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2024-10-29 19:42:56Ibukun looked at her room as she ran her hands through her hair for the hundredth time. It was still early on Saturday morning but Ibukun’s always neat and tidy room was in a mess. Clothes were scattered on top of each other, some were on the floor, a lot more on the floor.
Ibukun groaned as she threw her head backwards. Why couldn’t she just find the perfect cloth to wear? The door opened and Tosinmile stepped inside the room.
“Christ Jesus, what happened in here?” Tosinmile asked and Ibukun turned to her with a pout.
“I can’t find a cloth for my meeting with Lashe” Ibukun replied and Tosinmile burst into laughter.
“You can’t find a cloth to wear from this huge wardrobe?” Tosinmile asked in horror and Ibukun rolled her eyes.
“I am meeting with Lashe so I have to look my best. We might even take a selfie” Ibukun replied as a smile blossomed on her lips.
“So you scattered and turned your room upside down. Nice one Ibukun. If mommy sees your room li
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Ibukun didn’t know the magic Lashe worked on her, she felt extremely comfortable with him and talked more comfortably with him. It was more like they were old friends who met up to talk.“I’ll be honest with you. I was sincerely overwhelmed when I saw the interview you did” Lashe said and chuckled.“I felt like my music career did have a purpose when I watched you talk. Thank you. thank you so much” Lashe said and Ibukun nodded with a pout.“I just answered her questions. I did nothing more than that” Ibukun replied and Lashe chuckled.“I’m a person of few words that’s why I don’t know how to express myself but I am really, really, really grateful. Your interview helped me secure a contract I didn’t even think I was gonna get” Lashe said and Ibukun’s eyes sparkled.“Really?” Ibukun asked and Lashe nodded.“Yeah” Lashe replied with a smile.Ibukun already knew long ago that Lashe was not a person of many words. The way he spoke to his fans, h
STARS IN THE NIGHT SKY NINETEEN
Tolu yawned again as she glanced at the noisy hall. Just what did the student union want to say to them to gather all the 100 level students together. She hissed again making her roommate to glare at her.“What’s wrong with you?” she asked and Tolu sighed.“Why did these people gather us here nah? I feel like my eardrums are going to burst any moment from now from the noise” Tolu replied as her other friend nudged her in the elbow.“It’s probably something important” she said as silence suddenly overtook the hall. Tolu looked around and noticed that just a few more students had walked into the hall and they were members of the student union.“Why is everyone quiet?” Tolu asked and her two friends looked at her like she had grown tow heads.“Mary and Rebecca, don’t look at me like that” Tolu said and Rebecca scoffed.“I wonder if you really attend this school” Rebecca replied and Mary laughed.“Those guys that just entered at the main people
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Ibukun turned over in her bed as she replied Lashe’s text. That had been her routine for the past one week. She rushed home and chatted with Lashe all night long. The first time they chatted into the night was the day they met. She had thanked him for the pictures and ended up talking more.None of them realized that it was already past one am until Lashe claimed that he wanted to check the 10’0 clock news and was flabbergasted to see that it was already past one am.Both of them had forced each other to sleep that day and that was how it started. The long calls, hours texting and video calling.Ibukun burst into laughter seeing the emoji Lashe sent in reply to her message. She had discovered that Lashe could talk as much as he wanted as long as he found the right partner and he was comfortable with them.Ibukun’s door opened and Tosinmile strode in to catch a silly smile on Ibukun’s face. She chuckled before kicking Ibukun who was about to make a voice note.
