He was only speaking his mind, and he still had more to say, he wasn’t done talking.
“Sometimes, I try to convince myself that they wouldn’t resume causing distress to our lives, but I can’t help doubting it over and over again,
I just hope my feelings are wrong because I’m enjoying this peace just as I enjoyed them in the past when they stopped troubling us”.
Dylan nodded his head a little as silence ensued for a few seconds after Ryan said that before his voice resounded,
“I understand that feeling, it is inevitable. But the case is different now, Ryan. They’ve confirmed that I could truly report them to the teachers, I proved it to them that day,
As you said, I was so unstoppable that day. They wouldn’t want to witness that again, as known, they’re so afraid of getting reported to adults. They know the moment they try anything funny, I wouldn’t waste time to report them,
So don’t worry, the situation is different this time. They wouldn’t try to resume bullying us”.
Ryan didn’t seem to be too convinced after Dylan said that, it was evident on his face. Not like he wasn’t convinced at all, but he wasn’t convinced enough…he was just having that feeling.
And Dylan noticed it, so his voice resounded again,
“Okay, let me tell you something I haven’t told you before. Those bullies are so scared that I’ve already seen them trying to persuade other bullies to stop troubling students’ lives just as I instructed them to do,
I remember I noticed them doing this not too long after giving them the instructions. So they’re scared enough to carry out the instructions. If they weren’t scared enough, they wouldn’t carry it out,
These people were fucking bullies, who are you to give them instructions? So since they’re scared enough to carry out that particular instruction, then they wouldn’t try to resume causing distress to our lives,
The fear they’re feeling and the consequences for doing such wouldn’t allow them to do it”.
Ryan nodded his head a little after Dylan was done saying that. The conviction he was feeling seemed to have increased, but he wasn’t still convinced enough.
He was still having his doubts here and there, but he didn’t let it show on his face so Dylan wouldn’t start talking again in order to convince him…
His feelings were fucking right because the four boys truly planned on resuming bullying him. But where his feelings were wrong was that they didn’t plan on including Dylan in it. Enjoy more content from empire
Yes, they were afraid of him enough to exclude him from such.
And the worst thing was that they were trailing them from behind currently. Ryan and Dylan talked about the boys for a few more minutes as they were still walking before they switched to another topic.
The boys were still trailing them as they were walking. Then it got to the point where Dylan finally reached the intersection he’d have to corner to get to his house.
He and Ryan said ‘bye’ to each other before Dylan cornered the intersection. And the moment that happened, the four boys began conversing among themselves from the spot they were standing on and staring at them,
“Dylan has cornered that intersection, so seems like Dylan would be the first person to separate from him”. One of the boys voiced out.
“Seems like that’s the case”. Another person uttered.
“And that’s perfect because it would make it easier for us to get Ryan alone”. Another person stated.
The one that could be referred to as their leader didn’t say anything, he was just staring at Ryan and Dylan as Dylan had already cornered that intersection and was walking.
Dylan wasn’t in sight anymore right now, he’d walked meters by now after cornering the intersection. And Ryan had resumed walking by now because he had to stop at some point when Dylan was about to corner the intersection.
..The four boys were glancing at Ryan right now as he was walking, and about two of them had smirks on their faces.
Why were they smirking? Because they’d discovered something nice which would help out in resuming what they’d been doing before.
“Last man standing…or should I say last man walking?”. One of the boys said as he was glancing at Ryan walking alone.
Yes, he made that utterance because Dylan wasn’t with Ryan anymore, so he was the only one walking on the road now…
“Let’s say last man walking ’cause he’s walking, not standing”. Another one uttered backing up what the first boy said.
“So, we’ve confirmed what we wanted to confirm. Trailing them wasn’t for nothing, we were cautious enough, and we weren’t caught,
The both of them usually head home together. But Dylan would be the first person to follow another path and separate himself from Ryan, then Ryan would begin heading home from there,
Dylan wouldn’t be by his side anymore, that’s to our advantage. We’d be making use of this chance to be bullying Ryan and see how it would go”. Their leader voiced out with his gaze focused on Ryan.
Though Ryan had walked meters from where they were standing, they could still see him…
“So, when are we going to resume bullying him?”. One of the boys inquired of their leader.
“Tomorrow, there’s no need to waste time. We’ve confirmed what we wanted to confirm, so we should resume with what we’ve been doing”. Their leader responded.
The three boys nodded their heads in understanding after he said that, then their leader’s voice resounded again,
“Let’s head home”.
And with that, they turned around and began walking. This direction Ryan followed wouldn’t be able to lead them to their homes at all.
They only followed this path because they needed to trail them. Now, they’d turned around and were following the path that would lead them to their homes…
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Ryan didn’t know what was coming for him today, he didn’t have any idea of what those boys had planned.
But he’d been having the feeling that something like that could happen. And if it were to happen, he didn’t know when.
He got ridden to school today as usual. The moment the guard rode the horse into the school compound, he came down from it and began walking toward the building where his classroom was situated.
The guard didn’t need anyone to tell him to ride the horse out of the school compound. And from the way Ryan just hopped down from the horse and began heading toward his classroom, the guard knew there was no need to come to pick him up during closing hour.
Activities took place at school as usual. As different teachers were stepping foot into Ryan’s classroom to teach them, Ryan was among the students paying rapt attention as they were being taught.
When they needed to write into their books whatever had been written on the board, he was among the first students to do so…
That was how it kept on going until it got to break hour. Then, from break hour, all students were back into their classrooms again.
Today was ‘Library period’, so a lot of students visited the library to read. And the ones that couldn’t access the library read their books in their classrooms.
After the library period, teachers stepped foot into different classrooms again to teach them. And that was how it kept on going until teachers weren’t supposed to enter any classrooms anymore according to their teaching curriculums.
So right now, all students were waiting for was for closing hour to reach…
Closing hour eventually reached as students were stepping out of their classrooms.
Ryan and Dylan had walked out of their classroom by now, and in just a few minutes time, they’d already arrived at the school compound, and by now, they’d walked out of the school compound and were now walking on the road.
As they walked, they conversed as usual, until they reached the intersection Dylan would have to corner to arrive at his home. Dylan didn’t waste time to corner it after him and Ryan had waved each other goodbye.
So right now, Ryan was the only one walking on the road as he was walking past people, and people were walking past him as well.
He was still walking when a smile appeared on his face. Yes, remembering how he’d been coming to school in peace and leaving in peace for days was what made that smile appear on his face.
‘Those boys had been staying away from us, other bullies wouldn’t even try to come near us. I hope it will remain this way’. Ryan thought to himself as he was still walking.
He was still walking when he saw something that made his eyes widen and a kind of bewildered expression appeared on his face.
..What did he see? He saw those four boys who had troubled his life a lot standing some meters away from him with smirks on their faces.