To Be A Lover: My Favourite Person
ONE MONTH LATER
“Let’s talk about your love life.”
Fifi groaned dramatically, leaning back into her chair as the audience erupted in laughter, “Oh, here we go. Do we really have to do this Dami?”
Dami was seated across her grinned, “C’mon Fifi, you knew this was coming. You’ve been sitting here talking about your career, your brand, your creative process, your plans for the next year. You’ve given us everything except the one thing people are actually interested in.”
“That’s a lie. People are interested in my work.”
“They are but they are also interested in your mystery boyfriend.”
The audience cheered and Fifi covered her face with one hand.
“Please, can we have some decorum?”
“No, ma’am. You came here with that ring light smile, looking like a woman who is being loved correctly, and you expect us to ignore it?”
Fifi burst out laughing.
Dami leaned forward. “So, Fifi; how is love treating you?”
Fifi’s smile softened almost immediately, “Beautifully.”
The audience responded with a chorus of delighted noises.
Dami slapped the arm of her chair. “Look at her! Look at her face! Oh, this is serious. What can you tell us about your mystery man”
Fifi chuckled, “Not a lot because obviously I’m hiding him”
Dami and the audience burst into laughter, “Right. You’ve been dating for a while now, and all we get are little glimpses. A hand here, a wristwatch there, the back of somebody’s head. At this point, I think your followers could identify his hand in a police lineup.”
The audience howled in laughter and Fifi laughed so hard that she had to wipe the corner of her eye.
“Why are you hiding him?” Dami asked
Fifi straightened in her chair, her smile remaining, but her expression growing more thoughtful, “ To be honest, I’m not hiding him.”
Dami raised an eyebrow, “Really?”
“Really”
Dami leaned forward, “Explain more, we are listening”
The studio quietened slightly and Fifi smiled.
“My boyfriend isn’t a public figure. He didn’t choose to have thousands of people interested in what he does, where he goes, who he spends time with, or what he thinks about anything. I did. This is my career, and I’ve accepted that being a creator means people will be curious about my life. And it automatically doesn’t mean that he has to accept all of that too”
Dami nodded slowly, “So your boyfriend is big on privacy?”
Fifi shrugged, “Not exactly. He just doesn’t want people in his business. Let’s just say he’s shy”
The audience laughed while Fifi grinned.
“So, let me use this opportunity to ask the general public to give him time. He might get over the shyness and he might never do so just let him be. If you ever run into us, no pictures please, thank you”
The audience broke into laughter again.
Dami nodded, “Okay, okay. But seriously, do you think we’ll ever get to meet him?”
Fifi hummed, “Maybe. When he’s ready.”
“And until then?”
“Until then, I would appreciate it if everyone took it easy on my boyfriend. He is a private citizen trying to live his life. When he decides he’s ready to meet you all, I’ll let you know. Until then, you can continue admiring his hand.”
Dami doubled over laughing, “We’ve gotten the message Fifi!”
“Thank you”
The audience erupted into laughter and then applause.
By the time the session finished and Fifi stepped outside, her driver and car were nowhere to be found and Milo was waiting for her.
Her face lit up and she rushed towards him, “Milo”
Milo spread out his hands and Fifi immediately jumped into his embrace.
“You’ve been waiting for a long time? Why didn’t you text me?”
Milo smiled as he opened the door for her, “It wasn’t a long wait. How was it?”
Fifi got into the car, “It was fine. Why is everyone curious about you?”
Milo laughed good-naturedly as he closed the door and walked over to the driver side and got in.
“Where are you taking me?” Fifi asked, looking around.
Milo smiled softly, “Somewhere familiar.”
Fifi raised a brow as she tucked in her seatbelt. As soon as the car drove through a familiar route, her smile brightened.
“We are going to 6iX?”
Milo grinned, “Yeah. Going back to our first date”
Fifi laughed, “First date?”
Milo snorted, “Isn’t it? You tricked me into taking you out and used an apology as a cover up”
Fifi burst into laughter, “I remember that it was a suggestion, you agreed”
Milo scoffed, “Suggestion? Last time I checked, it was the only option you gave me”
Fifi burst into laughter again as the memory washed over her. She remembered that evening all of well. That was the evening that drastically changed the relationship between them.
As they parked, Milo got out, came around to her side, and opened her door. Fifi stepped out and slipped her hand into his.
“Thank you for bringing me back here,” she said softly.
Milo winked, “We’ll always come back here baby. We’ll think of it as our own little spot”
The restaurant hadn’t changed much and the waitress and waiter immediately recognized them. They greeted them warmly and led them to the same table they had used their first time. After their food got served, they fell into their usual conversation and played games while eating.
