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Muamba POV

A date!

She kicked me out to get ready for a date. Kapinga kicked me out to go on a date! I still cannot believe this woman. At first, I thought that it was some kind of trivial joke but soon realised that it was no joke.

Hence, why I spent most of last night tossing and turning in bed with very little hours of sleep. I missed her this whole week and now that the weekend had finally arrived, I did not even get to spend any time with her.

Before the sun even started rising, I was up and awake. I had too much energy within me to just lay down. I desperately needed to find a way to take out my frustrations. Back at home, I would simply go downstairs and spend an hour in the gym and that was enough to calm me down. But I was not home now.

After getting dressed in a pair of Khaki shorts and lose vest, I left my house in order to de-stress. It was still dark outside, but I had spent enough time in this village to still know my way through the darkness.

By the time I reached where I was headed, the sun finally started speckling through and providing my tired bloodshot eyes with some light. And so, I began my new method of de-stressing.

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"Kashala?" Kalambayi said pulling my focus from my task. When I finally stood up straight, I realised that my body was very tired and sore. My clothing were all wet from the activity and yet I was still not satisfied.

"Hey," I replied and went back to my task with full force. I was in no mood to converse with anyone. Especially right now.

"You do realise that you have cut enough wood for the whole of the coming week right?" Kalambayi said and then went and sat on one of the many piles of wood I had chopped to pieces. I just grunted in response and went on cutting wood. It was not like the wood would go bad so why not right?

"This is about Kapinga is it not?" He asked.

At the mention of her name I swung the axe extra hard breaking the log I had into pieces flying in different directions. That swing took a lot of energy leaving me panting.

"I will take that as a yes," Kalamabyi said after a moment of silence. I was in no mood to figure out some lie anymore. He knew and I could really use someone else's viewpoint on the situation. So, I pulled off my very wet vest and used it to wipe my dripping face. I then dropped the axe I had tortured for the past hours or so and sat on the pile of wood opposite to Kalambayi.

"She went on a date yesterday," I said. This was the first time I uttered the words out loud and so I could not help but cringe at them.

"Well, you took Mado for a swim," He replied. I looked up at him and could see the amusement in his eyes.

"What is funny about all of this," I asked suddenly angered that he was enjoying my pain.

"You are mad that she went on a date, but you did the same thing with her friend. Have you ever sat and thought about how that would make her feel?" Kalambayi asked me.

"That is her friend. Why would she think I am interested in her friend when I had taken her out so many times!" I replied back confused at Kalambayi's accusation.

"Let me ask you something then, the date Kapinga went to do you know who she went with?" Kalambayi asked. From the look in his eyes, I knew that he knew more about this person. I just did not know if I wanted to know as well. So, I shook my head in response to his statement.

"It was Japhet." Kalambayi said so calmly.

However, I was far from calm. It was safe to say that I had a tempest brewing within me and my dear friend was about to be slaughtered alive. I did not respond to Kalambayi. Instead I went and picked up my axe and swung it on my back. After all, I had a bone to pick with Japhet.

"Where are you going?" Kalamabyi asked still as calm as ever. I hated how calm he was. For some reason it enraged me even more.

"To kill him," I replied. And started making my way back to the village.

"Wait, let me get this, you were mad when Kapinga went on a date. But now that you know that she went out with your friend you are even more mad?" Kalamabyi asked in that annoying calm tone again.

"Yes!" I replied. The anger evident in my voice.

"So, despite it being a friend you are still furious?" Kalambayi asked again.

"Yes, of course it is. Japhet is a guy and she is gorgeous. There is no way nothing happened between the two of them. And will you stop the foolishness already! I am not a kid that you must speak down to" I replied finally letting some of my emotions out on Kalamabyi

"All I am trying to tell you is that, you did the same thing to Kapinga. You took her friend Mado on her offer. When we all know that Mado is a whore. Why must she believe that nothing happened when the two of you left to go swim on your own?" Kalamabayi said.

As soon as the words clicked in, all my anger dissipated. Instead, I was now overcome with regret. It all made sense. As soon as I walked with Mado, Kapinga had excused herself and left. She did not even pitch up the next day. Not to mention the tissues I saw lying all over her bedroom floor. She was hurt. I hurt her.

So, I immediately dropped my axe and started running to go and apologise to her when Kalambayi said the most unexpected thing, "Kashala, she already left early this morning."

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QOC: Is there anything you regret in life? If yes what is it? It is fine if you don't feel like sharing

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