The Love Hate Relationship

What Are Married Adults For?

"Well, start again" muttered Nindy shaking her head feeling no wonder at the debate between her parents.

Nindy then turned her face back to look out the window, soon a young woman in her twenties and a little boy in her fives walked up to Nindy and sat down in front of her

"Good morning sister Nana" Nindy said to her brother who was sitting in front of her

"On the morning of the deck" her brother replied, "why Aunt, Abi" asking Nana to say hello to her sister

"Stop, just be careful if you call me Aunt, I'm still too young for that name" said Nindy, who always refused to be called Aunt by her niece who looked confused when Nindy spoke like that

"..." the five-year-old just stared silently at Nindy with a gaze as if asking what he should call her, as understood, Nindy immediately answered him

"Okey, say good morning to Nindy" said Nindy directing her niece, Nana just smiled to see two children with a ten-year age difference in front of her

"For Nindy" Abi said in an adorable voice

"Smart, good morning little boy" Nindy replied smiling as she pinched the niece's nose

"Where are you and Mama Nin?" tanya Nana looked around but did not find her parents' whereabouts

"Custom" said Nindy who was immediately understood by Nana who immediately smiled shaking her head

"Sit here dear" Nana helped her son to sit comfortably on the chair, "They both have never changed before" said Nana smilingly looking at her sister

"Sister is like that too, fighting again?" asked Nindy who could guess what happened between her brother and sister-in-law, every day Nana would come to her house and complain about her problems with her husband to her mother, it makes Nindy become confused why the world of marriage like that

"Your sister-in-law is so annoying" Nana said as she poured a glass of water and gave it to her son

"I'm confused, what do adults actually get married for? why get married if every day there are problems that arise" said Nindy shaking his head

"You're a kid, married life is like this. You better study hard" replied his brother ambiguously to bring curiosity why can the world of marriage like that, he then dismissed all the questions in his head and refocused on his brother

"Ohiya kak, brother is here to be escorted by driver, right?" ask Nindy

"Go, he's ahead. Brother deliberately told him to wait for you" replied his brother who understood the direction of his sister's conversation

"Thank you, brother, you're very attentive to me. I go first" Nindy said goodbye to her brother and left there

"Nindy for a moment." pinta Nana stopped Ninidy's footsteps, he then took a box of supplies in his bag and approached his sister, "You haven't had breakfast, eat on the way, you go, learning on an empty stomach is not good at all" Nana said as she gave the box to her sister

"Thank you, sister, you're the best" Nana said and walked back out of her house.

-- Nindy-------

Such is my story that often misses breakfast with my family because it does not like the atmosphere so noisy in the morning. Until now, my sister sometimes still goes home but not so often because Mama often teaches her to slowly overcome her household problems.

Will I be like that? ah no, the thought of getting married just never crossed my mind.

***

Nindy who had just arrived at the campus area first stopped by a convenience store near the campus, she intended to buy some food to eat before teaching.

The woman parked her car in front of the department store and got off and immediately entered the store that sold some snacks for stomach boosters.

When he finished, Nindy got out quickly and got back in his car in a bit of a hurry because soon he had to go to class and start teaching. He then drove his car to the parking lot in front of the lecturer building.

"No more breakfast at home?" ask a woman who is the same age as Nindy when she just got out of the car

"As usual, too noisy Nugrah" he answered smiling faintly at his fellow lecturers who were also the closest friends to him since he first taught in this campus.

"Let's hurry, you'll have breakfast before you teach" Anugrah took in quick footsteps ahead of Nindy

***

At nine past forty, Nindy had finished teaching and intended to return to the lecturer building when the class was quiet. He tidied up his belongings and got out of there while carrying a bag and several stacks of paper assignments collected by his students earlier.

On his way to the lecturer building, his phone suddenly rang making him immediately pick it up in a bag with a bit of difficulty because the other hand was full of piles of papers.

"Hello, what's wrong Ma?" nindy asked after she managed to grab her phone in her bag and received a call from her mother

"Go home later do not go straight to the house, please pick up your Papa in his office" asked Mama from across there

"Papa didn't bring Ma's car? ask Nindy again

"Don't worry, the car tire was leaking this morning hit by a nail in front of the fence so Papa took a taxi" his mother replied explaining the situation this morning

"Well Ma, later Nindy who picked up Pa..aww" In the middle of the journey to his room, he went to his room, Nindy even collided with someone to make the items he brought down scattered even his phone fell to the floor

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean it" said the person who collided with Nindy, apparently not paying attention to the road, just as Nindy was cool in calling with her mother

"Hello...Nindyyy.." called her Mama who she could hear from her phone, Nindy immediately picked up her phone while staring at the cynical man she had collided with

"Yes Ma? Nindy's fine, it's old" said Nindy did not want to make Mama worried because of her screams earlier

"Don't forget to pick up your Papa later" her mother told her

"Yes Ma, Nindy shut up" Nindy replied, turning off her phone.

He then looked at the person who collided with him with a cynical gaze because he thought he was not careful when walking, plus the paper assignments of his students were scattered on the floor

"Other times notice your steps, if walking it looks ahead" Nindy said in a sternly reminiscent voice

"I'm sorry, I'm looking for the Economics faculty office" the man said feeling bad for Nindy

"The room was there, at the end of it" Nindy replied pointing the way to the faculty, the man was confused and smiling because the woman before him still wanted to show him the direction even though he seemed very upset

"Thank you, ah let me help you" the man said as he watched Nindy crouch down and pick up his belongings but was rejected by Nindy who picked them up quickly

"No, I can do it myself. Next time be careful, excuse me" Nindy said with annoyance and then passed from there, the man smiled at Nindy who walked in the same direction as his goal, the office of the Faculty of Economics

"It was so bad, when he himself did not see the road and was cool to call" he muttered smilingly following Nindy who was a short distance away from him

***

"It's so annoying, the tasks get so dirty like this" Nindy muttered, looking at the arrangement of the papers getting slightly browned on top of it because of the dust and sand on the floor earlier

"What's wrong? why nag like this Miss Nindy?" ask one of his colleagues

"It's okay Mom" replied Nindy smiling faintly

"Ohiya Bu Nindy, the new Dean has been transferred today, I heard he is handsome and also young" his lecturer told Nindy

"For what handsome and young" muttered Nindy rolling her eyes lazily as her partner had already returned to his desk

Not long after, a Faculty staff entered the room of the lecturers of economics with the new Dean who was referred by fellow lecturer Nindy earlier

"Good morning Mr and Ms. lecturers, introduce him is our new Dean at the Faculty of Economics, his name is Mr. Harris" said the staff introduced their new Dean. Nindy who had been busy checking her student duties was made curious by the new face of their Faculty, how surprised he was when he saw the man he was angry with was in front of him and he was the new Dean in his Faculty.

"New dean...Dean?, die me" muttered Nindy back to look at the man named Harris, Nindy raised next to her brow in confusion as the new Dean smiled intent towards him.