Ume Ni Uguisu

Intokazi ehamba phambili lapha yintombazane okuthiwa u-Ume-chan. Lelo akusilo igama lakhe, empeleni isidlaliso esisuselwa esibongweni sakhe, u-Umehara. Ngeke ngisho ukuthi ungubani igama lakhe lokuqala, ngoba kuyahlekisa, futhi kuyisimanga lapho kuvela khona okokuqala. Noma kunjalo, u-Ume-chan uhlushwa wukuphambana okungafuneki kumfana ekilasini lakhe. Igama lakhe u-ISEZAKI-kun. Uhlala ngqo phambi kwakhe, futhi uchitha isikhathi sakhe esiningi embuka futhi ebhala phansi imicabango yakhe encwadini encane yokubhalela enikezwe yena ngokuphelele. Ume unethezekile ngesimo sakhe sokumthanda ekude (kahle, kusuka esihlalweni esisodwa ngemuva). Phela alikho ithemba ngaye. U-Isezaki-kun unentombi enhle futhi enhle, futhi ephelele ngokuphelele. Ubonakala emthanda ngempela. Ngakho-ke u-Ume uchitha isikhathi sakhe ebhala ngaye esikhundleni salokho.
Ngokwemvelo, lesi simo asikwazi ukuhlala isikhathi eside, futhi ngokuqinisekile, izinto ziyashintsha lapho u-Isezaki ekhohlwa incwadi yakhe yamanothi ngelinye ilanga, bese ebuza u-Ume ukuthi angawaboleka yini amanothi akhe. Ume, kwamangaza ngokuphelele ukuthi u-Isezaki empeleni UKHULUME NAYE, umnika amanothi akhe ekilasini… kuphela ukubona ukuthi umnikeze incwajana engalungile! Ngaphambi kokuthi abambe incwajana, u-Isezaki-kun ufunda incwadi yokubhalela ngaye. Ngokushesha uyabona ukuthi kuyini, futhi kuyaqondakala ukuthi umangele. Ikhohlisiwe ngokuphelele, u-Ume ubamba incwajana ayibuyisele emuva abaleke ekilasini. Hhayi, manje wonke umuntu uzokwazi, manje u-Isezaki uyazi, oh, yeka ihlazo elingaka!
Ngokumangazayo, u-Isezaki empeleni ungumfana omuhle, futhi uphatha ukufunda ngokuchoboza kuka-Ume kahle. Akekhohlakele noma yini. Uthatha konke ngamahlaya amahle, aze anqume nokuba ngumngani ka-Ume! Kepha lolu uhlobo lwenjabulo nobuhlungu be-Ume. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ukhuluma naye empeleni kwesinye isikhathi. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, kuyadinga ukusondelana nomfana omthanda ngempela, wazi ukuthi unentombi. Kepha linda, yini le? U-Isezaki uhlukane nentombi yakhe? kungaba yiqiniso? Noma wehlukana naye? Ngabe usamthanda? Kungenzeka yini ukuthi leli kube yithuba elikhulu lika-Ume-chan? U-Isezaki uyazi ukuthi uyamthanda, angamkholisa ukuthi athande umqolo wakhe?