Dylan nodded his head a little after Ryan gave that response, then he voiced out,
“Just as I said. Truly, they might be able to help out in scaring off bullies at other places, bullies that aren’t that hard-hearted. But they wouldn’t be able to scare off the ones in this academy”.
“The ones in this academy are too hard-hearted. I’ve thought about it, and I’ve confirmed none of those ways you mentioned would be able to help out”. Ryan’s voice resounded again.
There was silence for some seconds after he made that statement, then he voiced out again,
“So, what are we going to do now?”.
“I don’t know, I have no idea”. Dylan responded.
And with that, Ryan sighed a little. It was break hour, and a lot of students had already left the classroom for the cafeteria, the classroom was looking so scanty right now.
There were a few students remaining in the classroom along with Ryan and Dylan, but the few students would soon be walking out of the classroom. In just a few minutes, the students remaining in the classroom walked out of it.
..So right now, it was remaining Ryan and Dylan in the classroom.
They would have walked out of the classroom since, but they were conversing. Ryan wanted to confirm something from Dylan which he’d confirmed, and confirming it led to something else which has been keeping them in the classroom all this while.
And another fact was that Ryan was somehow afraid to head over to the cafeteria due to the bullying that had resumed itself. He’d most likely get bullied there again today.
He wasn’t in the mood to get bullied at all, he wasn’t always in the mood to get bullied because it wasn’t a pleasant thing at all. But he’d have to head over to the cafeteria to eat.
He can’t miss out on the delicious food that would be prepared by the cooks today…
“Let’s head over to the cafeteria, see, the classroom is completely empty. We’re the only ones remaining in it”. Dylan said to Ryan, glancing at him.
Ryan didn’t move an inch after Dylan said that to him, he was just standing on the same spot. Then Dylan’s voice resounded again,
“Are you afraid to head over to the cafeteria due to the fact that you might get bullied there again?”.
“Yes”. Ryan responded, nodding his head a little.
“But you have to eat even with that fear. Don’t allow them to make you start skipping meals eaten at the cafeteria”.
“I don’t plan on skipping today’s meal, and I never thought of skipping other meals to come in the future because of them. I’m just scared”.
“The fact that you don’t plan on allowing them make you skip school meals is just excellent. And I understand the fact that you’re scared, you’re human, and no one likes getting disturbed,
But let’s head over to the cafeteria with the mindset of ‘whatever comes’. This isn’t the first time something like this is happening, it had happened in the past, and we dealt with it. We’d find a way to deal with it again no matter what,
Let’s head over to the cafeteria, we’re already wasting too much time in the classroom”.
And after those words finished flowing out of Dylan’s mouth, both he and Ryan walked out of the classroom together. They’d already gotten so close to the cafeteria by now.
And in just a few seconds, they reached and entered the cafeteria. They noticed a lot of people glanced at them the moment they stepped foot into the cafeteria…and it was just so annoying.
The cooks were about to begin serving the students around, and most of the chairs and tables had already been occupied by students when they stepped foot into the cafeteria.
There were still vacant chairs though, but all the chairs close to the vacant chairs had already been occupied by students…
That means students were already sitting around all the tables in the cafeteria. So what they’d have to do was to join a particular group of students around a particular table.
They’d have to sit on vacant chairs around the table.
So right now, Ryan and Dylan were already walking toward a certain group of students occupying a certain table that didn’t look troublesome. There were about two vacant chairs around that table.
The moment they reached them, they made themselves comfortable on the chairs. After sitting on the chairs, they noticed the students sitting close to them were staring at them.
And this made them begin wondering, ‘Did we make a wrong decision sitting here?’.
Well, it didn’t last for long, in no time, the students stopped staring at them. And after the passing of a few minutes, they become sure they didn’t make a wrong decision sitting there.
They confirmed the students they were sitting close to weren’t troublesome. Stay connected through empire
But though the students they were sitting close to weren’t staring at them anymore, there were still gazes on them. Other students in the cafeteria were staring at them due to the same thing that happened yesterday.
The cooks had already begun serving the students by now, in fact, a lot of students had already gotten served.
A lot of them had food in front of them as the nice aroma of the food was entering their nostrils. Ryan and Dylan hadn’t gotten served by now, but in no time, they were served.
Plates of food were kept in front of them and were also kept in front of the students sitting around the same table as them. It didn’t take long for all of them to begin digging in.
They began eating…and as usual, the food tasted nice. Ryan was somehow afraid as he was eating, and the reason why he was afraid was because of that same reason.
Look at what they’d turned his life into. He was eating and was feeling scared at the same time. Was he enjoying the food he was eating? Yes, he was enjoying it, but he wasn’t enjoying it to the fullest.
He was supposed to be enjoying it to the fullest if not that he was scared…
As for Dylan, he was enjoying his food to the fullest along with the other students sitting close to them. The cooks were still in the cafeteria, so Ryan’s heart was still at ease to an extent.
As far as adults were around, the bullies wouldn’t be able to cause distress to his life. The cooks would need to step out of the cafeteria before the bullies would begin doing anything.
A few minutes passed, but the cooks were still in the cafeteria…not even a single one of them had stepped out of it. And you know what? Ryan was hoping it would remain that way.
He was hoping the cooks wouldn’t step out of the cafeteria because as far as they don’t step out, the bullies wouldn’t be able to disturb him if at all they planned on doing so today.
A few more minutes had passed, and the cooks hadn’t stepped out of the cafeteria yet. And Ryan’s heart was gladdened because of this, at some point, he was even becoming sure the cooks wouldn’t step out of the cafeteria.
They’d remain in the cafeteria until all the students were done eating…but he became disappointed at some point.
The cooks began leaving the cafeteria one after the other until they were done leaving it. So right now, it was only the students in the cafeteria.
Ryan’s heart wasn’t at ease anymore, he was even feeling his heart beat a little as he was eating. The cafeteria was filled with serenity as everyone was eating.
It could be said that Ryan was the only one that wasn’t enjoying his food to the fullest out of everyone in the cafeteria. And this was due to the fact that he was scared.
‘What kind of thing is this?’. That was the thought that ran through his mind as he was still eating.
What he meant by that thought was ‘what kind of life was he living?’. He was eating and was feeling scared at the same time…like, what sort of thing was that?
And you know what? He had a good reason for feeling scared, he wasn’t feeling scared for nothing because those bullies that disturbed him yesterday had already stood up from their seats and were walking toward him.
The students sitting close to them weren’t bad people at all, they didn’t make a mistake sitting close to them. Ryan and Dylan were sitting in a way where they wouldn’t be able to see the people coming behind them.
So as the bullies were walking toward them, they had no idea because they couldn’t see them. It was two of the students in front of them that signalled to them the bullies were coming behind them.
Ryan and Dylan glanced back immediately, and the signalling the students gave to them were completely true…the bullies were walking toward them.
..The bullies planned on tapping their heads with force the moment they reached them, but since the both of them had glanced back and sighted them, their plans had been ruined.