Ume Ni Uguisu

Inenekazi eliphambili apha yintombazana ebizwa ngokuba ngu-Ume-chan. Ayilogama lakhe lokuqala elo, sisiteketiso esisekelwe kwifani yakhe, u-Umehara. Andiyi kuthetha ukuba igama lakhe lokuqala lingubani, kuba luhlobo oluhlekisayo, kwaye luhlobo lokumangalisa kwindawo apho luvezwe okokuqala. Ngapha koko, u-Ume-chan ukhathazwa kukutyumzwa okungafunwayo yinkwenkwe eklasini yakhe. Igama lakhe ngu-ISEZAKI-kun. Uhlala ngqo phambi kwakhe, kwaye uchitha ixesha lakhe elininzi emjongile kwaye ebhala phantsi iingcinga zakhe kwincwadi encinci yamanqaku enikezelwe kuye ngokupheleleyo. U-Ume ukhululekile ngokufanelekileyo kwimeko yakhe yokumthanda ekude (kakuhle, ukusuka kwisitulo esinye ngasemva). Ngapha koko, akukho themba ngaye. U-Isezaki-kun unentombi entle kwaye entle, kwaye egqibeleleyo. Ubonakala emthanda ngokwenene. Ngoko u-Ume uchitha ixesha lakhe ebhala ngaye endaweni yoko.
Ngokwemvelo, le meko ayinakuhlala ixesha elide, kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo, izinto ziyatshintsha xa u-Isezaki elibale incwadi yakhe yamanqaku ngenye imini, aze abuze u-Ume ukuba angawaboleka na amanqaku akhe. U-Ume, emangalisiwe kukuba u-Isezaki ngokwenene WATHETHA NAYE, wamnika amanqaku eklasi yakhe… waqonda ukuba umnike incwadi yokubhalela engeyiyo! Phambi kokuba aphinde athathe incwadi, u-Isezaki-kun ufunda incwadi ethetha ngaye. Ukhawuleza aqonde ukuba yintoni na, kwaye ngokuqondakalayo uyamangaliswa. Ekhathazeke ngokupheleleyo, u-Ume uthatha incwadi yamanqaku emva koko abaleke eklasini. Hayi, ngoku wonke umntu uya kwazi, ngoku u-Isezaki uyazi, oh, yintoni ihlazo elihlazo!
Okumangalisayo kukuba, u-Isezaki ngumfana olungileyo, kwaye uyakwazi ukufunda malunga nokutyumza kuka-Ume kakuhle. Akakhohlakali okanye nantoni na. Uyithatha yonke loo nto ngoburharha, ade agqibe kwelokuba abe ngumhlobo no-Ume! Kodwa olu luhlobo lolonwabo kunye neentlungu ku-Ume. Kwelinye icala, ufumana ukuthetha naye ngamanye amaxesha. Kwelinye icala, kuyathandeka ukuba kufutshane nomfana omthanda ngokwenene, ukwazi ukuba unentombi. Kodwa yima, yintoni le? UIsezaki wohlukene nentombi yakhe? ingaba yinyani? Okanye wohlukana naye? Ngaba usamthanda? Ngaba eli inokuba lithuba elikhulu lika-Ume-chan? U-Isezaki uyazi ukuba uyamthanda, angamcenga ukuba amthande umva wakhe?