Ryan had no choice but to believe him. ‘Humans would always be humans’, that statement made sense. Truly, humans would always be humans.
They’d always display those human tendencies in them, especially teenagers that were still in school meant for getting the basic knowledge. Kai knew what he was saying.
“I decided to relay this to you ’cause I have your best interest at heart. You’re my kid bro, I don’t want you to be caught unaware”. Kai’s voice resounded again.
“Thanks big bro, I really appreciate this. I’d brace myself, if things go beyond what I can bear, I’d report to dad immediately”. Ryan stated.
With a little smile on his face, Kai patted his back a little. Silence ensued for some seconds after that before Kai’s voice resounded again,
“So, that is what I wanted to discuss with you”.
Ryan only nodded his head. Kai didn’t leave after that, he stayed in Ryan’s room for minutes as the two of them conversed about other things.
They bonded for a long time before Kai finally stood up from Ryan’s bed and walked out of his room. After he left, Ryan began thinking about what Kai told him regarding what would happen once he resumed school.
‘He truly has my best interest at heart’. Ryan thought to himself as a little smile appeared on his face.
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Ryan made the necessary arrangements needed for the resumption of his schooling. The properties the original Ryan do carry to school before he fell into comma were still intact.
His bag, books, reed pens, and so on. So what Ryan did was arrange them properly and dust the ones that needed to be dusted.
There were some that were looking so old and wouldn’t be nice to make use of anymore…the books most especially. And some of these books were really important, he’d need them once he resumes school.
So he informed his parents, and new ones were gotten with the help of one of the servants.
The day had arrived for schools to open again, the two-day break was over. Ryan had already prepared, fully ready to go to the academy with his dad.
He was in his room right now, and he was putting on an expensive yellow robe. Apart from that, he was carrying a bag, and all the necessary things he’d need were inside the bag.
He walked toward the mirror in his room, stood in front of it, and glanced at his reflection on it. He licked his lower lip a little, then muttered to himself,
“I’m looking so handsome, completely ready to move”.
After that, he walked away from the mirror and walked out of his room. He made his way to the living room, and he saw there were foods on the dining table already.
The servants had already finished cooking, dished out the food into different plates, and placed them on the dining table…they were doing a great job.
In minutes, the Howell family had already gathered in the dining room to eat breakfast before everyone would head to their different destinations.
They were already eating, and the foods were so delicious. The servants were great cooks, no denying it…
In minutes, everyone was done eating. Then Warren uttered to Ryan,
“You’re ready to move, right?”.
“Yes, I am”. Ryan retorted.
And with that, Warren, Ryan, Lucy, and Kai began walking out of the house together until they walked out of it completely. And the servants didn’t waste time clearing the dining table of plates.
Lucy was going to be heading to her academy as usual. So one of the guards was going to be riding her there with one of the horses on the compound. And it was that same guard that would pick her up from school.
As known, Warren and Ryan were going to be heading to the academy Ryan does attend before he went into comma so the necessary things could be done so he’d resume school again.
And they weren’t going to trek there, one of the guards would ride them there with a horse. And after Warren had handled everything needed to be handled at Ryan’s academy, the guard would ride him to one of his businesses.
Lucy was already sitting on top of a horse along with one of the guards. The guard was in front, while Lucy was behind him.
And without wasting time, he rode the horse out of the compound heading toward Lucy’s academy…
Warren, Ryan, and one of the guards were standing close to one of the other horses on the compound. The guard was loosening the rope tied to the horse.
Once he’d finished loosening the rope, the three of them would climb it, then the guard would ride them out of the compound.
They were still waiting for the guard to finish loosening the rope when Kai walked toward Ryan and said to him in a low tone of voice,
“Don’t forget what I told you, brace yourself”.
His voice was low enough for their dad, Warren, not to hear. And that’s exactly why he spoke in a low tone of voice, he didn’t want their dad to hear what he said to Ryan.
“Yeah, I’ve already braced myself”. Ryan stated.
“Nice”. Kai said patting his right shoulder a little.
After that, he began walking out of the compound. Yes, it was only Kai’s case that was going to be different.
Guards were going to be riding everyone to their different destinations, but Kai was going to be trekking to the place where he was learning a skill.
Now, not that a guard couldn’t ride him to his destination. If he wanted, a guard could simply ride him there, it was as easy as that. He was the one that chose to be trekking.
..And he’d been trekking like this to and fro for weeks now.
Not like there weren’t times when guards had ridden him to the place where he was learning a skill, it had happened more than once. But for the past few weeks now, he’d been trekking.
What was his reason? He enjoys trekking. That feeling of walking, glancing around, and enjoying nature.
Ryan’s gaze was focused on Kai until he finished walking out of the compound. The guard had finished loosening the rope tied to the horse. The rope was tied to it so it wouldn’t be able to move away.
And that was the same case for all the other horses on the compound…ropes were tied to them so they wouldn’t be able to move away.
Apart from horses being on the compound, there were also carriages on the compound. They make use of them only when they need to make use of them.
Since the guard had finished loosening the rope tied to the horse, the three of them mounted it. The guard was sitting in the front since he was the one that would be riding the horse.
Ryan was sitting behind the guard, and Warren was sitting behind Ryan…that was the arrangement.
Without wasting time, the guard put the horse in motion riding it out of the compound…
They were in the City Square right now, and they were riding past different people. While moving, they came across other people riding horses as well.
As they were in motion, Ryan was glancing around. He was glancing at the people walking about, the houses around, the few domestic animals he saw around, and so on.
He stopped glancing around after the passing of a few minutes and began thinking. It’s been more than a year since he last stepped foot into that academy due to the comma.
How would it feel like stepping foot into it again after a long time?
According to Kai, those things he said would happen to him would most likely happen to him. Things like receiving awkward stares from students, insults and mocking thrown at him, and maybe even bullying.
Now, how bad would it get? Would it get to the extent where it would actually become unbearable?
These were the things running through Ryan’s mind. And the thing was that he didn’t have answers to them…so the questions were just hanging.
..But he’d find answers to them as time passes.
The guard kept riding the horse until they arrived in front of the academy and rode right straight into the compound.
Yes, this was the academy the original Ryan was attending before he fell into comma. The moment Ryan set eyes on it, he recognized it immediately.
He was glancing at the buildings of the academy currently while sitting on the horse, and they still looked the same.
‘We’re here’. He thought to himself.
His dad got down from the horse, then the guard followed, before Ryan did the same.
Now, while they were heading here, he was wondering what it would feel like stepping foot into this academy again. Well, he’d stepped foot into it, and this was what it felt like…