"I'm I making the right choice?" Deji began contemplating his choices
Art was the key thing that could keep his mood in check right from when he discovered his talent, and now he had to find other means to maintain any mood swings
He laid on his bed and looked through the gallery of his shared phone, there was almost never data on it and it was a 2g network phone, so even if there was data the network was just unbearable.
As he scrolled through the numerous pictures he saw one of both he and Anita covered in paint, it was the first time that they had interacted with eachother
Anita had come to watch him draw in his classroom, but her friends followed and ruined his art. He had taken his new painting materials
Anita sat down beside him and pick up some of the sketches he attempted to paint, but due to the intervention of T1&2 as well ass G1 they ended up spilling paint in hi sketches
Deji was upset and in the process of yelling he spilled paint on Anita's uniform and from there it was a brawl
The next day both their parents came to the school to apologize and make amends, since that day the two became enemies and advisors each other
But after a year Anita moved in with her cousin to the house Deji resided and over time the two had become close, sharing secrets and crimes that others mustn't know about
"Those were good times" Deji thought as he sprung up from the bed "let's study shall we"
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(Back at Jide wears)
"Good morning"
Anita was cleaning before she was interrupted by one of her senior colleagues, she was twenty minutes early but the latter was there before her and this branded her as late
"Should you be coming by this time?" A man in his late twenties came up the stairs and into view,
With his dirt green top and burnt orange joggers with red and white stripes at the sides his hair rough and unkept, face filled with pimples and freckles
His hair dyed a taned orange that clashed with his brown skin and yellowish eyes, he was a shirt dwarf at 5'5 standing next to the 5'9 Anita, his name
"Brother Bolu it's just a little to eight" Anita replied looking at the wall clock "just because you came before me doesn't necessarily mean I'm late.."
"Hoo~, I wonder who gave you liver for you to be talking to me like that" Bolu roared, or barked rather he was to small to be intimidating
"Haa, just wait outside I'm almost done setting up" Anita sighed, she was still upset with what Deji had said to her earlier in the day "I wished I bright my ear peice" She sighed in her heart
"Ok I'll just wait till your done… but don't forget to mop this dirty water" Bolu said as he turned his back to leave the room
"What water the floor is dr…"
Splosh !!
Thud !!
Bolu smirked as he poured a canned drink on the clean floor and threw the can at the area she sweeping
"Burb… that hits the spot, we'll have fun" Bolu left happily
Anita couldn't do anything she just looked at the floor she had cleaned and clenched her fist making her nails pierce her skin
She proceeded to clean the floor once more, but this time around it was much more difficult as the soda color had dried into the white tiled floor
"F**k" Anita cursed as the stain refused to come off, and soon after the time had passed and it was now quarter to nine
The shop will be opened for the day and the other workers would make their way to work, after her attitude last night she had to make sure she lived up to her word and made the office clean before they came to the premises
One after the other the workers came in watching Anita struggle to clean the dusty and move some of the chairs and equipment to the right places
Anyone who didn't see what happened in he morning would think she was just arriving, in other words they all branded her as late since the place was still dirty even if only a little a bit
Most of them didn't care as they could understand that it wasn't easy to clean the big office herself and the second youngest was nowhere to be seen also
Originally Anita and Bolu alert the ones tasked with cleaning the office, but since it was just an unspoken rule no one really cared who did it or how it was done as long as it was clean
Anita was a scolded a bit for failing to keep the office clean before opening time, Bolu had just walked up when the others were complaining but to his surprise they were actually helping to the finishing touches
This made his blood boil and he set out to make her days in the office a living hell
Hours later the office was dry and scanty, they had not received any jobs or commissions so the workers were chatting and haveing fun with their free time
Anita was scrolling through her gallery on her wallpaper was a selfie she and Deji had taken in front of a canvas painting of her
She smiled after seeing the picture but then frowned when she remembered they Deji was planning to quite art for good
"Just when we were having followers" Anita sighed as she opened palmbook
A popular social site where people post pictures and videos as chat with people in your friend list
The name of the account was Deji does art and a majority of the posts were of Deji's drawings and paintings, from the ones he threw away to the ones he gave out each of them having a minimum of a thousand likes to six thousand comments
Most of them were offering sponsorships or wanted to purchase the art, but Deji had no clue if this advancement and didn't even have permission to travel
And things became more taking when the "Sister Joy" incident happened. Anita secretly posted some of his art works in hopes of generating a fandom before they entered University and gained some freedom
Snatch!!
Bolu had taken her phone from her as a joke but boy was his timing bad
"What's your problem give it back" Anita snapped
Everyone froze on the spot, this was a girl who was kind and simple, never upset never angry even when they teased her and such she would just laugh along with them, and now someone had finally made raise her voice
"This should be fun" they all thought as they watched the scene unfold
"Huh?!, how dare you yell at your elder have you respect!!" Bolu yelled holding her phone in a tighter grip
Anita was taller than this dwarf and she could easily push him and take her phone back, this particular person had always gotten kn her nerves no matter what time of season
Bolu looked at her wallpaper and went to her gallery sitting in a stool nearby, he had snatched her phone while it was still unlocked, not for any reason in particular but because she kept on smiling and blushing this made him upset for some reason - ; D-
"Ho, is he your boyfriend?" Bolu asked with a serious face, there were pictures of only three boys in her phone but one in particular appeared more than the rest he assumed they were close
Anita didn't respond and simply gestured for her phone but Bolu didn't like the attitude and attempted to put the phone in his pocket, this was mindless bullying
But before he could do anything a worker came and collected the phone from him handing it back to Anita who thanked him
The situation then became a but awkward, every one had already suspected that Bolu liked Anita, she was pretty with a nice body and she acted mature you could never guess her age, even some of the other workers felt a bit of attraction towards Anita but that was it
Unlike Bolu, they were human beings who knew how respect others as well as how to behave…
"What's all the noise about" Jide had come to office late because of a meeting in one of his other branches
The workers were laid back and relaxed but the noise and commotion they caused could be heard from the middle floor
"Why aren't you guys working" Jide yelled and commanded every one to look for something to keep themselves busy
"Umm. Excuse me sir" Anita went towards Mr Jide "I found the pictures you bought yesterday in the trash I think you made a mistake"
"No mistakes there darling…. Trash belong in the trash, but when he comes works for me I'll be able to milk him for what he's worth" Jide scoffed as he walked into his office his lips curling up into a devilish smile
"I can't believe he make expressions like that at his age" Anita muttered as she frowned frowned ….