Bab 235: Being drunk and missing out
Today is a day where I am truly feeling impatient. My mind is racing. I am only thinking about bad stuff. Things that can go wrong and how to counter them.
I have read my entire database thoroughly for that specific topic. As a result, I was kicked out. I was being annoying so they kicked me out. But can you blame me?
My mother is giving birth today. My sibling is about to be born. I was pacing back and forth the house while muttering stuff. I even used Aera and Aegis to increase my computational power.
Finally everyone lost their calm and kicked me out. Dad was already going to go fishing so he decided to take me with him.
Now, I am holding a fishing pole and sitting by a lake. Dad is humming a song and enjoying while I am still overthinking.
"Clive, calm down. You are more nervous than me when you were born." (Dad)
"I don't know why but I am just feeling restless. Am I losing my cool?"
Seriously, why am I worrying so much? I know that it is normal to be worried but this has turned into paranoia. I know that I am being paranoid however, that isn't stopping me from from doing it.
Let's try again. Focus! Don't think about that. Let's focus on fishing.
Fishing has never come to me as a hobby. I did ask dad why he got into fishing. Our world did not have water bodies suitable for fishing.
Fish were kind of a rare commodity and hard to come by. They were raised separately in tanks so not many of them were available. Fishing as a hobby only existed in the records.
"I read some of the fishing stories and it kinda intrigued me. Once I got here, I saw this big lake and fish jumping in and out. That was the first time I thought of taking to fishing."
He gave me an oddly specific answer. And he has been fishing almost everyday since then.
Sometimes he gets something big, sometimes it's not too much and there are even times when the bait is not taken at all.
Fishing teaches you patience. If you are patient enough, you can get a fish easily. But patience needs to be backed with observation skills?
My bait is yet to be taken. I calm down, focus on my rod and feel the water. It's silent. The wind is blowing and the trees are making sounds.
There are many kinds of sounds around me. Not good! My mind is still racing. I have to calm down.
Maybe intoxication would do the trick. Just a bit of substance abuse and I will be as calm as a rock.
What will work on me? Let's try increasing the blood alcohol levels first.
It felt like a kick. Does alcohol hit this way? I have never drank alcohol so I can't say. My eyesight is blurry. My hands are shaking. My mind is calming down.
Hmm…this is, in a way, kinda working. I feel rather giddy. I am probably smiling.
The rod is twitching. Something has taken the bait. I start reeling it in and pull ot towards me. I didn't have much troubles pulling it out of the water.
But I can't say what I got.
"Hey dad, what did I get?"
"Clive, you are shaking and you sound funny. Are you drunk?" (Dad)
"I tried raising my blood alcohol levels. I am probably."
Talking is getting harder. Who knew that being drunk is this weird.
"You should rest. Here.."
He takes my rod and tells me to go and sit by a tree. I get up and start walking to a tree.
Is it me or am I fumbling? It feels like my feet are moving on their own. My mind is foggy. I think I am at the tree so I sit down and lean on it.
I didn't fall down so I think I am sitting near a tree. But this tree feels weird.
And with that, his consciousness drifted away.
Clive raised his alcohol levels a little too much. Even his body will take some time to process that much alcohol.
"He fell asleep."
Clive leaned on Aura. Aura had come to check up on Clive and to inform that the delivery was a success.
"I guess he was trying to calm down. But I think it will be a while before he is awake."
Clive's dad got and packed everything. They will leave right away. Aura picked up Clive on her shoulder. He is hanging like a passes out drunk.
"He'll probably never drink again if he finds out what happened." (Aura)
"Yeah. But not that we can do anything. I think he has been pushing himself a lot. No, he has always pushed himself a lot. It might be better if he takes a break."
They all leave for their house. Clive has already missed the birth of his sibling. Once he gets up, he will meet his sibling first thing he does.
PERTIMBANGAN PENCIPTA 
Gregor_americana
Gregor_americana Take this chapter with a grain of salt. I am also like Clive currently. Real life has been a bitch this entire month. I’ll try to write more regularly from November.
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