Yaron Mama

Episode 16

It's been weeks since Nino and Asma'u started going out, everything was going on fine with them(honeymoon phase). Zibu was already getting used to it, she had already giving up on the whole Nino idea. Exams were around the corner and the lecturers were giving the students tests after tests, one of the signs that exam was coming soon. Although this time of the semester seemed particularly hectic, it was also beneficial to them. Asma'u' worries grew more as the exam days drew closer, she was already starting to miss Dai'ba and Folake, they won't be around come next semester because of the compulsory Industrial Training(I.T). Zibu too was also concerned, it will just be her and Asma'u left and the only thing that kept them together was Dai'ba and Folake and now that they will be gone for a whole semester, what will become of them, Frenemies?.

It was a cold Sunday morning, it rained heavily the previous night but that didn't stop Folake from going to church. Folake opened the door to the room, she still met the girls deep asleep.

'What kind of sleep is this one ehn?' she said as she dropped her bible and jotter on the bed

'Girls wake up joor!!, it's past 11 already'

Dai'ba turned on her bed, she opened her eyes 'So because you managed to go to church today, you won't allow us hear word'

Asma'u' phone started ringing, she turned on her bed to see who was calling, she was hoping it was Nino. She really wanted him to call, that's the only reason she was still in bed, they had fought the night before. The fight started when Asma'u noticed Nino wasn't really into the conversation they were having, his body was there but his mind wasn't. She complained about it and one thing led to another and she got angry and walked out on him.

Asma'u hissed as she saw the caller ID, she pressed the volume button to silence the phone, then she turned on her bed facing the wall.

'Madam better stand up, no more sleep for you again' Folake started tickling Asma'u. Asma'u wasn't really in the mood for jokes, she was really missing Nino, but she didn't want to be the one to call. In her mind she believed if he really loved her he would call her.

'See Folake, i am not in the mood this morning, just leave me alone' Asma'u said

'Ahn ahn, what happened like this? Dai'ba stand up ooo your baby is sad' Folake said as she walked away from Asma'u' bed. Since Asma'u and Nino started going out, he'd make sure he called every morning or send a good morning message, she didn't get any today which meant he was also angry. Asma'u laid on her bed thinking on whether she should call or not, her phone vibrated, it was a message

'Alhamdulillah' she muttered to herself.

She knew what she did was very wrong but Asma'u had always had a problem with apologizing, some might call it pride but she sees it as looking small. Humble as people thought she was, that's actually one of her biggest flaw and it has cost her some few friends. Nino doesn't have any problem with apologizing especially when he is at fault. He was still giving her the grace of being a first timer in relationships so he was going to let this one go.

COSC 201 was Nino's best course for this semester, it was like an introduction to computer programming. The lecturer was also just perfect for the course, he broke everything down and explained, Nino didn't mind staying in this class for 6 hours. In this particular lecture Nino was lost, his eyes were fixed on the lecturer, but his concentration was somewhere else. The lecturer had locked eyes with him on few occasions but Nino didn't notice this.

'Adamu! answer the question' the lecturer said with so much confidence, Nino always answered his question or at least tried to. He had initially posed the question to the class but no one could answer and Nino didn't raise his hands up either.