After Fafa entered her compound , Akpene had to just pass the next compound before reaching her own. A relatively short distance from Fafa's home.
Upon reaching her home, she was met with greeting from a familiar voice.
"Welcome Sis" The voice said .
"ah ah Amenyo , where did you pass that I didn't see you on the way? You didn't even wait for me." she asked ,pouring the water into the big pot in front of the kitchen. The big pot was filled to the brim so Amenyo went to help her carry the one she was carrying to the Kitchen.He carried it completely off her head with only one hand holding firmly onto the. edge She looked at him as he carried the pot of water inside the kitchen. "You know I can carry that right?"
"yes I know , but you must be tired" Amenyo said coming out of the kitchen wiping sweat from his face with the back of his right hand.
"I've never been" Akpene replied.
"well Yesterday you were. When you came back from the square , you drank two calabashes of water, only Papa does that in this house" Amenyo laughs . "And not only yesterday, almost everyday you come back from the square"
"I wasn't tired, I was just thirsty" Akpene retorted "You didn't answer my question earlier" She reminded him.
"I'll get to that later, which young girl about your age drinks two calabashes of water because she is just thirsty?" Amenyo teased.
"I'm a heavy drinker, that's all." said Akpene "oh,and I'm not a young girl bro, I'm fourteen years old, fifteen in the next two moons"
"haha, you are still young sis" Amenyo laughed.
Amenyo is seventeen years old, fair in complexion, and has a deep voice making him sound like a young man in his late twenties.He is a perfect replica of his father.
He is also the brother of Akpene from a different mother.His mother is the first wife of Efo Ganyo and Akpene's mother is the second wife.He has an interest in hunting, and wakes up early to go check his traps before going to the farm. Unless he went to check the traps at the farm, he would check the ones near Nsuo fitaa, and that means Akpene would have met him on her way home from Nsuo Fitaa if she didn't meet him on her way to the stream. And, if he went to the farm, he wouldn't be home by now, it was why Akpene wanted to know why she didn't meet him on the way. He even waits for her most of the days, so they could walk home together.
"I didn't want to talk with Fafa" Amenyo said, putting on a hat. A straw hat , specially made to block the sun. It is usually used by the market women on the sunny market days.
"hmm". Akpene already knew this was going to be the answer. Since the awkward moment between her brother and her friend, her brother had been finding it difficult to look her friend in the eyes, and to even talk to her? he wouldn't.
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It all happened one-day about two weeks ago when Fafa's Parent traveled to the nearby village called Atsite to visit Fafa's maternal grandparents, as Daa Ama is from Atsite and they spent three days.Fafa did not go with them because she would be going to the town square on that day, and for Senyo, he went with them because, he had to carry the foodstuffs and clothes they took as gifts for Daa Ama's parents.
On that day, Fafa decided to stay with Akpene and their parents approved of it as the two families were so close and in good terms with each other, especially Akpene's mother and Fafa's mother. That morning , Akpene and Fafa went to get water from Nsuo fitaa together as they have always been doing , just that that time they both took it to Akpene's home and as usual, Amenyo waited for them holding a grass cutter one of his traps caught and they walked home together, Fafa and Akpene praising Amenyo for catching a good game that day. In the evening when Akpene and Fafa came back from the square, they would have taken their bath together but, Akpene's mother asked her to carry her crying baby brother inside and play him to sleep so, Fafa went to bath alone. After bathing, Fafa went to Akpene's room to dress up and smear shear butter on her skin. Because, she was in the room with almost Akpene alone, she didn't mind removing her towel she wrapped around herself and been completely naked.She then started smearing the shear butter on her dark smooth skin. Starting from her face to her chest, then her thighs ,where she took the most time to apply, when she reached her feet, she just bent her upper torso and applied the shear butter on them, carefully making putting her fingers between her toes to pomade them. After finishing to pomade herself, she raised her head just to see a boy at the entrance of the room staring at her with his eyes wide open.
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Earlier, when Amenyo came back ,he asked if Akpene was back from the square because he couldn't go with her on that day.His father sent him to deliver a message to a friend of his near the chief's palace.
Because he couldn't go to the square with them, he didn't know Fafa was staying that day too. He was told Akpene was in her room with Dodzi their baby brother, so when entering the room that had the door opened already, he didn't knock or make any sound, he thought it could wake the baby. Upon entering the room he saw Akpene sitting on the bed facing the door with the baby peacefully sleeping beside her. But another thing caught his attention as he saw a dark, and smooth figure in front of him, rubbing her palm on her chest and down her waist to her feet. He was dumbfounded and didn't know what to do , Akpene also saw him but was dumbfounded as well, she didn't know what her brother's reaction would be and she didn't know what to do at that moment either. Amenyo stood there watching the carefully made and curved body of the girl infront of him, not that he was a pervert but because he was lost. Never in his life had he seen the naked body of a teenage girl, not even his sister's, so he was lost and froze in place with only his eyes moving. And the fact that this was someone who he had always found beautiful made it worse.
It was at the moment that he came to his senses and decided to turn around and get out of the room that Fafa raised her head and saw him staring at her. Fafa then quickly covered herself with her wrapper. Amenyo didn't know what to do
" errm ermm, I..I.. hey Fafa you are here" Amenyo managed to stammer rubbing his hand on his head
Fafa nodded with a red face siting on the end of the bed, where the feet would be , away from Dodzi.
"Look, I'm so sorry" Amenyo said with embarrassment written all over his face "I didn't know you were in here, I'm so sorry Fafa"
"Bro, it's okay you didn't do anything wrong ,it's just an accident, she's not mad at you" said Akpene getting up from the bed so she would not wake Dodzi.
Fafa still didn't say anything and just noded rubbing her palm on her shoulders.
"I'm so sorry Fafa, " Amenyo said again red-faced
"It's nothing, you didn't know I'd be here, I'm not mad at you , why should I be anyway?" Fafa managed to smile.
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Since that day Amenyo had always been shy to look Fafa in the eyes.
"Its ridiculous when I think of it" thought Akpene.