Falling For A Zungu Prince

25|Wierd cravings

ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕣 25

"

Minnie, you need to eat something" Ona says for the hundredth time. "I'm not hungry" I dismiss her. "You haven't eaten in two days, please... I made your favorite" She pleads.

"I'm not hungry" I wave her off. "Please, you've been 'not hungry' for the past two days" She frustratedly says. I roll my eyes and she shoves the plate towards me.

I sigh, taking the plate from her. My nose immediately scrunches up in disgust. "What'd you put in here?" I smeel the food before gagging. "Why? I used the same recipe mos, ke eng?" She frowns.

"Ha-eh marn, it's stinks" I push it away. "Hebana, ke eng ka wena nou?" She folds her arms over her chest. "I'm not going to eat that, it's disgusting. Can't you smell it?" I ask, surprised.

"Okay, then what do you want to eat?" She asks, annoyed. "I want chicken nuggets and doughnuts" I shrug. "Chicken nuggets? But you hate those, you said they taste like plastic" She scoffs.

"But that's what I want mos" I frown. "okay, kea bua neh?" She exits my room with the plate of food. I close my eyes and fall back asleep.

"Mosadi" Ona shakes me out of my sleep. "Mhm?" I open my eyes. "Take" She hands me the box of chicken nuggets from McDonald's. "I said I wanted chicken tenders mos" I grimace, her expression turns sour.

"Neng? Cause I remember hearing you say that you want the plastic chicken, wa lapiša" She groans. "Well I don't want these things, nah I want chicken tenders and noodles" I dismiss her.

She looks at me suspiciously. "Minnie" She drags out. "Ke eng?" I shrug. "Did you- When you were with Samkelo, Did you... Sleep with him?" She raises an eyebrow at me.

"Mara ke eng ka wena Onalerona? I thought we agreed to never speak of that man nor his family ever again" I click my tongue in annoyance. "I know but... Did you sleep with him?"

"Why are you asking me that?" I raise an eyebrow at her. "Just answer my question, Did you sleep with Samkelo?" She asks a little more seriously now.

"Yes, I did" I lowly mutter. "Okay, give me a minute" She disappears and returns a few moments later with a white plastic bag, tossing it onto my lap. "Those are pregnancy tests. Hurry up and take them so we can get rid of this problem fast fast" She urges.

Me pregnant? I laugh. "I'm not pregnant" I glare at the plastic bag. "But you slept with him didn't you? And you're getting these wierd cravings, aren't you? Get into that bathroom and take those tests"

"But I took the morning afters" I look into the plastic bag. "From where?" She purses her lips into a straight line. "Samkelo went to fetch them for me" I now realise how stupid I sounded.

"Yoh hhayi, can you hear yourself mara? That fool could have swapped out those pills for pain killers Minnie. You got fooled to the absolute core, go and take those tests before we end up with a big problem" She pushes me into the bathroom.

I pee on three sticks and get back into the room, setting the timer. "What if I am pregnant?" I start panicking. "Have you never heard of abortion clinics? We'll solve it there" She says it like it's just cutting a piece of cake. "Ona I'm serious"

"Don't worry" The timmer rings and we both stare at each other. "Can you please check them for me?" I avert my gaze from the tests. She picks them up and a horrified look pulls onto her face,

"Yeses!" She gasps. My heart drops to the pit of my stomach. My eyes immediately widen as tears make their way to my eyes.

"Relax, I'm just joking. You're not pregnant" She laughs. "Mara Ona" I breathe out, feeling a bit relieved.

"This better be a lesson, next time get your own morning afters and use a condom before you start itching and catching things" I look down at the tests for confirmation.

Not pregnant

Not pregnant

Not pregnant

I dryly swallow, I jumped the bullet here. "Let's go out with Wandi to celebrate, she just got back" She says out of the blue. "ha-eh you go, nna I want to just stay here and rest. My head is pounding" I decline.

"Okay, I'll be back later, eat something while you're here." She heads out to her room. I walk into the bathroom to take a long relaxing bath before putting on my pyjamas and make my way into the kitchen to make myself something to eat.

"If I'm not back in two days, call the police" She hugs me. "O na le drama weitši?" I roll my eyes at her. "I'm serious, report me missing" She grabs her purse and walks out, locking the door.

I clean up the kitchen and plate my food before heading to the living room. I sit down on the couch with my steaming bowl of noodles and put on a random series on Netflix.

My phone dings twice and I pick it up, looking down at the text from an unknown number. I frown, opening it.

U/N:
Themba lami, Ngicela sikhulume.

Me:
You never give up, do you?

U/N:
Not when it's with the woman I love.

Me:
Who are you trying to fool, me or yourself?

U/N:
Naledi, I love you.

Me:
Stay away from me Samkelo, I'm done letting you use me.

U/N:
Naledi, ngiyaxolisa. Just let me explain.

Me:
If you ever try to text or call me again, I'll get a restraining order against you. I mean it.

U/N:
Ngiyakuthanda, Themba lami. I-

I hang up without a second thought, clicking my tongue in annoyance and block him on evey platform as I toss my phone aside. He just ruined my entire evening. I find myself dosing off and eyes automatically start to close, I drift off to sleep.