[Story] THE PAINFUL PLEASURE Episode 8

The Painful Pleasure

EPISODE 8

“Block 2, Room 109, Bed no 9, Upper Bunk.” That was written

on my accommodation slip, meaning; that was the room

allocated to me, Awolowo Hall is so Big that i almost got lost,

looking for ‘Block 2’, but after questioning so many people, i

got to my room. That was when i met ‘Nigga Black’.

‘Nigga Black’, whose real name was Emmanuel was a part 3

student of psychology. Seriously, i have never seen someone

so dark. You cannot see him and not notice his ‘darkness’.

We call him other names like: Albino, Kiwi Ambassador,

Black Maria etc. But he was just dark on the outside, he had

a pure heart. So calm, so gentle, never offended and easy

going.

‘Nigga Black’ took my load from me, and showed me to my

bedspace. I dropped my bed on it and carefully arranged all

my load in the cupboard that was assigned to me. It was

then that he started telling me stuffs about campus and

hostel. He told me the story of ‘Africa’, how he was

murdered in block 8. Fear gripped me, as he told me to calm

down, that the days of cultists where over in OAU.

So many other people started coming in, and here are my

room mates: Nigga Black, Mayowa (A part one student of

CPP), Matthew (A deeper life member, and a Direct Entry

student of Mechanical Engineering), Olu (Final year student

of accounting) Emeka (Final year student of Sociology) and

Abdul (Final year student of Agric Economics)

There were three bunks in the room, Nigga Black had been

in the room since the year before so he just stayed in the

room, squatting with us.

There was a party then called “Anglomoz Party”. (Anglomoz

is a place between Angola (A male hostel mainly for

freshers) , Awolowo and Mozambique Hall where people

(mostly boys and girls) meet to talk) It was organized by

Awolowo hall chairman for all fresh-men. So Mayowa

suggested that we attend the party, then i agreed since

lecture was yet to start. It was a night party

When we got to anglomoz, after we had stayed for about 5

minutes, enjoying the various activities, Someone just

covered my eyes with hands from the back. The last time i

did that ‘rubbish’ was when i was in primary 5. I didn’t know

what to say because i did not even know who it was, though i

have very sensitive sense of smell and i knew that perfume’s

smell was familiar. As i gently removed the hands, and

turned back to see who it was. . .

Who was it? It might not be who you think. Find out in

Episode 9, to be released in a gify.