Life Was Boring {RamKing}

Part 2

Ram had finished with his planning for the following day. His work was hard but it was not boring. He took his dinner, which consisted of pizza delivery. He knew how to cook, however he did not always feel like cooking. Ram would admit that he wasted a lot of his money on buying take away when he could just as easily make his own meal.

After taking a shower, he got on his bed, opening his laptop and finding a new series to watch. He did not have many other things to do besides that and playing with his dog. Occasionally he tried to read or even write something, but that did not happen frequently either. Sometimes he played games but he rarely finished a game which he started. Ram was highly unmotivated sometimes and it showed. He was not a lazy person. He always did his work with care and precision, and when he was in school, he was not a bad student either. He studied hard and even though he was not the top student he always got good marks.

It is just that he did not do more than what was needed. His work was to teach and care for little children and he did that well. It was not his dream job, but he liked it and it paid. Ram was also a homebody so it was rare to see him dress up to go out. He had one friend, Phu, who had been friends with him for a while. However, since about a year, Phu got a girlfriend and they were not spending a lot of time together. Which left Ram with even more time on his own. He did not mind it though. In fact, he preferred it that way. He liked to be alone and rarely felt the need of having someone around him.

So as always, he decided to spend his time in front of his screen. Ram was so lost into the series that he was watching that he panicked when he saw the time. How could it already be almost three in the morning? He quickly turned off his laptop and put everything in their place. His job did not allow him to be tired so he needed his sleep. Unfortunately, sometimes Ram just did not know how to get away from his technology. It was his only means of communication with other people and he like that.

He picked up his phone and saw a couple of notifications, mostly just spam mails but he decided to go through them before going to sleep. He liked to clear his phone before sleeping. One of his notifications was a frequent one, which would get his attention to an app that he had not used for a while. He decided to go on it and check it out.

Ram never had a relationship. He had a couple of first dates and a few people who chatted with him with the intention of going out but he never managed to make it past the awkwardness. Ram had social anxiety, a certain fear of humans as well as selective mutism. People usually did not understand this and considered him as bitter and prideful and it was the main reason why he did not have many people in his life. The only ones who remained where the ones patient enough to give Ram time to get over his shyness. Unfortunately, this meant that Ram's dates were more often than not a disaster. He would often opt for a cinema so that he would not have to speak, but if anyone kept insisting on meals or coffee, he would find a nice way refuse them, most of the time by lying about being busy. If it got worse, he would stop talking to the person altogether. He knew he would be unable to have a conversation with the person and he did not want to waste that person's time.

He often told people around him and colleagues that he did not want to be in a relationship or get married. However, in reality, that was not true. Ram wanted to find someone to love and someone to love him, but it was especially hard for him to do so. He was not bad looking! He was not a model but he was good looking enough to attract a couple of people. He rarely turned heads but he did get a few people interested in him along the years. Phu even told him that since he got his tattoos, he seemed colder but people were looking more at him. Sometimes he liked that, other times he did not.

Once on the app, Ram being swiping photos, usually randomly and without checking out much about the person. He wondered why he would even bother to use an app when he knew it would all be in vain. Ram did not wish to meet his future someone on an application. He would rather meet them somewhere in which a situation led them to meet face-to-face. Yet, faith was never in his favour and he would have to resort to online means. He did get a few matches, but he was never the one to speak first.

He stopped dead on the photo of someone. His name was King and Ram's eyes almost popped out of his head. How was someone so good looking single and on a dating app? Ram opened his profile and went to look at the description.

26 year old / I love going out, hanging out with friends, travelling and spontaneous meetups. / I have a flower shop that keeps me busy most of the time so I would like someone who can understand that. /

That person could not be any more different from Ram! He seemed like the type that would reject Ram in an instant or not bother with him at all. Yet, Ram felt a certain pull towards him that made him like this King person. He was surprised to find that they matched; Ram was not expecting that at all. He stared at his phone for a few seconds before he quickly switched his phone off and placed it on his nightstand. It was time for him to sleep and leave dreams where they belong.