Me: "Zise charge in your bedroom, yintoni ingxaki"?
Beast: "We're two hours late...For the house viewing"
Me: "Ooh sorry. I thought ndizokhaw'leza yazi love but...I'm sorry. Can't we reschedule"?
Beast: "I already have...Sizoya ngo three. Hopefully we make the time this time around"
Me: "We will...Nisahluthi"?
He ignored me, my sons shook their heads so I got up and went to prepare lunch. Soso came to join me...
Me: "Siqumbele ntoni kengoku"?
Soso: "Kudala sikufounela iiphone zakho zisifaka ku Vicky"
Me: "Heh... But he should have seen my phones in the room ngoku ebesondlula"
Soso: "Haike inoba akondlulanga"
The thought!
Soso laughed at my frown.
Soso: "He'll be fine wethu, guess he was just stressing kuba engakufumani not because of the time"
Me: "Yeah well...Unjani uLindo"?
Soso: "Uright"
I looked at him...
He chuckled and started wiping clean the plates and rinsing glasses.
Me: "I'm waiting"
Soso: "For what"?
I looked at him waiting...
Soso: "Well, we broke up...And no, well yes...In fact I don't know who broke up with who but before you say anything: it was bound to happen. Bekufike ixesha"
I kept quiet...
He was confirming into ekudala ndayibona ba izakude yenzeke but I was surprised that he's so calm about it. Maybe they weren't as emotionally attached as I assumed anymore, maybe they grew apart because of his work, which was because of us in a way.
Soso: "Say something"
Me: "Are you happy"?
Soso: "Yes. I don't know how to explain this but I really am"
Me: "Then that's all I care about, your happiness. Hopefully you did the right thing whoever broke up with whoever phakathi kwenu...Don't want you to live with regrets"
Soso: "The only regret I have is not ending it sooner... Pulling her along when we both knew that it was long over"
Me: "So who's the new chick"?
He blushed and quickly manned up, toughened up.
Soso: "I'm single and looking, but, career first. I've got bills to pay"
Me: "Kodwa uqale wabobotheka"
Soso: "Haike undiyeke mna ndithe ndisingle"
Me: "Mnk. Zuhlale u-single wethu sikufuna usezingqondweni when handling ubutyebi bu ka tatu Gwala"
Yho akayihleka!
Me: "Uhleka ntoni soso"?
Soso: "Umntu onomntu akabikho sezingqondweni"?
Me: "Hay khawujonge ubaby, wena ucing'ba usezingqondweni xa equmbele ukungandifumani kwii phone azishiye pha eroomini yakhe?"
Wasuka wanyumbazeka uLwandiso Titus, I heard one of the triplets crying so I asked Soso to finish up the chicken salad I was making while I went to attend to my son... As I walked in elounge, three of them started crying.
Beast: "Nank'umama wenu mxeleleni nifuna iibhotile zenu"
Me: "Nank'umama ufikile nebhotile zabantu"
I took Iyazi and Ikho ndabafaka bobabini while he tried calming down Iyakha.
Me: "Veve?"
Uve: "Ma"?
Me: "Nd'cela uthi ku Soso acime istovu"
Uve: "Kay mamakhe"
He took a couple of steps towards the kitchen then stopped and turned facing us...With a frown.
Uve: "Ntana zakho zancanca zoy'thu kuwe mamam"?
Me: "Ewe Uve, now please go to Soso"
Uve: "Akuhlungu"?
I rolled my eyes at him, he shrugged and went to deliver the message waphinda wabuya
Uve: "Uthini mama"?
Me: "Makacime istovu"
Uve: "Okay"
He went back to the kitchen waphuma no Soso...
Soso: "Uthini bra"?
Me: "Uthini kant u-Uve"?
Soso: "Uthinina u-Uve nyhani...Something about ilofu wethu"
Me: "Tyhini Thixo, and here I thought...Mxm, please switch off the stove for me"
Soso: "Lofu > stovu. Okay I see, yes wena Veve"
Nqaba laughed at his confused son, I gave him Iyazi to burp and took Iyakha. When all of them we're full I went to dish up for the rest of the people then I sat with the hubby just drinking juice, I wasn't hungry. After a while esitya he laid back, caba uyetyisa umhlekazi then I felt his fingers going through my new hair ndancuma without saying a word.
Beast: "Yak'fanela le way"
Me: "Nyhani"?
Beast: "You know I wouldn't say it does, when it doesn't"
Me: "Ndiyabulela Z'khali"
He tried so hard not to smile, enyinto no Soso ebengaqhwanyazi tu I understood my husband wanting to play the "tough guy" so much. He enjoyed keeping people on their toes.
Period.
