Chemistry between the two

Author: Thabo Mohloboli

It was a chilled morning on Christmas Day. Solie wanted to celebrate the day with someone special. “What if I call Vuyiswa?” he thought to himself on his way to the supermarket. Solie didn’t see anyone else on the street.

He finally made a decision to call Vuyiswa, a pretty young girl from a neighbouring village who was studying nursing at varsity. At the time, Vuyiswa was sitting in her bedroom, watching her favourite
cartoons on her laptop. Vuyiswa’s bedroom had a small, neatly-made pink bed. The walls were painted a brownish-red colour, and Vuyiswa had a huge art print of herself on the wall behind her bed. There were pink curtains hanging at her window, and a large beautiful mirror against one of the walls.

Her phone vibrated on her pillow. It was Solie calling, her ex-boyfriend. This was a surprise and she stared at the phone in silence. “Should I answer or not?” she asked herself, then concluded to pick it up.

“Hi Solie!” she answered politely. “I’ve been wondering when I will receive a call from you. You don’t know how it feels to be ignored by someone like you, it really hurts Solie. However, I’m glad that you’re ready to talk to me today.”

Solie asked if he could hang out with her later that day, and she excitedly agreed. They hadn’t seen each other in 5 full months. Six hours later, the chemistry between the two was exciting. They were over the moon. They felt fantastic. Vuyiswa’s outfit was not just a design. It was a part of her body language and the way that she walked confidently, smiling at Solie. As she approached Solie, they stared at each other for a while, then hugged for a long time before saying a word.

“Hey, long time no see,” said Solie emotionally. He asked Vuyiswa to celebrate Christmas Day with him at his home.

There was silence for some seconds, then Solie noticed the ray of sunshine all over Vuyiswa’s face. She came even closer to Solie, only to hug him again and to whisper, “Yes, of course, why not?” in his ear. They walked down to Solie’s home, both filled with joy.

As they approached Solie’s home, Vuyiswa slowed down. Solie asked: “What’s the problem now?”

Vuyiswa responded: “I’m getting a bit shy now…what did you expect?”

Solie made fun of Vuyiswa, until his younger sister heard their laughter behind the building. She came running to see who it was. Solie and Vuyiswa started to play fight and have fun. Solie’s younger sister enjoyed watching them. She ran to call her Mum to witness the happy couple too. Solie’s Mum showed up with excitement, as it had been a couple of years since she’d seen Vuyiswa, due to her being away for her studies.

She called for Vuyiswa to follow her and introduced her as “Makoti”, meaning her son’s future wife, to her mother-in-law and friends, with whom she was chilling and having drinks for Christmas Day.

A few minutes later, Vuyiswa was done with moving around and greeting everyone. She quickly went to Solie’s room. She couldn’t believe what had just happened. On the doorstep, she bumped into Solie, who was impatiently waiting for her. She shouted at him, saying: “You betrayed me, I wasn’t ready dude!” She was smiling with her hands covering her face as she tried to hide her facial expression from him.

They moved into Solie’s bedroom, hugging. Vuyiswa jumped onto his bed. Solie was quiet and thoughtful for a few seconds as Vuyiswa stared at him.

Finally, he took one of his copies of My Coffee Coloured Beautiful Lady (CCBL) – the book he’d written for her when he missed her and was unable to see her because of varsity.

Vuyiswa liked this book so much that, with her soft voice, she commanded Solie to read it to her. Solie obeyed without question and that was the first time they read his book together. The room was silent while Solie was reading for his CCBL. Vuyiswa had always liked it when he read for her, even when they used to chill at her parents’ shop, where her parents would find them together when they delivered stock.

After Solie had read, they saw that it was getting dark outside. It was time for Vuyiswa to go home. They stood up, cuddled and kissed. Now Vuyiswa was very shy to leave the room, since Solie’s parents were outside partying and barbecuing. Finally, Vuyiswa came to her senses because she could see that it was getting even darker outside.

Solie called his friend and they all had fun walking together as they accompanied Vuyiswa to her village, to make sure that she was safe until she got home.