DAY 6: THE CALL
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I looked at the card, again, and again and again, while rolling on my bed.
Deciding on what I supposed to do with it.
I still holding Paul's card number in my hand, watching it as I thought it might make Paul called me first.
But I did not give him my number either!
So, that means, I am the one who supposed to call him first.
Dang it, Paul!
Giving me too much pressure and responsibilities when we only met for a day. This is definitely giving me a hard time.
I mean, after all, this is my first time to date with a guy.
Yeah, yeah, I know.
After high school, I did not focus on dating during my degree life, as I was too absorbed to get good grades, to pursue my job in my dream company. But still, I do go to parties and stuff, whenever I felt stress and just want to get loose from the tension of the studies.
So, yeah, basically, my university's life was a bit dull and bored as I did not have much significant experiences or memory to brag.
Like one of my roommates, who already have like, 6 exes during his studies, and he always brings the boys home.
And have the freaking loud intimate i*********e, while I tried to study for my finals!
I remembered what he said back then when I was too busy studying and neglected my social needs.
Well, actually, my lust's needs.
"Come on, Alan. Loose some up! Surely you want the touch, right?"
He talked to me while his boyfriend, or someone he paid, hugging him from behind.
"I don't know. I can go wild if I do get it once."
I tried to rationalize with him, though I actually wanted to continue with my studies.
As he and his playmate are kissing and moaning while I am talking!
After I had done talking, he finished his kiss, for a moment, as he will continue it later, and turned to me to get my attention.
"Oh, come on, Alan! We both knew that we are alike!"
Except I am not that horny.
"We yearned that touch, am I right?"
He threw his wet shirt at me, which is wet because they are continually having copulation while I am here.
And the wet is obviously from their sweat!
As he talked, his playmate started to move his hands around my roommate's body, until it disappears under their blanket, down under.
Urgh!
"You see, this hot, wet hands can be yours for a night, so what do you say? Want to join the trip for tonight?"
He clearly tried to make me jump in that bed with two of them.
One thing that I surely do not like is to have another person in the same bed as mine and my lover, during our night time together.
"Nah, I pass."
I declined his offer because I was not in the mood right now.
Plus, they already did finish for the second round!
How thirsty can they be?
And how much energy they have?!
"Suit yourself."
He shrugged and then they continued to kiss and later, going under that blanket, again.
For a fricking third time!
And because of that, for the next paper, which is tomorrow, the day after I declined my roommate's offer, I got B.
Geez!
And that was my life, every day, throughout my degree's life, until I managed to graduate. I have been wondering where is he now, but, nope.
I am pretty sure he is somewhere, where he can simply get men nearby.
But enough of that!
We need to focus on the current problem.
This business card!
Should I give him a call, right away?
Or
Should I play it cool, waiting until he was the one who needs the start the move?
Eventually, I could not find the answer. I took my phone and dialled to a certain number. The number that I will always go to when I did not know what to do.
*Ring*
Click!
"Heyya, Alan! What's up?"
"Hey, Jenna. Listen."
I filled her with the details.
"OMG! Is my Alan finally spread his wings, to fall in love?"
She always had to be this extra.
"NO! Well, at the time. But are you really listening to what I said earlier?"
I can hear her laugh, and then I heard a familiar voice, calling for her.
"One sec, is it cool if Yuna can hear this too? She can be expert in this area, since she, you know, was the one who made the first move."
I sighed as it means that I need to repeat what I just did.
"Sure, but if she didn't get what I said right away, we off that loudspeaker."
"Okies!"
I could hear that Jenna is calling for Yuna somewhere in her house, as the voice is echoed inside the phone.
"Eh yow! Yuna in da hauz! So, who thy one shall need my expert here?"
I filled the details again.
"Ah! My friend, I think, you too, know what I think about, don't you? Or, it just me?"
"Just tell me straight! I don't know what are you thinking about!"
I hate it when Yuna plays with his words, which make me not understand what she tried to say.
And now see!
I do not understand what am I trying to write here!
