Bound by love
SEASON 1
EPISODE 1
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Dust-laden winds of the previous harmattan swept throu-gh the early weeks of January in the new year. The wind made one think of the Sahara desert as it yanked the oval-shaped leaves down from trees covering everything in a film of brown…
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The sunday evening breeze felt chilly on the skins of Nath and Ken as both sat on a bench un-der the shade of the almond tree which stood infront, a little distance away from the male hostel building. One could see Nath in a blue three-quarter jean trou-ser and black polo and Ken in a str!pped white and black three-quarter trou-ser, he also wore a black polo.
The security light from the hostel shone brightly on their faces because it was 7pm and alre-ady getting dark. They’d returned to school earlier in the day and after the dusting and arranging, they’d taken their bath and decided to rest and gist about the break un-der the lovely shade.
“My guy, watsup, hope you enjoyed the break?” Ken asked and brou-ght out his phone from his pocket.
“Why not?, it was awesome, great!” Nath smiled gleefully as he leaned on the bench back rest and crossed his legs.
Ken grinned wi-dely and shifted closer to him, “Tell me what made it great, did you find a girlfriend?” he whispered.
Nath laughed out loud and ha-rd , then st©pped and fixed his gaze on him in amazement, “Is that what makes an holiday great?” he asked.
Ken looked baffled, “You never cease to amaze me Nath, what would make an holiday great if not a girlfriend?”
Nath gave a chuckle of delight, then he smiled to himself quietly and said instead, “Tell me how your holiday was.”
On hearing that, Ken smiled broadly and unlocked his phone without saying a word. Then he cli-cked on gallery and started showing Nath nûd£ pictures of the girls he had scre-wed and the ones he planned to scre-w.
“Guy, this is too much na, what if you get infected?” Nath asked in shock as he sat £r£¢tand collected the phone from him to have a clearer view.
Ken stared at him and suddenly bur-sted into laughter ma-king his friend drop the phone and look at him with a red face of embarras-sment.
“Whats funny?”
“Chai Nath, you’ve cracked my ribs,” Ken said hitting the bench they sat on in excitement. “Anyways, nevermind, tell me about yours” he requested still giggling.
Nath’s embarras-sed face suddenly turned into a smile as the events of the holiday pla-yed in his mind.
“Ah! Nath, talk na and why are you smiling like one who just won a lottery?” Ken asked but was ignored as Nath kept on smiling and c@r£ss!nghis tiny beards.
“This is serious o” Ken exclaimed and t©uçhed Nath’s n£¢k trying to feel his temperature to make sure he was okay. “Guy talk na, am curious” he pleaded.
“I found love, my dream girl” Nath replied still smiling.
“No wonder, love nwantiti, tell me more,” he friend urged.
“I met her at a p@rty, she looked so beautiful and fresh, so sweet, so calm and loving but…,” Nath suddenly frowned and bent his head.
“But what,” Ken asked impatiently.
“I couldn’t talk to her.”
“Kai!” Ken exclaimed. “You don fall my hands be that na,” he complained in pidgin.
“It isn’t my fault, but what do I do now?, I love her so much.”
Ken sat for a moment scratching his head for an idea. Then an idea strucked him,” Come closer,” he whispered and Nath obliged. “You will have to…”
“Excuse me plea-se,” a sweet melodious voice sounded ma-king Ken st©p his statement midway and look up while Nath also looked up and stare at the owner of the voice in awe with his mouth slightly opened…
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Bound by love
EPISODE 2
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“Yea pretty, how can we help you?” Ken asked smiling as he sat well.
“plea-se I’m here to see Jeffrey,” the girl mumbled with her hands behind her back.
“Oh! The SUG president?” Ken asked again and glanced at Nath who was still staring.
“Yes” c@m£ the reply.
“Nice, enter the corridor by your left and climb the stairs, when you get to the t©p, knock on the third door on the first floor.” he directed.
“Okay thank you” the girl said and turned to leave.
“Hey!” he called out again. “Remember the rules of not staying till 10:30PM and stick to it.”