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Tolu wanted to curse as she followed Demola into the restaurant. She adjusted her face cap to hide her face and kept her eyes down as they walked in but since it was Demola she had followed; she was bound to attract attention.She watched as people started greeting him while he offered them small smiles, handshakes and brief hugs. She soon noticed everyone staring at her and she pursed her lips as Demola led them to a table.“How does it feel to be the centre of attention when you are actually hiding?” Demola asked with a smile while Tolu glared at him from behind her sun glasses. She was about to say something when a girl walked towards them. she was clad in rather short skirt and a blouse that revealed too much than covering her body.“Hey Demola, what’s up?” she asked as Demola turned to her with a smile.“You are here?” Demola asked and the girl nodded.“You haven’t eaten here before. You don’t like eating outside, what are you doing here?” she aske
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Ibukun collected the ice cream from Lashe as they both sat down on the grass. Ibukun watched as Lashe licked his one ice cream. She chewed on her lower lip as she licked hers. She suddenly wished she was the ice cream and her eyes widened in horror.What the hell was she wishing?Lashe turned to Ibukun to see her eyes widening as she stared into space. He reached over and knocked her head as usual before leaning across her.“What are you staring at again?” Lashe asked and as Ibukun was about to reply, she noticed how near Lashe’s face was to hers. She swallowed her saliva while shaking her head.“Nothing. I’m watching a Korean movie so I kinda realized something that was going to happen in the movie” Ibukun replied and Lashe nodded as he continued licking his ice cream.“You are so lucky. You get to do whatever you like” Lashe whined as his laid his back on the grass, his hands behind his head.“You even haven’t had your usual live fan meet. It’s
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Ibukun scrolled through her phone checking through the pictures she and Lashe had taken. Her eyes were glued to Lashe’s smiling face and his gorgeous smile. A small smile wore its way to her face before her phone got snatched away from her. Ibukun stood up and saw Nifemi and Tosinmile grinning at her.Forgetting that there were things that couldn’t be seen on her phone, she jumped on Nifemi and hugged her.“Sister Nifemi, when did you come back? It’s still late October, what are you doing at home?” Ibukun asked as she skilfully pried her phone away from her hands.Nifemi scoffed at her sister showing a pained face “Do you want to see me at home?” Nifemi asked and Ibukun chuckled as they sat down on her bed.“I didn’t say that” Ibukun said as she pushed her phone under her pillow.“I left a particular assignment at home, so I came to pick it up” Nifemi said and Ibukun chuckled.“You could have called and mom would have sent her driver to give you a
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Fikayo scoffed as she glared at the class captain who ignored her as he arranged his note.“Boye, I am talking to you. why did you have to pair me with Aaron? Blessing or Ibukun has always been my partner so what is this about?” Fikayo asked fiercely as the handsome looking boy in her front dropped his notes with a bang and turned to Fikayo.“And what part of I didn’t compile the list don’t you understand Fikayo? Mrs Adedipe made the list, my job was just to paste it. Why the hell are you taking out your anger on me? Are you okay at all? If you have a problem, why don’t you go see her in her office?” Boye asked angrily and Fikayo found herself tongue-tied.“I have enough headaches to deal with, you sincerely shouldn’t add to it” Boye added as he walked out of the class with the notes in his hands.Fikayo scoffed as she rolled her eyes before walking back to her seat. She slumped on her chair before stomping her legs on the floor startling a few students.
