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Re: Life Of A Shy Guy by Nobody: 3:16pm On Dec 26, 2017 |
Mustack: |
Re: Life Of A Shy Guy by Minabee: 4:08pm On Dec 26, 2017 |
Been following this on a low, nice thread you've got here infant. Waiting to see how things unfold. |
Re: Life Of A Shy Guy by infant(m): 5:34pm On Dec 26, 2017 |
EPISODE 17 I invited Sylvia into my room. she paused at the door when she saw Sharon and Joy already in my room. she looked at me and smile. I really couldn't explain what that smile meant. she walked into my room and greeted Sharon and Joy. "hi girls" "hi Sharon" they responded in unison. "you are here because of the assignment right" Joy said to Sylvia. "yes" she responded. "Christian let's start already. we are now three." Sharon said. okay, let's start. I'm ready." I responded. we all went to my bed and sat. I started the tutorial with them without feeling nervous. They asked questions from time to time and I answered their questions perfectly. when I was done, Sharon and Joy stood up to leave while Sylvia remained seated. "are you not leaving?" Sharon asked Sylvia. "I will. I just want Christian to explain a particular topic to me before leaving." she answered "okay then, see you in school tomorrow" Sharon said "see you too" Sylvia responded. I followed Sharon and Joy to the door and locked the door immediately they left. I turned to see Sylvia smiling broadly. I knew something was on her mind, but I just couldn't figure it. I walked back to sit with her on my bed. I still don't know what Sylvia did to me that has made me so confident being with her. even sitting on the same bed with her without being nervous. she looked into my eyes with her face still curved in a smile and I held her gaze. "so you invited me to your house because you are nervous of being alone in a room with Sharon and Joy" she said. I never expected her to realize I actually invited her because of that, but she seemed to be smarter than I thought. "yes, that was actually why I invited you" I confessed she stood up from my bed and walked to the door. she stopped halfway and turned to face me. "let's go" she said. "go where?" I asked "don't ask. just stand up and let's go." she said I turned my gaze to the wall clock and realized it was already 9:45pm. where can we be going to by this time. I was feeling reluctant to stand up. she walked back to me, drag me up from my bed and led me out of my room. I didn't know where she was taking me to, but I just quietly followed her. It was when I heard the loud sound of music booming from the speakers hanging on the wall, that I realized Sylvia actually brought me to a club house. my heartbeat increased the moment we set foot in that place. I was really nervous. I hate being in such places. The crowd and noise in the place is doing no good to me. I could feel my heart pounding in my chest. if Sylvia had told me that this was where we were actually coming to, I'm sure I wouldn't have come. everyone seemed to be engaged in one activity or the other. while someone were seen on stage dancing to the hot music booming from the speakers, others were seen drinking themselves to stupor. Sylvia located an empty seat at the far-left and we sat on it. she noticed that I was nervous and held my hand. "look at me Christian" she said, encouraging me to look into her eyes. I held her gaze and we stared into each other's eyes. "you don't have to be nervous. I'm here with you." she said yes, I don't need to be nervous. Sylvia is here with me. All will be fine. I assured myself. It was as if her words did magic to me, because I became a bit relaxed. "Christian" she called, with her eyes still fixed on mine. "you can overcome this. those thought you always have in mind, that discourage you from doing what you wish to do are not real. Your mind is only trying to play tricks on you. Don't always follow what you have in mind. sometimes, you just have to do the opposite of what your mind is telling you. If you always follow what you have in mind, it will hinder you from achieving great things in life. As an introvert, your mind will discourage you from doing both positive and negative things. I believe you know what's right. you just have to do what you believe is right and don't listen to what your mind is telling you. sometimes you get discouraged of doing things, because you don't want to make mistake. You always want to do things perfectly. Christian, we are humans, and humans are bound to make mistake. we are not perfect. so stop