“I will, thanks,” the girl smiled and left with her bu-ttocks shaking like rattle.
“Nna ehn, Nath see beauty,” Ken exclaimed c@r£ss!nghis jaw and l!çk!ng hisl-ips as he watched the girl climb the short flight of stairs and disappear into the corridor. “Baby okwu, kai! So fresh and homely,” he praised further but Nath didn’t reply so he turned to face him. “Nath!” he prodded, surprised to see that he was still staring but with a closed mouth this time.
“Yea” Nath replied startled. “Ken, my dream girl, my dream girl,” he screamed excitedly.
Ken was taken aback, “So you mean that’s the girl and you let her go, just like that?”
“Guy, I was too shocked to speak. I never knew she studies here coz I aven’t met her here before,” Nath said and placed his head in his palms.
Ken checked the time and it re-ad 8:26pm. “No wahala, we go gum here like chewing gum de wait for am,” he said in pidgin.
They waited and waited with Ken constantly checking the time and yawning tiredly while Nath was alre-ady asleep. After waiting for what seemed like eternity, Ken stood up, yawned and stretched then he ru-bbe-d his eyes and stared at Nath who leaned on the bench back rest half asleep. “Guy, are you normal, so you’re slee-ping right?” he asked and sl@pped Nath’s head ma-king him wake up and stand immediately.
“Is she here?” Nath asked looking around.
Ken stared at him and shook his head. “Mumu, no!, lets go in and sleep, it’s past 10pm,” he said and half dragged Nath to the pavement.
“But where’s she?” Nath asked still looking around.
“Don’t worry, we’ll search for her tomorrow, it’s late,” Ken said and dragged him up the stairs.
Inside their room, Nath still looked worried as the changed into their pyjamas and l@yon the be-d. The room had a double bunk but the preferred slee-ping on their family size mattress which was on the floor.
“Dont worry, there’s tomorrow, now it will be “Searching for my dream girl,” ken chuckled and closed his eyes. Nath stared at him and smiled a bit, then he turned and closed his eyes too…
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The next day, the students of “Heartland University” could be seen walking in groups of twos and threes chattering excitedly. Most of the students especially the new intakes could be seen walking to the registeration centre inorder to get registered coz it was a new session. The cleaners were seen sweeping and tidying the surroundings. Everyone was busy in his or her activity.
“Heartland University” could be termed as one of the best universities in town. It had well competent and management team of lecturers. The VC was a young woman of about 35. It had well equipped libr@ry, good hostel and medical facilities, a large football field and the best layout of sporting equipments and a cafeteria etc. The walls were high painted blue and protectefd round with coiled electrified wires. The buildings were arranged in one and two sto-rey blocks with rows of bright pink bougainvillea plants planted along the fence and inbetween the paths leading to the male and female hostels. To say the least “Heartland University” could be termed as the best and everything about it spelt good…
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Time checked 11:45am
Nath could be seen walking briskly in a pink shi-t and black trou-ser. In his right hand was a file which contained course registeration papers and payment receipts.
That girls face kept reoccuring his mind. He had left the hostel that morning with Ken but right now he walked alone coz Ken had decided to take one of his numerous girlfriends for lunch.
He kept thinking of where the girl could be and was lost in thought then suddenly a movement startled him when he felt a hand being placed on his w@!st. Turning to face the person, he grumbled impatiently…
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….Bound by love
EPISODE 3
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“Joy!” Nath muttered. She was the last person he expected to see, he’d even forgotten people like her still exist.
“Goodafternoon” Joy greeted smiling broadly as she place her hand on his w@!st. “I saw you from afar and decided to come meet you.”
“Wow! Lovely, thank you” he appreciated, then he gently and calmly re-moved her hand from his w@!st.
Joy frowned, “Why Nath?”
“Why what?” he asked in pretence.
“Why did you re-move my hand from your w@!st?” she asked moving to stand infront of him.
