TRUE LOVE AND COMPANION

there was a girl named Nangamso from another village, she was 17 years of age she was mostly indoors and her friend considered her as dull and too introverted because she didn't speak much. She had been doing this since a young age, and her elder sister was trying, by all means, to lift her spirit up but unfortunately, all her energy goes down in vain. even in classes she was that shy girl, at home she will try to make herself feel good but all in all, she was just not herself, and also her grandmother didn't like her that much she was into any negative act she was doing and that made things worse for the girl because she always had suicidal thoughts. She didn't love or rather like her life, she always wished to disappear or go far away from home, her sister n uncle, and grandparents, but for the love, she had for her grandfather she kept hoping that things will be fine.

When she was 18 she started seeing things and those were her ancestors, they appeared physically and sometimes as a cause of a dream, there was this day she dreamt of her great grandmother wanting to be reburied and when she tried talking to the family about it the next morning they couldn't get it until she explains the type of woman that was actually on the dream saying the words rebury. when she came back from school that day her grandmother said to her that she knows the woman she is talking about but on her grave, she doesn't know as she died when she was her youngest age.

she suggested that they must go to the neighboring village to tell the deceased family that there is going to be a meeting on the 9th of august at 11:00am, in hope that the family members will gather on that day and she will tell them about her granddaughters' dreams that are raising an alarm to the family. indeed the day came and they both set off to the neighboring village for the meeting, the meeting went well they had agreements and concluded that the next coming month they shall host a ceremony for the great-grandmother's wishes to be reburied. after some time of talking and trying to know the costs of the whole ceremony, they asked the girl to go buy them cooldrinks, she went to look for the shop because she doesn't know the way around that village,

luckily she met a girl of her age that attends the same church as her, she accompanied her to the shop, at the shop there were two boys sitting outside of the shop, they passed by them and went in to buy what they were told to buy, they went out and just right after they left the shop to gate the guys went after them, the other guy was called Sikhumbuzo while the other one was called Sivuyile and the churchmate was Zintle, Sikhumbuzo was into Nangamso, just that he was intimidated by her quietness and smile she had, he tried to ask for the name but the girl kept quiet, although the girl was quiet for some time the guy couldn't give up and nervously asked for her phone numbers, for the first time she opened her mouth and called them out loud with an adorable smile, he was so perplexed of this action to such a point whereby he was asking himself to ask another thing or just watch her and embrace the little she said, and besides he has the numbers.

The girl went in and dropped the drinks to the person that sent her and told her grandmother that she wanted to leave, her uncle offered to drive her home because it was late for a girl of her age to climb the mountain to the other village in the evening. indeed her uncle drop her off at their place and the girl ran inside to tell her grandfather that he saw someone at the ceremony and he is friendly, her grandfather was just happy at the fact that for once she can be this excited, after some couple of minutes the girl had been looking at her phone, it rang and it was Sikhumbuzo, he wanted to hear her angelic voice, they were very happy to such a point that they wanted to see each other the following day . The girl was a goat herder and the guy was a cheese boy from the city, he just went to his village to finish his higher grade in high school and his parents owned a shop and a pub. The girl knew that if she was going to tell her grandmother about her where about, it was going to be a problem and so she decided to bath and make it look like she was off to look for the goats and sheep, both of them met each other at the middle of the mountain separating the two villages, the guy was so happy to see her again, when they met they were too shy to talk to each other but still kept no distance between themselves, both of them were convinced that they love each other equally, they kept quiet and the girl decided to say that she has to go and look for the goats otherwise this won't be possible again if she would lose the goats. he allowed her to go and offered to help her look for them but the girl said no she will be fine.

They were so in love with each other to a point where by there called each other during break times and this was so shocking to her friends because they barely know her smile, they didn't know her boyfriend, and the guy was also way not normal to his friends and family and it raised an eyebrow to his close friend Sivuyile, he was dying to know exactly what is happening with his friend so that he can be answerable to others (classmates ) who are concerned. These two love birds usually see each other on weekend during the day, they met for the third time and she acted differently by trying to hug him, and this was a very brave act from her, just before she could hug him, he hugged her with lots of emotions and both of them started to cry, as they could feel that they were being so emotional towards themselves they tighten up the hug and said BYE.

Later that night the girl found it hard to sleep and texted the guy in request to see him in the morning, eventually, they meet again in the sacrifice of their classes .they set down right at the peak of the mountain and the guy already brought a blanket and some snacks and homemade food, Nangamso liked this act from him, it showed that he is kind and caring, they asked questions and laughed together and ate, and time was really flying for them and when they were about to say goodbye to each other, the guy pulled the girl's waist towards him and gave her a warm hug to appreciate the amazing time she spent with him,

The ceremony day came for the great grandmother to be buried and people from that other village hired Sikhumbuzo for transportation, they met again and the girl was not expecting it as the guy didn't expect it either, immediately when he saw her he couldn't resist her and he decided to call her and ask if she can agree to see him and to his surprise, she said yes living whatever that she was doing complain of a running stomach she went to the car and she drove her around the three villages they both had fun and the guy just decided to say out loud I LOVE YOU, this left the girl emotional and with a low voice she said she would like to go to a dam, they were both quiet after that until they arrived at the dam, just at the coast of it the girl said boldly I LOVE YOU TOO. The guy smiled and kissed her forehead and softly said I love you more my love, the girl looked up and then for the first time the guy draw his lips closer to her lips and the girl kissed him, they kissed for some time and just when the girl was about to take his shirt off, he held her hand and gave her a deep kiss, and said we have to do things the right way, they hugged and went back to the car. He took him back home.

November came and the guy was supposed to register for the IT course in universities and he tried the nearest ones so that he won't be that far, but still, the girl felt bad that he was going and at the same time telling herself that he has to go study so that he can become a better person.

End of November the girl went to the other village to check on the guy and he actually found him outside, he ran to her and pulled her to his room kissed her and told her that she must not worry he will come from time to time to check on her and also they will still communicate with each other online, she dropped some tears and kissed him and said " It's not like I don't want you to go to school, I am just afraid that I will miss you so much and I won't be able to see you physically when I need to", and to her surprise, the guy said that he will always be there no matter what. they lay together and watched a horror movie. The girl got scared and held the gut close and tight and he kissed her and said I am here for you, you don't have to be scared. the girl returned the kiss and they started kissing and they began undressing each other and the guy stopped her and asked if she is sure of what they are about to do, and she said yes they undressed and made love to each other, after that they took a nap and the guy woke up and arranged a calming bath for her and she lifted her up and took his towel and cleaned her up as she had some few blood spots in between her legs as a result of her first time, after cleaning her up he applied body oils on her body and massaged her, telling her jokes and telling her how much she really means to her.

It was time for him to go to school and he went to her to see her as she was so afraid to say goodbye, he went to his house and asked for her and her grandmother called her for him, immediately when she saw him she cried and ran to hug him and he said I will see you soon and gave her a wrist watch and said send me a text message when you miss me and I will be there.

After three months she texted him it was during the day and later that day she had a knock on her window and it was him, he smiled and said I've missed you, she went to him and pulled him in and said I love you more.

THE END.