#MY_LOQUACIOUS_ROOM_MATE
Back in my undergraduate days. I had a loquacious room mate.
I did late registration for some unforseen circumstances and so accomodations were hard to come by.
I sought a way to find a place where I can keep my things and lay my head.
I laboured from morning till night and had to leave my bags with the security.
I slept in the class for four days before I met my loquacious room mate.
The room in question was for 64k a year back then. The guy was like I’ll give him 40k so I can move in immediately 🙄
So I said let me see the room first. Lo and behold! He had a mat, 2 measure of garri, a pair of bucket, no cooking utensils etc.
I was just looking at him weird. Bros, how you de take chop? I asked.
Na free lancer I be! Anywhere night catch bird na there e de sleep 😴
Shoo, so wetin you want take 40k do na 😃 make we use the money arrange the room na!
Guy make you de bounce de go! Arrange room Kii you there 🙄
Okay! If I arrange you no go use my things abi? Wetin dat one come mean? No be guys we be? Sharing na our calling. He threw carelessly 🙄
Ok, I go give you 28k, then arrange the room make e set like say we be human beings at least😃
The guy eyed me 😏 you get bad mouth but I go manage you because e look like say you get sense small he responded 🙄
Las las I give am 20k he grudgingly accepted but the room needed serious fixing.
In four days time the room was set.
I was studying Accounting and my roommate was studying banking and finance.
It was not up to a week, I became tired. Our room became a feasting ground for his uncountable girls.
Some ate and slept on the bed as if na their room. There was no privacy again.
The height of it all was when I met the ladies sharing my food stuffs and confronted them only to be told I’m a begger squatting with a big boy so I should behave before I’m thrown out. 🙆
…. To be continued
©️Austine T T Jnr ✍️
