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Me & Ikenna
Terrified!
I slithered away from the arms which no doubt gave a wholesome blend of irresistible warmth and pleasure with the pleasant deodorant smell from his shirt. With perpetual pants, readjusting my hijab, I stuttered, "Ikenna, this is unholy! Let's not do this again please".
I am a 17-year old breed of an overly religious Islamic family from the North, Katsina. The Subi, Asr, Zuhr, Magrib and Ishaa daily prayer routine or better still, ritual characterizes the faint black scar on my forehead which certainly does not alter my radiant beauty. I understand the tenets of Islam but don't seem to decipher why it disallows my liberty to permit the emotion of such irrepressible affection that emits from my heart to Ikenna. However,...