07. The GoodLuck Charm

He was just a little taller than her but he was slimmer. Blessing had more flesh than he did.  Even so, by the pose they struck up now, he looked like a big brother, patting the head of a sister despite  he was the one who lost his parents and not her.

"Geez, Bles... I'm the one mourning here. Why you so much of a crybaby?" Lekan chided.

Blessing did not say a word or two about that. Rather than protest the words, she snuggled in closer to him, wrapping her hands around his body and tighter like she was not ever going to let go of him. It had been a while and true to her words, she really missed him.

Lekan himself could not bear to bring himself to deny her of the hug that she was engaging in. After all, he himself could tell that he was beginning to get used to her presence now, after being gone for as long for so long.

He schooled in a boarding school while his friend attended a close by school. She was a day student and the only time when they did get to see , usually, was when he came back around for the holidays. Or when Blessing had decided to be so stubborn that she followed up with his parents on the day of his monthly visitation day in school. Only then did he get to see her and so, it was only logical that he would begin to long after her now.

He inhaled her scent.

She was a stickler for feminine perfumes and scents. The cornrows on her head, black in color and large. She was also fair complexioned and had round, firm but robust cheeks. Her chest was full and laden with succulent boobs beneath the magenta toned gown she had on. On her feet, a pair of black gladiator sandals while a little waist bag of the color of black was strapped to her waist. It hung a little by the abdomen.

"Yes... Yes... That's enough. Uhmmm..." Lekan said, gently pushing her off his body but the young miss did not seem to like the idea. With each push, she snuggled in close, until it quickly degenerated into a struggle between the two of them.

Struggling, Lekan was able to pull her into the room and used his leg to shut the door behind him. As soon as he did that, Blessing snuggled in closer now, seizing the moment until her hands were clad tightly behind his back and her eyes staring into his. She was only shorter by a head length of Lekan but still,, she was staring into his face.

Lekan exhaled, taken aback by the way she looked at him. And as soon as that happened, she tiptoed, bringing her face closer to his, licking her lips.

At this instance, time seemed to slow down as the two of them stared into each other, Blessing daring Lekan to continue and Lekan being dumbfounded on what was going on exactly.

"Urrhhhh..." Lekan cooed.

"Heheh!" Blessing chuckled now and then pulled away from him. "I am sorry. I have just missed you so much. And when I heard you were refusing to come out, I was really worried." She said and then turned around, walking to the edge of the bed.

Once she was there, she let herself down into it, tapping the sides of the bed with both hands as she cleared her throat. She shook her head also, letting the strands of the cornrows sway from over her shoulders, to her back.

"I... I'm okay." Lekan exhaled, sliding down against the door till he reached the ground. Once he reached the ground, he put his hands to the side of him, one knee bent upwards while the other leg, the right leg being stretched out long on the ground.  "I am fine. I just... I j-just didnt... I wanted to get myself. And the house is not so conducive for that to happen right now."

Blessing frowned her eyes now as she took a cursory look around the room. "Your room is neater than most days today... Wait, what did you say?" She said, widening her eyes at him.

Lekan shook his head, facepalming now. "I didnt say anything."  He lied.

"I am not deaf, okay?" Blessing looked at him sternly. "You said something. I just did not catch it, kay?"

"Well..." Lekan shrugged. "If you were listening then, you would know what I said. Instead, you were first inspecting my rom. Look, this is not your room okay? And i can do it anyhow I like, right? " He said.

'You are deviating, young man." Blessing emphasized, looking at Lekan with a hand on her left hip. Blessing pouted, eyebrows arched with her arms folded, showing off total defiance in her pose. She gave him the look that she was not buying any bullshit while looking unavoidably cute.

"Agh! Fine!" Lekan splayed his fingers, looking down. He put his left hand atop the knee of his left and then let his head hang down over his shoulders. "I said that I am not digging this place, okay? I don't think I like it, especially now that my Uncle Desmond is the one who was assigned to be my guardian."

"Oh!" Blessing sighed. "So, does that mean that you..." She shrugged her shoulders now. "Why does he have to your guardian? I don't think he is the best one for that. He is.. You know,... Not that I am trying to be rude but he is too self centered."

"Tell me what I dont know." Lekan sighed. "And to top it all, my parents only willed me a stupid ring. All of everything has to pass through the hands of Uncle Desmond." Lekan whined.

"What ring? I bet the ring must cost a lot on the market, right?" Blessing joked out.

But upon seeing the direction of Lekan's hand to the position of the ring, the smile on her face died out. She could not process it now. What parent would will their child an obstinate thing like that? It did not make sense to her, especially when the parents of such a child were really rich.

"Maybe it is something like a family loom. Something to help you along your stuff in life. A good luck charm or something like that." Blessing said.

Lekan shook his head, looking at her even as a weak chuckled escaped his lips. Blessing really did not know how to admit that things were bad. She would often try to find out what good could come out of a worse situation. And right now, she was dong the same thing again. Unless that in this case, there was no reason enough to back up her optimism. It was a useless case and she had to see for herself.

"I bet that it has a note, telling you on how to use it." Blessing said, looking to the shelf where the ring was.

"Sure, miss. Knock yourself out. The note is there." Lekan gestured to the shelf once again.

Blessing nodded her head, standing up from the bed. As she did, a tinge of indecision flashed across her face, before she was able to get herself moving. She took brisk steps, walking to the shelf and then picking up the piece of paper from beneath the ring.

Holding it to her face, she read out the line on it, only for worry lines to pop out all over. "I don't get this. Is this some kind of joke?"

"I thought you said, it is a good luck charm?" Lekan laughed.