Episode 14
âNow, for real, Gun Ju Pyo stood outside the Namsam Tower from evening till duskâŠnot in the sun or rain orâŠ.but in the snow!â he said firmly, a small knit of frown on his forehead.
I pouted my lips as I hugged his left hand firmly.
I knew what he was driving at.
âI ordered for the strawberry flavor which they didnât have. So I had to wait till it was freshly mixed. My mind was on fire as to how worried you would have been. I was so shocked that looking at you from the back view, you didnât look worried but angry! Is that our love? No patience?â he asked and that was when I knew that he meant business.
âAre you angry?â I asked and he shook his head
âIf in the movie you recommended for me, a proud, arrogant rich kid could wait for hours in the extremely cold snow for an ugly duckling as he did call her, I donât know why you beautiful lady couldnât patiently await your sweetheart for some minutesâ he said and I smiled ruefully.
âI am so sorry dear. It was intentional. Forgive meâ I said, touching his small beard playfully.
He looked away
âNo problem. Take your ice-cream before it thawsâ he said as he placed the big bowl into my hands
âThanksâ I said, smiling but he looked away still.
I had to do something to save the situation before it got out of hand.
âPlease smile and tell me you have forgiven meâ I said and he gave a little smile
âI have forgiven youâ he said curtly
âAdd darling jhur. I have forgiven you my darlingâ I said and he smiled largely.
âYou canât be for real!â he said
âI am for real. Say itâ
âI wontâ
âSay it jhurâ
âI wont say it jhurâ he said on.
By now, my playful frustration had made his smile to grow larger but I wont let go until he added âmy darlingâ
I moved to his side and started to tickle him hard.
He fell upon me in a fit of laughter.
I didnât let go
âSay itâ
âDarlingâ
âSay it loudlyâ
âDarlingâŠI have said itâ he said, gasping for breath as tears strolled down his face from the forceful laughter.
âSay it in full. Smile and say I have forgiven you my darlingâ I ordered again
I intensified the tickling
âI have forgiven you my darlingâ he said and I tickled him the more as we both laughed out loudly.
It took some minutes before we became sane again.
âEat ice-cream with me pleaseâ I said to him but he shook his head and held my hands softly, stirring deep into my eyes
âWhat have you eaten today?â he asked
âNothing. I was about preparing food when you called meâ I said and his face lightened up
âWhat delicacy were you trying to prepare?â he asked sweetly and I smiled
âGarri. I got some freshly made groundnut. It would really be a good combinationâ I explained and he shook his head
âGarri! I wonder why your eye sight is still as good as this when all you take is nothing but garri! I just wonder!â he said, so worried
âI will be fine. I just love itâ I said and he shook his head
âYou like garri or there is no money? Which? Would you stop lying! You wouldnât allow anyone to help you even in the slightest way and itâs tiring. You have become so lean and I really donât know what to do to you again. I just want this service year to end so I can marry you shaperlyâ he said and we smiled
âI canât wait too. But as much as I love you and wanna spend my life with you, the big obstacle on our way wouldnât give me real joyâ I said with mixed feelings even as I sadly inserted few scoops of ice-cream in my mouth.
âMy parents?â he asked as he nodded knowingly
âWhether my parents like it or not, it is you I want, not another! You are my wifeâ he said authoritatively.
I nodded like a chicken and took in more spoons of ice-cream
I looked into his face
He looked pained
âI just donât want to be the cause of any problem between you and your parents. I donât want wahala for youâ I said again when I realized that he looked so withdrawn and sad that I had not said anything sensible since.
He shook his head.
He took the bowl of ice-cream from my hand and placed it on the mud bench with a bang.
I looked into his face with shock etched on my heart.
He held my hands and pulled me up
âWe have to do something important now.â He said as he pulled me away
I was mum as he pulled me on till we got to his car.
He opened the door of the front seat and made me to sit down.
He turned to enter through the driverâs seat.
I was so patient.
He sat for a few minutes after he had put on the regulator in the car to regulate the temperature in the car.
âErmâŠâ I said after I became bored of the silence.
He looked at me.
Tears flowed down his face
I was shocked
âWhat is the matter?â I asked as I held his hands in amazement
He wiped his tears with the back of his palm and looked outside.
âI am scaredâ he said and I became more scared
âOf what?â I asked and he turned to look at me
âOf you! I am scared of you!â he said firmly and my mind was in serious disarray.
âOf me? How? Why? What do you me?â I pressed his hand the more
What could be wrong that he would be scared of?
âYou are loved! Many men love you so much. They look at you and even come to you at all timesâ he said and my heart was muddled
âSo?â I asked and he scratched his head
âI am scared that you wonât be able to scale through my parentsâ discouraging comments on phone even without meeting you. I am scared that you would one day tell me that you had reconsidered our relationship and that you are backing out. I am scaredâ he said, bursting out into tears the more.
I smiled
âAdejare! You almost killed me with your words. Is that all?â I asked, still pressing his palm softly
He too his hand off mine and wiped his face
âYou donât just understand. Not at all do you understand!â he said and I held his two shoulders and shook them gently.
âI love you. I will stay by you. I will always love you. I will not leave when you when you need me most. I wonât. I promise!â I said and he looked into my face
âAre you sure?â he asked as if he was a baby
âYes I am sureâ I replied like his mother as I wiped his tears.
We had been friends for years and I understood clearly that he didnât want anybody between us.
He jealously wanted me for himself only!
âSwearâ he said, seriously
I smiled
âI swear!â I replied him.
I didnât believe in swearing but since that would make him ok, I decided to do it.
He smiled and gently pushed me aside as he hurriedly checked his drawer for something I didnât even know.
He brought out a razor blade.
âWhatâs this?â he asked, raising it to my face
âRazor bladeâ I replied, still unsure of whatever he was driving at.
Before I could stop him, he had cut himself on the left thumb
My eyes widened
âWhat was that for?â I asked as I held my chest in horror
He panted quietly
âLick itâ he pointed the finger at me
âWhat!â I exclaimed and he urged me with his eyes
âOnly if you love me, Glory. If you sincerely doâ he said and I shook my head
âI love you Adejare. But whatâs all these for goodnessâ sake? What?â I lamented and tears gathered in his eyes.
âI will lick yours too. It shows you love me unto death do us part. There is no side effectâ he said again and I sighed deeply as i licked his salty red body fluid.
He smiled and then picked my right thumb, cut it a little bit and licked my blood
I cringed!
He smiled again, looking satisfied
âPlease repeat after meâŠâ he started and I nodded as I turned to look at through the window
I was never going to leave this guy!
I wonder why he was wasting his time doing something fetish and unbinding as this
ââŠthe day I go against this bidding, let the ground receive meâ he said and I repeated after him
He hugged me afterwards and that was how our relationship became strengthened till we finished our service in Nasarawa state.
Was that the blood covenant the pastor was talking about?
It couldnât be anything other than that though!
Because I had never killed anybodyâŠnot even a fowl!
I just needed this God!
The God that saved my Doctor from the devices and enterprises of the enemiesâŠ.
I need that God too!
â-urgently!!!
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