After she arrived at the campus, Professor Vega immediately parked the car. Then, she walked along the aisle to the lecturer room in a hurry. After she arrived in front of the lecture room, Professor Vega immediately took attendance and went to her chair in a hurry. Arriving at his seat, she found Alberto waiting in front of her chair while Alberto was reading a handout from her.
“Good morning, Alberto!” Professor Vega greeted Alberto as she hurriedly prepared for the class that day. She immediately turned on the laptop and took the books and stationery quickly. Alberto saw Professor Vega’s pale face, and her body was sweating. The sweat was pouring from her body and head, which made her forehead wet.
“Good morning, Professor!” Alberto greeted.
“I’m sorry, Alberto!” Professor Vega apologized.
“What’s wrong?” Alberto frowned because he was confused.
“You’ve been waiting for me for a long time, right?” Professor Vega felt pity for Alberto, who had been waiting for her for a long time.
“I think it’s not a long time, Prof!” Alberto said that on purpose to make Professor Vega calmer, even though he felt like he had been waiting for quite a while. Because he knows that, Professor Vega is a person who easily gets panicked. He didn’t want to make Professor Vega panic or blame herself for making Alberto wait so long.
Professor Vega immediately looked at the clock that was stuck to the wall in front of her. The long hand of the clock points to three, and the short hand of the clock points to seven, which showed 07. 15 in the morning. Seeing this, Professor Vega patted her head with her palm. She immediately felt pity for Alberto, who had been waiting for her for a long time. She immediately blamed herself for the delay. “Oh god! It’s all my fault.”
“Why, Professor?” Alberto was very confused by Professor Vega’s sudden change in behavior.
“It’s 7:15 now. I’m already 15 minutes late. You must have been waiting for me for half an hour. I’m sorry, Alberto!” Professor Vega immediately apologized to Alberto. She was sure that Alberto had been waiting for her for a long time.
“It’s okay, Prof! Let’s go to the class now, Prof!” Alberto immediately took Professor Vega’s laptop.
“Okay.” Professor Vega immediately tried to carry the items with her hands, but her hands were shaking until the items fell back. She felt that it was so difficult to carry these items because her body was so weak.
Seeing this, Alberto immediately took the initiative to try to help Professor Vega. “Professor, is there anything I can help you with?”
“That! My laptop!” Professor Vega said curtly.
Alberto already knows from their previous relationship that Professor Vega is an independent person. She doesn’t want to ask for help from others. She doesn’t accept the help of other people easily. Moreover, expecting the help of others is not the character of Professor Vega. Even when she is sick, he still tries to carry her own things.
Alberto is amazed by the figure of Professor Vega. Alberto tried to offer help again. He hoped that Professor Vega would accept his help. “Besides a laptop, maybe? Like books or other stuff?”
“You don’t have to do that. I don’t want to cause more trouble and difficulties for other people.” Professor Vega spoke firmly.
Alberto rolled his eyes because he was annoyed with Professor Vega’s figure for doing the same thing they did when they were dating before. Alberto was well aware that Professor Vega’s refusal to ask for and readily accept help from others was motivated by a desire not to cause difficulty for other people.
In fact, for Alberto, it’s okay to ask other people for help and easily accept other people’s help if someone needs it, and it’s not too difficult for Alberto just to carry things to class. What was the difficulty, and why did Professor Vega feel reluctant to accept his help? For Alberto too, Professor Vega was in need of his help. Alberto knew that Professor Vega needed his help. Alberto saw for himself that Professor Vega’s hands were shaking, which made her things fall repeatedly, but Professor Vega kept on trying to carry the things herself.
“It’s all right. Don’t feel bad for me! I know you’re sick.” Alberto said that he understood Professor Vega’s condition and hoped that Professor Vega would accept his help.
However, Alberto’s words suddenly made Professor Vega glare and frown. “How do you know? I haven’t spoken to you about it since we met today.”
Alberto exhaled his breath slowly because he was annoyed with Professor Vega’s behavior, who even asked how Alberto knew. Alberto tried to be patient. “I know that you need my help because I see with my own eyes that your face is pale, you keep sweating, and your hands are shaking until your things fall again and again. However, you keep trying to carry the items yourself.”
Not long after, the atmosphere in the lecturer’s room was quiet. There were no lecturers in the room again. Alberto felt that he said the wrong word.
Alberto immediately said, “I know that you feel bad for receiving help from me. That’s fine, though. It doesn’t bother me at all. I can help carry all your things if you let me carry the things.”
“Well. If that’s the condition, just bring it!” Professor Vega had to relent because she had tried many times but couldn’t carry her own things. Alberto immediately helped carry all of Professor Vega’s things to Alberto’s class.
“Thank you, Alberto!” Professor Vega immediately thanked Alberto. After that, they walked to Alberto’s class. But when they were climbing some stairs to class, all of a sudden, Professor Vega went to the bathroom because she felt nauseous and wanted to vomit again.