listening to that voice that is discouraging you from doing things you wish to do, because you don't want to make mistakes." she paused and took a deep breath. "Christian" she called, with her eyes still fixed on mine. "you don't always have to bother about what people might think whenever you wish to do something. that's what is making you nervous. you always think about what other people may feel when you do things you want to do. you always trouble your mind thinking about what others may have on their minds. the truth is that, they might just be worried about their own problem and wouldn't even care if you exist. stop worrying about what others have on their minds. it will only get you nervous. Do things you wish to do and stop bothering about others. take for example. right now you are nervous because you are in a crowded place, but no one seems to care about you. everyone seems to be involved in one activity or the other. you are only disturbing yourself, when no one cares if you exist." she paused again and took a deep breath. "Christian you can overcome this" she continued "you just have to start now. little by little you will overcome it. you won't even realize how or when you suddenly became courageous to speak in a crowd." I listened with keen interest as Sylvia speaks. everything she said about me was absolutely correct. "thank you very much Sylvia. I'm very grateful. you are one in a million. I have heard all you said. I will start doing things I wish to do from now on" I said "okay, but we can start from here" she said. "how?" I asked "look at that lady over there" she said, pointing to a direction. I followed her direction and realized she was pointing at a lady sitting alone at the far- right. the lady seemed to be drunk already. "I have seen her. Do you know her?" I asked "I want you to approach her and get her number" Sylvia said "what!!!!" I exclaimed "I don't even know how to start a conversation with a lady" visit storyrim.com for more. stories 18 Likes |
Re: Life Of A Shy Guy by infant(m): 5:35pm On Dec 26, 2017 |
Gucciqueen38:I'm here |
Re: Life Of A Shy Guy by RICKYMARIO(m): 5:46pm On Dec 26, 2017 |
infant:Wow! Infant this is awesome This perfectly describes introverts like myself. btw, I wish I had a friend like sylvia 1 Like |
Re: Life Of A Shy Guy by Nobody: 6:22pm On Dec 26, 2017 |
infant:Thanks for the update |
Re: Life Of A Shy Guy by pu7pl3(m): 6:49pm On Dec 26, 2017 |
One more update this night or else.....
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Re: Life Of A Shy Guy by adeniyilamlek(m): 7:05pm On Dec 26, 2017 |
I prefer reading this over staving more update pls |
Re: Life Of A Shy Guy by collinometricx: 7:07pm On Dec 26, 2017 |
Infant ooooohh... Dis ur update too der slow... I thought d blog u shared will be better... But i was wrong... At least, the blog ought to b ahead with nting less down 4 or 5 episodes... U gats work on it oooh |
Re: Life Of A Shy Guy by dotyoung(m): 8:15pm On Dec 26, 2017 |
Infant don't tell me you're shy to post more than 1 episode per day... This isn't helping the matter... If you're in support of 3 or more episodes per day please press like.... 15 Likes |
Re: Life Of A Shy Guy by emilykang(f): 8:18pm On Dec 26, 2017 |
lovely |
Re: Life Of A Shy Guy by brandon180(m): 9:01pm On Dec 26, 2017 |
So a girl is literally teaching u "pickup" imagine my shock. nyc one bro |
Re: Life Of A Shy Guy by Iammelvin(m): 10:22pm On Dec 26, 2017 |
Abeg dy drop 2 updates na.. This ur story too sweet for only 1 update |
Re: Life Of A Shy Guy by Mustack: 11:40pm On Dec 26, 2017 |
infant come and finish what you started oh 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Life Of A Shy Guy by Despirado121(m): 7:33am On Dec 27, 2017 |
Nice 1 bro. Bring it on! |
Re: Life Of A Shy Guy by whykay01: 8:35am On Dec 27, 2017 |
Nice one |
Re: Life Of A Shy Guy by lonewolf23(m): 10:41am On Dec 27, 2017 |
infant welldone more ink to your pen,pls more update and let it be lengthy |
Re: Life Of A Shy Guy by Donovela(m): 1:27pm On Dec 27, 2017 |
Nice story @infant but here's a little constructive criticism....Try to be more descriptive about the characters I.e Like their appearances and clothing and add a bit of gestures. Kudos so far man |
Re: Life Of A Shy Guy by BiadeFolar(m): 1:46pm On Dec 27, 2017 |
ANTONINEUTRON:Me |
Re: Life Of A Shy Guy by UltimateDayg: 1:51pm On Dec 27, 2017 |
Shy guy will later be a bad guy!!!! Uhmn nice one bros........but sometimes i just feel like giving the guy an online slap when he starts his shyness!! Go on your highness |
