Alafia and Lójàjù were female and male friends living in Òjìjí town years ago, before the recent technological advancements and the introduction of the myriads of social media, it was Facebook that was first known in their town, Òjìjí before others started emerging like vk.com, Google+, Pinterest and many others too numerous to mention. The world has changed greatly and it is yet evolving everyday because the scientists have not relent in making life easier for all and sundry globally.
Lójàjù and Àláfíà were very found of each other in their class at the College of Education, Òjìjí town.When they graduated, each left for its town. They were both thinking about of each other for a while after their graduation from the institution, but because distance has kept them apart now and with near no possibility of coming together as before, they were soon to grow over this thought about each other.
At each person's location, they were trying to make advancements academically and otherwise, because they do not want to put all their eggs in the same basket. What was eventually established was their academics as they got admitted into different universities to further their education. Not long afterwards they graduated from their respective universities. It was not too strenuous for them to secure employment at their respective location because they have moved up on the job seeking pyramidal level from more crowded regions to less crowded level.
After securing employment they were promoted at their respective places of work and their status and profiles started rising.
However both of them have difficulties getting someone to be married to where they were because those they were seeing do not fit in to the kinds of persons they will love to be settled with maritally.
When social media came on board, and people were saying there are many nude and other obscenities on those channels, both of them were not ready to be a part of the obscene development that has overtaken the world like torrents because they were both religious and of high moral standards.
They continued like this for years until one day that a lady who has been Alafia’s friend since when they were young came across her where she was walking. It was an un-expected contact. Alafia took the time off her work to take the lass out to one of the big eateries in town where they really had time to talk at length about their pasts, what they have been doing. It was during this time that Alafia knew her friend has been married to one man who has been troubling her when they were living together and she was happy that they were married because the guy is really a nice guy.
Soon enough this lady decided to leave and she was seen off. While leaving they exchanged their telephone numbers and promised to be talking. In the meanwhile the lady asked Alafia if she is on any of the social media. Alafia replied that she is not on any of them, because it is better to flee what is wrong than trying to manage it, “I do not want to be exposed to those nude pictures that is common on those social media”, Alafia enthused.
Her friend told her that it is not like that. When one joins social media you will look for those that match you, those of your faith, those who have the same ideologies and believes like you are to be friends with, and it is not important to be friends with many people, you can make the circle small by being friend to families and close friends. If you can give it a trial you will see that it worths it because through it you will be connected with old friends like me and can relive the past as often as you wish.
Alafia heard what she said and promised to give it a trial. That was how she got registered to one of the sites that her friend registered to. “At least she will be putting me through”, she reasoned as she joined the social media.
The social medium to which she joined has some other old friends there where a group has been formed for them through which they can be sharing things together. Alafia started enjoying this.
It was not long after this that the news of her being on the social media gets across to Lójàjù, he really wanted to see how Alafia looked now after decades of parting thus Lójàjù joined the social medium to which Alafia belong and they re-ignited their age long friendship again. Lójàjù was very elated to see that Alafia has not changed much, she added weight, but other than that not much of her has changed.
It was very surprising to him seeing this. From this group connection they started private discussions and friendships and they were getting on well with each other. Old friendships on fire, old friends are better than new friends they would say to each other. They started sharing common things started discussing about their private lives after all they were not all that strange from each other before.
They were living in the same building outside the campus while students at Òjìjí town and had shared many good moments together before their graduation from the institution.
Their seeing became close, and it became increasingly difficult for each of them to go out of the house nor go to bed without telling the other party though hundreds of miles away.
One day, Lójàjù decided to pay Alafia a visit in the town she was living in and working. He left his place very early having taken two days off the work he was doing and was ample ready for the hotel bills and other things before he sees her.
Soon enough he located her, and he discovered that she was sharing her 3 bedroom apartment with a friend who has just been employed in her work place. This member of staff is junior to Alafia, she has just finished her University too and was from a very low class in the society. Pending the time she will have money to get her own apartment, Alafia decided to offer her a room to be living with her in her apartment after all they were both females and single.
The lady was elated for this kind gesture shown unto her by her boss in the office.
Thus when Lójàjù called Alafia that he was in town, Alafia became speechless and was thinking he was around on official assignment, but when she heard that there was no official assignment that could have taken him to their town now, except if he registered with United Nations Voluntary work and he was posted there with others, but outside that, there is no way he could have come to the town. The kind of work that usually involves his office with the town she is working in is usually being handled by his juniors in the office.
Alafia could not hide her surprise. She showed him to different people in her office as a friend who has come to pay her a visit.
Everyone in her office was elated to see a young charming man paying her a visit. After taking him round, she decided to take her to the same eatery where she took the lady she unexpectedly came across months back to and through whom she registered into one of the social media which engineer though unknowingly this coming together again.
The social media have realy been of assistance, you are not different from the pictures I was seeing in the medium, Lójàjù said. Alafia replied that is true oh, you are also not different oh. Do you know I have been skeptical of becoming registered to any of the social media sites until lady Ibukun’s unexpected contact? The same with me, Lójàjù replied, in fact it was when I was told that you have registered to the site that I decided that I would be a member of the site, Lójàjù said.
“Uhmn! I take that with a pinch of salt, can’t someone else make you join the site?” Alafia asked.
My best of friends have made frantic efforts to make me join but all to no avail. All I used to tell them is I will give it a consideration. Since it is not by force neither is it going to fetch me money, they decided to let me be.
Well that is good. I feel elated that through me someone also joined the social blog to which I belong, Alafia said, as she continued to drive him through the town.
Alafia now has a car, she took the loan to get a car from the office, they were in her car talking and laughing. They were not that new to themselves, much so that the social medium has bridged the gap before their eventual seeing now.
Soon enough, Alafia parked at the eatery and they walked into the eatery with Lójàjù examining her from head to toe, saying within himself, that this lady is a paragon of beauty, her beauty is improving everyday.
They were in the eatery talking and laughing, as phones of either of them keep ringing, those calling them were the junior members of staff in their respective offices and they want them to put them through some things they are attending to since they were neither on seat nor in the premises. They will put them through and continue with their discussion.
The office hour was over and Alafia knows that she could not return to her office again, she asked where Lójàjù would put up for the night, thinking that he had a friend in the town, but when Lójàjù told her that he would be putting up at a hotel on the outskirts of the town, Alafia would not agree with him because she has an empty room in her apartment and she wants him to come and put up with her there.
They went to the hotel got his things from the hotel hand over the hotel room’s keys and left for her place. There they were able to see, discuss and play at length.
It was old friendship come alive.
It was not difficult for them to know that they are really meant for each other.
Two weeks after Lójàjù’s visit, Alafia also paid Lójàjù visit in his town, and it was all fun.
Lójàjù proposed to Alafia during her visit to him, and it did not take time for her to reply him.
When others heard of this development, they were elated, very happy for them and what friends who had known them started saying was that, they are appointed to be husband and wife for no one could say they would come together again after about 12 years of separation.
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