His heart was beating so fast like he was about to get killed because of a certain conversation he didn’t want.
“Wow! I must find that conversation really uncomfortable”. He muttered to himself once again with that smile still plastered on his face.
His mind was still a little busy when he heard a knock on the door.
‘Who is that?’. Ryan thought to himself glancing at the door.
He stood up from his bed and began walking toward the door. He hadn’t reached it when another thought ran through his mind,
‘Do they want to have another conversation with me?’.
He reached the door, opened it, and Kai was standing right in front of him.
“Did mum and dad send you to call me again to have another conversation with me?”. Ryan inquired of Kai after opening the door.
“No, that isn’t the case at all. I just want us to converse about something”. Kai responded.
“Okay”. Ryan stated with a kind of perplexed facial expression.
“Can I come in?”.
“Sure, you’re free to do so”.
And with that, Ryan paved way for Kai as he walked into his room. Then Ryan closed the door, glanced at Kai, and inquired of him,
“Why did you choose to knock now, but chose to open the door and pop your head into my room when you wanted to inform me that mum and dad were waiting for me in the living room?”.
“That’s because they’re both different situations. I was in a bit of a hurry to inform you that they were waiting for you in the living room so I could return to the couch I was sitting on before,
But I’m not in a hurry now, that’s why I knocked. They are both different situations”. Kai explained.
“Hmm”. Ryan mumbled, nodding his head a little.
“Let’s go sit on your bed”.
“Okay”.
The both of them walked toward Ryan’s bed and sat on it. Then Ryan uttered to Kai,
“So, what is it that you want to discuss with me?”.
Kai breathed in and out, then he asked Ryan, “How do you feel knowing you’d be resuming school soon?”.
“Hmm, I don’t even know what I’m feeling, I guess it’s mixed feelings. Resuming school would mean I’d have to go back to a class that I should have already been done with by now. In fact, if not for the comma I fell into, I would have graduated from school by now,
So it just feels like I’m going back, it’s a little saddening. But I have to do it because I can’t afford to say no and disappoint mum and dad, I have disappointed them enough already,
Didn’t you see how excited they were when I agreed to resume school? They were so happy, so I have to do this for them. And apart from doing it for them, I have to do it for myself as well,
I need to graduate and receive my certificate which would be proof that I completed the schooling needed for getting the basic knowledge. Without anyone telling me, I know it is really important,
So though something inside me is telling me not to resume schooling, I know I have to. It’s mixed feelings”. Ryan explained.
Kai nodded his head a little then stated, “You made the right decision, yes, it would be really nice for you to finish your schooling and graduate. I completed my schooling, I’m sure Lucy would complete hers,
So it’s very important for you to complete yours as well”.
Ryan nodded his head to Kai’s statement as silence ensued for some seconds after that. Then Kai’s voice resounded again,
“But you’d need to brace yourself, Ryan”.
..There was a serious expression on Kai’s face after he made that utterance, and Ryan noticed it immediately.
“Brace myself? Why?”. Ryan inquired with curiosity on his face.
He wanted to know why he needed to brace himself since Kai had to say it with a serious face.
“A lot of people know us in this kingdom ’cause we’re wealthy, you’re aware of this. Our dad has connections with many officials though he isn’t one himself. You’re also aware of this,
Now, after you fell off that hill which led to you going into a comma, it spread around like wildfire. The suicide note found on you made it even worse. As known, people started criticizing our dad and so on after that,
I’m sure a lot of people at the academy you were attending before the incident took place would be aware of what happened to you. They’d also be aware of the suicide note and its content,
Now, the people in the same class as you back then would have all graduated from that academy by now. The students behind you guys then would be the ones in that level of learning you were in before you went into comma,
So going back to that academy means you’d have to be in the same class with them. And as I said earlier, many of them would be aware of what happened to you and would also be aware of the suicide note,
This doesn’t apply to them only, it applies to everyone in that academy. Once they set eyes on you, they’d remember everything, and their remembering it would come with a lot of mocking, awkward stares, and maybe bullying,
This wouldn’t come from the teachers, they’d be too mature for that. This would come from the students ’cause most of them would consider you a weakling due to the content of the suicide note,
They wouldn’t even care that it hasn’t been too long since you woke up from comma, they’d make you feel bad. You have to brace yourself, Ryan”. Kai explained.
And it was at this moment that Ryan came to a realization…yes, something like this would most likely happen.
Without Kai telling him, he knew a lot of people considered him a complete weakling due to the content of the suicide note.
He still remembered how people were staring at him when he was heading toward that florist shop to purchase flowers which he’d use in seducing Sofia.
Even after he’d purchased the flowers and was returning home, people were still staring at him. And it felt so weird and awkward…
Now, that was just a bit of it, the people staring at him and murmuring that day were adults. Now, how would students who weren’t that mature behave when he starts attending that academy again?
..He really needed to brace himself, his older brother, Kai, had just spoken fact.
“If it were some people something like this was going to happen to, they were doomed. Why? Because we’re living in an unfair and cruel world. There’d be no powerful person that would be able to step in for them and put an end to what was happening to them,
But that wouldn’t be the same case for you, Ryan. Why? Because our dad is powerful, our family is rich. If it gets to a point where the pressure you’re receiving from the students becomes too much whereby you’re not able to bear it anymore, you can simply report to dad,
Even though his name was ruined to an extent, that doesn’t change the fact that he’s still powerful. Once you report to him, he’d put an end to everything”. Kai’s voice resounded again.
Ryan nodded his head in understanding, Kai had just spoken another fact. Their dad, Warren, was powerful, he’d be able to put an end to that kind of thing.
Ryan was relieved, at least, there was someone to turn to if things become too bad at school…
“That’s true, dad is capable of that. Thank goodness”. Ryan stated glancing at Kai.
“Yeah”.
Not too long after making that utterance, something crashed into Ryan’s head. And he didn’t waste time voicing it out to Kai,
“What if things happen differently from the way we’re thinking it? What if all of those things you said would happen to me when I resume school doesn’t happen?
What if no one mocks me, stares at me weirdly, and so on? Who knows, things might turn out differently, and it would be to our greatest surprise”.
Kai began shaking his head after Ryan said that, then he uttered,
“It would most likely happen, it’s based on a very high possibility. I hope it doesn’t happen though, but I know the kind of world we’re living in, humans would always be humans, especially teenagers,
Don’t let your guard down, don’t relax, brace yourself, Ryan”.
From the way Kai was saying it with the expression on his face, it would most likely happen. He was older than Ryan, he had more experience than him.
He came into this world before him, so he knew what he was saying…