Why didn’t he want to have this conversation with them? Because it would be uncomfortable…very uncomfortable.
Life had been going on in this house without his parents bringing up that conversation at all. His dad didn’t ask him whether he’d finally remembered the events surrounding him falling off a hill, nothing of that sort.
And that’s exactly what he wanted ’cause he’d have to keep lying to them if they keep bringing up that conversation to him.
He wouldn’t be able to do anything about that incident for now until the time comes for him to handle everything concerning that incident…
Kai truly relayed everything he wanted him to relay to them. And even after he relayed it to them, they didn’t say anything to Ryan or bring up that conversation to him.
But this one that they were waiting for him in the living room to have a conversation with him, seems like they wanted to bring up the conversation.
Ryan was a little scared, as said, he didn’t want to converse with them about anything concerning that incident.
‘Who knows, maybe it’s something else they want to discuss with me. Why am I this scared?’. Ryan thought to himself.
With this thought in mind, he stood up from his bed and began walking toward the door of his room until he reached it, opened it, and stepped outside.
He made his way to the living room, and he saw his mum and dad sitting on a couch each. Apart from them, Kai was also sitting on a couch in the living room.
A kind of confused expression appeared on Ryan’s face the moment he set eyes on Kai. He was the one that informed him a few minutes ago that their parents were waiting for him in the living room to discuss something with him.
That wasn’t the problem here at all, the problem was…what was he doing here?
Why was he sitting on a couch in the living room as well? Was he going to be part of the conversation? Well, whatever happens.
Ryan’s only fear right now was that the conversation they wanted to have with him might be concerning the events surrounding him falling off a hill…
He made his way to one of the couches in the living room and sat on it. Then he glanced at his parents and said to them,
“Kai told me you guys wanted to discuss something with me. That’s why I’m here”.
“Yes, we want to discuss something important with you”. Warren stated glancing at him.
Ryan could feel his heart beating, he kept hoping the conversation wouldn’t be about that incident. Emily cleared her throat before she began speaking,
“Days have passed since you woke up from comma, and you’ve been at home doing nothing. We wanted to have this conversation with you some days back, but we decided to shift it. Why? Because we wanted to be sure you were strong enough…”
Ryan felt his heart beating faster after his mum made that statement. That last utterance was what scared him, ‘we wanted to be sure you were strong enough’.
In other words, she was saying, they wanted him to be strong enough before bringing up conversation about that incident again. They wanted him to be strong physically, emotionally, and so on.
This was Ryan’s mindset…and thinking about the fact that they were most likely going to bring up conversation about that incident was making him so scared.
“Though that physician has already checked you and confirmed that you were strong enough and wouldn’t be going back to comma, we just wanted some time to pass without you having to go out that much that might cause a kind of stress to your body,
We just wanted to be sure you were strong enough. Ryan, do you remember you were going to school before falling into comma?”. Emily threw a question at Ryan.
According to the original Ryan’s memory, he was attending a particular academy before that incident took place…
The people he considered as friends but were actually his enemies were attending that same academy as well. Ryan remembered this, so he answered his mum’s question,
“Yes, I remember I was going to school before that incident took place”.
Emily nodded her head to Ryan’s response, then Warren took over from there, he was the one that began speaking.
“You didn’t get to graduate from school before that incident took place. That means there’s no proof of you finishing school meant for getting the basic knowledge ’cause you didn’t collect a certificate,
Ryan, since you’ve woken up from comma, and we’ve allowed enough time to pass to make sure you’re strong enough to start going out frequently, we want you to go back to school,
We want you to finish your schooling properly, which involves you graduating and receiving your certificate. What do you think about that?”.
‘Oh! This was what they wanted to discuss with me. They wanted to be sure I was strong enough not to bring up conversation about that incident, but for me to resume my schooling’. Ryan thought to himself, he’d come to an understanding.
He relaxed immediately, and his heart wasn’t beating anymore. Look at how scared he became.
They wanted him to go back to school, that wasn’t bad. It’s just that if he hadn’t fallen into that comma, he’d have graduated from school by now.
All the people that were in the same level of learning as him back then would have all graduated by now. Seeing any of his classmates would be impossible once he starts attending that academy again.
Resuming his schooling would just be like he was regressing instead of progressing ’cause he’d be going back to the same class he was supposed to be done with by now. Thinking about this was discouraging.
..But his parents wanted him to go back to school, so he has to go back to school, he can’t afford to disappoint them.
He’d already disappointed them enough with the suicide note and everything concerning it. So he said to his parents,
“Okay, I’d resume my schooling and make sure to graduate and receive my certificate. I think it is a nice idea”.
“Seriously?”. Warren uttered with a bit of widened eyes.
“Yes, seriously”. Ryan stated.
“Oh, that’s really nice of you, Ryan”. Emily said.
They were excited that he accepted, they didn’t expect that he’d agree to this easily. They thought he wouldn’t be interested in resuming his schooling at all ’cause it would seem like he was regressing.
They were so excited, and it was evident in their facial expressions. Ryan was happy to see them this excited, especially his dad, whom he caused a lot of pain to.
At least, the reason for his excitement right now was because of him, he accepted what they wanted easily.
“So, would you be interested in going back to the academy you were attending before you fell into comma?”. Warren inquired of Ryan.
“Yes, I think going back to it would be better in order to avoid much hassle”. Ryan responded.
“I agree with you on that, that’s a perfect one. Schools would be resuming in the next two days, the both of us would head over to that academy together, so the necessary things needed to be done would be done so you could resume”. Warren’s voice resounded again.
Ryan only nodded his head. Kai had just been sitting there listening to their conversation in silence. There was no reason to butt in, so he didn’t…
“So now that we’ve come to an agreement, I think this conversation is over. Prepare everything you’d need to resume your schooling, Ryan. If you need assistance with anything, inform us immediately before school resume”. Warren’s voice resounded again.
“Yes, dad”. That was all Ryan said.
And with that, Warren and Emily stood up from the couches they were sitting on and walked out of the living room. So it was remaining only Ryan and Kai in the living room.
It didn’t take long for Ryan to stand up from the couch he was sitting on. Then he said to Kai, “I’d be going back to my room”.
And after making that statement, he began walking out of the living room as well heading toward his room. He reached his room after a few seconds and entered it.
Then he walked straight to his bed and balanced on it. What followed next was for his mind to become busy, he began thinking about the conversation he just had with his parents.
“I’d be resuming school soon, what would it feel like?”. He muttered to himself with his mind still busy.
..He thought about how scared he was thinking his parents wanted to bring up conversation about that incident, and a little smile appeared on his face.