When I was in primary school, my friend Robert and I noticed that the beautiful girls weren’t interested in giving us their love. It stressed us out, especially when we saw our mates in those primary school relationships. The girls back then used to brush us off whenever we asked them out. I remember this one girl saying to me, “I don’t think you will have a girlfriend in your life ” — a pretty hurtful shot, right?
There were these other girls from rich families in Luchenza who were very beautiful, and they were our crushes. But the problem was they came from well-to-do families, while we were just ghetto boys who didn’t know what a swimming pool looked like. We learned to swim in Thuchila River, specifically Pa Dam la Asena.
Even though these girls were giving us the cold shoulder, Robert and I refused to give up. We were determined to catch their attention, but we knew it wouldn’t be easy.
Robert suggested finding traditional medicines to make these girls love us. Since I trusted Robert when it came to strategies, I agreed wholeheartedly. But the challenge was how to obtain the Juju.
Luckily, there were witch doctors who sold such things near Chonde Bridge on Market days. We approached one of them, explained our problems, and he assured us he could help.
He gave us some powders called “Konda Ine” and said if we mixed them with food and drink, the girls would love and follow us everywhere forever. We were ecstatic! He advised us on how to apply them discreetly to the girls’ food or drinks.
Fast forward to campus, where we bought some Samoosas from the famous Chidzankufa tuck shop, known as “Pa Achiza,” where rich kids used to buy food. On this day, we reserved some cash, bought Samoosas from there, and discreetly applied Konda Ine. But unfortunately, both my crush and Robert’s crush refused the Samoosas. It was disappointing.
We quickly developed plan B, trying to approach other girls we liked, but they also declined the food. It turned out to be a bad day for us.
As we sat, brainstorming our next plan with our Samoosas in hand, we noticed an older girl, dating one of the campus bullies, approaching us. Despite her intimidating presence, she demanded the Samoosas, and despite our attempts to deny her, she snatched and ate them.
We were stressed, wondering what would happen next. “Does this mean the girl will love us?” Robert asked me, shaking his head. I replied, “It means we’ve taken the girl from that bully. I don’t know how he’ll react,”
That night, stress kept me awake, and I believe Robert was in the same situation.
The next morning, during break-time, the girl approached us with a smile, shouting, “I missed you boys.”
Terrified, we ran away from her, sprinting towards Nali Farm. I wish you knew what happened next…