I STOPPED GIVING HER THE "ATTENTION"; Didn't Want To But I Had To.

A short story about "her", she stays next to my room and she's fair in complexion.

This is a short story about my friend and I.

We stay in the same hostel and we've shared a lot together; time, ideas, money, mainly foodstuffs.

She stays next to my room so we see everyday. Plus, she has been my far-away friend since my first year in school. We got close this year July/August when she packed into my hostel, so, we became closer than I expected _{(didn't even crossed my mind that we would become close)}

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What Rule Did I Bend?

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Y'all know how much ladies love care and attention, right?. They don't get tired of it and get angry each time you don't give them the type of attention and care they want. I mean, every lady out there has a different spice of care and attention they always crave for.

Some ladies would want you beside them always, talking to them, wanting all of your attention. While some, just want your attention at the necessary time.

My friend that I'm talking about here loves talking, I would have called a a talkative but she isn't the type that speak gibberish or nonsense, she is wise and intelligent. She has energy in terms of relating with her friends (hyper active) so she always wants the same energy that she gives out. She also expects that you replicate almost same energy that she gives you.

She, one of my friends and I have always been there for each other, we share a lot of things together and go out to get things together. We are always together every time we are free.

So this fateful day, I went to her room to say hi and check how she is doing, as usual, but she gave me a weird vibe. I tried all I could to make her smile, you know; it didn't work so I left. Next day, I went to her after school and asked her what's wrong but she just ignored my questions. I felt so bad and left her room for my own immediately ; felt like she punctured my pride.

I literally left all I was doing to check up on her and all I got was the silence treatment??.

It went on for few more days and I just thought that would ruin my mind thinking about her and her actions. So, I left the hostel to my guy's hostel and stayed with him for few days and I can say I was more productive than the staying at home.

The usual me would have stayed and visit her every day to keep asking "What's wrong, what happened, why are you this or that". I broke bent the rule by not giving her too much attention as I used too. Usually, we are always there for each other but this time around it was draining me seriously as I had other things to do aside being there for her.

She came back to herself 3-4 days later and called me on whatsapp (I was still at my friend's) to ask where I was. I told her and she was like "ah ahnn, it's been a while since we saw you in this hostel o" and I said "Yeah, but I will be back tomorrow". I hung up 3 seconds after giving her my response.
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How Things Were After Breaking The Rule of Attention

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And if you ask me how I felt after doing that.... I was and I am still glad I did that.

I got home the next day, went straight to my room, had a short prayer, took my bath and slept. I woke up 2 hours later, went to knock on her door and she said "oh finally, you're back"; all I said was "Yes, I am". I sat down, watching and listening to her talking about different things just to cool the tensed atmosphere (it was obvious that she knew she did something wrong).

Guess what..... She didn't say sorry for ignoring me or give any reason: she only said she missed me and i didn't give any reply to that. I let that slide since we are friends not lovers, right😂.

I'm not a hard guy😂, I like ladies a lot, they are the most beautiful creature on earth and they are sooooo lovely. But, I just couldn't help, I had to withdraw my "attention" (break the rule) a bit so as to correct that and never let it happen again.

The end of my short story, thank you for reading through