Ryan was so eager to ask Dylan if he found other ways to scare off bullies after arriving in his classroom, but the thing was that Dylan hadn’t arrived yet.
And it got Ryan so surprised ’cause he knew Dylan always arrive at school before him most of the time, though he does get ridden to school with a horse and Dylan does trek to school.
That shows how early Dylan always wakes in the morning to prepare for school.
Not seeing Dylan in the classroom after arriving in it made Ryan start doubting Dylan was going to come to school today. A few minutes passed, and Dylan hadn’t yet arrived at school, which made Ryan start doubting more that Dylan was going to come to school.
But Ryan was so surprised when Dylan walked into the classroom…
According to what Ryan discerned, seems like there was a particular reason why Dylan arrived at school late because this was the first time he was arriving at school this late. Enjoy new stories from empire
Now, before Dylan arrived at school, Ryan noticed students in his classroom staring at him and all that due to what happened at the cafeteria yesterday and so on. You know, those awkward stares.
But Ryan did his best to do what he’d been doing before, which was ignoring them…
After Dylan arrived in the classroom and sat on his seat, due to how eager Ryan was to know whether Dylan had discovered other ways to scare off bullies, he wanted to walk over to him and satisfy his eagerness.
But before he could do so, a certain male teacher walked into their classroom to teach them according to the teaching curriculum. That ruined everything, so Ryan had to wait.
You know, Dylan arrived at school late, so by the time he was arriving in the classroom, it was already time for the first subject teacher that was to step foot into their classroom for today to do so.
Ryan waited until the teacher was done teaching and had walked out of their classroom. Not like he wasn’t listening during the time the teacher was teaching because he wanted to confirm something from Dylan.
He was listening…in fact, when it got to the time for every student in the classroom to write down some things on their books, he did so.
..But he couldn’t deny the fact that he was eager to confirm that particular thing from Dylan and was waiting for when the teacher would leave their classroom throughout the time he was in it.
After the teacher left, Ryan was already walking toward Dylan’s seat when another teacher stepped foot into their classroom…a female this time.
Ryan became so disappointed, and it was evident in his face. He sighed a little and began walking back to his seat until he reached it and balanced on it.
‘I just want to ask Dylan a simple question and satisfy my curiosity. Why aren’t they letting me?’. Ryan thought to himself after sitting back on his seat.
That disappointed expression was still plastered on his face, but it didn’t take long for it to disappear from his face after the teacher began teaching them.
After the teacher was done teaching them and had stepped out of their classroom, it didn’t take long for another teacher to walk into their classroom…
And it was at this moment that Ryan concluded he wouldn’t be able to ask Dylan that question he was so eager to ask him for now. Now was a time for activity, a time for teachers to be entering and going out of their classroom nonstop.
He’d confirm what he wanted to confirm from Dylan when it was so close to break hour or during break hour.
The teacher that entered their classroom had finished teaching them and had stepped out of their classroom by now. And that was how it kept on going until it had gotten to break hour now.
‘Finally’. That was the thought that ran through Ryan’s mind before standing up from his seat and walking toward Dylan’s seat.
He’d finally get to ask Dylan that particular question and confirm what he wanted to confirm. After reaching Dylan and the both of them had greeted and so on, he didn’t start out by throwing the question at him.
No, he first asked Dylan the reason why he came somehow late to school today. This was the first time he was coming this late according to what he can remember.
And Dylan explained the reason why he came late, he told him everything, and it wasn’t anything serious that could cause panic…
Then Ryan threw the question at him, “So, did you find other ways to scare off bullies?”.
Dylan first sighed before answering Ryan’s question, “Yeah, I found out some ways after asking questions here and there. But I don’t think those ways would be able to help out”.
“Why do you say so?”. Ryan inquired of him once again with a curious facial expression.
“I don’t think they are strong enough to scare off bullies”. Dylan responded again.
“Tell them to me”.
“Tell you what?”.
“The ways you discovered to scare off bullies let me confirm for myself if they’re strong enough or not”.
“Okay, they go as mentioned. Ignore your bullies, stand up for yourself, stay close to your friends, walk away, and stay positive. Those are the ways I discovered after asking around”.
Ryan allowed what Dylan had just told him now to sink in. And after they’d sunk in, he confirmed for himself that they aren’t strong enough to scare off bullies.
Maybe they are strong enough to scare off bullies at other places, but they aren’t strong enough to scare off the bullies in this academy…
Ryan began thinking about the ways Dylan mentioned one after the other. Firstly, ignore your bullies, it wasn’t possible to ignore the bullies in this academy…the more you ignore them, the more they disturb you.
It was possible to ignore some indirect kind of bullying like awkward stares, hurtful remarks, mocking, and so on. Ryan had been able to ignore them a lot of times.
But as for the direct bullying, it wasn’t possible to ignore them. As said, the more you ignore them, the more they disturb you.
Secondly, stand up for yourself. Ryan had been able to stand up for himself a few times during the time he was bullied by what he said and so on, but it wasn’t enough to scare off the bullies.
Dylan had stood up for him as well numerous times. They were even more scared of Dylan than how they were scared of him.
He’d stood up for him numerous times and even threatened them with something which scared them off for some time. But now, a particular group of boys had resumed bullying him again.
It was only a matter of time before other bullies would resume bullying him…
Coming to the third one, stay close to your friends. Ryan had only one friend at school, which was Dylan, and the both of them were always together most of the time.
They head toward the cafeteria together most of the time during break hour, head home together during closing hour as far as no guard would be coming to pick up Ryan, and so on.
He was always close to Dylan, but was that enough to stop the bullies from doing what they were doing? No. They might even end up bullying the both of them together according to the situation…it had happened a few times.
The fourth one, walk away. That wouldn’t work out at all because walking away would only annoy the bullies, and that would make them intensify the bullying.
They hate it when they’re trying to talk to you or disturb you, and you walk way. It would only get to their nerves and make them want to devour you.
And the final one, stay positive. Staying positive wouldn’t change anything, they’d still come to bully you whenever they feel like doing so. They don’t care if you’re staying positive or not.
Staying positive would only help you out as a person when you’re getting bullied. It might help with keeping your mental health in check and so on, but it wouldn’t scare off the bullies at all because they don’t care if you’re staying positive or not.
Thinking about all these made Ryan confirm more that the ways Dylan mentioned wouldn’t be able to help out in scaring off bullies. He said it right from the very start, and he was fucking correct.
Dylan had been staring at Ryan throughout the time he was checking out the ways he told him one after the other and trying to confirm if any of them could help out in scaring off bullies.
“So, what do you think? Would any of them be able to help out in scaring off bullies?”. Dylan inquired of Ryan after he was done thinking.
“I don’t think so. They might be able to help out in scaring off bullies at other places, but not in this academy”. Ryan responded.