The Final Year (PROJECT 2.0)

Apart

"What's going on there?" He asked the two junior students who looked scared like they just saw something horrible.

They both exchanged stares, as if asking each other if they should speak to him or not.

"Are you guys deaf? Abi you choose to be dumb" he snaps in annoyance, the pained screams from outside interrupted his stream of thought at the same time one of the boys chose to speak.

"Senior Akeju is punishing-"

"Save it!" He brushed them off before going out to see what was going on and what could have made Akeju punish innocent boys on a Saturday morning during sanitation.

As the labour prefect, he was to ensure that everyone performed their task and duties. His words and command were obeyed to the last letter so he knew no sane student will dare defy him.

He shouldn't be bothered about what Akeju was doing to those boys since he was equally a prefect but what he doesn't understand was why he was putting them under punishment when they should be working on their given portion.

The sight he met when he stepped out left him short of words. Wincing at the hotness of the early morning sun that attacked him on the face. He couldn't help but wonder what sort of fucked up mind will cook up this sort of scenario he was seeing.

Two boys, junior precisely were stripped down to their underwear. The crying boys were lying down on the gravel which were no doubt hot due to the intensity of the sun.

Bobola was holding a long leather belt in his hand screaming profanities at the two shivering, sweat filled boys as they stared up at the sun. Akeju sat watching with a sturdy yet satisfied look on his face.

"What the actual fuck is going on here?" Akorede asked in the perplexity of the whole situation.

Bobola groaned in annoyance at the sight of Akorede while the fair skinned boy who had been watching the whole scene all this while finally shifted his gaze away from the scene,his eyes moved to Akorede.

"What does it look like to you?" He casually asked me to wave his hand around "they are under my punishment"

Akorede stared at him for a moment as if he was deranged. Looking at the boys house wear littered on the floor and their owners weeping profusely, he couldn't help but come into the conclusion of him being deranged.

"The sanitation is still ongoing, what could they have done that you have to punish them now and can't wait till later" he tried reasoning with them.

"I asked these two idiots to put my food in my room but instead they left it at the porters desk" he complained bitterly.

"You know that they can't go into the hostel once it's sanitation right?"

"Does it look like i care?"

Akorede pursed his lips knowing if he continued at this pace, an argument would break out and he was in no mood for that this morning.

"Oya release the boys to me, they have learnt their lessons"

"Ogbeni that one no fit happened oh... They suffer for my hand today" he declared the same time Bobola delivered a fatal stroke on one of the boys legs, the boy screamed like he was going into shock while the other wailed.

Clenching his jaw, he walked closer towards where the boys laid down crying. Standing over them as he stopped the sun from entering their eyes.

"Have you done your portion?" They shook their heads in a disoriented manner, tears streaming down their face profusely. The two of you should stand up and follow me. Now..." He commanded.