Re: Life Of A Shy Guy by BiadeFolar(m): 1:57pm On Dec 27, 2017 |
Shyness is an abberation for me.. I can be so lousy ehn.. I will talk ur ear to bleed but only online, coman see me raising my voice on nairaland, twitter and facebook, u'll see how not shy I am. AS FAR AS WE'RE NOT TALKING FACE 2 FACE . 2 Likes |
Re: Life Of A Shy Guy by Nobody: 2:32pm On Dec 27, 2017 |
BiadeFolar:I need proo...... 1 Like |
Re: Life Of A Shy Guy by johndanny(m): 2:39pm On Dec 27, 2017 |
@infant you deserve a bottle of beer if only ur shyness go gree you take am.. |
Re: Life Of A Shy Guy by BiadeFolar(m): 2:40pm On Dec 27, 2017 |
Gucciqueen38:Pro... Protection, Producer, Promise, Profit, Procurement ..,? |
Re: Life Of A Shy Guy by jokolo282(m): 2:46pm On Dec 27, 2017 |
Gucciqueen38:haha cuz only shy girls can devote their time reading this story � 1 Like |
Re: Life Of A Shy Guy by Nobody: 3:36pm On Dec 27, 2017 |
BiadeFolar:Choose one |
Re: Life Of A Shy Guy by BiadeFolar(m): 7:37pm On Dec 27, 2017 |
Gucciqueen38:I got choosing issues ma'am |
Re: Life Of A Shy Guy by Nobody: 8:03pm On Dec 27, 2017 |
BiadeFolar:Hehehe No problem 1 Like |
Re: Life Of A Shy Guy by Nobody: 8:13pm On Dec 27, 2017 |
jokolo282:Lol okay oo |
Re: Life Of A Shy Guy by infant(m): 8:25pm On Dec 27, 2017 |
EPISODE 18 S ylvia gripped my hands and stared into my eyes. "Christian, you can start learning now, with time you will get better" she said "but what am I suppose to say to her when I approach her. I don't have anything in mind. I can't just walk up to her and keep staring at her face without saying anything." I said. Sylvia took a deep breath "okay. when you walk up to her, ask her politely if you can sit beside her. if she agrees, you sit down. if she doesn't respond, that also means you can sit. so you sit down. obverse her mood for a while, because it's base on that, you will know the next line of words to use. if she's happy and ready to have a conversation with you, you can flirt with her and say some nice words that would make her feel special. but if she's in a bad mood, then you don't have to flirt with her. just make it look like you are also in a bad mood. say things that would express how sad you are. things like ' how can my girlfriend dump me for my bestfriend'. if she realizes you are just as sad as she is, she would be able to talk to you and even tell you her problem, because she would believe you will understand her better since you both are in a bad mood. you can asked for her number when she's done narrating her problem to you, and she will gladly give it to you. Now go to her. this is your first task" Sylvia said This task is really a difficult one. I have never walked up to a lady and ask for her number. I'm sure that my mind will go blank when I get to her and I won't have anything to say. "stop listening to what that voice is telling you right now. it will only discourage you, because it doesn't want you to make mistake. it wants you to be perfect all the time, which is not possible. if you keep waiting for when you will do things perfectly, then you will never do anything. do want you wish to do and stop listening to that discouraging voice." Sylvia said to me as if she was reading my mind. "okay, I will go to her" I said "good" she responded. My heartbeat has increased already, when I have not even stood up from my seat. I need to do this. I won't listen to what my mind is telling me. I stood up and walked slowly towards her. my heartbeat increased in geometric progression with every step I took towards her. Her gaze was fixed on the floor. I got to her and stood beside her. she didn't notice my presence because she was still staring at the floor. my heart was pounding fast. my mind was telling me to turn and walk back or I will just embarrass myself, but I'm not going to listen to that voice. I don't want to disappoint Sylvia. she had been a great help to me. I will talk to this lady and face any embarrassment. "hi" I greeted she didn't respond "can I sit?" I asked she didn't respond. she didn't even look up from the floor her gaze was fixed on. I slowly sat down, with my gaze fixed on her. since Sylvia said I should sit if she didn't respond, I just have to sit. I waited for her to raise her head and face me, but she didn't. she kept staring at the floor. Sylvia said I need to observe her mood before choosing my line of words, but how am I suppose to do that when she's not even looking at me. I need to look for a way to get her attention. "hello, are you with