Far Away Love ࿐ Ryden

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hey welcome back here i love sorority noise and im SO EXCITED to see them in april oh my god. anyways ive realized that posting on sundays actually works well with me so yeah im gonna try to stick to posting every sunday bc of the 'no post on sundays' joke thing. cool alright. 

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and lost without a soul, with you forevermore

Patrick gives the best hugs. It is a fact, and Ryan feels ever so safe whenever he gets to hug Patrick. Which, unfortunately, isn't often. Patrick doesn't like being touched and Ryan respects that but it's sort of unfortunate when he gives the best hugs. Some people can't hug for the life of them, they awkwardly put their hands on your back or your shoulders and break away all too quickly, which makes you feel really awkward but Patrick does none of that, he just hugs you like it's what he's been trained to do.

Ryan had asked-

"Can I have a hug?" And Patrick had tensed up for a second and was debating saying no but it was Ryan and he deserved a hug so Patrick had hugged him. They had talked a little more and had parted ways where they usually did, at the intersection of the main street and Patrick's street. He lives in a little flat above his dad's shop, where he displays some sorts of art, photography, and maps. All kinds of maps. It had sort of freaked Ryan out at first, but he has grown used to it by now and he's beginning to appreciate how cool the maps are. Except Patrick's dad is kind of crazy on the level of absolute crazy, not strict or mean, well, he is mean sometimes, but just completely paranoid and mental. And that's what freaks Ryan out. Patrick's mom had passed three years ago, and his dad had sort of spiraled into a freaky sort of depression that neither of them really understand. Of course, having to even be near Patrick's dad makes Ryan anxious and he usually stays away from Patrick's house.

Ryan feels sorry for his friend. They say goodbye at the street where they always do, and Ryan watches Patrick slowly make his way down his street, dragging his feet. Ryan sometimes wishes that Patrick would talk about himself for once, and not make everything about Ryan's problems. Of course, it's never bad to have someone to talk to and help out, but Ryan always feels like he's never able to do enough for someone who's always helping him.

He supposes it's fine though, that there's nothing he should feel guilty about, and continues on his way home. He's worried. For no reason, which is always why he's worried. Maybe he's worried that his mom is going to be mad at him for something or that his parents are going to be fighting over something trivial again.

Perhaps he'll just go home and read a book. Reading is the best thing ever. It's easy to get lost in a book and simply forget about everything else, at least, for him. Some people argue that movies are better and that music is better, but both of them are too loud. Books, however, books aren't loud. Yes, they can describe loudness and inflict all sorts of fear and throw in all sorts of onomatopoeia but shutting the book cuts it all off. There might be a mental image created from the words, but movies can leave a lasting imagine in one's mind and songs can leave a lasting haunting sound and books do none of that, so. For someone as easily scared as Ryan, books are always his favorite thing because a really, really good book does the job of distracting him from the world exceptionally well, and a not really good book can still keep him going.

He walks by the sunflower house, smiles at the flowers like the idiot he is, and continues down the unfamiliar street that he dislikes quite a bit except for the sunflower house at the end. Always, for the longer he walks, the more worried he gets, and that's what is happening this time because he isn't rushing to school, no, instead he is slowly pacing himself down the street because he's worried about his parents but if he walks faster he'll get home faster and he doesn't want to get home faster but if he walks slower he'll get home later and then his parents might be mad so he just-