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The girls who went ahead of the envoy to tell Ntswaki the bad news got to the river but there was no sign of her. They looked around, up and down the stream but Ntswaki was nowhere to be seen. When they were all ready to give up, one of the girls saw grass moving as though something is hiding there. They got curious and they decided to go and check. They were all scared but curiosity got the better of them. They got there and they couldn’t believe what they saw with their eyes. Ntswaki was not there, they only found a full bucket of water. The girls were Nthati, Lerato and Maipato. They were her childhood friends but their characters were very different from hers. I will tell you more about them at a later stage. “Jonna mme weee!!!”, Lerato whispered. They were now worried that something bad might have happened to her. “Eseng Ntswaki o ipolaile lona? Mohlomong hona le motho ya fihlileng a mo phethela taba tse?”, Nthati asked with her eyes wide open and sparkling as though she was about to cry.

“Haholo hle… Haholo hle….” Ntswaki whispered wildly while being held down by Tebeho. She was laying on the grass while Teboho was pounding on her like a woodpecker. Her feet were placed on Teboho’s calfs with her pelvis lifted and her back on the ground. Teboho was on top of her on his knees with his hands on top of hers. Right there under the sun Ntswaki was getting it. They were so into the act that getting caught was the last thing on their minds. “Pha pha pha pha” mokola a kokometse hodima motho. The tango went on for a while until he started pounding even harder and they both got louder “KA ROTA…. KA ROTA” He said. “KE KOPA O NROTELE HLE”, she requested, but heavy breaths were the only form of response she got. “Peqe peqe peqe peqe” he rocked his way to climax. Ntswaki broke loose from under his hands and clung unto him tightly. She moved her feet from his calfs and wrapped her legs around him tightly to a point where it was hard for Teboho to pound, but that didn’t stop him. “KA ROTA KA ROTA” they said loudly as they came. “YHOOOO YHOOOOO”…. “OOOUUUU OOOOUUUU”. They kissed briefly and Tebogo rolled to the side to catch his breath while Ntswaki was shaking uncontrollably and breathing heavy.

“Le utlwile?” Maipato whispered. They sneaked to the direction from which the sound came. It came from near the tree, not so far from where they found the bucket of water. Ntswaki and Tebogo were laying down faced up with their eyes closed because the sun was too bright. Teboho was wearing his Tsheya while Ntswaki still had her Thethana on. The attire was very convenient for a quickie because there were no underwears back in the days. They only covered the private parts while everything was dangling underneath. She laid there with her legs still wide open while the stuffed cream was still dripping from the donut. “HELANG BONANG FEBE SENA” Maipato said and they all laughed pointing at them. In fear, they opened their eyes slowly to see who those people were. At the sight of the girls Teboho grabbed a chunk of grass, covered his private, stood very quickly and took to the heels leaving Ntswaki with her friends. At the sight of her friends, Ntswaki stood there frozen without any reaction, with her legs still wide open. “KWALA ROPE TSEO WENA NOHA DI TLOHA DI KENA”, Lerato said and they all burst in laughter. They were shocked because they all knew her as a virgin. She never said anything when they spoke about their sex lives. She was just a good girl who never complained when sent to get water. Other girls would complain but never her. Now it all made sense to them.

She stood there frozen for a good minute while her friends were mocking and bombarding her with questions like “HEEEEEE NTSWAKANA O NTSE O IKENTSE KONYANA KANTE WA KOTISA LE WENA?... HEEEE BO NTSWAKI LETLA SHWA LETLA BOTSWA…. NTSWAKI OKA PATA MOKOTO NTHWE MONATE TJE?!!.... NTSWAKI JWALE MOSHANYANA YA MOTLE HAKALE O KOPANA KAE LE ENA HOBANE O DULA O IKWALLETSE KA TLUNG?!!!”. Ntswaki closed her eyes and opened them like they would be gone once she opened them again. “NTSWAKI RE ARABE O TLOHELE HO PANYAPANYA EKARE O THUANA E TLETSE MOROTO TJENA”, they said. Ntswaki felt like she could just disappear, she felt invaded. She felt as though the whole Kingdom saw her in that state because she knew that it’s just a matter of time before everyone knew. She could already see the disappointment in her father’s eyes because she knew how her father always went around the village bragging about her. “NNA KE TSWETSWE MORADI WA POPOTA ESENG FEBE TSENA TSA LONA TSE BOTSWA, TSE MATEPE EMPA BANNENG TENG BA HLWETSE MEKWALABA”, he would usually say. She had kept her relationship with Teboho a secrete for so long successfully. She didn’t understand how it happened that her friends followed her. And for what good reason because they always refused when she asked them to go with her. Not that she wanted to go with them, she only asked just to check if any of them would be going anytime soon. If one of them had to go get water, she would offer to get water on her behalf and Teboho would help her carry the water up to a certain distance. Now they are here and she almost got caught in the act. There was no way she could go down like that. The first thing she said was…

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