It could be said that it was wicked smirks that was plastered on their faces. Ryan’s eyes didn’t only widen and a bewildered expression appearing on his face the moment he set eyes on them, he also stopped walking.
He just stood at a particular spot glancing at them as they were glancing at him as well with those smirks still plastered on their faces.
People were walking past the four boys as they were standing, and people were walking past Ryan as well. They were the only ones standing on the road, everyone was in motion.
A lot was running through Ryan’s mind as he was standing there glancing at them. He was asking himself multiple questions at the same time without finding answers to any of them.
How did they get here? How did they know I’d follow this path to my home? Are they here to continue bullying me? If it happens to be that they’re here to do what I’m thinking, aren’t they afraid of getting reported anymore?
..Yes, these were some of the questions running through Ryan’s mind, and he hadn’t found an answer to any of them.
Of course, they were here to continue causing distress to his life. That was the very reason why they had to trail them yesterday to discover what they wanted to discover.
What they discovered yesterday was the very reason why they were standing in front of Ryan now. How was it that they were able to reach here before he reached it?
Well, since they knew this was the path he was going to follow to arrive at his home after parting ways with Dylan, they went ahead of the both of them.
Yes, before the both of them even walked out of the academy and began walking on the road, they’d already left a few minutes ago. And the moment they arrived at a certain place, they decided to wait for him there.
The moment they saw him coming, all of them positioned well as the evilness in them spiked up which caused those wicked smirks to appear on their faces.
Ryan was still standing there glancing at them with that bewildered expression still plastered on his face and those thoughts running through his mind.
He was so confused right now…he didn’t know whether to turn around and begin walking in a direction that wouldn’t lead to his home just to avoid them, or to walk forward.
After standing on that spot for a few minutes now and glancing at the wicked smirks on their faces, he found answers to some of the questions running through his mind.
One of them was that he’d already discerned the reason why they were here. It was completely evident from the way they were standing and the smirks that were on their faces…
They were obviously here to bully him. They must have a reason for not wanting to bully him at school but chose to do so at this place. Ryan hadn’t fully discerned the reason but had an idea of what the reason could be.
At some point, the bewildered expression that was plastered on Ryan’s face vanished. He wasn’t surprised anymore, not even a single bit.
He had been having this feeling that the peace he was enjoying wouldn’t last forever. The bullies would resume causing distress to his life soon just as they did in the past.
And that was exactly what was about to happen right now, his feeling was right. So why should that bewildered expression still be plastered on his face? Why should he still be surprised?
These guys were fucking bullies, they wouldn’t be able to stop that easily. Instead of them stopping that easily, they’d find another way to continue what they were doing, which was what they were doing right now.
This was something Ryan had discerned…
‘So they don’t care about Dylan reporting them to the teachers anymore? They aren’t afraid of that anymore? These guys’. Ryan thought to himself while glancing at the boys.
He came to discern something else while standing on that same spot and staring at the boys.
‘Guess they want to be bullying me without Dylan’s knowledge, they don’t want to be including Dylan in it anymore because they’re afraid of him,
Them standing in front of me right now was something they must have worked on without us knowing. They’d discovered the path I’d be following home and when I’d be alone’.
Yes, Ryan had finally discerned the reason why these boys chose not to bully him at school. Or wait at a place where he’d still be with Dylan before they’d show themselves.
But instead, they chose to wait at a place where he’d be alone with a plan to bully him and trouble his life. That idea of his had grown into full discernment…
He was still standing at that same spot staring at them, and they were still standing and staring at him as well with those smirks still plastered on their faces.
But all of a sudden, those smirks started vanishing from their faces one after the other. And the moment those smirks had vanished from each of their faces, they began walking toward him.
Ryan began feeling his heart beat a little as they were walking toward him. And as they were getting closer to him, his heart beat started increasing.
And as they were getting closer and closer, he started moving backwards while still glancing at them.
..Before he could turn around and increase the pace at which he was moving, they’d already reached him.
And the moment they reached him, the leader of the boys placed his right hand across Ryan’s shoulders and was glancing at him, while the others were close to them.
They were in motion right now. The leader was walking, and Ryan was walking as well. He didn’t actually want to walk, but he had to because the leader’s right hand was across his shoulders and he was in motion.
The other boys were walking as well as all of their gazes were focused on Ryan.
“You guys are just one of a kind, why can’t you just quit? You all decided to wait for me here so you can resume what you’ve been doing”. Ryan uttered with his gaze focused on the leader.
“Exactly, you’ve just hit the point”. The leader stated.
“Why can’t you all just quit after all that has happened?”. Ryan’s voice resounded again.
But this time, there was no response to his question.
They were still moving, and the leader’s hand was still across Ryan’s shoulders. After a few seconds of silence, Ryan’s voice resounded again,
“Where are you guys taking me to?”.
“You’d see”. The leader responded.
“That’s not the answer to my question, where are you guys taking me to? I want to know”. Ryan voiced out again, this time, a little more audibly.
“You’d find out in the next few minutes to come”. The leader uttered again.
They weren’t answering his question, they were taking him to where he doesn’t know…he was a little scared.
The best thing he could do right now was to escape from their midst. And it wasn’t based on probability, he planned on doing so right now.
He was able to take the boy’s hand off his shoulders as fast as possible, even the boy was so surprised by what happened just now…he wasn’t expecting it at all.
After taking his hand off his shoulders, the next plan was to take off. Even though he was carrying his school bag, it wouldn’t be able to stop him from running fast.
He’d turned around and was able to run with speed, in fact, he’d already taken a step, and before he could take another one, the leader of the boys kicked the leg that was in the air a little.
And that was it…Ryan lost stamina completely and fell to the ground.
It was at this moment that the other boys noticed what was happening, everything happened so fast…
Ryan was fast, but the boy was faster. The moment Ryan fell to the ground, a certain man that was close to them dressed in black robe voiced out,
“What is going on here?”.
He asked this due to the manner in which Ryan fell to the ground. And he noticed that it could be the boy that caused him to fall to the ground…he wasn’t completely sure.
“Our friend here is just a little clumsy, this isn’t the first time something like this is happening. He loses his stamina a lot and falls to the ground often, it isn’t a new thing”. The leader of the boys said to the man that asked that question.
There was a kind of expression that appeared on the man’s face that screamed, ‘That doesn’t fully make sense’ after the boy was done saying that.
The man helped Ryan stand up from the ground, and glancing at Ryan’s face, he didn’t recognize him as Ryan Howell. Ryan wished he recognized him as that.
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After the man helped Ryan stand up from the ground, he said to him,
“Try to be careful next time”.
And after saying that, he walked away…