UJeremy usemusha ozwelayo futhi ojabulela unina lapho eshada futhi. Kodwa-ke, indoda ekhuluma kamnandi engubaba wayo omusha uphenduka inyoka ezifihlile - ingumuntu odabukisayo futhi ohlukumeza izingane, futhi akuphelanga sikhathi ngaphambi kokuthi enze uJeremy abe yizisulu zakhe. Ngemva kwezinyanga zokuhlukunyezwa okuhlasimulisayo, okuhleliwe, ingqondo kaJeremy iyantengantenga futhi imicabango yakhe iba nonya. Uthatha isinqumo sokubulala usingayise ukuze amxoshe - kodwa icebo liyabheda, futhi lapho ecekela phansi imoto kasingababa wakhe, unina naye uyashona kuleyo ngozi.
Eshaqekile futhi egcwele umuzwa wecala, ukusabela kukaJeremy kubonakala kuyinqaba kumuntu obukele. Ukuziphatha kwakhe okuqinile nokuxakile akukhona nje okwendodana elusizi. Kulapho u-Ian, indodana enomoya okhululekile kasingababa kaJeremy, eqala khona ukusola uJeremy ngokubulala. Uthola imikhondo eminingana ebophela uJeremy ebugebengwini, kodwa ekuyivumbululeni, u-Ian uthola neqiniso lokuthi uJeremy wahlukunyezwa.
Kufanele enzeni u-Ian ngobufakazi bakhe? Ebambeke enkingeni yokuziphatha - phakathi kokujezisa isigebengu nokuhlawulela izono zikayise - u-Ian uqala ukuhanjelwa inkanuko ngoJeremy. Ingabe inkanuko, noma uthando? U-Ian uyazibuza ukuthi uyahlanganyela yini nezinto zikayise, futhi naphezu kwemizamo yakhe emihle, udonseleka ebuhlotsheni obunothando nobubuhlungu noJeremy.
UNkulunkulu Ononya Uyabusa inguqulo yakudala ye-BL ebhalwe u-Hagio Moto, omunye wabasunguli bohlobo lwe-BL. Emiqulu eqinile eyishumi nesikhombisa, ethi A Cruel God Reigns ilandelela uhambo lukaJeremy no-Ian oluya ekuhlelweni. Ukuxoxa indaba kucebile futhi kuyingqayizivele, futhi ubuciko buyamangaza. Kuze kube namuhla, uNkulunkulu Ononya Uyabusa kusengenye yeziqephu ze-BL ezinamandla kakhulu ezake zabhalwa.
- by The Pink Panzers
Uwine Umklomelo Wokuqala We-Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize for Excellence.
