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SORROW.
Paris was quick to excuse himself from the room, when he saw the look on Ruel's face. Once it went just the pair, silence filled the room.
It looked as if Ruel was trying to find the words of say, but nothing was coming out. Wes anxiously picked at one of his hangnails, unsure of how this conversation was going to go.
After what felt like hours Ruel finally asked, "Do you have any questions? I know Jasper told you his side of things and I bet you're confused."
"Oh, um, are you, are you eating?" Wesley asked, awkwardly.
The room fell silent once again, "No, I'm not." Ruel admitted, his face showing that he didn't want to answer the question at all.
"Why?"
A harsh gulp, "With everything happening, it triggered me to not want to eat."
"Is it because of Jasper or me?" Wesley asked.
"Why are all your questions about my eating?" Ruel finally spoke up, he thought the questions would be regarding to Jasper, but the sudden questioning about his eating made him nervous.
Wesley ducked his head and mumbled under his breath, "What was that?" Ruel asked.
"I, I would just hate to be the reason you're disregarding your own health."
Silence.
Wesley could hear Ruel stepping closer and he got a bit tense. Once the other reached him, he squatted down and met Wesley's eyes. "You care about me?"
"Yeah, like I felt so proud when I made you feel so comfortable and safe enough to eat without pressure. Now, it makes me sick to think I would be the reason you stopped." Wesley admitted.
Ruel placed a hand on Wesley's cheek, gently rubbing his thumb against the soft skin. "It's not your fault."
The relief from the statement caused Wes to relax a bit, "I do want to hear your side of things." Ruel nodded and sat on the bed, beside Wesley.
"I think it's time you learn why almost every body in this school fears Jasper." And that's hows Wesley learned that villains aren't just in comic books.
Ruel went on to explain of his first encounter with Jasper, who was beloved by the whole school. "I was heading to art to talk to Chris, when I ended up bumping into this guy. Which turned out to be Jasper. I remembered he was about to curse me out, when he got a good look at me, his whole body language changed. It was so weird, but in this school nothing is normal." The statement made Wes mumble "tell me about it."
"He greeted himself and asked where I was going, I told him, because he seemed fairly nice. He offered to walk me there and I accepted, because he seemed pretty harmless and if something did happen Chris would have probably killed him. After that he just grew extremely attached to me, he would constantly compliment me, give me attention and just spent all his time with him. Eventually, he would become part of our group and then he started his work. He would make you stories about things the others did and started placing doubt into my mind." Ruel explained.
