Christy's POV
"Can you speak Korean language"I asked Kehinde.
"Not really, but I'm better than my brother,my dad speaks it fluently especially with Mr Jeong " Kehinde answered.
"My grandfather wanted his wife and son to know and learn his culture so he brought them to Nigeria, but after my grandfather's burial, grandma decided to go back to her country but dad decided to stay and continue his father's business. My dad also want us to know our culture that's why we visit grandma during holidays and you know we automatically have two languages and culture to learn, Korea and Yoruba of the great Nigeria"Kehinde said to me.
"As for me, you and I have three languages to learn" I said feeling a little better.
"How?" Kehinde asked looking confused and the confusion showed clearly in his grey eyes.
"It's because I'm still learning my language and since I'm getting married to you I'll have to learn your language or languages then you'll learn mine"
"Wow, have you heard of a word like 'weedsdom?'"
"Yes"
"Very good,you have weedsdom"
"Seriously,are you trying to say that I'm under the influence of a hard drug?,wait so you want to tell me that I smoked weed before coming here?"
"Possibly"
"You are rude, can you perceive what I perceive?"
"First of all, I'm not rude,but what are you perceiving?"
"I perceive tobacco"
"Seriously?, from where?"
"From you Kehinde, you smell like tobacco and toilet "
"Wow Christy,I never knew that you do drugs at your age,tell me who introduced you I promise to keep it secret "
"I don't do DRUGS "
"Really?!,then how did you know the smell of tobacco?"
"I don't know how it smells, I just wanted to revenge "
"Oh!,ahhhhhh! ahhhhhh!, you got me, I'm feeling bad that I smell like tobacco and toilet ahh! Christy!" I knew he was being sarcastic,then I rolled my eyes.
"Stop it, I can see the sarcasm clearly"I told him feeling bored.
"Ok!,but on a serious note do you really think I want to learn any language and 3 languages for that matter?,who do you take me for; James bond of local and foreign languages?, I'm a science student "
"I can see the weedsdom working in you,so you are saying that science students don't have to know or learn any language or something like that?"
"I don't know,but you can go on and learn all the languages of the world after all I heard you want to be a model known world wide,so it's better for you to start now to learn different languages"
"I'm going to kill you one day" I said to him, the boy has been annoying me with his words,I felt like beating his annoying side away.
"Alright I will be waiting for that day " Kehinde said looking at the sky which was already black by now.
My eyes almost came out of their sockets, his last sentence caught me off guard, what type of boy is this?.
Taiye's POV
The girl at my front was not making it easy for me,she just kept blabbing and it was non stop. Before now there was tension and the atmosphere was heavy, she did not say anything until I introduced myself and that's when the nonstop talking started.
My brother and Christy were chatting as if they had known each other for long and I wondered how that was possible, Christy looks like a shy girl,I did not expect her to be free with my brother on just the first day of meeting him, at least Christy is allowing my brother to speak,but the running tap beside me did not want to listen to me talk more of allowing me speak. Girls of nowadays!.
"Are you listening to me?,you okay?, did you hear my last sentence?!" Esther asked,she was killing me with annoying questions.
"I did not..."I tried to answer but she cut me off.
"Good since we are on same track let's move on but before that,do you have any questions?"
"I do..."
"Very good,no questions let's continue, I'll like our bedroom to be painted pink..."
"Wait, I....."
"You must buy me gifts on my birthday, and it's 5 months from now "
"But listen..."
"No ifs or buts, you must make me comfortable and I'm not ready to get married,at least not till I'm twenty..."
"WILL YOU SHUT UP AND LET ME SPEAK?"I shouted angrily, the girl cannot even allow me finish a sentence, and what does she mean by 'you must make me comfortable' who does she even think she is.
"I'm sorry for shouting, it's just that you were not allowing me speak" I apologized,it was an apology that was not from my heart,I was worried that mom and dad might be watching us somewhere.
"It's okay, I was blabbing and I was not letting you blab also..... sorry I meant speak, it's my fault so I deserved it " she said looking at me straight in the eyes,like this girl is not afraid of me and I pretended to accept her apology.
"I was expecting you to ask questions or be scared like every normal girl would do and be, instead you were giving me terms and conditions like seriously?!"I asked her.
"No need to ask questions and why should I be scared,I feel safe here" she answered me and I became confused.
"So you don't care that you are getting married at your age?, you should be scared"
"Nope and that's because I'm not getting married at this age, did you not hear the things I said?, I told you that I'm not ready to get married not until I'm twenty nine"
"Ok?!,so you said that?...I did not listen to you after all"
"Really Mr Taiye?"
"Yes Miss Esther, so Esther are you a science or arts or maybe commercial?"
"I'm a science student,I want to study medicine and become....."
"Blah blah blah blah, it's okay"
"Hey!, you didn't let me finish my sentence,Why?!"
"If I let you, you might not finish,so I decided to interrupt"
"I won't"
"To avoid arguments, let's make a rule, you must not talk until the other person is done talking and you must not keep blabbing but let the other person talk. The punishment for breaking the rule will be decided by the person that was not allowed to talk or complete his or her statement,am I clear?!"
"Urgh,fine I accept"
"Very good"
"So why did you ask me that question before?"
"It's because,I was trying to start a conversation,look at Kehinde and Christy"
"They're getting along,sooooo well"
"That was what I want do, let's get along too" I told Esther and she smiled,she did not speak and and we were both watching Kehinde and Christy as if they were a TV series.
We were told to come in and have our dinner, it was announced that we are going to have a family meeting after dinner and I already know the reason for it.
We had a nice and peaceful family dinner except for Esther trying to tell everyone her love for rice and BTS,trust me that girl is not ashamed or scared of anything. Mom and dad were listening attentively and I was surprised that they were interested in the nonsense Esther was saying, Kehinde and Christy were also listening and I was the only one that was not interested in Esther's heart touching story of rice and BTS.
"Can someone please tell Esther to keep quiet and eat her food" I said feeling a little annoyed.
"Shuuuussshhhh, this part is very interesting after all our family have not heard a nice story at dinner time unless mother was here, Esther please go on my dear"my mom shushed me,I felt like killing Esther.
So I decided to listen and it was not that bad but I can't believe that Esther sees rice as a life saver I thought it was 'garri',my friends always it's garri. Esther is weird.
'Garri' - Cassava flakes.
Pronounced - gah ree
Staple food in Nigeria,it cut across all tribes.