Anger wasn’t evident in his voice only, anger was also on his facial expression. The more he was thinking about the kind of distresses this boy and his gang had caused to him and Ryan’s lives, especially Ryan, the more his anger was increasing.
It was just as he said, they don’t deserve to be pitied at all because they don’t pity others.
This boy was only begging because this was the last option…if not.
“I know we don’t deserve to be pitied, but try to pity us only this one time”. The boy stated again.
“I can’t do that, I can’t pity you guys without any reason. I need a valid reason to do so and change my mind about reporting you guys to the teachers”.
The moment Dylan said that, the boy stood upright and walked toward Dylan until he reached him. And the moment he reached him, he voiced out, Read exclusive content at empire
“You need a valid reason to change your mind about reporting us to the teachers”.
“Exactly”. Dylan stated nodding his head a little.
“We’d stop causing distress to you and Ryan’s lives, everything would end today”.
“Easier said than done, I don’t believe you. You might say this now and do something else later. You’re only saying this now just to stop me from reporting to the teachers”.
“I mean what I’m saying, believe me. Since you were close to being unstoppable about reporting us to the teachers today, then I know nothing can stop you from reporting to the teachers some other time if we try disturbing you and Ryan’s lives again,
Since you wanted to do it today, then you’d be able to do it some other time. And I’m not that stupid to want to get involved in such”. The boy voiced out.
Dylan stood there glancing directly into the boy’s eyes, then he uttered,
“So, this is a promise. Today would be the last time you and your gang would be causing distress to me and Ryan’s lives”.
“Yes, it is a promise”. The boy stated nodding his head a little.
“Make sure to inform your gang about this because if any of them make the mistake of causing distress to me and Ryan’s lives, I wouldn’t hesitate to report to the teachers. And there’s no way you wouldn’t partake from the punishment even though you weren’t part of the people that bullied us”.
“I understand, I’d make sure to inform all of them”.
There was silence for a few seconds after the boy said that, then Dylan’s voice resounded again,
“There’s something else”.
“Something else?”. The boy inquired with a bit of inquisitive facial expression.
“Yes, there’s something else I want you and your gang to stop doing”.
“And what is that?”.
“Just as you guys would stop disturbing me and Ryan’s lives, I also want you all to do the same to the other students you’re bullying. Stop causing distress to their lives, it isn’t nice at all”.
The boy hesitated the moment Dylan said that, and a kind of expression appeared on his face that screamed ‘it would be so hard to do as you’ve said’.
Dylan noticed it and voiced out, “You wouldn’t be able to do that?”.
“Since we’d stop causing distress to you and Ryan’s lives, then why are you concerned about the other students we’ve been bullying? You’ve been in this academy for some time now, and you were never concerned about the students we’ve been bullying”.
“Well, I’m concerned now. Just as you’d stop causing distress to me and Ryan’s lives, I want you to stop causing distress to other students’ lives as well, allow them come to school in peace and also leave in peace as well,
If you and your gang can’t do this, then I’d have no other choice but to report to the teachers”.
The boy’s facial expression was still screaming ‘It would be so hard to do as you’ve said’ even after Dylan was done making that utterance. Then he managed to voice out,
“I’ve heard you, I’d do as you’ve instructed, I’d also inform my gang about it. We’d stop causing distress to other students’ lives as well”.
Dylan nodded his head a little before saying, “Nice”.
Silence ensued for some seconds before his voice resounded again,
“There’s something else I want you to do”.
“Something else again?”. The boy voiced out with a kind of irritated facial expression.
“Yes, something else”.
“And what is that?”.
“I want you to inform other bullies in this academy that they should stay clear off me and Ryan, they shouldn’t dare cause distress to our lives. If they do, I’d report you all to the teachers,
You’d partake of whatever punishment they’d receive even though you didn’t join them in causing distress to our lives because I’d report you all at once,
So make sure to inform them all, warn them so they’d stay clear off me and Ryan”. Dylan said.
The boy shook his head a little while bending it after Dylan made that statement. Then he glanced at Dylan before saying,
“That is completely unfair. They have their own lives to live, and I have my own life to live. Why should I partake of whatever punishment they receive after causing distress to you and Ryan’s lives?
My gang would stay clear off you and Ryan, that I can promise. But why should I partake in whatever punishment other bullies would receive after causing distress to you and Ryan’s lives?”.
“That’s why I’m telling you to inform them, warn them so it wouldn’t happen at all”.
“But that is a lot of work”.
“Informing all the bullies in this academy to stay clear off Ryan and I is what you call a lot of work? Are there thousands of bullies in this academy? No. So it is something you and your friends should be able to handle,
Would you prefer them making the mistake of causing distress to me and Ryan’s lives and getting reported which would affect you as well, or informing them not minding the work involved to do so?
Choose the one best for you, I’d advise you to choose the latter”.
The boy sighed after Dylan was done saying that, Dylan was putting him on a tough spot. He’d been cornered, there was nothing he could do about it, so he just has to make a choice now.
..Not just make a choice, he has to make the right one.
So glancing at Dylan, he voiced out, “I choose the latter, I’d inform other bullies in this academy to stay clear off you and Ryan”.
“Nice choice”. Dylan stated nodding his head a little, then his voice resounded again, “Something else, you also have to inform them to stay clear off other students in this academy whom they’d been bullying before”.
The boy wanted to say something after Dylan said that, but Dylan didn’t even let him speak. He disrupted his speech by saying,
“You don’t need to argue with me, just do as I’ve instructed. Seeing them bully other students would also prompt me to report to the teachers”.
The boy nodded his head a little before saying, “Understood”.
Then Dylan placed his right hand on the boy’s right shoulder before saying to him once again…
“And that’s it, it’s been done. I took pity on you guys today because of some reasons which you’re completely aware of. Make sure to adhere to those reasons,
Don’t let me regret the decision to take pity on you guys today”.
And after he was done saying that, he took his hand off the boy’s shoulder. Then he said to him,
“You’re free to go”.
“Make sure not to enter any of the teachers’ offices once I start leaving”. The boy said to Dylan.
“No, I can’t do that, not after we’ve agreed on so many things. Start walking, and I’d be right behind you”.
And after those words finished flowing out of Dylan’s mouth, the boy turned around and began walking, and Dylan followed suit just as he said.
Both the boy’s friends, which were his partners in crime, the students outside, and Ryan were watching both Dylan and the boy walk out of the school compound.
They were also watching them throughout the time they were conversing and were wondering what they were talking about…
Now that the both of them were walking out of the academy, all the people watching them became sure that Dylan doesn’t plan on reporting them to the teachers anymore.
What they didn’t know was if the boy was able to persuade him, and that was the reason why he changed his mind not to report them to the teachers, or there were other reasons why he did so.
Well, the other boys breathed a sigh of relief seeing the both of them walk out of the academy together, Dylan doesn’t plan on reporting them anymore.
They were on the school compound as well waiting for when Dylan and their leader would reach them before they’d begin walking out of the school compound.
..They didn’t know any other thing, but they knew their leader begged Dylan at some point.