Insert 35 I kept quiet for a while, ngelizwi elivakalayo, uLuke undiqhela kakubi mos.. Monwai: uthini uLuke? Me: hhhmm? Monwai: uLuke uthini? You look a bit disturbed. Me: ooh, hay maan.. I smiled. Monwai: unjalo ke wena. Me: hes just being Luke, nothing new. I looked at the road ahead. We got home.. Monwai: ndizakudibana no T-man for lunch ke mna. Me: okay, am I coming along? He shrugged his shoulders.. Monwai: ufuna uhamba? Me: ewe. Monwai: okay then, zesihambe ke. Me: sure. Let me take a quick shower. Monwai: but youve just showered like 2 hours ago. Me: and its 2 hours later, I want to shower again. Kushushu. Monwai: okay ke. I went to my room and took a quick shower. When I was done, I got dressed and charged my phone for a few minutes.. It rang, just as I was about to walk out of my room. It was Luke, I picked up.. Me: ja? Luke: chommie, uphi? Me: ndilapha ekhaya. Luke: ndilinde wena kaloku apha, Ive already packed and I want to- Me: jonga whooaw, mamela Luke. Luke: hey? Me: mamela mtshanam, andiyithandanga lento uyithethe earlier. Luke: heee, stop being such a pussy wethu. Sizongadlali ngoku? Me: wakhe wandiva mna ndidlala ngobutabane bakho? He kept quiet.. Me: exactly, zange. I accepted you nazo zonke ezi zmanga zakho. Never have I ever judged or mocked your beliefs and choices. Why ngok sekufuneka ndizichaze kuwe? Luke: haybo Sihle, I was just saying. Me: thats just the thing with you. You always have something to say about peoples lives. Eyakho iLife uyibona iPerfect? Luke: no, khange ndithi Im perfect, I just- Me: then shut up. Xa ungekho perfect, vala umlomo and focus on fixing your messed up life. He kept quiet.. Me: Im not taking you home futhi. Luke: hayini, unomsindo na? Uqale nini ngoku ucaphuka zizinto endizithethayo? Hay inoba uthakathiwe wena. Me: mxm. Luke: okay fine, uxolo ke Sphesihle Thwani Sopete, nguban kanene ifani ka tatakho? Me: mxm.. Find umntu ozakugodusa wena. Luke: yhuu, hee hay. He hung up. Whatever.. I took my phone and walked out, Monwabisi was in the kitchen, talking on the phone. I opened the fridge and took an apple out, rinsed it and then sat on the high chair, waiting for daddy dearest to finish off with his phone call. Eventually, he did. Monwai: singahamba ke, were meeting T-man in 30 minutes. Me: okay. Monwai: since ungafuni ukusebenza nam on questions for your interview, ubukhe wazama ke wedwa? Me: no, not yet. Monwai: unjalo ke Sphesihle. Me: I will. Monwai: you will? Me: ewe, qha- Me: Sphesihle, kunini ngoku? Kunini? Me: I will work on them, bendifuna uqale ndenze iresearch.. Monwai: hey, liyahamba ixesha. I kept quiet.. Monwai: uyadukisa maan Sphesihle, yeerr!! He walked out.. Hee, hayi, I took my phone, and called the pastor, to confirm their meeting.. Him: hello? Me: tata, kunjani? Him: ndiyaphila, uBawo unam, unjani wena? Me: ndiyaphila nam tata, uhm, ndithethile ke nabo. Him: hhmm.. Me: bathi ningadibana ngomso. Him: ngabani ixesha ngomso ke? Ngoba yiCawa ngomso. Me: after church, say around 3 or 4. Him: okay, bandifounele ke. Me: Ill make sure they do. Him: alright ke ndoda. Enkosi. Me: enkosi tata, bye. We hung up. I went to the living room and Monwai was there.. Monwai: youre ready to go? I nodded. Monwai: masambe ke. We got to the car and drove off.. Monwai: listen, Im sorry about the way I addressed you earlier. Me: hhhmm.. Monwai: its just that, I dont want anything to go wrong here. So nawe maan, khayeke lento yakho yodukisa. Me: Iyazenzekela. Monwai: suyivumela kaloku nawe, that thing delays everything. Postponing everything, why? Me: okay, Ill try and stop. Monwai: ndiyakuqaphela wena, you postpone everything. Ndanditshilo kuwe procrastination is a disease, that habit can destroy you. Me: I get you tata, Ill stop. Monwai: good. Uzakuba ngumyeni ngoku, uzakuba ngu tata soon, you need to tackle every situation or task as it comes. Or you will be a useless father and husband. Me: I get you. We got to town and he called Thami.. They agreed on where to meet, and we went there. Thami arrived just as we were settling down.. Thami: hey guys, andikho late mos, am I? Monwai: no youre not, we just got here too. Thami sat down.. Thami: what are we having? Im starving. Yazi oko ndise office(ini) usuka ngo 7? Didnt even have time for my coffee fix. Monwai: yho, ku hectic mos.. Thami: kakhulu. They had that small talk for a while, then we ordered. Thami: so, ithini ke lento? Monwai: