The ceremony has been happening,
They are singing in the open field...
" Ngathumel' umlayezo awuyanga khona, .... Ngathumel' umlayezo awuyanga khona, ngithi awufikanga, .... Awufikanga... Ngithi awufikanga,.... Awufikanga ngathumel' umlayezo awuyanga khona..." Zenzelo and her girls sing as they enter the field, dancing...
Bhekani's POV
Today it's the day, l say l enjoy being umnguni bakwethu. My fam just arrived and damn Everyone is beautiful, you would swear it's in real life
I look handsome namhlanje, with my traditional attire and my sheild, l look like a proper Zulu man
We were at the field and things looked cool.
Then she arrives, looking so beautiful aaaayyii the underground gang know how to pick shem
She's so amazingly beautiful
The beauty is beyond the imaginable.
They start dancing and singing
Then pick and pin money oart start
I call it that, l know weird but it's when the girl pick someone and they pin her money, sweets abanye bafaka ngisho their jewelry ubone kahle kuthi ziyabuya la.. (chuckles)
Wee Mkabayi kaJama
Mkabayi.. weee Mkabayi, Mkabayi weee Mkabayi
Wee Mkabayi kaJama....
Yasho, she started the song, haw umkami madoda
Then she comes to me...
Our eyes meet, she's happy, l want to keep that happiness
" Unjani Zulu?" She says smiling, damn!
I swallow hard, l love someone who acknowledges my clan names ,
" Ngiyaphila Mmilo omuhle, wena othokozisa inhliziyo yam"
She blushs, she's so cute, l can't even hold myself . Unenhlonipho uMaZulu... , yes she's mine now
Not officially married but you get the idea
" Kwakuhle ukuzwa lokho ke wena owasebukhosini" she says slightly bend down.
" Waze wamuhle mntakwethu" l say looking at her intensely, making her nervous?? Or butterflies fill her stomach? I will never know
(Hawe mah, Bheka), l can hear her thoughts, l chuckle a little
(Clears her throat) " Ngiyabonga Nkosana" she says with a smirk, making me nervous or butterflies fill the stomach or should l say spiders, the f , she giggles then leaves waiting for me to pin her something.
I stood up, took a R200 and walked towards her...
Ululation burst out,l got startled
" I guess, you are giving huh?" She says looking at me
Her eyes are so pretty, l don't know but l really wanna kiss her.
I smirk, " Cha Ndlovukazi, umcimbi ungawe" she kneels down and pin her the money
And bend to her size
" Ngiyak'thanda yezwa" l say, those words felt like an electric shock... She quickly looks at me amazed ..."...Bheka... Uthi..?" She super surprised, she didn't expect this, l understand
" I can't find the right words to say, how much l love you.
You were meant to be mine, same with me
I was meant to be yours, forever
For decades looking for you, know l have found you
The rib l was missing all along.
Ngiyak'thanda Mlotshwa, Mkhathini" woah, l said a lot
She looked at me with her eyes smiling ( l don't know how to describe it)
" Zulu?" As soon, l stand
" Ngempela?"
" If it's means dying to the war to show you then let it be." I say smiling then l walk way.
I feel relieved
" Mzukhulu kuhambe njani" mkhulu ask after l take my sit and look at him
" Haw , Ndodana khuluma phela" my father says ugerly waiting for an answer , l just smile slightly bending my head, l can't over her
" Haw, kwakuhle. Komele nibuyele ezweni lenu"
That! My heart broke a little, l won't see my deceased fam anymore especially my father
Also l won't be able to remember anything that happened here
The only memory l will have is when Nzelo and l met in class that day.
" Are you ready to fight for your loved one?" My father ask
I agree, he smiles .... I will never forget this smile.
"Ngizohlala ngikhona mtwanami, ubaba uyakuthanda yezwa" he says exactly the words he said before he passed away. I just see him walking away with a smile.
Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep
"Lindani..." I see him,, sleeping there by the corner
" Bhekani!?.... NURSE!!!, DOCTOR!!! HE'S AWAKE, HELP,...Bafo" he says as tears fall on his face, l'm sure it was really hard for him to see me in this situation.
The doctors came, rushing in...
What happened!?
Zenzelo POV
Ee yimina ngikhumbula ma... Umawangizalayo... Uma owangibeletha...
We been singing, l'm enjoying so much
We enter the field, everyone is so happy, you would swear it's happening in real life...
I haven't seen him, l wonder....
I see him so handsome and all ngempela yiNkosana namhlanje.
" Yeyi dade uyena loya?" One of the girls ask clearly charmed
He's blazing hot
" Yebo, Myeni wam loya" l say then we laugh
" Hamba uyohlaba umkhonto kuyena" she says smiling then continues to sing.
I mean it's not a bad idea...
I stroll towards him
Damn he's yummy today
Obviously l have to start a song to grab his attention hehe
I walk towards him... all smiles... damn he makes me happy
" Unjani Zulu " l say after l kneel and give him my spear
He's so cute...
He just perfect, l don't mind carrying his babies hehe
.... he replies making blush... ohh goodness
He looks at me, with so admiration making nervous
Haw weMa Bheka
I thank him then leave, l can't stop thinking about him now
He cpmes in the circle of girls pining me the moola
I kneel and slightly bend , he gets to my level, pin me the r200 then freezes
" Ngiyak'thanda yezwa " l quickly look at him... did he... just... no " Bheka uthi.."
" I can't find the right words to say, how much l love you.
You were meant to be mine, same with me
I was meant to be yours, forever
For decades looking for you, know l have found you
The rib l was missing all along.
Ngiyak'thanda Mlotshwa, Mkhathini" he just confessed his love for me
SOMEONE PINCH THE HELL OUT OF ME
I just look at him , just taking in everything he said... he really loves me
He stands ... l ... just need reassurance
" Zulu" l say still kneeling
" Ngempela?"
" If it's means dying to the war to show you then let it be" wow
I'm speechless
He walks off and l'm officially hooked
Since then l didn't see him
His intense gaze and white pearl teeth smiling at me is the picture l have in my mind
" Zenzelo mtwanami, isikhathi sokuthi ubuyele ekhaya sesifikile.." MaXulu says after she entered my cave
" Ngempela?" I frown
" Yebo, kodwa uzobuya khululeka... uyazi ke.. ukuthi uma uya ezweni labaphilayo konke okwenzeke lapha ngeke ukukhumbule.." that made me sad.
" Ohh Ngiyabonga ukubonisa uthando Ma" l say hugging her... she's so soft
" Ungakhali umntanami" she says smiling
" Hamba uyohlala lapha" she points to my grass mat
" Khululeka ngikhona njalo nje" she smiles... ugh she's beautiful.
" Ngiyabonga , Ngiyak'thanda " l hug her the last time then go where l was told to sit
I sit then feel drowsy... she's smiling giving her goodbyes
Beep, beep, beep
Where am l?
What happened?
I look around... l Have a drip.. Hospital, when, how?
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SpiritualDefinitely destined to be together but a greater power envy'to destroy them. A story about two teens who love each other, they have known each since from birth but never saw each except only in their dreams The world is against their union but they...
