Thato's POV :
I get to Woolworths food and go to the junk food aisle as i turn yhoo yhoo yhoo talk about wrong turn I see sbonelo mahlangu taking jumping jack popcorn bathong those are my one of my favorite snacks so i mind my own business cause all of a sudden I am shy I can literally feel my heartbeat beating a little more louder for the why we all know . So i mize and busy myself with pretzels and Doritos as i mentally give myself a pep talk .
Perfume!!! nope i know this cologne ayeye thato I know that sbonelo is behind me modimo wa kgotso a whole zoo decide to erupt in my tummy . I feel a light tap on my shoulder I mize I feel it again I turn yhooo a scrumptious looking specimen is smiling at me .
Sbonelo:"sawubona ntokazi". It's been a while since i heard this voice.
Me:"hello mr mahlangu ".
Sbonelo:"please call me sbonelo"
Me:"okay" yhooo i am so cheesing right now
Sbonelo:"unjani ntokazi ngiya themba uyaphila".
Me:"I am okay yourself".
Sbonelo:"ngiyaphila you have been dodging me miss molapo ".
Me:"not really hey I have been tying loose ends at work so i could have a break and visit family also please call me Thato".
Sbonelo:"ohh yeah but i have to thank you for the e-mail you sent about the establishment advice you really did help me a lot".
Me:" I should be charging you yazi ".
He chuckles and says
Sbonelo:"oh yeah make an exception y'all are expensive as fuck".
Me:"it actually depends on who is your lawyer otherwise it's not that deep".
Sbonelo:"mind if I join you on the shopping spree ".
Me:"sure.
I grab what came here for then head to the till while we hold a conversation . We get to the front I put my stuff he does the same i take out my purse when i look up sbonelo is already paying for both our stuff, if it were someone else I would have told them off hape ke miss independent nna.
We walk to old town italy to catch lunch we sit across each other,he is pulling up with joke and am I not laughing like a manic not gonna lie he is funny. I get ham and avocado pizza with white wine fries and wings on the side. He orders penne with the green sauce with water. While we wait he asks a question that makes me uncomfortable.
Sbonelo:" have you been ignoring me cause i called and called but your p.a says you busy each time . I ended up being forwarded to another lawyer.
Me:"Nope I wasn't (I know i am lying as much as I hate lies I had to cause he doesn't know about my crush on him) I was really busy".
Sbonelo :"with ? If you don't mind me asking".
Me:" with work on top of that i got promoted to an executive position so my workload got even more bigger than I anticipated. I also had to upgrade offices then work extra time so i could get leave".
Sbonelo:"firstly congratulations on the promotion miss executive (I blush /smile) secondly you work to much thirdly when is your leave".
Me :"thank you so much,my job is everything I love it .my leave starts Monday but i took off today because I leave tommorrow ".
Sbonelo:"where you going?".
Me:"home its been a while since i went home ". Our food came
Sbonelo:"ubuyanini".he said sulking bathong why ?
Me:"Not sure ". I am not about to spill everything to a stranger...as much as I like him I can't be spilling my guts to him.
Sbonelo:"I would really love to see you again"
I became arkward as fuck I mean i wanna see him again but he is also associated to the firm.
Me:"sure "I said that without thinking ,he smiled a bit.
We talked while we ate and shame he is a cool gent he has that i am a zulu man thing going on. I really enjoy his company.
Sbonelo's POV :
What I didn't think would happen when i woke up today was that i would bump into her. She looks so simple yet beautiful as she talks I hang on every word she belts out of her cute small lips.i am trying to concentrate on the conversation but i can't stop looking at her face .
I can't explain how i feel it feels like something is pulling me to her,I swear after here i am not letting her go .we were now walking around the mall with me pushing her cart which is quite full.
Thato:"its starting to get late i have to get going .
Me :"already" damn I sound clingy but it's literally 16:35 p.m .
Thato:"yeah I don't wanna drive late".
Me:"let me walk you to your car". We walk out and get to the parking lot,I offload the shopping bags to her boot.she really went out and shopped the whole mall ayyy abafazi. When i an done I walk her to the front door we hug I can't help but inhale her scent and letting out a satisfied sigh. I open her door we say our goodbyes
I watch as she drives away.
It was when I started the engen that I realised that I do not have her personal number. The only thing I could communicate with her is her e-mail. I leave for my place I find my cousin sphamandla going through my fridge.
Me:"And then?".
Spha:"what?".
Me:"ufunani lana ?".
Spha:"ngize lana ngizokhu hlola , yini ku nenkinga?".
Me:"cha ngiyabuza nje since uthi uze lana kuzo ngihlola ufunani efridgini yam?".
Spha:"ngi lambile futhi angifuni ukuhlupha umasibiya ngokhu pheka ,So i will cook but since you here.....".
Me:"since mina ini hell no I ain't cooking for jack mina ngi suthi ".
Spha:"mxm " he takes out a chopping board and starts to chop .
My mom taught my siblings and I how to cook at first I was annoyed by that but now living as a bachelor I understand her reasons. I leave the kitchen to get to my laptop so i could e-mail umuhleza wam hopefully she checks it. I walk into my bedroom and sit down on the couch and start typing the e-mail.
Later I walk down stairs and I find this fool eating uphutu nge chicken stew I dish up for myself and join him in the living room.
Spha:"look who decided to join his guest cha you don't treat visitors like this".
Me:"I saw that my 'visitor' made himself home so ...".
Spha:"ukephi uNompilo ?".
Me:" why are you asking about her?".
Spha:" I bumped into her yesterday she said y'all back together".
Me:"first of all nah we aint back together secondly that bitch is crazy".
Spha:"angiliwi on other news uma wakho uyabuza kuthi ubuyanini ekhaya" he says eish i really don't go home unless there is something that needs me there otherwise I don't go home.
Me:"uthi kwenze njani?".
Spha:"she wants to visit nje".
Me:"she can come here or call me ".
Spha:"how long are you going to avoid going home".
Me:"I do go home ". I say knowing very well what he trying to say I am just going.
Spha:"you go home if something involves you then when it's done you leave immediately ,I always wondered why tho".
Me:"spha spha ngiyakucela ugagidini ungancasuli ". I say sternly cause i don't talk about home .I could feel myself getting angry and I walk out leaving him confused no one knows the reason why except ubaba nami .
Thato's POV :
The drive to my place was fruitful especially with the day i had today who knew I would entertain him look at me going back to my word I am just going to justify it with it's was not work related just two people who met at the mall.
Currently sorting out the grocery that I bought today I mean most of it I am leaving with it to home I am just talking out the junk food Imma about to devour.
I decide on pampering myself its Friday evening so why not! I run a bath and I soak myself in it the bath salts and oils are doing justice on my body ahh I didn't know that i highly needed sometime in the bath tub.i get out the water and begin with my skin regimen after I get dressed in PJ's I make spaghetti with mince that has mix veggies. I settle for the living room I catch up on peaky blinders I have my cold asf wine yhoo its hitting the correct spots my throat is alive now lmao.
Later I get my snacks that I bought earlier I know i am going to regret it because in a couple days I know i am going to spot a pimple. I watch movies and busy myself on social media.
I pack all the dirty dishes in the dish washer and I let it do the work whilst that busy i prepare for bed. I remove all the pillows the make my way to down stairs to double check if everything is locked .I take out the dishes and wipe them then pack them. It's was when I was about to sleep I realised that sbonelo wasn't informed that I arrived home safe but how was i going to let him know. I ended up sleeping without figuring out a way of communication.
