Honey & Spice

Kiki is in a bedroom with “My Guy,” who will later turn out to be Zack Kingsford. Their interactions have been purely physical, kept secret, and Kiki has lost interest. When she suggests they cool things off, Zack can’t grasp that she’s not attracted to him and says they could be a campus power couple. Leaving Zack’s flat, Kiki runs into a young man she doesn’t know. This is strange because, as a second-year, Kiki believes she knows every Black student at Whitewell College; the Black caucus is known as Blackwell, and Kiki is acquainted with both the “gyaldem” (female demographic) and the “mandem” (male demographic). She knows “each clique, subgroup, and faction” (7), from the Nigerian Princes and Future Shiny Suits to the Bible study group. The two talk briefly and he teases her about being a fellow superhuman. He is going to another girl’s room with a bottle of wine, and Kiki decides he’s just like every other “fuckboi” (a derogatory term for a flirtatious or promiscuous man).

Kiki goes to the studio to meet Aminah, her best friend and producer. She tells Aminah she was at the library, though Aminah guesses she is lying.