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“Lashe please can you lend me your phone?” Tolu asked as Lashe passed his phone to her as he continued checking through one of his notes. He was cross checking for his answers in the just finished tests.Tolu blinked her eyes as she looked at the lock screen wallpaper. it was a GIF wallpaper of Ibukun trying to wink. She turned to Lashe.“Ibukun is your wallpaper?” she asked as Lashe turned to her.“Huh?” Lashe asked and Tolu waved his phone in front of him.“The password bah?” he asked as he placed his finger on the screen and verified the fingerprint and the phone unlocked while Lashe returned back to his notes leaving Tolu who sighed and turned to his phone only to freeze again.It was a picture a pair of legs, the owner of the legs was wearing a pair of sneakers and he or she stuck her legs upwards. To anyone else, it would have been a random picture but Tolu recognised the pair of legs even before she recognised the pair of sneakers.Tolu tur
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Fikayo swallowed her saliva as the body guards led them to a room. Ibukun instantly walked towards her friends and wore an apologetic smile.“I’m sorry I didn’t tell you guys” Ibukun said slowly as Lashe walked up to them.“Hello, you are Fikayo and you are Blessing right?” Lashe asked as Fikayo looked at him in surprise.“You know us?” Fikayo asked in shock and Lashe laughed.“Don’t you think it’s weird if I don’t know my girlfriend’s friends?” Lashe asked and Blessing chuckled.“It’s really hard to believe this” Blessing said and Ibukun smiled.“I’m sorry ehn. Have you forgiven me?” Ibukun asked as Fikayo sighed.“It all makes sense now. How you were unresponsive when your idol got a girlfriend. Your mood when his grandma was ill and died. It all makes sense now” Fikayo said as she turned to Lashe.“Welcome to the geng Lashe” Fikayo said as she punched his shoulder playfully while Blessing and Ibukun looked at her in surprise.
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Ibukun felt her phone vibrate in her pockets and she quickly brought it out. She stood up and walked away from the girls as she picked the call.“Hello babe” Lashe’s voice drifted through the phone to Ibukun’s ears and Ibukun felt herself getting chilled as his all of a sudden sensual voice.“Hey” Ibukun said softly.“You reached already?” Lashe asked and Ibukun could hear him shuffling around and the background voices of the staff that took of him whenever he had concerts.“Yup. Already seated, Fikayo and Blessing is with me” Ibukun replied as she heard the makeup artist voice telling Lashe to adjust his head.“Okay. The concert will start soon” Lashe said and Ibukun nodded.“See you on the stage” Ibukun said with a short laugh.“Roger that milady. I love you” Lashe replied.“I love you too” Ibukun said as she hung up the phone and walked back to her seat and sat down.“Was that your boyfriend?” Blessing asked and Ibukun nodded
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Ibukun adjusted her hold on her school bag handle as she walked alongside her two friends as Fikayo started talking.“I think Lashe has juju” Fikayo said and Ibukun turned to her as she burst into laughter.“Juju? Fikayo you are crazy” Ibukun said and Blessing burst into laughter.“Why?” Blessing asked.“How did he know that we were finishing his exam today and arranged his concert to be today?” Fikayo asked and Ibukun scoffed.“Didn’t you know that DUL finished their exams the day before yesterday? Girl you are seriously over thinking” Ibukun replied as Fikayo pursed her lips.“Fikayo said Lashe is using juju o” Blessing teased a she and Ibukun burst into laughter.“Better stop laughing if I give you your eulogy” Fikayo threatened as they entered the bus.“Give me let me hear you when it’s not as if I don’t I know your own” Blessing replied as she sat down.“Juju girl” Blessing said and Ibukun burst into laughter. Seeing her fie
STARS IN THE NIGHT SKY SEVENTY SEVEN
Lashe walked out of the courthouse as the massive crowd started cheering and shouting. Lashe couldn’t hold back the smile spreading across his face. He looked towards the massive ground as with the help of his bodyguards he was able to climb a slightly higher place to talk to his fans.He waved at them with a smile and their yelling’s went a ton higher while Lashe laughed and smiled. They soon quietened down and Lashe looked around squinting his eyes.“I was looking around hoping that I would be able to remember every face that is here” Lashe said slowly and softly.“Thank you everyone. There is no way I can describe how I am feeling. Seeing you guys here makes me feel so sweet on the inside and trust me when I say this feeling is totally alien to me. I’ve never felt like this before. I want to say a big thank you to you guys, everyone here, everyone watching from home, everyone who can’t watch from home but still supported me, I can’t help but feel at home around
