The boy began retreating from Dylan seeing some of the cooks had entered the cafeteria. And as he was retreating from him, he said,
“I’d most likely visit you later”.
Dylan didn’t say anything, he was just glancing at the boy as he was retreating from him.
Many of the students watching the scene were disappointed. Why? Because they were hoping the both of them could fight to make things more interesting, but everything had been ruined due to the cooks that entered.
The boy reached his friends, and all three of them began walking toward their seats to resume eating. Then Dylan sat back on his seat and resumed eating.
Though Dylan was a kind of loner in this academy, he wasn’t a weakling. He was a person that could defend himself from some things to an extent…
It seemed like the cooks that entered were here to stay, they didn’t plan on leaving the cafeteria anymore until the students were done eating and had left the cafeteria.
As time passed, students began emptying their plates and leaving the cafeteria, this included both males and females. Slowly, more seats in the cafeteria were becoming vacant.
Ryan and Dylan had already finished eating by now, some of the boys sitting close to them had finished eating as well. Without wasting time, the both of them stood up from their seats and began walking out of the cafeteria.
As they were walking out, Ryan was glancing at Dylan. So if those cooks didn’t step foot into the cafeteria, Dylan was ready to fight that boy?
This was the thought running through Ryan’s mind while glancing at him. The both of them kept walking until they walked out of the cafeteria completely.
There was no way people wouldn’t stare at them after what happened in the cafeteria. Even without that occurrence taking place, people were already staring at them.
Eyes were on them as they walked out of the cafeteria. It wasn’t something new to Ryan, so he just tried his best not to glance at any of them staring at him…
He basically acted like he didn’t notice them at all. And Dylan was doing exactly the same thing, he acted like he didn’t notice the people staring at them.
Now, the people that weren’t sure if they’d truly become friends or not confirmed it seeing the both of them walk out of the cafeteria together and walking together in the compound now.
And they confirmed it even more when the both of them started conversing with each other though they weren’t hearing what they were saying.
Ryan was the one that triggered the conversation, and this was what he said to Dylan,
“Wow! Dylan, I didn’t know you had this much gut. You weren’t afraid of that boy at all, and from the look of things, seems like you were ready to fight him if those cooks didn’t step foot into the cafeteria”.
“Of course, I would have fought him if he initiated one. I wouldn’t start the fight, he’d have to do so for me to fight him. It would basically end up as self-defense”. Dylan stated.
“Do you think you would have been able to beat him if you guys fought?”. Ryan threw a question at Dylan.
“I don’t know, but what I know is that he wouldn’t find it easy to be victorious over me, it would most likely end up as a draw. I’m not a weakling, Ryan”. Dylan responded.
A bit of smile appeared on Ryan’s face the moment Dylan said that, then he uttered again, “Good to know”.
Silence ensued after that as the both of them were still walking and eyes were still on them. Then Ryan’s voice resounded again,
“So you did all those for me? You were ready to fight that guy for me?”.
“Of course, what did I tell you? I’m ready to share in the things happening to you. Me becoming friends with you doesn’t seem like it would stop those things from happening to you,
But I’m ready to defend you when necessary. Didn’t I tell you I’d prove it to you? Haven’t I done so?”. Dylan retorted.
Ryan nodded his head a little before saying, “You’ve proven it to me”.
Silence ensued for some seconds after that before Ryan’s voice resounded again,
“The boy you almost fought with said he’d most likely visit you later, aren’t you afraid of that?”.
Dylan chuckled a little before saying, “Not at all, he wouldn’t be able to do anything. To tell the truth, I’m not afraid of that guy at all”.
“Yeah, it was completely evident on your face”.
“I’ve come across guys like him in my former academy, and I know how to handle them to an extent”.
Ryan only nodded his head to Dylan’s statement, then some thoughts began running through his mind here and there.
..He planned on confirming something about Dylan due to a certain statement he made while they were heading toward the cafeteria, but he was having a second thought about confirming it.
From the look of things, seems like Dylan was a true friend to him. That boy asked if Dylan had an ulterior motive for becoming friends with him, and some students even made statements related to that while they were at the cafeteria.
Seems like he didn’t have an ulterior motive for becoming friends with him according to what Ryan was seeing…
Someone that was ready to fight for him, what ulterior motive could he have? With this thought in mind, Ryan was having a second thought about confirming what he planned on confirming.
But he still needed to be super cautious ’cause humans can be so sneaky. I mean, the people he considered as friends back then became enemies a long time ago without him having a single idea.
They didn’t show it at all, they deceived him properly…that’s why he was clueless about what they were truly feeling for him for a long time.
So though Dylan was acting like a true friend, he still needed to be cautious, he could be hiding something.
If he could read hearts, he’d just read Dylan’s heart to know if he was hiding something. But he can’t read hearts, so he’d still do what he planned on doing.
Yes, that was the only way to know if Dylan’s friendship was truly genuine. This was a decision he’d made.
“But I want to understand something, Ryan”. Dylan’s voice resounded again, glancing at Ryan.
“What is it that you want to understand?”. Ryan inquired with a bit of inquisitive facial expression.
“Your dad is rich and powerful, he can put an end to all these happening to you if you just report to him. With everything that happened to you yesterday, I don’t understand why you didn’t report to him that yesterday,
Or did you report to him, and he just brushed it aside?”. Dylan uttered.
“No, I didn’t report to him”.
“Why?”.
“I have my reasons”.
“Can you share with me some of those reasons?”.
Ryan was reluctant to share them with him at first, but he just decided to anyway.
“I don’t think everything happening to me would stop even if I report to my dad and he steps in. And one of those things I’m sure wouldn’t stop are the awkward stares, I don’t know about the others, but I’m sure the awkward stares wouldn’t stop”.
With a perplexed facial expression, Dylan inquired, “Why do you say so? Why do you think the awkward stares wouldn’t stop after your dad steps in?”.
“That’s because me reporting to my dad and him stepping in would make them consider me worse than a weakling. It’s just like a little child running to his father when he’s being beaten up,
They already consider me a weakling, they’d consider me worse than it if I dare report to my dad, trust me on this. And due to this, they can never stop staring at me awkwardly,
Their eyes and expressions would always scream, ‘Such a weakling’, it would be too bad. And you know being stared at weirdly over and over again for months to come would definitely hurt like hell,
I’m trying to avoid all these, so I better not report to my dad and keep enduring the things happening to me hoping they’d stop one day”. Ryan explained.
Dylan nodded his head in understanding, yes, he understood what Ryan was talking about…he understood what he was trying to avoid.
“So, you’d just keep enduring all these hoping they’d end one day?”. Dylan inquired of Ryan.
“Yes, that is the best option”. Ryan responded.
“What about reporting to the teachers, that is another option. The teachers could put an end to everything happening to you, the head teacher is also there”.
Dylan had just suggested what his brother, Kai, suggested to him. Well, he wouldn’t agree to it just as he didn’t agree to it when he was conversing with his brother.
“Doing that would lead to the same thing”. Ryan said.
