15__ The unwelcomed end of the contract.
The sun is shining bright today with lots of noises filling the surrounding, everyone is up and down, students were busy preparing themselves for the party as it was just two hours to the beginning of the mimes and dances. Everyone's mind was on the party right now except for one person.
A young man in his teens was standing at the canteen as usual getting escorts for Habibah's breakfast and after getting them he headed straight towards the girls wing.
Kevan was now used to this job and it was no longer tiresome as it was the second month doing it. It became a child's play when he had money for her needs.
"Hey, wake up I brought you breakfast" those were his words whenever he brought her breakfast, she was always in bed but whenever she heard him say those words out, she used to at least turn back and pick them up but this time she did not move an inch of her body. Was she kidding right now! Ken was wondering.
"Hello, don't you feel like eating today?" I tried to make sure that it was fine if she did not eat, it should not be my problem but I felt something was wrong, she again did not reply me back yet she was in her bed. What's wrong with her!
I stretched out my hand to shake her up but thinking twice of what will happen if I touched her, what if someone finds me what will they think. So I stopped, still thinking throw what should I do, go tell Momo to help Habibah have her breakfast. It was a cool idea though.
Turning around I found Momo standing by the door.
'Was she standing there all along or she has just arrived?' I couldn't help but wonder what if she found me touching Habibah!
"She is ill, I also don't know what happened but from the breakfast you brought her yesterday, she ate nothing else and yesterday's lunch is all under her bed" Momo was worried about her.
"I've been looking for you every where but I couldn't enter your dormitory and you dorm mates are also afraid of calling you out so I gave up on the thought and I decided to wait for you here since yesterday." She continued now sitting on Habibah's bed putting her palm on her forehead to check her temperature still wearing a worried look on her face.
She was sick since yesterday and I knew nothing, did I want to live in jail from now on? I was wondering why she said nothing this time.
"Did she get some medication? "I asked Momo and she shook her head in disagreement.
"Get her dressed and we take her to the nurse" I decided to wait outside.
"Wait" a very tired voice came from Habibah, I really hated her but I don't know whenever I heard a sweet voice calling for me, I couldn't help but always turn to her and meet her pure white milk baked eyes, I never knew what they were saying because I never minded knowing either. Besides the hatred towards this beauty, sometimes I didn't blame boys calling me lucky taking care of such a perfect principle of art.
"I want to talk to you...alone." hearing what Habibah just said, Momo hesitated for a moment before leaving the two inside.
"How long have you been sick? " this girl was my responsibility in this term and it was already the mid of the term, I had to end this in order to enjoy myself next term. I never thought of having a good report from from the stuff because some of the teachers never knew who I was because I used to miss classes. I guess what they only knew was hearing my name from the news read by the information perfect on every assembly. I failed to understand why those guys were a pain in the ass too. Turning to Habibah who seemed to have no reply of my question I asked her again the same question this time approaching her.
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"How long have you been sick?" I was not that patient to ask for something twice.
"Its none of your business. " she replied simply but looking directly in his face which was just emotionless as usual. 'This guy really cared less though he showed care out of order' She sighed.
"Oh really!" Ken showed a wicked smile.
"I don't want your company anymore, i'm tired of your presence anymore and I feel like your so boring
"To be honest, this was what I was waiting for, I wanted these words to come out no where and bring freedom to my heart but I never thought that my nowhere will be Habibah mouth. I even felt nothing like freedom in my heart and I trusted my heart most so this meant that it looked nothing like freedom but jail if news of her being sick went outside.
"What the hell! You think you will just tell me to piss off and I do it. Don't you think that just because I take care of you makes me be your pet too. Cant you see the situation you are in right now? Do you have any idea of what will happen to me when your dad knows that your sick?" this girl really had no emotions, she wanted to get sick, call her dad and then get me arrested for not taking care of her. She was so cruel!
