CAMPUS SITUATIONSHIP
Joy was a pretty, young and intelligent girl, a second born in a family of six. Joining college at the age of 18 was every girls dream, Joy had realised that dream and it was doing her alot of good. A slender, tall and chocolate complexion without forgetting her natural beauty (Though it is reserved for the beholder).
Mike was May's boyfriend and they both believed that their coexistence had clicked, May and Joy were literally roommates by the virtue of sharing a door to their various rooms. After long and boring morning, May suggested that they go hiking in some infamous table like plateau in the afternoon which Mike wholeheartedly agreed to. Preparation for such an endeavor was hatched and at exactly 1400 hours Mike was already knocking at the door of May ready to go hiking despite the heavy clouds lingering in the skies. May responded quickly and opened the door, letting his supposed boyfriend in, after a few minutes they were set to go. After locking the door, May peeped through the next door and called out for someone who acknowledged her presence,
"Utatoka kweli?" May asked
"Hapana, sioni kama ntatoka. Maybe baadae" Joy replied...
"Sasawa, si nikuwachie key roomie wangu akikam umpe please" May inquired
"Sawa" she replied...
"By the way, huyu ni Mike mwenye nlikushow, Mike uyu ni Joy beshte yangu" May said, "Oooh! Sasa?" She greeted
"Poa sana" Mike replied.
They then bade goodbye and stepped out.
They both left the hostel and walked towards their predetermined destination, along the way there were many couple like pairs some going to and others coming from the plateau (I guess it was romantic to go to such places). On reaching their destination Mike had already expressed what he felt for May more than once, they both looked for a cliff like feature so they could observe the underlying features that lied beneath the valley. In half an hours time the weather had completely changed, the rains were ready to pour, this being a plateau there were no structure which could shield anybody from the rains except for a safaricom booster which had a perimeter wall, the only viable option was to cut short the hiking and retreat back to the hostel, on the way the rain caught them both with another pair of couples, they all opted to enter a polythene structure which security personnel used to shield themselves from scorching sun while securing an incomplete water tank, the rain poured on them regardless.
On arrival, they both went straight to the college mess where the were served with a hot cup of tea there after they parted ways everyone went straight to their hostel for change of clothes. Mike narrated the story to his roommates who praised him for getting himself a "girlfriend", after that he remembered he had seen a cute face in that adjacent room, a supernatural charming lady whom they didn't talk much. On the weekend Mike accompanied his "girlfriend" to town where he realised their relationship was merely a name "thing" there was nothing attached to the title.
On arrival back to college, they passed by Mike hostel before they went to May's. On knocking the door a pretty face but sad responded and let them in. Joy was furious and was ready to devour anybody who crosses her lane. A story ensured between May and Joy of a lecturer who had intentionally "lost" Joy's practical tests and wanted to entice her into going to town so they could "meet and talk" which Joy interpreted as foul play. For a while Mike was lost in his thoughts which he decribed as an "indeliberate heart siege".
Mike was falling in Love but he wasn't ready to come to terms with this new realisation, even the thought of it filled his stomach with dozens of uncertainty. He described the idea as a very wanting "Madness". Christmas come knocking, everyone had to go home for Christmas celebration. Two weeks later college had resumed thus everyone was expected back, May and Joy visited Mike's hostel the very day Mike arrived, luckily he had brought with him some of his native delicacies of which he was very happy to share with then and his roommates but unfortunately May protested that she doesn't take such! Joy indulged herself until she was full, they both later retreated back to their hostel.
Few weeks later, things had gone sour between May and Mike. May was a secretive type of a lady with a section of presupposed boyfriends thus conflicting interests started crippling in, May did a text message with a purpose of breaking of her ties to Mike and forwarded it, the text further stated that no explanation will ever sufficiently convey the reasons behind such an undertaking.
It had finally dawned, and the "love" affairs had ceased, lovebirds turned strangers overnight. No more long messages and late long phone calls, no more night strolls, no nothing! Days passed by and long holiday come knocking, everyone went their way... While on holiday Mike and Joy kept in touch and they become close friends,
Research shows that "to fit into a certain group, you ought to have either a boyfriend(s) for girls and girlfriend(s) for boys the number doesn't matter as long as you can manage" not forgetting the rate at which couples break up which was double the rate of "making up". More experienced fellows will tell you "Jinyakulie fresher before aspoil" some comrade could even date girls or boys from other colleges which they described it as an intervarsity relationship.
After consultation Mike decided that he'll not get into a relationship soon with a college girl, that was after his friend Langxy narrated his predicaments of a boyfriend-girlfriend situationship turned sour. He narrated of how his girlfriend would on weekly basis get drunk and spent night at boys hostels in the name coursework assignment sessions. Four years down the line, Mike kept his decision and was amongst the few who in real sense enjoyed campus life, since campuses were certified public heartbreaking institutions.
Mike came to realize later that May ended up Marrying his close friend while Joy who was a silent and dangerously secretive kind of a girl ended up in five different relationship with a pregnancy she could never tell who sired it.
Author: ©Clause
