JUST A LITTLE SIN - Episode 1

I looked at the corpse again for the third time, I said within me that after this time, I wasn’t going to look towards that direction again. she was gone, I will never get to see her cat walk pass me, watch her laugh, roll her eyes and play around in her childish way with boys.

Even though she choosed another over me, I never wished her death not even once. All I prayed and wished for so long was for her relationship with Juru to crash but it never did, instead they grew stronger and stronger by the day.
I heard they break up several times and get back together. I also heard she dated Juru’s friend, Koni who was a real narcissist.
Koni refused to allow her get away. Koni and Juru were at war because of her.

I don’t know what becomes of them again, until a year later that I heard she was very sick and few days after the sick news another news broke out that Dunfi was dead.

Juru outsmarted me, He took the woman for me and turned her into his.
It was actually her choice but Juru rubbed it on my face too much.

I asked Dunfi to be my girlfriend first and she looked at me like I was a leper. I remember her waving her hand in the air trying to pull some annoyingly attitude in my front.
I was patiently waiting to see what her answer will be.
She rolled her eyes, curved her mouth before turning her head like a clown.
She must have thought that she was more beautiful with such act but she was rather looking like Zaza, our village crazy lady.
Dunfi was acting as if whatever I said was annoying and she was obviously making it seems I have a bad odour which she was trying to dodge.

No doubt, she was beautiful and very playful too. I liked her alot and it took me alot of time to muster courage to ask her out for a relationship after school that day, we were both seniors and alot of our class mates already has either girlfriend or boyfriend. I see no reason why mine should be any different.
Dunfi after her long display, told me that day she will think about my request and get back to me.

After two days, I try to remind her but she shunned me and said I shouldn’t bother her, she told me that she will think about it so I should stop pestering her and wait for her answer whenever she was ready to give me a feedback.

I decided not to bother her like she wanted, I wait with hope that she will agree to be my girlfriend.

A week passed my patience was begining to run out. Two weeks later I approached Dunfi to really know why the “thinking” was taking so long.
When she promised to think about my request, I thought it was going to be a day or two but is already two weeks and Dunfi is yet to get back to me.

When she saw me coming, she walked away and kept avoiding me untill we finally ran into each other.

“I can’t be your girlfriend now Tomasi, maybe later but not now because Juru recently asked me out and I have agreed to be his girlfriend. But you can still wait until I and Juru breaks up. By then I may accept to be your girlfriend but is still under probability, I may end up getting somebody better than Juru…so pray hard Tomasi and quit bothering me please…”

“Dunfi, but I asked you out first before Juru did, why did you..” I was still talking when she interrupted with a long hiss and started walking away.
She suddenly turned, walked back to me and said with mischievous smile on her face.
“I can choose anybody I want to date, Juru is my choice not you. If you care to know why you’re not my type, is because your breath stinks, you’re not smart, you’re not really good looking to my standard and you’re not even brilliant like Juru. You look unkempt and your name sounds very local. No beautuful, sensible lady in this school or outside the school will want to date somebody like you. You should be happy that I’m still considering you, which may even be impossible. I don’t move with your kind. I mingle with big boys…”

Just then she saw Juru coming from afar, she gave me another pathetic look before running to meet Juru.

I went in search for my best friend Larry, I asked him if my mouth smells after narrating my ordeal with Dunfi to him, Larry said no, that my breath does not smell except on few occasions.

I told Larry not to be afraid to tell me all the things that are wrong with me so that I can change them for good. I spoke very close to him maybe he will dictate the mouth odour.
I know Larry is very blunt, he will tell me the truth

“I can’t be afraid of you Tom, I still beat you to a fight yesterday. there’s nothing scary or intimidating about you? Larry said chuckling.

“Larry, about the fight I only allowed you to win because is more fun that way. you can’t beat me to a fight if I really mean to fight, deep down you know that is true. What I meant in my first statement is that do not think that whatever you say now will offend me because it won’t. go ahead and tell me the truth no matter how bitter it maybe..” I replied sounding very serious.

“I don’t care if you’re deliberately letting me win the fight, all that matters is that I still beat you. I have told you before to stop eating that thing your mother use to sell.The only time your mouth smells is whenever you eat that your mother’s corn mixed cake. You used to bring some to school which you eat during break or while in the class. I know you like the snacks and use to offer me some but that thing smells badly after eating it. The first time I ate it, my mouth was smelling like a dead rat. If you can stop eating it, you will be fine, maybe Dunfi will consider you..”

That was how I stopped eating my favorite snacks which was well prepared by my mother.
I told my mother when she queried me that the snacks suddenly began to purge me, it was upsetting my stomach and I no longer likes it.
She doubted but didn’t push further.

Dunfi will walk pass me with her friends they will began to laugh at me.
I even try to talk close to her so that she will see that my breath is cleared but nothing I do works.

Juru walked up to me one day, only to let me know that I’m a nobody and can never measure up to his dog at home. He said dogs eat bones not the real meat, so I should rather wait for some crumbs than fighting to have the main meat because such will never come to past.

I was very angry, I wanted to do something bad to Juru for saying such. I wanted to harm him but I couldn’t come up with anything.

If I get caught, my life will be worst than it was already.

After a year I heard that Dunfi died mysteriously and we her classmates were asked to pay a visit.

Very few of us came to pay our last respect.
As we matched round the coffin, where she lay I saw something.
when I was about looking away something caught my attention as she lay helplessly inside the wooden coffin, there was a finger mark and a small dot tattoo right on her neck, it looks fade but I’m very observant.

I looked at Juru, he was standing close to a wall with his friend, He was neither sad nor happy as they talk in a whisper.
His narcissist, bully of a friend Koni did not come.

I looked back at the tattooed mark on Dunfi’s neck again and knew who was behind her death.
Since I have discovered this mystery, I knew it was time for confrontation which I was ready and eager to do.
I was angrily staring at Dunfi, she really looks helpless. She choosed the big boys over me but even at that I will never wish her death.
We were only six boys and two of her girlfriends, ex classmates that came.
I hated the sight of her in there and it boils down in my marrows
Her beauty was almost fading off, her eyes were closed.
I waited with Juru and two other boys as she was lowered to the earth.

This is the time they will all know that the quiet Tomasi can be dangerous.

My next stop was a fight, I wasn’t going to lay low and pretend like I don’t know who was behind Dunfi’s mysterious death.
I saw the sign, I know who it was and I won’t keep quiet over it.

This was how it all began.