Cherry Blossom | TRACOB

Twenty Seven

Ryan crawled into his room and shut the door, locking it behind himself. Right off the bat Troye could tell that he was not planning on coming out anytime soon, so he did all he could do and led Riley to the living room, laying on the floor and letting him play.

"I honestly did not know that Brendon was planning on selling Ryan," Dallon said, locking his phone and setting it on the table. "I thought we were going to keep him, I did not mind having him around, especially seeing that I came after him and he was so bonded to Brendon..."

Troye looked up at Dallon, tilting his head. "Can you not talk to Brendon about it?"

"It really is not my decision to make. Brendon owns Ryan, and this house currently. I cannot decide if he keeps him or not."

"It's just sad," Troye sighed. "I cant imagine what it would be like if Jacob sold me or started dating someone else... I think it would break my heart."

Dallon got visibly more upset at that. Was it his fault that Ryan's heart was possibly broken? "Troye?"

"Yeah?"

"Do you think that it's my fault that all of this is going on?"

Troye thought for a moment before shaking his head. "No, I do not think that this was your fault." he sat up and pulled Riley into his lap, kissing the top of his head. "I don't think that Brendon loved Ryan the way Brendon loves you or Jacob loves me. Jacob loves me like a human. He wants to spend his life with me and raise my kittens with me... Brendon loved Ryan like a pet. The same way someone could love a dog. The only problem with that is nekos do feel emotions like humans, though some people may not know or understand that. So while Brendon thinks of Ryan like a pet and can sell him easily, Ryan thinks of Brendon like a boyfriend or something and wont have such an easy time letting go." 

Dallon seemed to relax slightly after Troye's rant. As long as no one could pin all of the blame on him, he was happy. Well, happier. He still felt horrible that Ryan was being sold, but he could not do anything about it on his own. Once Brendon got back he would talk to him, but once Brendon had his mind set on something, that's usually how it went. 

"Anyways," Troye started, standing up and grabbing Riley before he crawled away, "I have to go feed Riles and but him down for a nap before he turns into a monster." With that, Troye walked off to the kitchen. 

Troye went about making a bottle, keeping his tail down low so that Riley would not grab it while he was distracted. That had become Riley's favourite thing to do: grabbing tails and sometimes tugging a little too hard.

Troye quickly checked Riley's diaper and tested the temperature of the milk formula in his bottle before heading towards Ryan's room.

The blue eyed hybrid stood outside of his friend's room and knocked on the door, adjusting Riley on his hip and leaning his forehead against the door. "Ryan? Ryan, let me in please." He knocked again, sighing when there was no answer again. "Ry, I need to put Riley down for a nap. Can we please come in?" Troye knocked a few more times before the door was opened, revealing a teary faced Ryan. 

"Can you just put him to sleep and then leave?" Ryan asked, his tail tucked between his legs and his ears out to the sides. "I don't wanna be around anyone."

"Oh Ryan..." 

"Please don't tell Brendon that I found out," he begged, his voice cracking halfway through his sentence." 

Troye frowned sympathetically and pulled Ryan into a one armed hug. "He's gonna find out eventually," he muttered.

Ryan nodded. "I know he will." 

"Wouldn't it just be easier to talk to him about it? Dallon wanted to discuss it with him, but if you do not want him to I'm sure he will wait." 

Ryan snickered, pulling away from Troye and walking to his bed, sitting on the blue sheets with a pout. "Dallon is probably just gonna tell Brendon to get rid of me faster, now that I know. He probably thinks that I will just cry all the time and mess up their relationship." 

Troye followed Ryan into the room, sitting on the floor and adjusting Riley in his lap and beginning to feed him the bottle that he had made. "Dallon does not think like that," he said. "He did not even know that Brendon was doing this." 

"Sure he didn't. He's probably lying you know, I don't trust him."

"You should talk to him. He is really sorry, Ry." 

"For all I know you could be lying too!" Ryan flopped down onto the bed, burying his face in his pillow. "I trusted Brendon, and look where it got me."

Troye went quiet, deciding to focus on Riley until he fell asleep. It did not take long before he was done his bottle and cuddled up against Troye, his little ears flicking as he dreamed. 

Troye gently laid him on the blanket that was on the floor, kissing his forehead softly before climbing onto the bed beside Ryan. 

"Dallon is sad," he said quietly, laying next to the honey eyed neko. "He does not want you to hate him, he does not want you to think that this was his idea." 

Ryan took a moment to respond, and when he did it was quiet, muffled by the pillow. "I don't want to believe it was Brendon's idea." 

"I know you don't."

They stayed silent for a few minutes, listening to Dallon quietly playing his bass a couple rooms over. He was talented, it was obvious. But so was Ryan, it was not fair that he got dropped so easily. 

"Can we just cuddle?" Ryan asked, breaking the silence. "I'm just... really, really sad." 

Troye nodded. "Of course," he agreed, moving his body closer to Ryan's and cuddling up to him. 

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ima focus on this book until it's done. i'm feeling better about these chapters too, i think i really needed the break because the stuff i was publishing just wasnt any good? 

anyways, i published a new book so if you wanna check it oUT 

Pinky Promise | Tracob

Troye is sad. He was kicked out of his home by his roommate, leaving him to work at a coffee shop full time just so he could pay for some shitty apartment. Troye was alone. He had no one to talk to, no one to tell his secrets to and no one to take care of him. Troye was heartbroken. He needed someone to come put him back together again.

it's cute and i love it, it's a ddlb fic and it's gonna be lit 

anyways, see ya soon 

-sarah