Psycho love - S01 E02

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Psycho love - S01 E02

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“This is my son, Christian, your cousin!” My uncle introduced him during dinner.

My cousin… I should remember that!.

But this feelings of mine aren’t what I should be feeling considering the fact that he’s my cousin.

Am not typically shy, but I can’t even meet his gaze when he spoke to me.

“Nice to meet you and I hope you brought alot of things from the village for us, especially fruits?”

“I did, but I don’t remember putting yours because I didn’t know Uncle has children, two at that and one older than me!” I said with an eye roll.

My uncle and Aunt laughed, they take as a joke but I think am being serious, if not that I came visiting, I wouldn’t know that I have cousins.

“Then, you should go back to the village and bring it with you now that you know!” He teased.

“You know what? I will give you transport fare, go bring it yourself” I laughed.

I glanced at his face for the first time since we met again at the dinning, his eyes were intimidating mine and I had to look down on my food again.

“Okay ma’am, you win!” Everyone bursted into laughter.

“You can’t even argue, I thought you would do more than give up!” I mocked him.

“You would rather I argue like a market woman? I don’t do that, real men don’t say too many words” he said smiling.

“Mmm, noted!” I exclaimed.

“But brother, I am a woman as well and I don’t talk too much” Nancy came in.

“You are not a woman yet, ma’am!” Chris killed his sister’s joy, everyone bursted into laughter at her reaction.

She threw her spoon at him angry and reported him to their parents, I couldn’t stop laughing.

“Who said you aren’t a woman, baby? You’re more than a woman” her mother supported her.

My Uncle could only laugh, he added simply: “Women and man in the house, let’s observe some table manners”

We finished the rest of the dinner in silence, when everyone was done eating, they all left while me and Aunt cleared the table.

“Can I help with anything?”

I didn’t look around but I knew it’s Christian that came back, so funny my heart skipped a beat at the sound of his voice.

“We are good, son” Aunt replied.

He didn’t go, he came to stand beside me and his eyes were on me even though he discussed with his mother.

When Aunt finished what she was doing, she left the kitchen, I forgot how to breath, does he notice what his closeness is doing to me?.

“Should I help you with the plates?” He requested.

“I will take care of it, it’s nothing” I said but he’s already rinsing one of the plates, I didn’t stop him.

I can’t breathe while he’s near, but am excited he’s here with me. It’s a crazy feeling.

“Tell me about the village” he raised a topic.

He’s a good conversation starter, I don’t need to be told but I know that’s not exactly what he wants us to talk about.

“Why haven’t visited the village all these while?” I changed the subject.

“You make a habit of answering question with another question, I asked you to tell me about the village first, remember?” He retorted chuckling.

“I guess you aren’t ready to get the full gist about the village, if you are, answer my question” I returned.

“Okay, I don’t know why, but my father doesn’t want me to and I can’t disobey his orders” he replied.

“Why would he do that?” I asked curiously.

“Did I not tell you that I don’t know? And I can’t question him, whatever his reasons are, he knows better” he said with a shrug.

I cleaned my hands on a towel after washing the last plate, I started setting the ones he has rinsed.

“So unfortunate” I murmured to myself.

“Excuse me?” He looked at me. Damnit! He’s too close that the air from his steady breath is grazing my left cheek.

I just want to go on tiptoe, wrap my arms around him and give him a deep kiss.

“I wasn’t talking to you, anyways, about the village, there’s nothing special about it” I told him as I took the last plate, he was cleaning his hands.

“Special or not, I want to hear it” he said and went to sit down on the kitchen stool.

“If you so much desire to get village gists, you shouldn’t have been too engrossed in your City life that you forgot your ancestral home!” I kicked his guts with my words.

“Fine! I don’t want to hear it anymore” he walked away, I ran after him.

“Hey, don’t take it too serious, I was only joking!” I caught him at the base of the stairs.

He’s a fast walker, his strongly built long legs aren’t for fancy.

I held onto his arm so he wouldn’t go away.

“I see, I’m not angry, I just lost interest in your gist!” He said, I thought he wanted to shove my hands away and go off but he didn’t.

“I… I will tell you….”

“I don’t want to hear it anymore” he cutted me off but he still stood there and looked at my face like he can’t just go.

“Okay, then” I moved away from him and turned to leave.

His laughter stopped me in my tracks and I turned to mop at him.

“Surprised?” He snorted still laughing loudly.

“Shocked, I…. I didn’t expect that” I stuttered.

“Don’t worry, am not angry and I don’t think I will ever be with you. Even if you don’t want to tell me about it, I have something to show you in my room, let’s go!” He didn’t wait for my answer, he grabbed my hand and we ran all the way to his room.

“Sit down on the bed, let me see……” He squatted beside his CD player to select a song I assumed.

I sat down on his big, soft and beautiful bed. The sheets are wonderfully designed with Mickey mouse sketches.

His enormous room has a few but carefully selected properties. The cottons, brown in colour with flowery designs covered every wall that it would have been dark if the lights weren’t on.

I can’t even guess were his window is located because of the non-transparent nature of the cottons.

Everything seems in order, no dirts, no disarrangement of things or tattered piece anywhere.

The room smelt like him, his soap, his body cream, and his body spray all mixed together to form one scent, it’s all whole and male.

He inserted a CD disk and Lil Wayne’s music, Popular filled the air, I don’t usually like music but I like peeping into celebrities lives especially foreign ones like Wayne, that’s how I got to know it’s him on the stereo.

He removed his round cap for the first time today, there’s no single hair left on his head but if anyone should be awarded for the best head shape, it must be him.

If it were otherwise, I would have laughed at the hairstyle but I can’t even take my eyes off it, it suits him just fine.

“You wanted to show me something” I started as my eyes followed him.

He hanged his cap and brought out a PS from his bag, and a laptop too.

“What’s your name?” He asked.

“I thought…..”

“My father didn’t mention it and you too, stop thinking” he said and sat beside me on his bed.

“Sorry about that, my name is Jennifer.”

“Lovely, Jenny!” He praised grinning.

“Thank you” I said and watched him log into his laptop, he connected the PS to it.

“Do you know how to play games with PS?”

“Not really, actually I haven’t used a laptop before and I don’t know anything about PS or how to play games with devices except physical games” I admitted shyly.

“Okay! Let’s play this one together!”