There's a popular saying that you don't know what you have until you lose it, well, I'm currently experiencing something similar to that and it's not a situation that should be taken likely.
Recently, I started to notice how much peace of mind and freedom I had once had ever since it started to look like the very same freedom is being threatened by someone I don't even know.
About a month ago, I had made friends with a lady who I had met during one of my friend's birthday party celebration. During that party, I had made sure to only mingle with people that I knew personally which comprises of mostly just guys. But while I was talking to one of the guys, a lady friend of his had walked up to us and somehow the three of us had bonded and we all just became friends from there (more like I became friends with her).
It turned out she was someone who stays somewhere not faraway from where I live and I would occasionally see her around whenever I go out to get something. Interestingly, this lady happens to be someone who isn't shy to interact with someone she knows and would always say hi to me by hugging me whenever she sees me around, a gesture that was clearly harmless to me.
Well recently, I got to find out that a particular guy in the area who also happens to be a friend of hers didn't like the fact that she always greet me that way. I didn't notice this at first but whenever I saw her around and stopped to say hi, he would always watch us from afar probably with anger in his heart.
Well, about two weeks ago, he tried to approach me but stopped after he noticed I was in the midst of my friends. He probably didn't know I noticed it but I did because I try to always be observant of my environment because living in a student area like this one isn't exactly the safest place to be, especially due to the fact that we have to be at alert in case the police decides to pick that day to perform an illegal raid.
Then fast forward to two days ago, while I also was with some friends, he had tried to walk up to me but changed his mind at the last minute and walked away... This time, the friends I was with noticed it and talked about it due to how menacing he walked.
This is my first time experiencing something like this and although I do have to be cautious of my movements around the area, the whole thing seems funny to me because I don't even know what's going on.
Although I might be wrong about the whole thing and might be reading it wrong, at the main time, I'm making sure to keep my distance from the lady and also avoiding moving around alone. Because the last thing I want happening to me is getting hurt for someone I just met a while back that isn't even a friend yet.
And if you're wondering how I know he's trying to walk up to me, well she said he's someone she knows but they aren't that close, old acquaintances...and she said it so nonchalantly that you just know she's trying not to get me to worry, which in reality is worrying.
Anyways, I hope and pray I'm safe.