Milo talked about something Victor had said that week and Fifi just pressed her chin on her palm and stared at him.
Milo soon noticed, “What?”
“Nothing.”
“You’re staring.”
Fifi grinned, “I’m admiring my boyfriend.”
“Handsome?”
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“Affirmative”
Milo also pressed his chin on his palm and stared at Fifi, “Stunning. Breathtaking. Absolutely beautiful”
Fifi tried to hide her smile but failed and she ended up blushing hard, “Me?”
“All you, baby”
Fifi shook her head, smiling so hard her cheeks hurt. Every now and again, the fact that she and Milo were now together would hit her hard and she would find herself trailing of fin happiness and overexcitement.
She had fallen hopelessly in love with him and somehow, somewhere along the way, he had fallen just as hard.
“Babe”
“Hmm?”
“Do you remember the first time we met?”
Milo chuckled, “I still couldn’t believe Tiolu’s salary that day”
Fifi laughed, “Well I was busy admiring my new video editor elder brother”
Milo laughed, “I remembered thinking, she’s very pretty and nice”
Fifi snorted, “Stop lying, I remember that you barely looked at me”
“I looked at you plenty. I was trying not to make it obvious.”
Fifi stared at him and laughed, “Are you serious?”
“Dead serious”
Fifi blushed, “I can’t believe we were checking each other out”
For a moment, they simply looked at each other and then Milo stood up and held out his hand.
“Come on.”
“Where are we going?”
“Outside.”
“Why?”
“You don’t want a piggy back?”
Fifi’s grinned as she grabbed his hand, “Say less.”
The evening air was cool and Fifi wrapped her hands around Milo’s neck and her legs around his waist as they walked slowly along the path beside the restaurant. They hadn’t even noticed that the restaurant had a mini golf course behind it the first time they came.
Milo walked along the course, carrying her with so much ease. Their laughter mixed together as they teased each other.
Fifi suddenly pressed a kiss to his cheek, “I love you.”
Milo turned his head slightly, “I love you too.”
She smiled against his shoulder, “Say it again.”
“I love you, Firefunmi.”
“Again.”
He laughed, “I love you, Firefunmi.”
She tightened her arms around him, “I love you too Oluwatomilola”
They were about to reach the end of the golf course when one of the attendants walked up towards them.
“Excuse me. Would you like me to take a picture for you?”
Fifi immediately perked up, “Yes, please!”
Milo chuckled, “
“Because you look too good together” the attendant replied.
“Thank you” Fifi grinned as she handed over her phone.
The attendant lifted the phone, “Ready?”
“Ready, I’m not getting down from his back for the first pictures”
The attendant smiled softly as she clicked a couple of pictures. Fifi finally got down from his back and slipped her arm around Milo’s waist and leaned into him. He looked down at her, smiling, just as the picture was taken.
Unfortunately, neither of them had stayed completely still throughout any of the pictures. When the phone was handed back to them, the pictures were slightly hazy, half-blurry but they carried a unique sense of aesthetics and yet the both of them liked it.
“Do you like it?”
“I like it”
Milo collected the pictures and scrolled through them softly, “I like them very much” he then turned to Fifi.
“Can I post it?”
Fifi’s jaw nearly dropped, she nodded, “Yes. Yes, yes, you can”
Milo smiled and Fifi watched as he moved his fingers across his phone and in the next minute, her phone buzzed. She opened her Instagram and Milo’s nearly dead page had a new post.
He had selected two of the pictures, one where he was backing her and another where she was laughing and he was looking at her. His caption was also very short.
My favourite person. ❤️
Fifi stared at the screen and a smile broke on her face. She had convinced Milo to make his page private after they started dating since it was still uncomfortable for him and seeing that he had posted the picture made her feel warm all over. She tapped on share and posted the picture to her story.
It wasn’t like anyone could access Milo’s page if they checked her story anyways. She typed out the same caption on her story and shared it.
“Come here,” she whispered and Milo moved closer to her. She stood on her toe and pressed a soft kiss to his lips.
“I love you Captain, I love you so much”
Milo laughed as he wrapped one hand around her waist, leaned downwards and kissed her again, “I love you, Fifi. I love you with everything in me”
“You are my favourite person in my world” Fifi said softly.
Milo raised an amused brow, “Before or after the girls”
Fifi burst into laughter and then wore a mock serious face, “After the girls bro”
Milo pouted, “Right”
“Still my favourite person regardless”
“I love you too”
THE END
Author’s Note.
Dear Gentlest Reader, thank you for reading To Be A Lover. I hope you enjoyed it.
Stay tuned for the Love Note Series Book Three!