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Everyone was liv, angry and the social media turned upside down after Lashe’s video. Everyone was posting and soon found AAA’s companies official handles. They bombarded their message boards and soon on Ibukun’s lead; JusticeforLashe was trending on social media and the internet.Everyone was touched by the story and a lot of people had cried while Lashe had told his story. More elderly people had gone to vent their anger angrily on social media. Teens and young adults started making videos expressing their anger at his uncles and in summary, everywhere was on fire. Nigerian celebrities started making posts asking the Supreme court of Nigeria to handle the case and get justice for Lashe.It went more haywire when the United States of America intervened and demanded that the Supreme Court of Nigeria take control of the situation. Lashe soon realized that it Uncle Deolu’s doing as he had a lot of connections in the United States.Soon other fans from other countries
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Lashe took a deep breath as he sat in front of his computer. It was his usual live meeting with his fans. He had skipped it for two months, so the fans were swarming on his Instagram page and immediately Lashe started the live video, the fans started commenting and Lashe wore a small smile.“Hello everyone” Lashe greeted as he waved his hands with a smile.“Yeah, I can see all your greetings. I hope you all are doing well” Lashe added as he read the comments.“I wanted to say thank you for everyone who came to bid my grandma goodbye. I felt all your love from afar. I’m glad you were all there to watch her lay to rest” Lashe said as he wore a small smile. Reading the fan comments as they told him not to be sad.“Now I have a problem but before I tell you my problem, you have to listen to this short story. Would you guys listen?” Lashe asked as he pursed his lips.“My name is Adedeji Toluwalashe and I don’t know if my surname rings a bell to anymore. Mayb
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“I just heard about on the internet and that was why I sped up my visa and all. I was coming home already so I just hurried it. I was still shocked when I landed. I was so shocked and had to hurry to pay my respects to her. I didn’t believe it” Uncle Deolu said as he dropped his head.“I visited her grave before I came though. There were lots of flowers there” he added and he turned to Lashe with a frown.“When did all these happen? How come you couldn’t contact me? I watched all your concerts and heard your songs while I was Canada. I tried to contact you but all to no avail. There were many times I sent messages to your fan mail but I received no reply. I figured out that you were doing fine” Uncle Deolu said and Lashe sighed.“I didn’t know how to. My manager manages my fan mail, he must have thought it was spam or something” Lashe replied and Uncle Deolu smiled and nodded.“I’m glad you are okay” Uncle Deolu said as he turned to Ibukun’s mom.
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It wasn’t until later that Ibukun had discovered that the documents were the documents that clearly stated that Lashe’s parents owned the properties that all his Uncles had snatched. Apparently, they had made fake documents.Her mom took the matter up immediately and sued the uncles to court immediately. She got her whole legal team working on it and Ibukun knew her mom; forget about the fact that Lashe was her daughter’s boyfriend, she was his fan and injustices like that, she hated it. She was definitely going to win the case, that Ibukun was sure of.She sighed as she closed her Physics textbook. Her mock exams were starting the next week and she had barely started reading due to the stress that had plagued the previous weeks. There was a knock on her room door and Ibukun turned and the door opened to reveal Lashe.He was wearing black suit trousers and a top with jean jacket. He wore a small smile as he walked towards Ibukun who had shot up from her seat
STARS IN THE NIGHT SKY SEVENTY TWO
“There are sleeping pills inside” Tosinmile said and I looked at her in surprise as she nodded as we both turned to Lashe.“He needs to rest” Tosinmile said as my eyes went soft. I placed Lashe’s head on my laps and adjusted him in a sleeping position. Slowly cradling him and patting him to sleep was what I did for about three days straight.I wasn’t surprised at the massive turnout at the burial. A lot of teenagers were there and they were all shocked to see their always smiling idol looking as if his soul had left him and which there were times I almost thought it did.Lashe was the only family member she had left and Ibukun’s parents took care of everything. Ibukun had a black hat covering her head a black nose mask covering her face as she walked towards the grave and collected the spade. She carried sand and poured it on the hole.Tolu squeezed her hands reassuringly and Ibukun nodded while she sighed softly. She gripped Lashe’s hands tight while the oth
