Yes, he can’t report to his dad for that same reason. He rather handles it without his dad knowing, telling Dylan what those boys did to him today would be better.
Dylan wouldn’t waste time to report to the teachers, and some things could come to an end in that way or be put on hold for a long time.
Ryan took his gaze off his dad and focused them on his food once again. Throughout the time he was glancing at his father, he didn’t have any idea that his son was staring at him.
They finished eating dinner, then everyone began leaving the dining room one after the other until they were done leaving it…
The servants and the guards had also eaten dinner by now. After they’d all left the dining room, the servants began clearing the dining table of plates until they were done doing so.
Inside his room lying on his bed after dinner, Ryan began thinking about what tomorrow at school would be like.
Definitely, those boys wouldn’t bully him at school since they were trying to avoid some things. But would they bully him on his way back from school again?
Well, he was going to find out tomorrow… Explore more adventures at My Virtual Library Empire
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The next day had reached, and Ryan had just gotten up from bed and was already preparing for school. He was done preparing for school by now as he’d already taken his bath, brushed his teeth, and so on.
He was dressed in a nice expensive yellow robe right now, and he was carrying his school bag. He was standing in front of the mirror right now staring at his reflection.
After he was done staring at his reflection, he walked out of his room.
As he was climbing down the staircase heading toward the living room, he couldn’t help but to be grateful to that lady that massaged his legs yesterday.
And he was also grateful to himself for recognizing that he needed to massage his legs, unless, he wouldn’t get to use them properly today.
He wasn’t feeling a single pain in his legs as he was climbing down the staircase…the lady did an excellent job massaging his legs.
He’d just arrived in the living room, and breakfast had already been served in the dining room. Ryan could see different plates of food on the dining table.
..The servants were doing an excellent job.
Well, it didn’t take long for everyone in the Howell family to gather around the dining table and begin eating breakfast. After they were done eating, everyone began leaving the house one after the other.
It hadn’t been long since one of the guards rode Lucy out of the compound with a horse heading straight to her academy. And right now, Ryan had just climbed one of the horses on the compound with one of the guards sitting in front of him.
After the passing of a few seconds, the guard rode out of the compound heading straight to Ryan’s academy…
At school, Ryan didn’t tell Dylan anything about what those boys did to him yesterday. Before he’d decide to tell Dylan anything, he wanted to see how things would play out first.
He wanted to see if those boys would continue bullying him using that same tactic. They wouldn’t try bullying him at school, but instead, choose to wait at a certain place that would lead to his home, then take him to whatever place and bully him there.
There was a very high chance they’d keep bullying him using that tactic. But he just wanted to confirm it and be completely sure before he’d know what step to take next.
‘I can simply be avoiding them by making sure a guard comes to pick me up every day after closing hour’. Ryan thought to himself while sitting in his seat.
Yes, that was a nice strategy to be avoiding those bullies even if they keep waiting at a particular place to bully him. If a guard rides him home from school every day, then there’d be no opportunity for those boys to be bullying him.
They’d only keep waiting for him everyday while he’d keep riding past them every day until they eventually get tired.
And they wouldn’t be able to bully him anywhere around the academy because they didn’t want Dylan to see. So he’d be ruining their plan in that way and get them frustrated.
He could easily do this if he wanted, he could make it happen. He’d simply be instructing every guard that rides him to school every day to come pick him up as well during closing hour, and that was it.
It was a nice strategy to be avoiding those bullies even with that new tactic they’d come up with of bullying him…
Ryan was contemplating it while sitting in his seat…should he implement it or should he not?
Well, after contemplating it for more than a minute, he decided not to implement it. And he had his reasons.
‘I wouldn’t implement it, I wouldn’t avoid them using that strategy. I need to confirm what I plan on confirming, I need to see how things would play out. I wouldn’t run away’. Ryan thought to himself once again.
Another reason why he doesn’t want to implement it even though he could was because of Dylan. If a guard comes to pick him up from school every day, then he and Dylan wouldn’t be able to be heading home anymore.
And he does enjoy Dylan’s company a lot, he enjoys heading home from school with him. Dylan would become so confused when guards start picking him up from school every day.
Like, why did things suddenly change? What happened? And he might start asking himself questions like,
‘Does Ryan not enjoy heading home with me anymore? Is he not enjoying my company anymore? Is there something he’s trying to avoid?’.
He’d most likely not get the answers to these questions, and it would only get him more confused.
Ryan doesn’t want this, so this was part of the reason why he wouldn’t be implementing that strategy though it was a good one.
Lots of activities had already taken place at school, and it had just gotten to closing hour. Sitting in his seat, Ryan breathed in and out before muttering to himself,
“It’s time to confirm if they’d bully me today again using that same tactic. It’s time to confirm if they want to make this a continuous thing”.
After muttering that to himself, he stood up from his seat, and he saw that Dylan was already walking toward him.
The both of them left the academy as usual. Throughout the time they were walking on the road and conversing, Ryan didn’t tell Dylan anything about what those boys did to him yesterday though there were urges to tell him.
There were times when their conversation was related to those boys, other bullies, and bullying in general. Yes, those were the times when Ryan had the strong urge to tell Dylan all that those boys did to him yesterday.
But he didn’t, he was able to control those strong urges…
Dylan had separated from Ryan by now as Ryan was the only one walking on the road right now. He kept breathing in and out over and over again as he was walking.
He was doing so because as he was covering meters, he was getting closer and closer to that place where he met those boys yesterday.
There was a very high chance he’d meet them there today again, or he might meet them at another place. Wherever he meets them, their aim would be to bully him again just like they did yesterday.
He kept walking and walking until he finally came across them. And exactly how he saw them yesterday was how he saw them today again.
They were standing some meters away from him, and they all had smirks on their faces…those evil smirks.
But they waited for him at a different place today, a little farther from where they waited for him yesterday. All in all, the main goal was to bully him, and they were about to accomplish it again.
Ryan sighed the moment he set eyes on them. He’d gotten to confirm what he wanted to confirm, he was completely sure now.
Since they wanted to bully him today again using that same tactic, then it was a sure thing they planned on making it a continuous thing.
The four boys didn’t waste time to begin walking toward him with those smirks still plastered on their faces. And seeing them walk toward him, Ryan didn’t plan on running away or something like that.
He was going to allow them do to him what they planned on doing to him.
The smirks on their faces vanished the moment they reached Ryan, then one of them was like,
“How are you doing, Ryan?”.
..That was a kind of stupid question because there was no way he’d be doing okay. Even if he was doing okay before, seeing them would have ruined his mood.