“Why don’t you eat some more, come on, you can do it”. Ryan uttered to Dylan.
“I’m already filled up, but guess I can eat a little more”. Dylan stated.
“You don’t have to eat some more if you’re truly filled up. Eating above what you should eat could make you really uncomfortable, I don’t want it to seem like I’m persuading you or forcing you to do what you don’t want to,
If you feel like you’re completely filled up and can’t eat anymore, you don’t have to. Don’t eat some more because I said so”. Ryan voiced out.
He knew the reason why he was saying this…he didn’t want a situation where Dylan would become uncomfortable and can’t even go home because of over-feeding.
“You don’t have to worry, I want to eat some more because my body would allow me to do so. Though I’m filled up, I think my body can still take in some more food”. Dylan stated.
“Okay, if you say so”.
And with that, Dylan began eating another plate of food while drinking at the same time. But from the look of things, he wouldn’t be able to finish the plate of food.
If he finishes it, he’d eaten above what he should eat…and he’d become really uncomfortable.
The meats on the dining table had reduced drastically, Ryan and Dylan had eaten a good number of them, but Dylan ate more.
As expected, Dylan wasn’t able to finish the plate of food. He stopped the moment his body signalled him to stop, not adhering to his body’s signal would be a terrible idea.
“I can’t go above this, I’m filled up to the very brim now”. Dylan said to Ryan after he was done eating.
“You’ve tried. I like the fact that you were able to eat and drink a lot”. Ryan stated glancing at Dylan.
“I mean, these are excellent meals and drinks, there’s no way I wouldn’t be able to consume a lot”.
Ryan only nodded his head to Dylan’s statement as silence ensued for some seconds, then Ryan’s voice resounded again,
“So the rest would be packaged for you to take home, both foods and drinks”.
Dylan nodded his head a little. From the way he was feeling considering the amount of food and drinks he was able to consume at this place, he wasn’t sure he’d be eating dinner.
He was too filled up to eat dinner…and even if the need arrives for him to eat dinner, there’d be more than enough food for it.
With Ryan’s instruction, the servants were able to package the remaining foods and drinks properly for Dylan to take home. And even after they were done packaging them and had handed them over to Dylan, he didn’t leave immediately.
He still stayed at Ryan’s house conversing with him. The both of them were in the living room currently sitting on different couches conversing.
“I enjoyed this. Visiting your home, touring it, getting to see complete luxury, you making me feel special, the many foods and drinks. I enjoyed all to the very brim”. Dylan said to Ryan.
“That’s what friends do, right?”. Ryan voiced out.
A smile only appeared on Dylan’s face as he nodded his head a little. Then Ryan’s voice resounded again,
“We now know where each other’s homes are situated, finally”.
“Yeah”.
Silence ensued for some seconds after that before Dylan’s voice resounded again,
“I better leave now, I’ve spent enough time here”.
He stood up from the couch he was sitting on after making that utterance…
That shows he was serious about what he said to leave. Ryan stood up from the couch he was sitting on as well after Dylan stood up.
“So, we’d be meeting at school tomorrow then”. Dylan said to Ryan.
“Yeah”.
And with that, Dylan began walking out of the house, and Ryan was following him from behind. The both of them had walked out of the house by now, and Dylan was already walking in the compound with the aim of walking out of it and heading straight home.
He was holding the sack bag in his hand where all the foods and drinks were packaged, and he was also carrying his school bag.
He was still walking in the compound when Ryan stopped him, saying,
“Where are you heading to?”.
Dylan glanced at him with a kind of surprised facial expression before uttering, “What do you mean where am I heading to? Home of course”.
“You want to trek home after visiting my house, not to talk of the fact that you’re carrying that bag in your hand. One of the guards here would be riding you straight to your home, you just need to tell the person the name of the community where your home is situated”. Ryan stated with his gaze focused on Dylan.
“Seriously?”. Dylan uttered with a bewildered facial expression.
“Yes, why would you trek home when you could get ridden home by one of the guards here?”.
“I really appreciate all these Ryan”. Dylan stated walking back to meet Ryan.
He’d reached where Ryan was standing by now, then Ryan instructed one of the guards to ride him home. Now, he wasn’t rude with the instruction nor did he use a commanding tone to give the guard the instruction.
He instructed him with respect, and the guard was ready to carry out the instruction the moment he received it…
He’d already loosened the rope tied to one of the horses by now, then he helped Dylan sit on top of the horse since Dylan would find it hard to sit on the horse without assistance due to the sack bag he was carrying in his hand.
After Dylan had sat comfortably on the horse, the guard climbed the horse as well sitting in front of Dylan since he was the one that would be putting the horse in motion.
..Now that he was sitting comfortably on the horse, and that was also the same case with Dylan, he didn’t waste time riding the horse out of the compound.
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One of the terrible things that was done to Ryan after he resumed school was bullying. He got tapped in the head with force, and so on.
But the bullying later stopped due to Dylan’s intervention. Yes, Dylan helped in chasing out all the bullies with a particular threat that he would report them to the teachers.
Some of those terrible things were still happening to Ryan like the awkward stares, hurtful remarks, and so on, which can be considered a kind of bullying but weren’t the main bullying.
But it’s been a long time since he got bullied properly…
As known, teenagers can be so immature. Though bullies had been staying off Ryan with the fear that they might get reported and land into serious trouble, they still wanted to bully Ryan.
Some had been making plans behind the scenes on how they’d continue bullying Ryan. They were completely aware of who his dad was, the kind of power he holds, but they didn’t care about that…they still wanted to resume bullying him.
In fact, that was part of the reasons why they wanted to continue bullying him and were finding a way to do so…
The fact that he was from a prestigious family, and many of them weren’t. And the fact that they considered him a weakling due to what happened to him in the past was still part of the reasons.
Four boys from Ryan’s academy were heading home right now after it got to closing hour. The four of them were walking on the road along with other students, but the students weren’t that many.
It would soon get to a time when students wouldn’t be walking along with them on the road anymore, they just needed to walk a few more meters.
The four of them were living somehow close to each other, they were friends, and they can be considered bullies. They loved to prey on the weak or people they considered weak.
Each of them possessed an affinity, but they hadn’t learned to make use of their affinities properly because they were still attending the academy meant for getting the basic knowledge.
As said, they were bullies, and they were part of the bullies that had caused distress to Ryan’s life before they were scared off. They weren’t able to bully Ryan for too long because they were scared off really quickly.
After they were scared off, they didn’t make any kind of plan to resume bullying Ryan or something. But it got to a time when they began planning on how they’d continue bullying Ryan.
What always annoys them was that they didn’t get to bully him for too long before they were scared off.
There were some students they do bully at school. Students they considered weak, students that didn’t possess an ability, and so on. And they wanted to add Ryan to that list.
So they’d been planning for some time on how they’d resume bullying him.
..That was exactly what they were conversing about as they were heading home.