“What do you mean?”. Dylan inquired.
“Reporting to the teachers wouldn’t change anything. It would still make students consider me worse than a weakling, and the awkward stares wouldn’t stop”. Ryan responded.
“So, you’re more concerned about how they’d consider you rather than trying to end the things happening to you even if it means going numb to the consequences that might come with it?”.
“Yes”.
Dylan shook his head a little the moment Ryan gave that response. And before he could talk again, Ryan’s voice resounded,
“Can we drop this discussion? The consequences that would come with me reporting is something I don’t want. It is something that might hurt me more than how these that are happening to me now are hurting me,
And there’s a very high possibility they’d never stop. But there’s a chance of these stopping as time passes”.
Dylan only nodded his head, a single word didn’t flow out of his mouth anymore.
And that was how it kept on going as they were heading toward their classroom. They didn’t utter a single word to each other anymore as people kept staring at them until they arrived at their classroom.
******
It had gotten to closing hour already, and students were already leaving their different classrooms heading home.
The moment it got to closing hour, Ryan remembered he was supposed to meet Sofia at the Ackland inn today so the both of them could have proper sex again.
It never skipped his mind completely, from time to time, he does remember that he was supposed to meet Sofia at an inn…
He stood up from his seat and wore his bag, then he thought to himself,
‘I’d just branch to that place just as we planned. Is she waiting for me there already ’cause I know she’s craving my dick badly. Well, I should begin heading there now’.
He and Dylan were supposed to head home together according to what they agreed on. Their houses weren’t situated at the same place, in fact, it would get to a certain point where the both of them would have to part ways.
How did he know all these, because he and Dylan talked about it after arriving at the classroom. He mentioned the name of the community where his home was situated, and Dylan mentioned his as well.
This alone was enough for them to know they’d have to part ways at some point while heading home together since their homes were situated in different communities.
So the moment they part ways, Ryan would begin heading toward the Ackland inn…that was the plan.
Dylan walked toward Ryan until he reached him, then he uttered to him,
“You’re ready to head home, right?”.
“Yes, completely ready”. Ryan retorted.
And with that, the both of them walked out of the classroom together and were walking in the corridor currently. And right now, they’d already reached the compound and were walking in it.
They were still walking when they saw that boy and his two friends heading toward them.
Which boy and his friends are we talking about here? That boy that tapped Ryan’s head with force at the cafeteria, but his friends couldn’t accomplish the same thing today ’cause Ryan acted cautiously.
..That boy that Dylan almost fought with.
The moment they saw them walking toward them, they glanced at each other, then Ryan gave Dylan the look of, ‘What do we do now?’.
And Dylan gave him the look of, ‘We’d do nothing, just compose’. The both of them faced front once again after that as they kept walking forward and the boy and his friends kept walking toward them.
They collided after the passing of a few more seconds, then the boy went straight to Dylan and said to him,
“You’ve got some nerves, didn’t I tell you that I’d most likely visit you?”.
They weren’t here for Ryan at all, they were here for Dylan…
“Now that you’ve visited me, what do you want to do?”. Dylan stated glancing directly into the boy’s eyes.
A little smirk appeared on the boy’s face after Dylan said that, then his voice resounded again,
“You truly want to see what I’d do?”.
Dylan nodded a little, still glancing directly into the boy’s eyes…there wasn’t a single opt of fear on his face.
Seconds passed, and the boy didn’t do anything, so Dylan uttered again,
“We are at the school compound right now, a teacher might be watching without us having a single idea. Do something funny, the teacher would see it, and it would land you in big trouble”.
Ryan just stood at a particular spot watching all these unfold. The boy’s friends stood at a particular spot watching as well.
The boy glanced around the school compound the moment Dylan said that, and he didn’t set eyes on any teacher, only students.
But he acknowledged that what Dylan said might be true. Though he’d glanced around and didn’t sight any teacher, one or more might be staring at them without their knowledge.
He chuckled a little the moment he glanced back at Dylan, then his voice resounded,
“There’s a lot I can do to you”.
Looking at this facial expression, he meant what he was saying. Dylan didn’t say anything though, he was just staring at him, and it went on like that until Dylan said,
“Think of the things that could happen to you if I report you to a teacher. I can easily report you to a teacher, I don’t care”.
Now, this was an excellent tactic Dylan had used against bullies in his former academy. Most bullies fear being reported, they know the consequences that come with being reported.
All their vile deeds would be revealed…it could get really bad. Dylan decided to use it against this guy, which he’d already done.
As said, he wasn’t a weakling, who knows, the guy might end up not being victorious if they fight. He might even be the one that would come out victorious if they fight.
The boy possessed an affinity, he possessed an affinity as well. So if it was to make use of their affinities, they’d make use of it against themselves to the best of their abilities.
But Dylan always tries his best to avoid battles, he wouldn’t be the first to initiate a fight. If he could find a way to handle something without fighting, he’d choose to follow that way.
“You mean what you’re saying? You can actually report me to a teacher?”. The boy uttered to Dylan.
“Of course, I wouldn’t waste time to do so”. Dylan stated.
It was working. The fact that he said he could report the boy to a teacher made him scared to an extent…
It didn’t seem like Dylan was joking from the look on his face which the boy noticed. He knew the things that could happen if he gets reported, he knows the consequences that come with it which he didn’t want.
The boy began retreating from Dylan slowly while still glancing at him. Then he turned around focusing his gaze on his two friends as he was walking toward them currently.
And the moment he reached them, he said, “Let’s go”.
“Just like that?”. One of his friends uttered.
“Yeah, just like that. Didn’t you hear what he said? Do you want to get reported?”. The boy’s voice resounded again.
And with that, all three of them began walking out of the school compound. They didn’t take a single glance at Ryan and Dylan again, they just kept walking out of the compound.
“Now, that’s how to handle people like them”. Dylan said to Ryan.
“Wow! They were walking toward us like they planned on killing us at this moment. But look at them walking away, you handled that excellently”. Ryan uttered to Dylan.
“I told you I can handle people like him to an extent, I’ve just proven it to you. One of the things they fear the most is being reported to adults. They love covering their vile deeds from adults,
It getting exposed to them scares them a lot. Especially when they think about the punishment that comes with being reported”.
Ryan nodded his head in understanding while rubbing his jaw with some of his fingers. Then Dylan’s voice resounded again,
“That’s why reporting what is being done to you to either your dad or the teachers would be an excellent move to take. You’d be surprised at how things would work out and how these things happening to you would stop,
If you don’t want to report to your dad, report to the teachers at least”.
“Are we talking about this again? I know you want me to report and end everything happening to me, but I don’t want to for that same reason”. Ryan stated.
Dylan nodded his head a little before saying, “Okay”.