"Don't be so surprised dude! I mean what else did you expect from me, don't tell me that you thought I care about a useless crap like you. Your thinking highly of yourself but still just do as I said, I help you will tell dad that you did well your job and it has nothing to do with you" she said and then lied back on the bed.
Ken walked to her bed and stood right in front of her "if it was you who made a deal with me, I would not hesitate a bit, but since it was your father not you, you just have to wait till he tells me to stop my job crazy fool" grabbing her by the arm, he dragged her outside her dormitory.
She was still wearing her night gown but I cared less since it turned out to be her daily bread, she doesn't care if her dad arrests me so why do I need to care anyway.
Students started pointing at our direction as Habibah was struggling to let go off her hand but she was so weak despite her not giving up at all.
Dragging her inside the school clinic, some students were still on the line to get some pills but on seeing Ken's mad face, everyone recognized it and stepped out of the line eventually.
With no doubt, no one wanted to mess with a mad guy like him right now. A guy who was not afraid if who you are though how powerful you are, he always had ways of defeats and revenge. What makes you mess with the person holding Shab's hand forcefully not allowing her get dressed in her casual wears but still wearing her night gown.
"How can I help you? " the nurse rushed to Ken as she had heard the news of him and Rocky. She was in worry of him.
"She is sick, I want you to help her out, give her the dose and then we shall leave, I want it now." Ken was so pissed so the nurse did not hesitate a bit and took blood samples from Habibah and after knowing what had happened to her, she rushed outside finding who stood showing his back to her.
Approaching him, she coughed making her presence recognised.
"She is fine just she is so stressed and tired. She seems to have not eaten a lot so u just need to help her eat something. She said she lacks sleep so u can give her some sleeping pills too" After handing me some sleeping pills, I thanked her and left to pick Habibah from the clinic.
I found murmurings in the room but just with my presence noticed, it was a dead silence with eyes on me. How I hated that kind of recognition!
"Come and we go" I told Habibah gesturing her my hand.
She looked at Ken's hand which had grabbed her roughly recently and really lost the appetite of holding it so she stood up and walked passed him.
Reaching the girls dormitory, Habibah went directly to her bed making her back face Ken.
"I wont apologise for holding you roughly recently if it is wat you think. I owe you an apology for talking to me like that. See this as me being nice asking for an apology after you being so rude, next time make sure to be no next time anyway!" He had a polite tone but none if his words was polite.
'I expected nothing much' I wanted to say it out but I really hated talking to this guy who lacked manners. It will serve him right talking to me when am quiet.
"Here, take something to eat when am still around or else I will feed you with my rough hands, you won't be surprised anyway." he continued with his emotionless voice. He really did not care about who you are! Did he want to leave. Taking me out of the dorm with me wearing my night gown. Students looked at my short night gown with their deadly eyes as if they wanted to eat me unboiled if I was food. Thinking about his strong hold of his hand, I decided to help my self eat something.
Turning around, I picked two pieces of bread plus a bottle of water. Making me eat by force was the worst thing I never thought of happening to me. Be it my dad, if I felt like I don't want something so be it. I was wondering why this guy was acting so brave to mess with me!
Finishing the second piece, I wanted him to leave but instead he picked the other two pieces of bread, smearing butter on them before he handed them to me.
"I know you are good at eating, you used to eat a loaf of bread alone just for breakfast now you are just disappointing me with only two pieces, there is no need of being shy now. Have these too" He was being so rude telling me how I could finish a loaf of bread and alone yet on breakfast only.
Its true that I used to ask for bread every new day bur I used to share it with my roommates. Who can finish a loaf of bread just on breakfast. Was he trying to abuse me? But still I had to eat them too but during that process, this guy was putting butter on another two pieces of bread.
'Wait, is he making me eat another pieces of bread, he would kill me for sure."
"Relax this is mine, the bell for the beginning of the party is rang, you take some sleep pills and have some sleep, am busy to help you make more bread anyway but you can have these two, see it as an apology for pulling u like a trash can recently." he left me inside the room after calling me a trash can, you really called me that!
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