My Life as a Shy Guy - Episode 3
EPISODE 3
I got home and freshened up. I lay on my bed and stare blankly at the
ceiling. The event of the day flashed through my mind and my mood suddenly changed. I felt bad that I couldn’t answer a question confidently in class. Even when joy approached me nicely, I couldn’t even say a word to her. Why am I always like this? Will I ever be confident enough to speak
with a lady without feeling nervous? when will I stop behaving this way? Am I the only one in this world with this kind of personality? what did I do wrong to be born with this kind of trait? Am I cursed or something?
ceiling. The event of the day flashed through my mind and my mood suddenly changed. I felt bad that I couldn’t answer a question confidently in class. Even when joy approached me nicely, I couldn’t even say a word to her. Why am I always like this? Will I ever be confident enough to speak
with a lady without feeling nervous? when will I stop behaving this way? Am I the only one in this world with this kind of personality? what did I do wrong to be born with this kind of trait? Am I cursed or something?
It seems like I’m the only one in the world with this trait. I have never come across any shy guy all
my life. Where did I get this kind of trait from?
my life. Where did I get this kind of trait from?
I was lost in thought. The vibration of my phone brought me back to reality. I stretched my hand to my table to get my phone. I stared into the screen and saw that it was an unknown number. My heart missed a beat when I realized I gave Joy my number.
I sat up immediately still staring at my phone. I quickly rehearsed a few words I would say to her when I pick the call. I took a deep breath and placed my hand close to the green button. While I was still contemplating on whether to pick the call, it suddenly stopped ringing. It started ringing almost immediately.
My phone suddenly became too heavy for me to hold. I needed to pick the call. I won’t
allow my personality to drive away someone who seems to care about me. I summoned all the courage in me to pick the call. I placed the phone on my ear and said “hi” in the nicest way I could.
“Guy you didn’t try at all. you have forgotten about me. You can’t even call me” the voice at
the other end said. it wasn’t actually a lady’s voice. it was a guy’s voice. I felt relieved when I heard the voice. “please who am I speaking with?” I asked “so you don’t recognize my voice?”
The voice rang a well. I knew I have heard that voice before. I thought for a while. “Daniel” I called
“yes it’s Daniel. I thought you won’t recognize my voice.” he said “wow! so it’s you Daniel. Long
time” I said happily “yeah, long time” he responded.
“How are you?” I asked
“I’m fine and you”
“I’m fine too” I responded
“so how is school?” he asked
“school is fine”
“I hope those girls in school are not giving you problem”
“not at all” I responded
“is this your number”
“yes this is my new number. I said.
"I should call you, since you don’t want to call me”
“Daniel you know that’s not true. If I had your number, I would have called you” I said
“okay o, I just said I should hear from you”
“you did very well. I’m very grateful. I will save your number.”
“okay then, we will talk later.” Daniel said
“okay, thanks for the call”
“Daniel you know that’s not true. If I had your number, I would have called you” I said
“okay o, I just said I should hear from you”
“you did very well. I’m very grateful. I will save your number.”
“okay then, we will talk later.” Daniel said
“okay, thanks for the call”
I ended the call and stared at my phone screen with smiles on my face. It was good to hear from Daniel. Daniel is my childhood friend and a very good adviser. I placed my phone on the table and lay on my bed. Just immediately I placed the phone on the table, it started vibrating again. I took the
phone from the table and picked the call without looking at the caller. “hello Daniel” I said into the
phone “Christian” the caller called. I froze when I heard a lady’s voice. I slowly removed the phone from my ear and stared into the screen. The number was different from Daniel’s number. I slowly placed the phone back on my ear. I could feel my heart pounding in my chest.
“hello” I said calmly
“Christian how are you? This is Joy”
“Joy. how……. how are you?” I stammered
“Christian you don’t sound too well. Should I come over to your place?”
“No, no” I cut in immediately “I’m not at home”
“where did you go to?” she asked
“I’m in the hospital”
“hospital!” she exclaimed “is it that serious?”
“Christian how are you? This is Joy”
“Joy. how……. how are you?” I stammered
“Christian you don’t sound too well. Should I come over to your place?”
“No, no” I cut in immediately “I’m not at home”
“where did you go to?” she asked
“I’m in the hospital”
“hospital!” she exclaimed “is it that serious?”
What did I just say? I couldn’t believe I just told her I was in the hospital. I quickly took
back those words
“no Joy, I mean I went to get some drugs from a pharmacy.”
“okay, how is your body” she asked
“I’m fine now. I will call you back. I’m on a busy road right now” I said
“okay” she responded
I ended the call and took a deep breath. I lay on my bed and didn’t know when I slept.
...to be continued
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