Mu mujyi wa Huye, ahari kaminuza, ahari urusaku rw’ubuzima bwihuta, hari umukobwa witwaga Ariella. Yari umuhanga mu masomo ya siyansi, afite amanota ya mbere mu ishuri, afite inzozi zo kuzaba umuhanga mu buvuzi bw’indwara zidakira. Yarigaga, agakora ubushakashatsi, agakunda gutuza wenyine mu busitani bwa kaminuza—aho ubwatsi bubengerana, indabo zishyira umukororombya, n’inkweto z’abanyeshuri zigenda buhoro ku mazi y’imvura.
Naho Samu, ni we wacungaga ubwo busitani. Umuhungu w’imyaka 25, waciye mu buzima bukomeye, ariko afite umutima mwiza. Yarazi indabo zose, imizi yazo, n’uko zishyuha cyangwa zinanirwa. Yari umuhanga mu buryo butagaragarira buri wese—ari ubuhanga bwo kwumva isi mu mutuzo, no gukunda atavugije ingoma.
Ariella yamubonye bwa mbere ari kugaburira indabo amazi mu gicuku, ubwo abandi bari mu birori. Yakomeje kumubona kenshi, rimwe aramuvugisha:
— “Ujya ugira igihe cyo kuruhuka?”
Samu yarasekeye gato. “Indabo ntizitegereza ko unaniwe. Zikura uko zishaka.”
Icyo kiganiro cyabaye imbarutso. Uwo munsi ntiwarangiye batavuganye. Buri gihe Ariella yanyuraga mu busitani, yahagararaga akamureba arimo kuvoma, gusuka, cyangwa guhekenya ibyatsi. Buhoro buhoro, urukundo rwaje rutuje—nk’imvura y’umuhindo.
Yamubwiye ibye: ubushakashatsi, ibitabo, inzozi ze.
Na we amubwira iby’iwabo: ubuzima bwo kurera barumuna be, kuba yararetse ishuri agafasha nyina kurera, ariko ko yifuzaga kuzubaka ubusitani bwiza aho abantu bashobora gukira umutima.
Ariella yatunguwe n’ubwenge bwe. Yabonaga imitekerereze ikungahaye, n’ubwitonzi yifuza kubona mu baganga b’ejo hazaza.
Ariko urukundo rwabo ntabwo rwabonetsemo ibyishimo gusa. Hari abarimu batangiye kumugaya, bagenzi be bamubwira amagambo:
— “Ese umuhanga nkawe arashobora gukundana n’umukozi w’ubusitani?”
Yaracecetse, ariko umutima we ntiwigeze wihindura. Kuko Samu yamwigishaga gukunda nta buzego, kumva umuntu utari mu mpapuro ahubwo mu bikorwa. Yarimo kumenya urukundo rudashingiye ku mashuri, ahubwo ku mutima.
Ku munsi yatsindaga impamyabumenyi ye, Samu yamuzaniye igihembo cyihariye: isanduku nto y’imbuto.
— “Zimera neza ahari urukundo,” yabwiye Ariella, amusoma ku itama.
Hashize imyaka ibiri, Ariella yabaye umuganga. Samu, yashinze ubusitani bw’ivuriro bakoreragamo, aho abarwayi bicaraga hagati y’amadarapo y’indabo.
Nabo—Ariella na Samu—bari indabo zitandukanye, ariko zifite imizi imwe.
