Galak Lecturer's Wife
Firmness Infiera

During this time, Infiera never cried over her condition, although it was very sad—neglected her own husband—in her home. But tonight is different. She cried silently over the bed by slapping her face on the pillow. He sobbed to vent the tightness in his chest.

What does Abhimanyu really want? Does he want to understand his relationship with Almira? Or... he wants them to separate so that he can freely establish a relationship with Almira?

The more thought out, the more claustrophobic his chest became.

Lama Infiera cried in such circumstances, until his feelings were much calmer. Fiera wakes up, she sees a clock on the wall of her room that shows at two in the morning.

Fiera got out of bed and immediately headed to the bathroom. Afterwards, he came out with a much fresher face, although his eyes were slightly swollen.

Fiera opened her closet, only to realize that her clothes were still in Abhimanyu's room. Should he go up to his room to pick up his suitcase? Or, wait until tomorrow until Abhimanyu leaves for college?

No way, early in the morning he had to go to campus because there was a Gerald class at eight, while Abhimanyu would go to campus at around nine in the morning.

Finally, Fiera decided to go up to the second floor. He hoped that Abhimanyu's room would not be locked. Sure enough, his room wasn't locked. Fiera did not care if Abhimanyu was still awake or already asleep. He just wants to get the suitcase that has been cleaned.

Luckily, Abhimanyu had already slept on his king size mattress. He walked slowly so as not to wake the man up.

It didn't take long, Fiera walked out of Abhimanyu's room with her suitcase.

***

Early in the morning, Abhimanyu was awake. He hopes that this morning Infiera is calmer and can be invited to talk.

After taking a bath, Abhimanyu descended from his room towards the dining room, still quiet. He glanced here and there, but did not see the whereabouts of his wife.

“Maybe she's still in her room.”

Given that it was still half-seven, Abhimanyu thought that Fiera was a little late this morning. So, he decided to make breakfast.

Abhimanyu opened the refrigerator and took the chicken breast and vegetables. He was planning to make fried rice this morning. There was no harm in having a filling breakfast at all, he thought. All as an apology to the wife for their quarrel last night.

Abhimanyu cut chicken breast, vegetables, and also onions. He sauteed the meat along with the onions until it withered. He smiled thinking Infiera would praise his cooking. Rarely did he cook for the woman because all this time, Abhimanyu always had a healthy breakfast, while the wife chose a heavy meal for breakfast.

“In fact, I never thought about what she liked.”

Abhimanyu realized that he was so selfish in many ways. One of them is food. Fiera eats out more often than at home. Abhimanyu said self-deprecating. “So, all this time to eat only he financed himself?”

Abhimanyu had just given Infiera money not long ago, and the woman only used her money yesterday when she went to the salon. “Gue is indeed a jerk husband, Fier.”

Abhimanyu eagerly finished his fried rice. Then, he thought about putting the laundry into the machine first before breakfast. So that when he left for campus, his laundry only stayed dry.

When you enter the laundry room. Abhimanyu saw the basket was empty. He immediately ran to the back of his house, sure enough there the clothesline was arranged. That means Infiera is awake.

Abhimanyu ran to his wife's room to make sure Infiera had not left. However, his guess was wrong because his room was already empty. The woman is gone. Abhimanyu let out a heavy sigh. The fried rice he made to apologize turned out to be useless. The woman is gone.

“Ga nothing, Fier. I'm the bad one!” Abhimanyu chuckled with his confidence earlier, that Fiera would like his fried rice. Apparently, he's not home anymore.

Women who are made fried rice at this time just arrived at the campus. He rubbed his slightly itchy nose and sneezed a few times. “Did I get the flu, huh?”

However, Fiera felt fine, but she sneezed instead. “Maybe dust.”

Classes start at eight, and it's only seven in the morning. So, Fiera chose to go to the cafeteria. He bought yellow rice on the road. After all, Mang Ujang is usually not ready with rice and side dishes. There will only be fried and wet cakes.

“Neng Fiera, morning tumben to canteen. Want apples with Mang Ujang, yes?”

Fiera laughed at the canteen guard's question.

“Mang Ujang mah sok geer, eh?”

Mang Ujang laughed with the girl. “Not geer oruh, Neng, pan Mang Ujang shocked early in the morning already visited bidadari.”

