Niba hari ikintu kitajya gisaza mu mateka y’abakundanye, ni uburyo bahuriye bwa mbere. Byose byatangiye umunsi umwe mu masaha ya nimugoroba, ubwo James yahuraga na Diane bwa mbere.
James yari umusore w’imyaka 27, wize ibijyanye n’ikoranabuhanga. Yari umusore w’inkwakuzi, ukunda gutekereza kure kandi ufite inzozi zo kuzubaka ubuzima bwiza. Diane we yari umukobwa w’imyaka 25, wize ibijyanye n’icungamutungo. Yari umukobwa utuje, uzi kwihesha agaciro, kandi ugira urugwiro.
Umunsi umwe, ubwo Diane yari avuye mu kazi, imodoka yari itwaye abantu mu mujyi yapfiriye hagati mu nzira. James wari utwaye imodoka ye bwite yabonye abantu benshi bari guta igihe, maze ahagarara ngo abaze uko byifashe. Diane ni we wari uhagaze imbere y’abandi, yageragezaga kwitonda ariko bigaragara ko ananiwe.
James yaramwegereye ati:
— Mwaramutse, nshobora gufasha?
Diane yaramurebye aramwenyura, nubwo yari ananiwe, ntiyabashije kwihangana ngo agire icyo avuga. Yari atunguwe no kubona umusore utazi ahagarara ngo abafashe.
— Ndagira ngo menye niba hari icyo nakumarira, niba waba ukeneye lift…
Diane yatekereje akanya gato, abona nta yandi mahitamo afite. Yicaye mu modoka ya James, bagana mu mujyi. Uko bagendaga baganira, ni ko Diane yatangiye kumva James ari umuntu uganira neza, wifitemo ikintu kidasanzwe.
Iyo lift itari yateganyijwe ni yo yabaye intangiriro y’ubucuti bwabo.
Nyuma y’iyo nshuti y’akanya gato, James yatangiye gushaka uko yabona Diane kenshi. Yamusabye nimero ye, batangira kuvugana buri munsi. Diane yari umukobwa udakunda kuvuga cyane kuri telefone, ariko uko iminsi yicumaga, yisanzuye kuri James.
Bagendaga bamenyerana buhoro buhoro, bagasangira icyayi ku mugoroba, rimwe na rimwe bagatemberana. James yabonye ko Diane atari nk’abandi bakobwa yahoraga ahura na bo. Yari umukobwa ufite indangagaciro, uzi aho ajya n’uko azabigeraho. Diane na we yabonye ko James atari umusore usanzwe, yari umuhanga, wicisha bugufi kandi ukunda gutekereza kure.
Igihe cyarageze, James yumva atagishoboye kubika amarangamutima ye. Umunsi umwe, nyuma y’igihe kinini baganira, yagize ati:
— Diane, kuva nakumenya, ubuzima bwanjye bwahindutse. Wazemera ko tugerageza kuba babiri mu rukundo?
Diane yaramurebye, amwenyura buhoro. Yari yarabonye ko James ari we musore ukeye umutima, ariko ntiyashakaga kwihuta. Yaravuze ati:
— Nshaka kukumenya birushijeho, niba koko wumva twaba babiri, ndashaka ko twubaka urukundo rufite imizi.
James yarishimye, amenya ko Diane atari umukobwa w’urukundo rw’akanya gato. Yari abonye umuntu udashaka gukina, ahubwo ushaka urukundo rufite intego.
Mu rukundo nta nzira igenda neza gusa, buri gihe haba ibihe bigoye.
Nyuma y’amezi atandatu bari mu rukundo, James yahawe amahirwe yo kujya gukorera hanze y’igihugu. Byari inkuru nziza kuri we, ariko atinya kubwira Diane. Yari azi ko urukundo rutamuhitamo hagati y’akazi n’umukunzi, ariko ntiyari kwirengagiza amahirwe nk’ayo.
Yatinyutse kubimubwira umunsi umwe barimo gutembera.
— Diane, mfite inkuru ikomeye nshaka kukubwira. Nabonye akazi hanze y’igihugu, bizansaba kuba ndahagiriye igihe kinini.
Diane yaramwitegereje, amwumviriza atuje.
— Urifuza ko ngira iki?
James yarahindukiye, afata ibiganza bye, amureba mu maso.
— Ndagukunda, ariko sinshaka ko uru rugendo rutwicamo ibice bibiri. Niba koko wumva tugomba gukomezanya, ndifuza ko twashakira umuti iki kibazo.
Diane yatekereje akanya gato, arangije avuga ati:
— Ndagukunda, kandi sinshaka kukubuza amahirwe nk’aya. Turabigerageza, ariko tuzajya tuvugana kenshi.
James yishimye, amenya ko Diane ari umuntu w’ukuri, udashaka kumufatirana ngo agire icyo acikamo.
Nyuma y’imyaka ibiri James ari hanze, bagumanye urukundo rufite intego. Bakomezanyije kuganira, gufashanya mu byiyumviro, no gutegurira ejo hazaza.
Mu gihe cy’ibiruhuko, James yaje mu gihugu, asanga Diane akimutegereje. Yasanze bidahagije kuvuga gusa ko amukunda, ahubwo yagombaga no kubimugaragariza.
Umunsi umwe, ubwo bari ku mucanga wa Rubavu, James yahagaze imbere ya Diane, afata ikiganza cye, aramubwira ati:
— Diane, nagiye hanze ariko umutima wanjye warasigaye aha. Sinshaka ko tugumana nk’inshuti gusa, nshaka ko uba umugore wanjye.
Diane yaraturitse ararira, si uko yari ababaye, ahubwo ni uko yari akumbuye iryo jambo. Yaravuze ati:
— Yego, James.
Bashimangiye urukundo rwabo, bemeranya ko bazubaka urugo rushingiye ku rukundo rufite icyerekezo.
Mu mezi make, bakoze ubukwe bw’agatangaza, aho inshuti n’umuryango wabo bose babashimiraga uko bagize ukwihangana mu rukundo rwabo.
Urukundo nyarwo ntirukangwa n’intera, ntirwihutishwa, kandi ntiruterwa n’ibyishimo by’ako kanya. James na Diane batwigisha ko urukundo ari ukwihangana, kwizerana, no gushyira imbere ejo hazaza kuruta iby’ako kanya.Iyo uhuye n’umuntu ugukunda by’ukuri, ntibisaba amagambo menshi, ahubwo bisaba ibikorwa bihamya urwo rukundo.
