Getting on a friend's nerve once in a while is a normal thing amongst friends, but doing it often can be annoying, and you can't tell how much of it your friend can take. One day you get to see a reaction you least expected, and you blame them for it but won't know how you forced that reaction out of them. As friends, we can tease each other and joke around, but there should be a limit as well as a time for teasing and a time to take things seriously.
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I have seen a lot of friendships crumble to the ground, all because a friend does not know when to stop. Friendships are for fun, creating memories, and annoying each other once in a while, but on no account should the annoying of each other exceed the fun. Some friends just have the specialty of annoying everyone around them; sometimes we are forced to condone whatever they do until we no longer can.
Kachi just gained admission to the university. His uncles and aunties told him he cannot do life alone as much as he cannot do university alone. He was advised to make as many friends as possible, and while making those friends, he should make sure they are friends that will help fuel his desire to do well in school as well as push him towards achieving his reason and purpose for leaving home. Kachi, who was not really good with friends, had to take the advice seriously.
Kachi met a guy in class, a guy called Chimezie, and they started talking. Through Chimezie, he got to know a few other people, and they formed a group of friends. They study together, eat together, and move around together. Many people who do not know them very well, thought they were twins, as wherever you see Kachi, you just know Chimezie is somewhere nearby. The friendship was good, and their energy kind of matched, but Chimezie had a few characters that always set Kachi's teeth on edge.
Chimezie was the type of friend that never accepts his fault; instead, he tries to pass the blame or give reasons as to why whatever he did was right, and such a character was a no for Kachi. He tried to get him to change and adjust, but Chimezie was not willing to do that. One day, Chimezie played a bad joke with a girl in class, and she did not only insult him but also the entire crew, making it seem like she had been waiting for the opportunity, and Chimezie brought that opportunity right to her doorstep.
"Chimezie Maybe you shouldn't have joked or talked to Stephanie in that manner; you know how saucy she is to people." Kachi said after they left the class
"Don't I have the right to joke with whoever I wish to joke with because I am your friend, or are you jealous? Chimezie responded
"Being my friend does not stop you from joking around with whoever you wish to joke with, but your jokes shouldn't bring insults to the rest of us, especially me, because I won't take it lightly with you next time." Kachi said it angrily and left.
To make things worse, Chimezie was a loud chewer as well. When Chimezie eats, people from miles away hear the sound and know something is happening. Kachi attended a wedding party with Chimezie and got the disgrace of a lifetime.
"Psssst," Kachi tried to call Chimezie's attention as the whole crowd was looking in their direction.
"Let them look; I have the right to chew how I want to and in whatever way I deem fit," Chimezie responded.
Kachi stood up and left the table angrily, as Chimezie wouldn't stop putting his teeth on edge, and from that day onwards, their friendship got cold.
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