It was Sunday morning, my girlfriend said, "we're going out in the evening, prepare ahead of time". I was excited because it was the first time I'll be leaving my town for another one here in Abuja.
We met her friend, Kelvin, and a friend of her friend, Destiny. Since my girlfriend was busy with Kelvin, Destiny thought I would want the same thing. I didn't. I was on my phone, reading topics and answers on Quora, all through his speeches.
He was disturbing my thoughts, with his boring conversation. I didn't want to offend him, so I nodded and chipped in a few questions, in between. What happened later was that I got upset with him, and told my friend, we have to go.
My friend thought maybe, he had tried to molest me, I told her no, that we just needed to go. I didn't tell her my ears aches from listening to Destiny talking on and on about himself and his afflictions about being alone and all. Why? I usually thought if someone keeps complaining about not having a lover and at the same feels lonely, that human is lazy. For there are a thousand and one people out there ready to open up and love, and these lazy ones are just sitting around waiting for a lover to fall from heaven. Instead of going out there and finding one.
Well, today, I am not planning to bore you with Destiny. It's Kelvin we will be discussing.
Initially, my girlfriend called him, her son, and they acted as mum and son. She mentioned, she didn't see him other than that, and the same goes for the guy. It was none of my business, I just met him, maybe, somewhere in the future, they will turn out to be lovers(I thought).
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I didn't realize I was right, Kelvin was secretly in love with my friend, no, let me say, he was beginning to like her. Subsequent days, he asked her to visit him alone without me. It was on this day, he confessed his love to her. My girlfriend returned and told me all about it, but, she was worried, he is still heartbroken over his previous relationship and that this wasn't what they discussed at the beginning of the friendship.
Before I knew it, they quarreled. What the heck? So much drama, when it comes to this particular girlfriend of mine, believe me.
Fast forward, a few days later, Kelvin called, he asked to see me. Why? He wanted to meet my friend, but she was angry with him. He wanted help gaining access to her. Cool. I am in. So I went off to meet him in a Fast Food. He didn't want to meet her empty-handed. He asked for advice on what sort of food to buy for her. Knowing my girlfriend loves Fried Rice, I mentioned it to him. At this point, I called her up and asked her if she will love to eat fried rice with chicken and salad, my friend was so happy, she said yes. I gave Kelvin the clue, and he paid for the package.
Upon meeting my friend, I handed her the bag and the drink, she gladly received it, but, acted angry over seeing Kelvin. I laughed my heart out at that pretentious nature of hers, and she laughed back.
I have no idea what they discussed, he left, she came to us, (Dorcas and I), and we had gists over other things.
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The next few days, she told us he was wanted her but..... (Gosh, I have forgotten her reasons). And then..... Blackout.
I had completely forgotten about him because of the subsequent dramas we had, courtesy of my girlfriend. Until, one evening, he messaged me on WhatsApp, no, he called. He wanted to speak to me about my friend. He needed help getting her to love him. We decided to meet the next day.
Once the morning came, I realized it was Sunday, and I won't be able to see in the morning as promised. So, I dropped him messages on Whatsapp explaining this. He tried getting me to reschedule, I was just too tired to go out, I ignored his messages and his calls.
Before I knew it, he sent a rather upsetting message to me, and I was angry. I told him if he always concluded even before he hears the other person's side of the story, then, no wonder my friend doesn't seem to want him.
That was that. I hated him for thinking of me in the manner he did. And I told my friend what happened. She asked me to forget it. At this point, we sealed his fate.
Pause! I haven't understood before, but, I finally realized if you want someone, you will have to gain the approval of their friends. I witnessed it time and time again with my two friends, the moment we sealed a particular person's fate in the lives of either of us, it's over.
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Why I'm telling you this? That is because the tables just turned. Yesterday, the most surprising thing happened. He called! Wow. To think he mustered up the courage to call. That must have taken him a lot of courage.
I was having my afternoon nap, I woke up to find his missed calls and his messages on WhatsApp. He asked that I called him when I am free. I did. He politely asked me to give him an audience. Seriously? After the ugly things, you said to me the last time?
I thought, if it's for my friend, I'll have to teach him how to win her over. I wanted to do it badly. I was pitying him. Imagine that. I have always shied away from doing matchmaking or helping two people become one even though I knew I could, but, I wanted to do this one.
I fixed the meeting for him. I forgot all about it. He called in the afternoon, and I met up with him. I walked into his room and found books everywhere. No way, he is a reader. I began to believe my instincts when my head wanted me to help him.
If you sincerely want to know what I thought when I saw those books, then I'll tell you. I wanted to return home, tell my friend to fuck whatever it is she's thinking, and accept him. If a guy in this generation reads, his future is bright, he has sense, lol. That's exactly what I thought, I might be biased or wrong, but these were my thoughts.
This is me, building up bridges of the things I was going to tell him to do if he truly desired my friend, not knowing, I am walking into a hole I might not be able to get out of if I don't play my cards well.
What happened? He is suddenly in love with me! What the hell? Gosh...no, this is funny. How on earth did that happen? Someone should tell me, I didn't hear him well.
I was in his zone, I behaved myself praying for the time to go home. All I wanted to do was run. He was trying to separate my friend and me and that is not going to happen. I can never let him get his way. He is crazy. Phew.😴
I can't do what he wants, I will rather pour oil into my friend's ears and subconsciously teach or train her on what to do to win him and to keep him instead of taking him. Taking him is not an option, besides, I like fair guys, and he is not fair, lol.