Not Who You think I Am •shyland•

Chapter 19

Shane's POV

I woke up to soft snores coming from Ryland.
I needed to go to the bathroom but the problem is that I don't know where the bathroom is.
I slowly took my arm out from underneath Ryland.
I quietly opened the door remembering that Ryland's brother was home.
I went down starts looking for the bathroom
"What the fuck dude" someone said tackling me
"What did I do?" I asked
I was very confused
"Are you fucking my brother?" Rylands brother I'm guessing asked
"What the hell dude" I yelled
"Are you hurting him?" He wondered
"What the fuck no I would never" I groaned trying to get him off of me but then he punched me
"Ow What the fuck"

Ryland's POV

I heard noises coming from downstairs it sounded like Shane was hurt. Shit.
I ran downstairs as fast as I could.
I saw Shane on the floor with Austin on top of him. Shane was bleeding, his soft milky white skin was now covered in bruises and blood.
"Austin what the hell, get off of him" I yelled pushing Austin off of Shane.
"Hey, Hey Shane, come on let's go" I whispered to Shane, I helped him up the stairs but we only make it three steps before Austin yelled at me
"What the hell ryan" he argued. I sat shane on the third step before I went over to Austin
"don't fucking call me that and why the fuck would you do this to Shane" I asked
"Because he probably hurts you" he shouted
"No Austin see that's the difference between Dylan and Shane. Shane actually cares about me, Dylan didn't, he only wanted to hurt me. So stay the fuck away from Shane" I shouted in rage. I ran back to Shane and helped him up to my room.
I sat him on my bed and went to my bathroom to get the supplies that used to clean up my cuts.
"I didn't realized how protecting your brother was" Shane chuckled
"Yeah after the whole thing with Dylan, he's skeptical about who I date" I told shane cleaning his knuckles. They were bloody from when he punched Austin. I turned his hand so I could see his palm. I glanced at his forearm and saw cuts but they were scarred.
"Shane What are these" I wondered rubbing my thumb lightly over the scars.
"Uh r-Ryland don't worry about" Shane said
"Shane I'm not gonna stop asking no matter if you like it or not" I argued
"It only happened when I was with James, I thought it was the only way out. I don't do it anymore" Shane told me
"Also long as you don't do it anymore, I'm fine" I assured him and kissed his forehead
"Are you okay?" I asked Shane
"Yeah, eh that's bit of a stretch, i feel better considering I just got beat up" Shane explained
"Well that's something" I said
"You should head home and get some rest" I told shane
"Ryland I'm fine" he argued
"No shane I'm driving you home"
"Fine" Shane complained
"Let's go" I said
We walked downstairs, I gave my brother a look saying 'don't follow or say anything'.
I walked shane back to his house, as usual his mother wasn't home because of her work.
I put him in his bed and left him to sleep.
I got back to my house about 20 minutes later.
"Ryland I'm sor-" Austin started
"Don't, you punched Shane. Why the fuck would you do that?" I asked
"I thought he was like Dylan, I-I didn't want something to happen to you again" he explained
"That's not an excuse, you didn't even know him, you're lucky he didn't punch you that hard" I said
"Ryland I said I'm sorry what else do you want" he yelled
Then our parents and Morgan walked in
"We could here you guys outside what's going on" my mom wondered
"Nothing happened" I said annoyed and walked upstairs
"He's been fucking someone" Austin yelled
I wasn't fucking Shane I was dating him. I ran back downstairs to correct him.
"I'm not fucking him" I shouted from the stairs
"Well you sure are dating him" he yelled back
"Ryland is it true" my father asked
"I-i don't want to take about it" I said
"Ryland!" My mother yelled
I didn't feel like telling them about my relationship with Shane. It wasn't that I felt embarrassed to be with Shane it was more that I wanted to protect him.
I went up to my room and closed the door.
I wanted to call Shane but I didn't want to wake him up, he needs his rest.
It was 12:48 AM I couldn't stay in my room all my life because I had to eat.
I tried to sneak out to the kitchen to grab something to eat but I was interrupted by the one and only asshole in the house, Austin.
"Hey I'm sorry for exposing your relationship" Austin apologized
"Austin it was my choice but how did you even find out about our relationship" I ask
"In the school group chat there was a photo of you and Shane. I didn't know if it was true so I went in to your room and I saw you and Shane cuddling."
"Fuck" I whispered trying to crying
I ran back upstairs.
"Ryland" Austin said
I ignored his calls and just ran to my room.

I called Shane

*connecting*

"..."

"Hello? Ryland?"

"Shane everyone knows"

"Ryland what are you talking about"

"Everyone knows about us"

"I'm coming over"

"O-ok"

*call ended*

I was waiting for Shane to text me. I left the front door opened for him.

[Shane] I'm here

[Ryland] the door is open just coming but be quiet
[Read 1:07 AM]

Shane opened my door, I ran up to him and hugged him.

"Hey what's wrong" Shane asked
"They know about us our relationship" I said
"Who? Your parents" Shane wondered
"Them and everyone in the school group chat, basically everyone in school. Including-" I started
"James and Dylan" Shane sigh
"We'll be okay" Shane assured me
"It's not that I'm worried about us, I'm worried about you" I told shane
"You have to stop worrying about me" Shane said
"But I don't want you to get hurt, I've seen what Dylan can do at his most. It's not pretty" I whispered
"Ryland-" Shane tried to get my attention
"And and if you get hurt I don't know what I would do, I-I would probably lose my mind." I rambled
"Ryland" Shane spoke louder
"What?" I asked
"I'll be fine" Shane said
"But now Dylan and James know that we got back together and they said that they'll hurt you if we got back together" I explained

Shane's POV

"Ryla-" I started but I heard soft snores coming from the small fragile boy in my arms.
I laid him down in his bed and left his room.
I went downstairs as quietly as I could.
"Hey" I heard
"Hey" I said turning around
"I'm sorry for punching" Ryland's brother said
"It's fine, I get it you were only protecting Ryland" I told him
"I never caught your name" I said
"It's Austin" he spoke
"I'm guessing you already know my name" I assumed
"Yeah" I answered
"Well I have to head home after all it is 1:20 AM" I replied
"Yeah umm goodnight" Austin responded
"Goodnight" I said walking out the door.

A/N that's this chapter, I hope you like it bye :)