“Haha... Mang Ujang is still morning. Fiera Aduin with Mang Ujang's wife, loh.”

“Heureuy atuh, Neng!”

“Mang Ujang, hitchhiking to eat, huh? Fiera bought yellow rice. Out here the rice is not yet ripe.”

“Sok, please, Neng. Mang Ujang stayed first. Want to grab a fritters.”

Fiera nodded, welcoming. He rushed over to enjoy the yellow rice he had bought on the road earlier. Luckily, when he woke up to go to college, Abhimanyu had not come down from his room. So, she did not need to meet that man.

He had already decided to go back to being a stranger to Abhimanyu. So, Fiera will try to avoid any form of interaction that is not necessary.

...

“Good morning all!” Gerald greeted me as I entered the classroom. Her cheerful face instantly made all the students excited. How not, early in the morning they can already enjoy the handsome face of the always cheerful crossbreed man.

“As promised last week. If today we will present your group work before the exam later.”

Everyone immediately prepared with their respective groups, including Fiera.

Gerald glanced at Fiera. The woman was as usual beautiful and eager to undergo her lessons, mingling with other friends. That means there was no war between Abhimanyu and the girl last night.

One by one the group went to the front of the class, giving a presentation of their work. Gerald was quite satisfied with the work of his students. At the end of his lesson hour, he spoke a little leisurely.

“You prepare for the test later. Don't disappoint me, yes.” Gerald gave advice.

“Pak, no events, any, after the exam later?” A woman asked suddenly. “Bapak, right, has promised to treat us first on birthday.”

Gerald laughed at the student's words. He remembered the promise he said at the beginning of the semester. Honestly, he was only joking if he would treat them. However, it turns out that there are still people who remember that. “I, right, his birthday is still a long time.”

“Well, sir, next semester we're not necessarily taught by our father, right? Majuin only day.”

It made everyone laugh, not least with Fiera.

“Alright, let's see what your test scores will be. New I will decide to contact you or not.”

“Yahh..”.

Everyone simultaneously feels disappointed, but does not discourage them to keep chasing the best value.

“Alright, see you next week, yes.”

Fiera hurriedly stood up and ran after Gerald who was already outside. “Pak Gerald.”

Gerald who was walking directly stopped his steps, he turned his head.

Fiera walked quickly to approach her lecturer.

“Pak, something I want to ask.”

“Ask only.”

“It's about the annual student activities. I heard, this year they will hold a Fun Storytelling activity together with the children of the orphanage. He said, the father of one of his responsibilities.”

“Iya, right. This year I got involved, because it was very interesting. In addition to attracting children to read, they also intend to collect used books to donate. Incidentally, I have a colleague who owns such a printing company and he is willing to donate many books.”

However, Gerald did not tell if the man was Abhimanyu.

“Emm... I can join to volunteer no, sir?”

“Of course, the show is open to the public, really, because we really want to be more intense to introduce books to children and attract their reading interest. You can find the panel. If not wrong, they will gather in the park behind campus to discuss the event later. Just come with.”

“Bby, Sir?”

“Of course. Come.”

Fiera immediately agreed, she took her bag first and walked hand in hand with Gerald.

Who would have thought, the man Fiera was about to avoid was seen walking from the opposite direction. The man was already staring at him from a distance, but Fiera was as if indifferent. His gaze was only straight towards the road, as if Abhimanyu was invisible.

In fact, when Gerald paused for a moment to greet Abhimanyu. Infiera simply stopped and turned his face away from Abhimanyu.

Abhimanyu continued to look at the woman, until they walked away again. Abhimanyu let out a heavy sigh. Now Fiera completely ignored him. Whereas, before Fiera still greeted even though only as a student to her lecturer, but now? The woman actually tightly locked her lips to talk.

Gerald held back his smile as he looked at Infiera who was ignoring Abhimanyu and saw how frustrated the look of his friend was.

Apparently, I was wrong. They are in a cold war. Gerald murmured inwardly by shaking his head in an inexhaustible manner. Yeah, yeah, you deserve it, Bi.

Fiera's attempt to stay away from Abhimanyu in order to keep his heart was not easy, because it turns out that when he came to the park to meet with the student children he had to meet with Almira who was also there.

