Daily Stories

© Opeyemi Akintunde Inspired by the Holy One Imade’s POV I slept like someone who had been running for years and finally collapsed. Blame it on the change in weather. Blame it on the strange bed. Blame it on the emotional roller coaster that had dragged me from wedding vows to marital disagreement to moral…

© Opeyemi Akintunde Inspired by the GREATEST STORYTELLER Imade’s POV We slowed near the hotel entrance. Not because the walk had ended… but because something else had arrived. Clarity. Daniel stopped first. He looked resolved. “Imade,” he said quietly, calling my name the way people do when they are about to be honest… not kind….

© Opeyemi Akintunde Inspired by the LIVING GOD Imade’s POV The city smelled like movement. Coffee. Asphalt. Morning breeze. People walking like they had places to be and reasons to be there. Daniel walked beside me, hands in his pockets, unhurried, like someone who wasn’t chasing time or running from it either. “So…” he said…

© Opeyemi Akintunde Inspired by the Holy One Imade’s POV Morning had already begun before I slept. The flight had stolen the night from us and handed us daylight like a receipt… As I laid on the bed, I thought about how tired my body was , but my mind was refusing to cooperate. Jet…

©️ Opeyemi Akintunde As inspired by the DEEP ONE Imade’s POV “Did you arrive safely?” Teju’s message stayed on my screen longer than I intended. “Safely.” I locked my phone and dropped it beside me on the bed. The room felt larger now. Too large for one person who was meant to be two. I…

©️ Opeyemi Akintunde As inspired by the DEEP ONE Imade’s POV We landed just after sunset. The city welcomed us with golden lights and warm air… the kind that clings softly to your skin, like it’s saying stay a while. I stood up slowly, adjusting my bag, suddenly aware that whatever started in the air…

©️ Opeyemi Akintunde As inspired by the DEEP ONE Imade’s POV “So…” he said after a short pause, his lips curving into a gentle smile.. “I guess this is the part where we introduce ourselves like normal people.” I laughed softly. “Yes. That would help.” I replied “I’m Daniel,” he said. “And you are…?” “Imade.”…

©️ Opeyemi Akintunde As inspired by the DEEP ONE Imade’s POV We exchanged our polite apologies … soft voices, careful smiles …but our eyes did most of the talking. Then we both walked into the VIP waiting lounge. I felt it almost immediately. His gaze…Not intrusive…Not rude. Just… present. Like warmth on skin. I tried…

©️ Opeyemi Akintunde As inspired by the DEEP ONE Teju’s POV She really left. The door had closed. The silence that followed was louder than any argument we had ever had. I lay on the bed… then turned. Then turned again. I stared at the ceiling. At the wall. At the door. Any moment now……

©️ Opeyemi Akintunde As inspired by the DEEP ONE Teju’s POV “Hello mummy, good morning ma.” I heard Imade’s voice ring loudly. “Please mum, Teju told me you said we are not having our honeymoon again. Mummy, what exactly do you want from me? You said I should marry him …I have married him. Now…