kaloku uthi umfundisi ufuna ukudibana nathi, malunga nalo mcimbi wale boy. Thami: ooh, ewe. Sethethile mos yena nala mfundisi wela cala? Me: ebethe uthethile. Monwai: masidibane naye ngomso and finalise everything ke. Thami: ooMxolisi? Babethe bayafuna ukuba khona nabo. Monwai: ndandithe kubo andizobaleka emva kwabo kaloku. Ngabo abazakufouna babuze. Thami: bagqibela nini ke bona ufouna? Monwai: babekhe baqalisa? Ndim umntu ebezakubafounela qha. Thami: but you just said masingabaleki emva kwabo nje. Monwai: no, I wasnt gonna call them about this. Bendifuna ukuhlawula uSphesihle. Thami looked at me.. Monwai: its for the best. Thami: but why now? Monwai: ndifuna ukulungisa izinto, after that, I will formally introduce uSphesihle to my family. Thami: ooh, but uzayinika bani le mali phaya? Monwai: ooMxolisi kaloku. Thami: but bro, abamkhulisanga aba bantu uSphesihle. Bazakutya imali ngoku ngomntu abangamazi noba ukhule njani ukuze abe ngaka? Monwai: ndithini ke? Thami: worse akukho no Zintle. Monwai: andiyaz nam, ndi confused. Thami: yiyeke maan lento, yi waste nje yemali leyo. We need every cent we can get ngoku. Monwai: uSphesihle nguye kaloku lo uthi mna zange ndamhlawula. Thami: he said that? Me: I said, uhm, I cleared my throat.. Me: I said utata no Zintle babengatshatanga, naye utata zange andihlawule kwa ukundihlawula. So to me, all these demands are just too much. Thami: yho, beniyithetha nini le nto? Monwai: apha ezintsukwini. Thami: oh yho, ziyandixaka ke mna iincoko ezijule kangaka. Yho! Monwai: nam ndiyaxakwa ke ngoku. Me: akho need yalento. This happened ngale ndlela, akho need yoba ayohlawula kwa Sopete. Nabo mos abantu bakwa Sopete akhonto bandenzele yona. Thami: oyena mntu fanele kuhlawulwa kuye apha ndim. Monwai and I looked at him.. Thami: ndiyadlala, loosen up guys. He giggled. Monwai: hayke, sizophinda siyicinge kakuhle lento. But andiyithandi lento ka Sphesihle ongu Thwani. Ayindiphathi kakuhle. Thami: masiyiyeke for now. Well look into it, when the time is right. We finished eating.. Thami: I should get back to work. Monwai: yhoo, uphangela 24/7 ingathi use factory. Kwenzeka ntoni na? Thami: ininzi into endisajongene nayo. I dont normally work nge weekends. Monwai: yho, shame man. So sizakudibana ngomso ke. Me: uthe umfundisi ke siye phaa ngo 4 kuye. Thami: okay ke.. Sizothetha ngomso ke.. He got up and rushed out. Monwai settled the bill and we left. Monwai: uThami ukhe andibhide ke sometimes. Me: njani? Monwai: utsho njani uba mayihlawulwe kuye le mali? Me: ebedlala. Loosen up, haybo. Monwai: you can never be too sure. Maybe ubanga lanto ayimela qho yoba wakuchola. Me: oh hay maan, ubhutThami ebezidlalela. Monwai: ndidikwa nayilento ba umntana wam ehambe echolwa. I kept quiet. Unochuku umntu! We got home and watched TV.. Monwai: awubaweli siye kwa Scelo? They are inviting us over for dinner. Me: andibaweli mna. Infact, andiyi. Monwai: okay ke, ndizamxelela uba asizokwazi. Me: sure. His phone rang.. Monwai: I have to take this. He got up and walked away .. I sat there and watched TV for a while. Later, we had dinner and went to bed. The following day, on Sunday. I got up and prepared for church.. When I was done, I decided to go and check up on Monwai, he wasnt in his room, I turned to walk away and I heard him from bathroom.. I automatically stopped to listen.. Monwai: thanks, I owe you one.. And please, make sure that Sphesihle never finds out about this, okay? My eyes widened.. Monwai: sharp, well keep intouch. Thats all he said. What was he hiding from me? I sat on his bed and waited for him.. He walked out of the bathroom and looked really shocked to see me.. Monwai: son, what are you doing here? Me: I came to check up on you, bendifuna uqonda ba siya kweyiphi nkonzo, yours or mine. Monwai: ooh, yours. Sizodibana nomfundisi wakho later. Me: okay. Qha ndifike ubusy on the phone. Monwai: ooh haha. Uhm.. I looked at him.. Monwai: you know, those friends who call you so early in the morning just to check up on you. Haha. Yhu.. Me: igama lam lona? Monwai: igama lakho? Phi? Me: uthe lo mntu makaqiniseke uba I never find out about this, what? Monwai: what? Hay awundivanga kakuhle maan. I didnt say that. Me: you said- Monwai: Sphesihle, lets go and have breakfast, Im starving yho. He walked out as fast as he could...
Posted on: Sun, 07 Sep 2014 16:48:52 +0000
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