Thato's POV :
I am on my way to north west its Saturday morning I left around 10:07 a.m I wanna get there while the sun is up. It's a 3 hour plus few minutes drive from Johannesburg my drive there is filled with 90's rnb these songs remind me of my parents cause during weekends my parents would blast tevin Campbell ,Gladys knight, Alexander O Neal and johnny gill And they would dance and romance each other infront of me and i would act disgusted by their actions . They still do that I sometimes wish to have something like that with someone .
Okay let me describe my love life lmao what is there to describe I mean sure there are men who try to shoot their shot with me but i am too quick to shut them down. All i do is situationships friends with benefits only I claim that I don't have interest in dating or the time but in reality I would love to receive love and give it to someone else who I am not related to.i mean i love love and I am a hopeless romantic but I am truly scared of being hurt i know eventually it has to happen. I fear being hurt i have seen my friends go through the most in relationships and I vowed myself that i will not subject myself to that kind of hurt.what I am saying is that I have never had a boyfriend and sure some situationship did get out of hand like when the other companion decide to fall for me and I quickly break up whatever it is that we have going on.
In conclusion what I am saying is I am scared of giving my heart to someone who will drop it. I know it sounds crazy when I have a live proof that happily ever after exists through my parents ,dad did set a standard when it comes to love. My dad is my first love he is the one who showed me how should men treat me , he used to take me out on dates on Saturdays from when I was in primary till high school when I got to varsity I didn't have time for that anymore but we did agree to once a month he would tell me words of affirmation and he would reassure me whenever I felt insecure.
So as much as I received love I am scared of giving mine away only for it to be dropped as if it didn't matter before.
I head straight home i am not going to stop unless I need to pee I haven't told anyone that I am coming . I have arrived in north west and head straight home its been 4 months since i haven't been home.
I got home and i drove in parked behind papa's 4x4 . I get out of the car and walk to the back of the house and I knock on the door that leads straight to the kitchen.
Ma:"who is it?". I don't answer but keep knocking
Ma:"ke mang?". I still don't give an answer a moment later i hear shuffling and footsteps. The door opens revealing both my parents ,my mom who was behind my dad .
Me:"SURPRISE!!!!".
My mom pushes my dad out of the way and crushes me with a hug while my dad is just standing there in shock.
Mama:"yhoo ngwanaka". She tightens her arms around me and I suddenly feel emotional but no tears were dropped . Mama eventually let's go and I go to hug my dad .
Me:"dumelang bagolo".
Papa:"nana how are you ".
Me:"I am good How are you?".
Mama:"we go good nana why didn't you say that you coming ?".
Me:"I wanted to surprise you ".
Papa:"come in nana".We walk in and i see that papa was watching the news based on what i see playing on the tv we sit in the living room.
Mama:"are you hungry must I make you food?". I smile at her
Me:" yes please " I missed my mom's food and she leaves for the kitchen.
Papa:"nana I missed you when last were you home.
Me:"it's been a while papa I am sorry".
Papa:"hayii nana don't stay away from home for this long again". I haven't been home for a very long time because I have been swamped with work.
Me:"I won't papa". We chat for few more minutes and I tell papa that I want to offload my bags and the shopping bags he offers to help and I let him. As we are about to pass mama in the kitchen she questions us.
Mama:"already you guys are ditching me". I giggle
Me:" we just going to take out my bags".
Mama:"pela I know you two". Papa and I laugh because we know what she is talking about,so me and papa used to ditch mom and go shopping or outings .
Papa:"sweetie I would never leave you we going just outside ".
Mama:"that's what you two always said the jiki jiki gone ". I am finished
Me:"I promise we aren't going anywhere and also I am too tired to be going anywhere else.
Mama:"okay need help".
papa:"no love we will be fine".
Mama:"okay" she says while looking at papa okay this getting abit awkward. I pull papa out so we could get to the car and offload my bags and the shopping bags. We do a back and forth to the kitchen and finally papa takes out my bags and takes them to my bedroom.
I too go my bedroom and I find it still the same and clean and I knew that's its my mom's doing.
My mom calls me to eat not gonna lie i missed mom's cooking I head to the kitchen to eat.
After eating I clear the dishes and I go take a nap around 4p.m I wake up to someone cuddling with me. I turn to see who it is and there lies my sister basetsana aww I missed her so much .I wake her up too and she stirs a bit the she pauses as if she remembered something suddenly she opens her eyes and jumps on me.
Bassie:"sesi".
Me:"hi ngwaneso". I say hugging her back. We stay like that for a while then she let's go.
Bassie:"sesi I missed you so much".
Me:"I missed you too".
Bassie:"when did you arrive".
Me:"around noon where were you?".
Bassie:"at school yhooo matric is the pits ".
Me:"oh that i know but study so you can become successful ".
Bassie:"yeah I am studying but it can be hard at times but I strive through it".
Me:"ke nako mang ?". I say looking for my phone it was around half past 7 we thirty minute late for dinner.
Me:"yhoo ke 19:32p.m ".We both go to freshen up and we get to the dining room we find no one so we go to the living room we find the parents watching tv.
Mama:"hau le tsuwele".
Bassie:"eya mommy" we both sit on the couch"
Mama:"your food is in the oven" bassie quickly goes to get her food and I follow her too.
We sit in the dining room because madam doesn't like it when we sit infront of the tv while eating. After eating Bassie washes the dishes and I wipe them then pack them. We watch tv with the parents, couple of hours later they both retire to bed while we still up watching a movie.
Bassie and I catch up on everything basically the movie was watching us catch up . When it ended bassie asked if I could sleep with her in her room and I agreed . I left for my room to change into night wear but I had the energy to unpack my clothes and place them in my closet. There was a soft knock on the door.
Me:"enter!!". Bassie walked in dressed in her own pj's .
Bassie:" I thought you were asleep".
Me:"I suddenly had a burst of energy and I decided to use it to in pack my clothes".
Bassie:"okay let me help you". She move away from the door and came to help me while saying she wanted from my clothes.
When we were done we left for her room and we sat in bed still talking. My baby sis is exactly like mama the drama,caring,sweetness and humble.
Around midnight somewhere around 2a.m bassie slept I went online and replied to couple of texted ,liked pictures from insta and laughed at a couple of tweets. I soon followed bassie and slept.
