"Please Minyi - if you are not interested, don't give your number! You are giving him false hopes!"

I understand his point of view but personally I find it very hard to say no. Can you imagine my reply when he asks "Can we be friends?"

"No."

This seems too brusque and rude. That was why I gave my number. Plus, I like to give him the benefit of doubt and assume that he could be asking for fun and would never contact me. If this is the case, then at least he can have a happy memory that he got my number. Instead of a traumatic experience that I rejected him flat out. Not very nice on his ego. I can imagine the humiliation if I was the one who had asked a guy for his number and he rejected me! (Which I had done once when I was in Secondary Three. Luckily for me, he gave me his number.)

I kind of expected him to call or drop me a message within a few days if he was going to contact me so when 5 days passed and there was no news; I was estatic. I honestly thought he had forgotten all about me.

Unfortunately, he messaged me on Monday. It was an ordinary message asking how I was doing. I took 3 days to reply his message, hoping that perhaps he might get the hint that I'm not really interested and am really busy. My reply was simple and curt - "Hello! I'm doing fine with work."

He replied me 2h later. With an apology. For replying late as he was in the middle of work. He also asked whether I was giving tuition that night. This message really made me feel bad. I replied 3 days late and did not even apologise for my late reply.

It has been 3 days since and I have not replied to his second message. The same guy friend told me to ignore his messages. He thinks I'm giving him further false hopes by replying.

I'm thinking I'm too lazy to be nice anymore.