Alberto was confused, but he hid his confusion. He only thought about Professor Vega’s reason for going to the bathroom. After they arrived at the bathroom, Professor Vega immediately opened the bathroom door and vomitted.
“Alberto, you can go to class now. Don’t wait for me here! I’ll go to class after I finish vomiting.” Professor Vega so ordered.
“Okay, Professor.” Alberto immediately went to his class and brought Professor Vega’s things. After he arrived at the class, he immediately walked to Professor Vega’s chair while he observed his friends. Some students were seriously memorizing Professor Vega’s material. Some students were joking, chatting, and relaxing with the idea that there would be a quiz that day. Some students were sleeping in class.
“Wow! Today we have Professor Alberto. You replace Professor Vega, right?” Nicolas mocked Alberto immediately, which brought laughter to Alberto and his friends, who were studying in the same class as Alberto.
“Where’s Professor Vega?” Dario frowned because he was confused.
“In the bathroom.” Alberto answered curtly as he placed Professor Vega’s things on his chair. Then he connected Professor Vega’s laptop to the projector. Then, Alberto went to his seat and waited for Professor Vega to teach their class.
After five minutes of waiting, Dario was getting impatient. He immediately walked over to Alberto’s chair, and after that, he sat down on the chair opposite Alberto. “How come Professor Vega hasn’t arrived yet, Alberto?”
“I don’t know.” Alberto shrugged his shoulders and lowered his shoulders quickly.
“Is she sick?” Dario was worried about Professor Vega’s condition.
“Yes, she is sick.” Alberto answered curtly.
“What’s the disease?” Dario was curious and confused until he frowned.
“Who knows. I am also confused. She is vomiting. It seems that she has been vomiting for a long time until her body is sweating and her hands are shaking. Because her hands are shaking, she can’t carry her own things.” Alberto explained Professor Vega’s condition.
“I guess Professor Vega gets pregnant because of you, Alberto!” Nicolas tried to make a joke again to calm the situation. The jokes made the students in the class laugh.
Alberto responded casually. “Yeah, maybe she gets pregnant, but I don’t know who will be the father.”
“Then Alberto will be the father and Professor Vega’s husband. Then Alberto will have good grades without having to study much,” Nicolas attempted another joke.
“Ah! I envy you, Alberto,” said Dario.
“What makes you so envious of Alberto, Dario? Don’t you like children?” Nicolas’ question made Dario ask again, “Indeed, what’s the correlation with it?”
“As far as I know, Alberto likes children, so he will be a good father figure for his children. Later, Alberto will have cute children from Professor Vega. Professor Vega is a twin, according to what I’ve heard. So, Professor Vega’s children will be twins,” Nicolas teased.
“Wow! I can’t wait to see Alberto and Professor Vega’s children. I’m sure their children will be very smart like them.” Nicolas couldn’t wait to get to know Alberto and Professor Vega’s children.
For Alberto, Nicolas’ words were just a joke, so Alberto only responded casually, “Yes, I can’t wait either!”
At that moment, Dario’s eyes immediately bulged because he was so shocked. He immediately frowned. His lips trembled as he was unable to accept the fact. Dario confirmed the truth. “Does Professor Vega get pregnant from you, Alberto?”
“No! No way! That’s so impossible!” Alberto responded casually.
“Perhaps both of you often have sex together. So, there’s a big possibility that Vega gets pregnant from you, Alberto,” said Nicolas.
“Ah! At the very least, Vega’s GERD is getting worse. She is a naughty woman. She already knows that she has GERD, but she still loves to eat sour and spicy food. How can her disease not relapse and be cured if she always eats sour and spicy food? It’s extremely difficult for me to tell her. When I was dating, we often fought because of this,” said Alberto.
“Just like you, Alberto. It’s really hard for me to tell you about this. You still love to eat sour and spicy foods, even though you have gastrointestinal disease. “I’m so tired of telling you, Alberto,” said Dario.
Alberto just laughed sheepishly. “Yes. I’m also like her. Because the spicy and sour foods are so delicious.”
“Then you’re exactly like Professor Vega. Person usually has the same thoughts and interests as her or his partner, like Professor Vega and Alberto,” Nicolas said.
“Shut up! Now just meet Professor Vega! Maybe she needs help. I’m afraid she has a problem. What’s wrong with her? You will definitely feel sad and feel bad if it turns out that something bad has happened to her,” said Dario.
“Yes, that’s true.” Alberto agreed to Dario’s suggestion because he felt the same way as Dario. He was worried about Vega’s condition. But Alberto was afraid that Vega would be angry with him because he was considered disobedient to her orders.
Alberto’s greater worry made him immediately stand up from his chair. Then he went to the bathroom to meet Vega. He found Vega, who was still vomiting. He waited for Vega for a while until Vega went to his class.
When Vega was about to leave, Alberto immediately called out Vega’s name. “Vega!”
Vega’s eyes immediately bulged. She was very surprised by Alberto’s presence in that place. “Alberto!”