"It's Godora's struggle with the exploration of the self that truly drives this plot and touches our hearts. A revelation of the skeletons within ourselves."- Roger Ebert's Skeleton
He was coy around his love, but he wasn't a coward. Rather than be rattling bones he decided he'd face his inner fears and approach the love of his life.
"I'm going to meet that sexy me, and I'm going to tell him how I feel."
He's a bashful skeleton who's in love with himself. He's so coy that the sight of his lover makes him a coward. This all started the first day he looked in a mirror.
"Wow! I'm so sexy! Really gives me a boner!" He exclaimed upon the discovery of himself.