You are the love of my life

S’bu took the meat to the kitchen for the girls to place on the table. He found Thandi standing in front of the stove stirring the pap. He stood behind her and put his arms around her.

“I think you are ready to be Mrs Jobe” he teased.

“You enjoy doing this to me” Thandi said blushing. “Go away, you disturbing me” she added pushing him away.

S’bu went back to sit with his friends until the food was ready.

When the food was ready they all came to the table and ate. S’bu kept on reminding everyone that the delicious pap was cooked by Thandi while she was literally begging him to stop putting a spot light on her. After eating, S’bu took out all types of alcohol for them to drink.

“S’bu, I haven’t seen you drinking anything today. What’s up?” asked Duma.

“My queen is a teetotaller, I would rather stay sober with her” S’bu explained.

“You don’t have to do that for me” Thandi objected feeling guilty. She made up her mind a long time ago never to drink alcohol and was happy with her decision but would never impose that on anyone else.

“I know, It’s my decision” S’bu reassured her.

By 8 o’clock at night everyone was drunk except the two love birds who’s job wax to keep everyone in check and make sure they were all behaving. S’bu’s friends eventually left, Mandy went to sleep early followed by Cindy then Pretty. Thandi and S’bu were left clearing up the place and watching the dishes.

“Finally, it’s just the two of us. Come to the balcony with me” S’bu asked pulling her to the balcony.

“Ok, let me get something from my bag first” Thandi said going back inside.

S’bu stood on the balcony and waited for Thandi to come back. Suddenly, he felt his back being caressed and his shoulders being massaged. “Mmh, that feels great” he moaned.

When Thandi got back she witnessed the scene and heard S’bu’s moan and froze. S’bu felt the nail when his shoulder was massaged. He knew that Thandi did not have long nails so he turned around to find Pretty in front of him wearing a sexy lingerie and Thandi watching them standing at the door.

He cursed under his breath, the moment he had carefully planned for a long time was turning into a nightmare. He walked towards Thandi “It’s not what it looks like, I promise you, he said pulling her into his arms and kissing her.”

“I’ll be waiting for you” Pretty shouted going back inside.

S’bu ignored her and continued kissing Thandi who just stood there not fighting him nor was she reciprocating his kiss. When he finally stopped kissing her, Thandi walked forward and held the rails of the balcony and looked at the bright blue sky and stars.

“It’s a beautiful night” she whispered to herself but S’bu who was right behind her heard her. Her heart was aching, she looked up again and took a deep breath fighting tears from rolling down her cheeks.

“Thandi please look at me” he pleaded with her. “I know this is going to sound crazy but I didn’t know it was her giving me a massage. I thought she went to sleep, I only expected you to come out here. I only realised when I felt the long nail that it was not you, that’s when I turned around. Please believe me” S’bu pleaded again.

“Can you just leave me for a moment, I need to calm down and think” Thandi asked with a low voice that pierced through S’bu’s heart.

“I can’t leave you like this, not even for a moment. I’ll stand here, I won’t say a word but I can’t leave” S’bu insisted.

Thandi was quite for 10 minutes but felt like hours to S’bu who was watching her every move.

“Sbusiso, I know that you did not encourage her and I believe that you did not know that it was her giving you a massage. I’m not sad because I think you did anything wrong, I’m sad because this is your reality. Girls want you and are willing to do anything to get you. They can offer you things I can’t offer and can get your body to respond to their will. If I become part of your life, this becomes my reality too.”

“No, Thandi, No” S’bu interrupted her. He did not want her to complete her speech since he could tell where she was heading. “Pretty is here because she said she was your friend and you did not object to it. If it was not for that she would not be here. That’s the only reason I tolerated her. Yes, girls do throw themselves at me but I know how to deal with them and would never allow that to affect you in any way. I would never allow any of them to even get close to you, you have my word. There’s no If, you are already part of my life. You are the love of my life, don’t you know that? I have spent sleepless night looking forward to this day, please don’t let her spoil it for us” he pleaded holding her hand.

Thandi took a deep breath and hugged him. S’bu did not give her a hard time when he found out that she went on a metric dance with S’the and she’s yet to make it up to him.

“I could not wait for this day too” she whispered. She took out a beaded bracelet and clipped it around his wrist. It was made with pink, red, blue and white beads. Understanding the meaning of it, S’bu looked at her with a grin. This turned out to be better than he expected. He pulled Thandi into his arms and they kissed passionately under the stars. After talking for a long time they decided to go inside and sleep. The sleeping arrangements was that the girls would share one bedroom. There was a double bed for two of them and a mattress on the floor for the other two. S’bu would sleep in his bedroom but when he opened the door he was shocked to find Pretty there on her lingerie sound asleep.

“You and I are sleeping in the lounge tonight” S’bu said.

“But I have a place to sleep in the other bedroom, why should I sleep in the lounge?” Thandi asked him.

“Because that’s going to be the only proof I have that I didn’t sleep with her. You are going to spend the whole night wandering if I’m in the bedroom with her and knowing her, she might wake up and tell the whole world that she slept with me. I promise that I won’t do anything you don’t want me to do” he said mischievously.

In the end Thandi had no choice but to sleep in the lounge with S’bu. They both struggled to fall asleep being so close to each other and decided to watch a movie. They were woken up by Mandy in the morning who had come to drink some water and found them sound asleep on the couch with Thandi’s head resting on S’bu’s chest. She took a photo before waking them up incase they denied it. Thandi rubbed her eyes waking up and realised that they feel asleep while watching a movie.

“Morning beautiful” S’bu said yawning. “The next time we sleep together will be in a comfortable bed I promise” he said mischievously.

“Who said there will be next time?”Thandi asked.

“This” he said lifting up his wrist showing the beaded bracelet she gave him.

“Do you even know what it means?” Thandi asked smiling.

“I might be from the city by I know my culture and traditions very well” he boasted.