It was now morning, and after the treatment Deji received last night he was fed up with it all,
"it's time to put this story to a close" Deji thought to himself as he picked up a a jump rope looking at the ceiling before shifting his gaze to his sleeping brother
Zzzzz
Zzzz…
"To think he's going to sleep through this " Deji muttered to himself increasing the grip hold on the jump rope
…..
...
"Wake the fuck up !!" Deji yelled wiping the jump rope in the ground hard waking his sleeping brother making the latter jump up in fear
Thud!!
Tobi fell off the bed from the sudden noise, using the bed frame to hoist himself up he snapped
"What the hell is your problem.."Toni barked. But Deji just burst out laughing
"Pfftt.."
"This isn't funny I'm telling" Tobi got up and stomped towards the door opening it preparing to screw his brother over once more, he slammed the door hard in his way out
But before he made his way towards the door Deji simply smirked as he loved the face his little brother was making "if anyone tells me we look alike I'll pound them" Deji thought
"Sure go tell them I woke you up because you were late for sch" Deji grinned as he sat down on his chair throwing the jump rope under the bed "I almost tripped in this" he said softly
Stomp
Stomp !!
Stomp!!!
Tobi came back into the room stripped his clothes and took his towel to have his bath, he didn't even bother to check the time, but he pulled an all nighter grinding pulls for a game he was playing, he assumed his brother was telling the truth
"Kekeke.." Deji let out an evil laugh, while it was true that it's was a school day the time was still 4:15am, a good two hours forty five minutes left before he could be even considered early
Deji had happen to wake up in the middle of night and couldn't sleep and decided to throw away some of his art supplies that were in the house as well as his drawings and paintings
He couldn't live Ike this anymore and decided to slowly but surely change his ways, he had exams in the coming months and the entrance was limited
So even if he got the cut off mark, he would still need to surpass other candidates that were taking the exam nation wide
He had chosen University of Lagos as his first choice, since it was in his state he would need to worry much about accommodation as they had relatives in the area and food supplies could be transported to him if needed
But at this rate he was barely going to make the cut off mark, his childhood friend and neighbor Anita had already written and failed this exam and she was multiple times smarter than him
Anita planned to rewrite the exam the following year instead of the current one, so she could gather funds and experience through working part time
Anita moved and deji had only being neighbors for four years but they went to same school since his secondary education, and as of now they had known each other for close to seven years
"Ack"
Wet towel was thrown at Deji, he picked it and looked back to what was his wet brother who had come out of the bath, his face flushed red with embarrassment . "Hehe~" Deji laughed once more knowing why his brother was acting like this
"You son of a-.." Tobi blurted
"Son of a what?" Deji glared jokingly at his brother making the latter pause their sentence
"You're friends are dumb" Tobi snorted knowing he couldn't use his old fashioned insults on his blood brother as most of them back fired
The two were similar in looks and skin color, and were often mistaken as twins. The only difference was their hieght and demeanor
Deji mostly wore a rough expression but was respectful to everyone while Tobi had a calm face that looked down on everyone, although Tobi only had that face with strangers. Those who knew him saw him as an angel that was always smiling
But this angel if theirs was now plotting to cripple his own blood. "Woah calm down… isn't it good that I woke you up early, this way you can be the first to school and skip the morning assembly" Deji said while tapping his head gesturing that he had made a big brain move
"Tsk…I could always just go late after the assembly and use my stealth skills to avoid the teachers" Tobi clicked his tougne before lying on the bed prepared to go back to sleep
Deji satisfied with his brother's mood got back to work in packing his things, he thought whether he could sell some of them for a good price, but didn't know anyone who want to buy them
He just opted to give it to the neighborhood children whenever he saw any of them playing
Deji was popular with the kids in his neighborhood for his art and would often give the his finished or failed drawings whenever he needed to get rid of them, and Al the kids had asked for his pencils and colored pens
"I bet they'd all fight over this, but that's their problem to deal with" Deji thought as he cleared the final drawer of the desk
He had finally cleared out the small ones a thet eas left were the big paintings he had hidden under bed, he planned to give them all to Anita who seemed to genuinely like it
Hours past and it was now half past seven (7:30 am) in the morning Deji's Dad had taken Tobi to school and his Mum, Esther, had gone to the new site she found for her shop
The landlord as wel as other tenants complained about her using the front of the building for her business so she had planned to move shop.
Deji being all alone in the house took the opportunity to clear out his inventory, he walked out of his room with a cartoon of papers that had different things and wordings on them
The contents of the box also contained some of his art supplies only keeping important stationary like pens and pencils, anything that wasn't red or blue ink was thrown out with the exception of black since his brother was clumsy with us properties
He dropped the box near a rubber drum that was full of dirt from the tenants trash, making his way inside the compound he bumped into Anita who was confused as to why he throwing his all his work away
"Whatca ya doin'" Anita greeted Deji
"Getting rid of stuff" Deji replied nonchalantly walking back inside, he knew Anita was in her way to work and didn't want to delay her with any small talk but the other had other plans in mind and grabbed him by his sleeve
"Why?"
"…"
Deji stared at her in confusion, he wondered what prompted Anita to act this way "because Y has a long tail and two branches ?" Deji said with a smile
"Stop joking around you know what I mean" Anita snapped "why are you throwing them away I thought you loved art…" she yelled
"What the point of love that only brings pain to me and others" Deji freed himself from Anita's grip this want the first time he had tried to give up on art because if his family "don't talk me into hiding it or some shit like the last time… im don't for good"
Every time Deji had quit he would always wear a sad and lonely expression on his face as if he was empty, drawing and painting were the only things that bright him true peace of mind, the thought of what to draw and how he should paint it
The sheer thought and idea of creating something out of nothing or modifying something anyhow you want,the feeling of your imagination coming out for others to see and the joy of your talent being appreciated
Anita tried to talk Seji out of giving up completely, at least focus on the exam you have coming up and then resume regardless of the results
" not every one is free and blessed like you, you're smart and good at a slot of things, you may have poor stamina but your athletic and a quick learner" Deji said with a solemn expression "not everyone can choose what they want in life… you can't expect others live as if they were you"
As the words came out of Deji's mouth Anita felt furious, her parent had divorced but they were both wealthy and she chose to follow her sick father while her other siblings went with their mother
Lived in with her elder sister because of the distance from their school and their old house, and that was the only reason she was staying here, if she wanted she could go back to her parents house as her family was wealthy and loved to spoil their kids
But Anita didn't like the way people talked about her, saying everything she did was possible due to her family background
and as Deji had said the thing she hated most to her face, she raised her hand to hit him but stopped midway and simply left for work
Leaving Deji to all alone
"Idiot" Anita shouted as she left