Hiding Love in My Mother’s Cupboard

It's the season of love, and for this community, they want us to tell our love story, hehehe. There are some of my love stories that, when I remember them, I just laugh so hard at my childish behavior all for love, but I won't be disclosing that one so that @afrikens won't use it against me in the city. 😌

But then, I loved Ugoo; it was love at first crush 🤦. Naturally, I love handsome guys , you won't blame me , would you ? Lol, and then when the guy gets character and he is nice, kind, and God-fearing, the love drives me so crazy because what a combo! Lolz.

I only travel to my aunt's house for a holiday. Behold, the landlord was celebrating a huge funeral ceremony that made all his children return from different states. Ugoo returned and saw me; he was so crazily in love immediately. I too was in love 😀 and couldn't hide it. He kept following me up and down, even in the backyard, to profess his love for me…lol.

When he couldn't hide it any longer, he came to talk to my aunt and her husband, and made his intention known, so it became official. Wow, we stopped hiding and could explore the whole city gisting and hugging, lol. Before I could say Jack, Ugoo said he wants to marry me. What? Just like that. I was done with my holiday in my aunt's house and travelled back to the village.

Ugoo, with her sister, traced my village and came to see my parents. My mom welcomed them but wasn't in support of the marriage request . I was still too tender and so naive and barely understood what marriage was all about. I was just in my early secondary school days then, while Ugoo was in the university.

He didn't hesitate to buy me a phone for a better communication with him while he is away. He was the first guy that made me touch a phone in the first place, but guess what? Mum didn't know about the phone. I was hiding it like a criminal 🤣. Every morning Ugoo will send me love messages, and I will reply back. I will just be hiding in my mom's cupboard like a tick coakroach and pressing the phone, smiling like, "What I don't know." ..lol

One day my big brother caught me with the phone; the rest was history...till date, I haven't touched the phone anymore. It was a severe discipline I received from my parents then. That was how I stopped communicating with my first crush for many years until I got another phone from my parents. I traced him on Facebook, and we continued but not too close like before.

My parents had their reason for cutting off the relationship, and I danced to their tunes. I only imagined and dreamed of our love, our ice cream outing, and more. I won't say more than this to avoid some persons coming after Nkem lol.

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