isn’t magic. It’s memory —A moment where you suddenly remember someone your soul never forgot.

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