“$h!t!” Nath cursed un-der his breath. He disliked moments like this. “Joy plea-se, you know I dislike public displ@yof affection especially with girls who keep forcing themselves on people who are not their b©yfri£nd” he added seriously.
“Nath!” Joy’s frown de-epened. “Whats that suppose to mean?”
“Sorry but you know what that means. I never planned on seeing nor talking to you today so if you’ll excuse me, I’ll like to leave now” he smiled, pushed her stylishly out of the way and walked past her.
“Did he just push me?, Did Nath just push me?” she asked rhetorically as she stared after him with her hands on her w@!st, then she chuckled. “How dare him, I’ll deal with him,” she said angrily and started walking again…
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FEMALE HOSTEL(Joy and Gloria’s room)
Gloria l@yon the be-d inside the hostel room she shared with her quarreling friend, Joy. She felt very tired after being stressed out the whole morning. One could see her in a white crop t©p with no br@ un-derneath and a pink bomshort. She didn’t even feel hungry, all that mattered at that time was for her to have a peaceful siesta.
Just then Joy walked into the room looking really pissed off and threw her handbag on the down bunk be-d almost hitting Gloria with it.
“Babe, which levels na, who made you so angry that that you want to break my ankle with that heavy bag of yours” Gloria asked as she sat up and folded her legs on the be-d.
“Isn’t it Nath, he hurt me again today, this new session” Joy sputtered as she sat on the edge of the be-d and supported her chin with her elbow.
Gloria hissed loudly, “I thought it’s someone better,” then she shifted Joy’s bag and made to lie down.
Joy re-moved her hands from her chin and sat erect, “You won’t un-derstand, I love Nath so much and if I can’t have him, no one else will,” she fired angrily and stood up, un-bu-ttoning her shi-t as she walked to the wardrobe.
Gloria goggled at her, then quietly l@yon the be-d wordlessly.
“Wont you say something?” Joy asked calmly turning to face Gloria but was surprised to find her lying down.
“In as much as I dislike Nath, he can never love nor d@t£ a lowlife love peddler like you” Gloria hissed and closed her eyes.
“What! Me?” Joy asked in shock but was ignored. “Anyway I don’t blame you,” she hissed, re-moved her shi-t and her stood infront of the dressing mirror with her hands akimbo. Then she turned round and smiled se-ductively, “Nath must love me whether he likes it or not,” she soliloquized.
“Joy plea-se st©p this trash, this isn’t love,” Gloria pleaded.
Joy turned to her and hissed again, “I thought you were asleep, plea-se don’t talk to me,” she shouted and eyed her angrily.
“Well you just disrupted my sleep with your craziness” Gloria eyed her too, then stood and walked to the locker they put their foodstuffs and squ-atted infront of it. “Tonight is the night Jeffrey and I will rock” she smiled.
“b©yfri£ndsnatcher,” Joy cl@pped her hands in anger.
“Love peddler” Gloria retorted…
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MALE HOSTEL(Nath and Ken’s room)
Nath walked into the room looking tired and worn out to meet Ken who sat comfortably on the floor infront of a large plate of rice. He dropped his phone and file on the be-dside stool and l@yon the be-d utterly exhausted.
“Obviously it didn’t work out,” Ken said as he scouped a spoonful of rice into his mouth, took time to chew it, then swallowed and said, “But worry not coz we must find her, anyway get up and join me.”
“I’m not hungry, plea-se” Nath frowned and closed his eyes.
Ken ignored him and scouped a spoonful of rice, then he stood up, walked up to him and poured the food on him ma-king him j£rk and open his eyes.
“Ooh Ken!” Nath complained and sat up. “I told I’m not hungry.”
“Oya wait for me,” Ken said, then he walked to where they kept water, picked up a cu-p and scouped the water. Nath who s-en-sed danger quic-kly rushed to the plate of food and carried it.
Ken turned to him and smiled, “Good boy, take spoon,” then threw the spoon to Nath which he caught and used to scoup the food into his mouth.
“Nath is inlove, and can’t eat,” Ken giggled while Nath just stared at him and then smiled…
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To be continued…