Chapter 27: 27:Gnawing Thoughts

Evan was so engrossed in writing the code that it wasn't 11 PM on the same day, but rather the next day.

With no one to disturb him, his sense of time has slowly become dull, and even the hunger gnawing at him has been ignored.

Since he sat there like that without eating any food, and without enough nutrition the amount of stress made him pass out.

He woke up two hours later and the first thing he did was to gulp down the spirit-vitalizing tea and devour slices of cake in the refrigerator.

As he felt fresh and refreshed, he felt that he should calm down a bit and relax.

For the first time in a while, Evan felt quite restless.

"Ha! My mind felt like it was clogged earlier."

Looking around the room, he couldn't help but think about his past days as this wasn't the first time he passed out due to exhaustion.

Previously, being depressed, he worked out heavily to forget his pains until he passed out.

The experience of depression is marked by deep emotional turmoil. He felt increasingly detached from activities he once enjoyed followed by the same question of why was this happening.

On one hand, he wanted to beat his adoptive parents while on the other hand, he felt that it was morally wrong.

Despite looking good externally, he struggled with overwhelming sadness, irritability, and a sense of emptiness.

His self-esteem suffered and he found it hard to connect with others, often withdrawing from social interactions. He was never able to fit in the age group.

Most kids of his age would enjoy drinking in the bar, having fun with girls, flirting vulgarly while left over would be cooped up in a room to study but he wasn't in either category.

He was neither good at studying nor in socializing so all he did was work and work.

Every time he wasn't doing anything, weird and pessimistic thoughts would hit him out of nowhere.

"Damn! I shouldn't be affected by those bastards...Let's do something to freshen up and change my mind."

An idea struck in his mind.

Next day early in the morning. If anyone looked at the street, they would be able to see a tall, handsome youngster running across the street.

Evan had found a gym having many personal trainers and fighting coaches with a monthly membership of 4000 rupees per month.

The price was a bit high, but Evan still felt reasonable after finding that the coaches were all black belts having proclaimed fighting careers.

Evan started learning the basics of martial arts. His routine would start with basic stretches, cardio, and some core-strengthening exercises followed by fights.

And all of this was done regularly.

Then Evan sparred with some fighters who also came to learn.

After one week of training, Evan already could control his body without any discomfort and learn three different martial arts.

With his extreme comprehension, it was easy to learn, follow, and record movements with a glance.

Muay Thai is a style that originated in Thailand. Karate, the school Japanese style. And Capoeira, the Brazilian style followed by Taekwondo.

Of the 3, he liked Capoeira the most. Because this style was a mix of dance and fighting, the opponent didn't even realise he was in a fighting stance before being knocked out, it was very acrobatic too.

However, learning theoretical knowledge and applying the basics practically was different.

Due to excessive greed, he threw some moves that his body wasn't ready for causing him to pull some muscles

"Evan, let's have a freestyle sparring," said the guy named Hiro Tastuke

Name: Hiro Tastuke

Skills:

Intermediate Fighting[8/250]

Intermediate Leadership[24/250]

Impression:18