@Wrinkle 17 April 2022

Love Is Beautiful This is my first prompt, after reading @HermaniGinger prompt challenge, memories of my first love life, tears and pains, moments I admire and wants to feel again, came rushing back. I felt to be loved like the first time I tasted crush. **My first crush** I still remember his face, his smell and smile. His name was Dickson, he was from the province next to mine. He had blue eyes and was having this 'sleepy eyes' . He was a class ahead of me. So whenever I see him on his blue trouser and shirt, I always felt this butterfly effect. Dickson was the best in basketball and so it was a plus to me fall in for him the more. I used tell @myself I will walk up to him one day and tell him, how I felt. Hahaha! I was shy and thought he will take advantage of me. Dickson graduated and left for college without me telling him about my feelings and he never noticed me, because he had so many crushes. **Any other crush** That happened while I was in the university, His name was Charles, he was a fine art student and so he was good with drawings. I so much love art works, that was how he became my crush. I had to collect his Facebook username and kept stalking him. Until one day when I told myself, if I don't walk up to him, I will loss him like Dickson. I did and it worked. **My first boyfriend** He became my first boyfriend, he was adoring, stunning and caring. I vividly remembered how he will take my lunch from the canteen to the school park, and we will sit there to gist and laugh. He drew a couple of my pictures and was always ready to show me off to his friends. We were the envy of everyone, I remember falling sick in school and he had to carry me on his back to the house. Everyone just stood to watch us pass. I don't forget when he will come to the class on birthday to present my portrait to me. So much love was there in our midst. He liked potato chips with coffee those were his favorite food and he liked blue color. **My virtual love life** Before I started dating Charles was my first virtual lover, stalking him and sending him random comments on Facebook were my favorite. I never had any other virtual lover. **My first romance** It was on my nineteenth birthday at the park, our usual spot after closure of school. We were seeing a movie together and they were kissing in the movie. He asked me if he could kiss me, I was young and naive , I didn't know when I nodded, he leaned forward and kissed me. I felt electric current flush through my body. It was my first kiss but it was remarkable. I didn't know what to do in response than to open my mouth for him to continue kissing, hahaha! Then he took me home, we lay together on the bed, while he continued kissing me and touching my body. It was so fun. **My first heartbreak** The day still remains evergreen in my heart, the day I got the news that my lover was gone. It was on a Saturday morning, I received a called from Charles mom, she told me Charles was involved in a road accident, which caused him to loss so much blood and he died at the spot. At first I thought it was a prank, since it happened on April 1st, but was concerned it was coming from his mother. I quickly ended the call, and tried calling his line, it ranged and nobody answered, I became scared, heartbroken and distabalized. Where do I start from was the question going through my mind, I wasn't myself the whole day as I waited for mom to come back, so we could visit them. When she finally did, we went to confirmed the news and it was true, I lost the love of my life, a day to the national April fool's day. I was so depressed that it started affecting my academics, had to see a counsellor who made me dispose all that we shared, the portraits were gone, everything that could remind me of Charles was thrown away but he still lives in my heart till date. Though have moved on but am still scared to love again because every time I do, they always left without a goodbye.🥺😔😢 **Memorable love day** Every moment I shared with Charles were memorable, from the first day we started talking to the moments, he thought me how to swim, they were memorable. I forgot to mention also, he was a good basketball player, so he thought me basic skills in basketball. Those we really memorable days. **My present love life** I lost Charles on the 1st of April, 2019 till date, its not easy to fill that vacuum. Charles was everything to me. Mom and everyone has shown concerned about my love life, and I told them, am just afraid love doesn't love me, it's always hard on me. I don't want to lose him again thats why I want to be alone. But deep down, I still long for those moments I shared with Charles. Am just afraid to lose some other person. **Lead image : unsplash** **Conclusion** Being in love with the person who loves you dearly is priceless. It is fun and it is nice.