The Picnic - Episode 5

 

Duro sat on a couch topless with a case file in hand reading from it when the thought of Rukky crossed his mind.  He remembered the first encounter then he wondered why she had a bad timing. He was already feeling guilty. 
There was a knock on the door. Duro walked to the door looking into the peephole only to see his ex-girlfriend Agnes . Duro hissed then opened the door.
 "What are you doing here?" He asked and she barged in smiling. Duro closed the door looking up at the ceiling hoping to escape whatever she might have up her sleeves.
"What other reason could have possibly brought me here?" She turned to him giving him a flirty look. "Duro I heard you're in town and baby since you left, you didn't even put a call through to me"
"Agnes we broke up"
"Did we Duro? Did we?" She asked rubbing her hands on his bare chest. "Agnes" he groaned, "Let's not play dumb baby, I missed you like crazy, I miss your lips, your body. You're the only one that has the keys to unlock all of my desires" Agnes mo*ned kissing Duro on the lip. 
She immediately got hold of his trousers. "I don't need foreplays, I want to feel you in me"
"There's no way I'm going down that road with you"
"Why? Because there's no protection?" She asked removing condoms from her bag. "I came prepared"
"Jesus, Agnes!" He yelled pushing the c*ndoms away. "Come on Duro! What happened to us, we used to have great s*x. I want a man I can spend my life with and you're that man"
"I'm sorry Agnes, I'm sure you'll find that guy, but I'm not him." He advised and Agnes scoffed overwhelmed with shame then headed for the door where she saw Efe walk in.
"Agnes" he called out, "Mtchew" she hissed walking out the door. 
Duro shot a glare at him, "Duro wait o, of all people, Agnes?" He asked in disgust.
 "You should be the last person telling me that crap. Of all girls, you chose my sister"
"That's why I'm here"
"Couldn't you knock?"
"The door was opened. So you and Agnes are..." He added in curiousity. "Nothing happened"
"You have lipstick on your lips" Efe pointed out and he cleaned it off. "We kissed okay?" Duro explained and Efe picked up the c*ndoms. 
"That belongs to Agnes and I don't owe you any explanation"
"Agnes never change, she still dey wahala you"
"I taya oh" he replied unconsciously. "What are you doing here?" He added shortly with a frown.
"Remember Dunni's 20th birthday when Debby and I broke up and I didn't attend Dunni's party. Remember you brought her over to my place that night"
"And she screamed at you for not coming" Duro continued laughing in reminiscence. "She even forgot that I was older than her"
"When you left us alone, Dunni and I talked, I poured out my heart to her. The things she said were so mature; that was the day I started developing feelings towards her"
"I don't want to hear this"
"Hear me out. I couldn't tell you, I knew you would be disappointed. I did all I could, I pulled away from her, I stopped working at the hotel, remember when you asked me the reasons for my unstable behavior?"
Duro looked down then back at him. Things finally made sense to him. "I swear, it wasn't intended" he  added with his hands clapsed together.
"Feel free to punch me again, I'll be totally fine with it. I want my best friend back"
After a brief silence, Duro agreed. "Does that mean we're cool?" He asked, "Yes, on one condition"
"And what would that be?"
"Do you have a way of reaching that kerwe girl?"
"Sure, but why na?"

Maimuna stomped her feet in anxiety in the sitting room while waiting for Ugo to come back since he didn't spend the night at the house the previous day and it was night time already. 
Ugo then entered taking off his shoes. "Madam" he said as an alternative to greet her and Muna looked away still stomping her feet. "Where did you spend the night?" She asked, "Haba Muna! How that one take concern you?"
"Oh? For crying out loud Ugo, we live together and I left the freaking door opened, endangering myself and the best you can say is 'how that one take concern me' how e no go take concern you!"
"Matron abeg no vex ehn" he apologized almost leaving when Muna chipped in, "So I saw you with a kid yesterday" she paused giggling. 
"How old is she? 18 or 19"
"Were you going to replace me with her?" She asked moving closer to him. "Which time you turn to monitor"
"Come on Ugo, you're a studio engineer in Lite fm and my cousin works there"
"Kazeem is no gossip"
"I saw you two personally. But I bet if she can do the things I can do" Muna said seductively and after a moment in thought, Ugo kissed Muna and she responded victoriously, the next minute they were in Ugo's room; lips fused, tongues sliding in and out in a demanding reflex.
In between the surges of desires and lust, Ugo stopped the kiss staring at Muna whose eyes were closed. "Ehya" he blurted out, busting into laughter.
 Muna opened her eyes, she didn't understand what was going on. "E dey itch shea?" He asked referring to her s*xual urge.
 "I already told you that I, Ugochukwu will not satisfy your s*xual itch"
"Ugo, I dare you to refuse me"
"Leave my room" Ugo demanded and Muna's mouth opened taken by surprise at his audacity. "Fine, you can have the room to yourself" he added leaving.

At some minutes past the hour of twelve in  the midnight, rukky's phone rang. She stretched her hands with her eyes still close to look for the phone then she picked it placing it on her ear. "Hello" she heard a familiar voice say, this was enough to wake her up. She knew the voice, it was Duro's.
"Were you sleeping?" He asked, "Actually Mr. Daniels, normal people sleep at this hour of the day"
"How did you know it was me?"
"Let's cut to the chase Sir, why would you call me at this ungodly hour"
"Wait, people still use such words as ungodly hour?" He asked laughing, "Seriously?" She asked, "I'm sorry, I couldn't sleep. I was going to call you tomorrow but the guilt was killing me and I'm deterministic in nature; I don't stop until I get what I want"
"So why are you telling me now?"
"Cause....." Duro stalled in thought. "First, who gave you my number?"
"I won't reveal my source" he replied chuckling. 
"You know I was thinking of the times we've met and I realize that I've been a ..."
"A d*ck?" Rukky interrupted, "Not exactly" Duro cleared his throat. "A big d*ck" she added and he laughed reading a different meaning to her reply. "You just said a big d*ck"
"I realize" she said trying to keep a straight face. 
"You're too serious! Loosen up a bit"
"So you called me to tell me me loosen up, I don't loosen up around arrogant persons"
"I'm sorry about that okay? Geez! You must be a kind that keep grudges" he assumed and she kept quiet, she couldn't deny it. "I was thinking of making up for how rude I've been on a date with you so... what do you think?" He asked and Rukky scoffed.
"You have guts oh, I have to hand that to you"
"Is that a yes?"
"That's a flat no coming from me. You think it would be that easy shea? Oga sleep, other people want to sleep too" Rukky hung up then turned the phone off.