someone?" I asked she raised up her head to face me immediately I made that statement. the glare she shot me sent shiver down my spine. her eyes were red, which showed that she was either crying or holding back the tears from dropping. I wanted to stand up immediately and leave, because she was not in the right frame of mind to talk to anyone. but I just had to remain seated and follow Sylvia's guideline. she kept glaring at me as if I was the cause of her problem. I was not just nervous. I was really scared. if those eyes were gun, I wouldn't be alive by now. about four bullets would have pierced into my body. I better stand up and leave because it's obvious that she wants to transfer her aggression to me. I turned my gaze to Sylvia, to see if she would ask me to leave her, but she only shook her head which means I should face it. I turned my gaze back to the lady beside me to see her still glaring at me. I just have to follow Sylvia guidelines. "some people don't have conscience" I said in a sad tone. "how can my girlfriend of four years dump me for my best friend" I took the glass of wine on her table and down all the content. "it's so painful" I continued. "when I thought we would spend the rest of our life together." I said I took a side glance at her and realized she was listening to me with keen interest. she was no longer glaring at me. "your girlfriend cheated on you too?" she asked I nodded in affirmation. "why are some people so cruel" she screamed. I could see the number of eyes that stared at us when is screamed. "did your boyfriend cheat on you?" I asked, not sure if I was supposed to ask. she looked into my eyes. I could see pain in her eyes. "not just my boyfriend, but my fiance. our wedding was supposed to be this weekend. I caught my fiance in bed with my bestfriend." she said as tears flow freely from her eyes. "it's so painful. it hurts a lot. how am I suppose to leave without him. I love him so much. why will he hurt my feelings." she said as more tears flow from her eyes. I was totally confused. I didn't know if I was suppose to console her or just keep staring at her. she took the bottle of wine on her table and down all the content. my eyes widen in shock. that was too much for her to drink. It didn't take long for the wine to start having effect on her. she stood up from her seat and staggered to me. she gripped my cloth and stared into my eyes. "whenever you see Gabriel, you should tell him that I can do without him. I can survive without him. I won't remain like this forever. he will regret doing this to me." she said, glaring at me as if I knew the Gabriel he was talking about. she was suffocating me already by her grip. I turned my gaze to Sylvia for her to come to my rescue, but she only smiled. I tried to free myself from her hold, but she held me tightly. how was I suppose to explain to her that I don't know any Gabriel when she was drunk. she started saying words that I don't understand, and all of a sudden, she slept off in my hands. I stared at her, confused of what to do next. why did I approach her in the first place. I looked at Sylvia with pleading eyes, but she only smiled. I took her phone from her bag and went through her contact. I dialed the number she saved as sweet mum. that should be her mother. she picked and I informed her of her daughter present state. she promised to come get her in the next 30 minutes. I waited for 40 minutes before she finally came to carry her daughter. I heaved a sigh of relief and walk back to meet Sylvia. I sat down beside her and didn't say anything to her. I was disappointed that she didn't assist me even when I pleaded. "well done. you did a great job." she said. "that lady almost strangled me. I need to use the restroom" I said and quickly stood up. "okay" she responded. I quickly rushed to the restroom without delay. I emerged from the restroom few minutes later to see a guy standing beside Sylvia. I quickly hid in a place where I could easily eavesdrop on their conversation. "hi" the guy said to Sylvia "hi" Sylvia responded. "are you alone?" the guy asked "no, I'm with someone" Sylvia responded "who" he asked "my boyfriend" she responded my face curved in a smile immediately she said that. 21 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Life Of A Shy Guy by thiolhuwar09(f): 8:37pm On Dec 27, 2017 |
nice update infant |
Re: Life Of A Shy Guy by Nobody: 8:38pm On Dec 27, 2017 |
Infant, I was about to mention you nice update |
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