"Chill, my buddy! That means he wants you! And isn't it so obvious? He gave you his personal number! Call him!"
This is what I wanted from her.
A straightforward answer.
"But isn't it too soon, like I only knew him for a day? And, doesn't it looks like I'm desperate?"
I tried to debate with her by giving reasons why I should not make the first move, alternately, I should play the play it cool card.
"But, didn't you guys have that sparks when you told us about like, the park incident, the fall incident, and definitely, the cafe incident."
I can hear Jenna was trying to give her thoughts too.
"Yeah, plus, he did tell you that, it was not a girl that he interested in, didn't he? I mean like, if you did not see that as a major flag, I don't know what you saw that as."
I processed on what Jenna had told me.
And she is right too!
If Paul liked girls, he did not have to correct me, right?
Like, he can simply say, he still did not found the one in his life, right?
So, if that so, then what Jenna said, actually sounds true too.
But, giving in too early is not me. I have to squeeze to the very end of my nerves.
Until I got the ultimate reason to call him.
"But, he probably makes a joke about it, right? Like, he wants to tease with me, or just want to make fun of me? I have some kinda bad experience, okay!"
I genuinely told them the reason for my excuse to not call him first, giving the experience I used to have back then, during my high school.
Ultimately, I had trust issues, on almost everything, so, it is understandable to be this suspicious, right?
I did not hear from them for a while.
Because either they were making out when I am talking or having a discussion, which they did not want me to hear it.
"Hello?"
I called upon them both since it seems to be quite long like I cannot even hear the sounds of them breathe on the phone.
"Are you ditching me, seriously?"
I tried to talk in a louder voice on the phone, to attract them somehow, and it worked.
"Yeah, we're actually watching this movie, since I can't pause it."
"Wow! Some friends are you."
I inserted my sarcasm tone into it, though it was my fault too, as I called them during the off day.
"It's okay then, sorry to interrupt both of you."
I can hear Yuna is laughing, while Jenna yelled at the end of the line of the phone.
"Yuna! Sorry! I was going to the kitchen. I tried to cook something, so I need to look at it, while Yuna holds the phone!"
That explains why I did not hear Jenna for a while.
"Listen, Alan. I cant asked you to do something drastic since I was there when you have the trust issue. But let me ask you something, how long are you going to have those trust issue, and not listen to yourself, for a while?"
I really hate it when Jenna is right.
"Plus, you never know, if you didn't try, right? Remember, it was your words! When you force me to accept Yuna. Don't you dare to forget it!"
"Do you regret it?"
I can hear Jenna giggled at the end of the line, and I am pretty sure that they were cuddling right now.
Should I interrupt?
"Oh, ehem! By the way! Maybe it is the time for you to start, um, going for it, like moving to your next phase, and trying to leave the past that dwelling you behind."
I gave that thought a moment to rethink about it.
Maybe she is right after all. I should try to move on because it was like ten years or more since I was having that trust issue.
And it was all thanks to him.
I did vow to myself that I did not want to go back to the old, naive Alan, again.
I think the time is now, I supposed since God had given me this opportunity to use it wisely.
I finally made my decision, but when I was about to tell them...
"Okay, I already gave that a thought and..."
"Great! You have your answer, bye!"
Yuna quickly ended our call.
I guess she was a bit hasty right now, giving that today is our off day.
Oh, well, I guess it is okay since I already found my answer.
I stood up from my bed, and walked towards my balcony, to get some fresh air. The card in my hand, still had that new paper smell, as I looked at it.
I grabbed my phone and held it tightly. After I took a few deep breaths, I finally pressed the numbers, according to the details that had written on the card. Each one of the characters, I put it on the contacts to dial. After I finally got the full series of the number, I pressed the 'Call' button.
After that, I carefully raised the phone to my ear. I listened to every tune, waiting for the call to connect.
As I waited, I could felt the sweats on my forehead began to flow, down to my cheek.
Finally...
*Click*
I breathed, deeply again, before I responded.
"Hello?"
I heard a chuckle.
"Hello, Alan. What took you so long?"
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