The 32-year-old woman smiled when she saw him. “Fiera also here?”

“He wants to join them,” Gerald replied, he walked to the available wooden chair and sat there. “Adi, said he wants to volunteer.”

“Really? Come, come, join. Actually, we're just here talking casually, talking for the event later.” Adi the SME chairman said.

“We are also discussing about the author of Pena Rindu. He's on the rise now.”

Fiera turned to the woman who had just spoken. If I don't remember wrongly, that woman is his level sister. Fiera doesn't know her ship, but she's met in the library.

“Oh, yes? It's a viral one, huh?” Fiera smiled, pretending not to know.

“Ah, you definitely don't follow digital novels, huh? He's really on the rise right now.”

Fiera just smiled in response, but said nothing.

“True, I also like to read his work,” said Almira chimed in. “Only, there is indeed a little less chance with her new book. I like the other books.”

Adi and the others immediately looked curious. So too with Fiera. What's the reason he doesn't like his new book? In fact, he did not lift the conflict that was too heavy.

“What's the matter, Mom, with her new work?” adi asked, curious.

Fiera also focused her gaze on Almira. He was also very curious.

“It looks like, this writer of Pena Miss is a pro with matchmaking.”

Fiera slightly frowned. As he recalled, his main conflict did not focus on matchmaking.

“In one of his other books there is also a theme of matchmaking. The story is quite unique, but it has a pretty realistic ending. Matchmaking more often does not go well, what else one party has not ended with his past. Well, in this new book the author seems to emphasize that the matchmaking always ends happily. To me, it makes no sense. Although not the main focus, but still.”  

Everyone just listened without refuting the words of Almira in the slightest about the story of the author of Pena Rindu.

Suddenly Gerald chimed in, “Why can it be called unreasonable? Does the author misinformation? Is there a logic flaw in it?”

“Not like that. But, the smooth path for a matchmaking relationship is a little beyond reason. One of them must have been hurt.”

Fiera was silent, listening to Almira's view of the story. Perhaps, others think that what Almira is saying is only a view for a story, but not for Infiera.

According to him, Almira is now blaming the other party for his strained relationship with Abhimanyu. One of them is himself. What did he say just now? Will anyone be hurt if the past relationship is not over?

“Isn't every relationship like that, huh?” Suddenly Infiera joined the conversation. “Not ended with the past? Not without an arranged marriage, such a relationship would also hurt one of them, huh? Or even hurt both. Indonesia is currently experiencing a crisis in society. Many married couples have to get divorced. According to the data, the average of them the reason is the economic factor, not the matchmaking factor. Mr Gerald watch the news often? Right, ga, rich so?”

Gerald who was listening immediately nodded. “True once.”

“True, yesterday I just drove my friend to court to file for divorce. The reason, yes, it's an economic factor.” Adi also agreed with that.

“Do not like to open the disgrace of other people's problems!” Gerald reminded.

“Sorry, Sir.”

“Nah, right? The breakdown of a relationship does not depend on how the relationship is established. But, from how couples keep each other's commitments. Not ending with the past? There is only one person who will be hurt by it, namely his partner. Those who are still not over with the past, are still together even though one of them already has a marriage bond, without thinking about how his partner feels on the grounds of marriage by force. Doesn't that kind of person really not know themselves? They feel the most hurt, but do not realize that there is one person who is more hurt by two people at once.”

Everyone fell silent, staring at Fiera. The atmosphere even immediately felt awkward. Probably just for Almira. His face looks a little red. Perhaps, he felt slapped by the words of this student.

Seeing the situation turn awkward. Suddenly Fiera laughed in embarrassment. “Duh, why am I even talking about marriage.”

Gerald pulled the corner of his lips, forming a faint smile. He glanced at Almira who was instantly speechless with the words of the girl in front of him. Gerald had realized from the beginning that Infiera was provoked by Almira's words, but he did not expect that the girl would speak so clearly.

Everyone finally laughed with a slur of Infiera. They even chimed in, ‘Kaya you're married. But, true also.’

In essence, everyone agreed with Fiera's statement. Whether it's a match or not. The foundation remains commitment. Fiera smile. He glanced at Almira who was silencing her mouth tightly. I don't know, he felt satisfied after taking out the grunts in his heart, despite the slight regret that he had already acted impulsively.   

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