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Summary: Ryan has to go away.
A/N: Hey, look! Tons of updates today! Woot!
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Ryan- 14
Eric- 16
Somewhere in the middle of the night Ryan found Eric with his arms around his waist. H was almost surprised to find that Eric liked to cuddle at night. Unfortunately for Ryan, his mind wouldn't allow him to dwell on that thought for very long. He had tried to sleep that night, he knew that he needed it, but he couldn't, his restless mind wouldn't give him peace.
The doorbell ran and Eric shifted, groaning at the sound, but didn't wake up. Ryan slowly slipped off of the bed when Eric's arms loosened and softly padded down the stairs. He heard voices filtering out from the living room.
"-new homeowners, the agreed to give the boys an extra week." Ryan recognized his Uncle Ron's voice. He suddenly felt bad for not telling him where he went last night.
"If you need any help, let us know," Pavel offered.
"Ryan is welcome here anytime," Clorinda added. "Mi'jo come here last night in tears. He's probably still sleeping with Eric right now."
"Thank you. I really appreciate it and I'm sure Ryan does, too." Ryan heard Clorinda's soft chuckle.
"He's a good boy, we're happy to have him around."
"But they're still going to have to move?" Ryan blinked when he heard Eric's father voice the question. He hadn't thought about that, then his hopes started to rise, praying his Uncle said no.
"I'm afraid so," his Uncle seemed to sigh. "The house was already sold and they closed on the sale before the accident. Ryan's already been enrolled in a private school in Boston and Jack is expected at his Aunt and Uncle's house."
Ryan sat down on the stairs and looked down at the carpet. He hadn't thought about what would happen, he hadn't really thought about anything since his Uncle came over. He didn't even remember running off until he found himself in Eric's room, with Eric's arms around him as he tried to comfort his hurt friend.
"They couldn't make an exception for the boys?" He was brought back when he heard the soft voice of Eric's mother speaking again.
"I tried, and I would take the boys but I don't have the resources to suddenly take care of two boys." He heard the regret in his Uncle's voice. Ryan wouldn't dare ask the Delko's to take him in. And he couldn't leave his little brother alone, but he wasn't going to see him anyway, he would be living at school with all the other boys who went there. He sighed and slowly walked down the stairs to meet his Uncle.
"Hi, Uncle Ron." Ryan said quietly, surprising the three adults by his sudden appearance in the room. "I'm sorry for running off last night."
Ron walked forward and took the young boy in arms. "It's alright, I knew you couldn't have gone far." Ryan wrapped his arms around his Uncle's waist and sighed silently. Ron held Ryan out at arms length to look at him. "You can stay here a little longer if you want, you look exhausted."
"I don't want to impose or anything," Ryan said quietly. Even in his state he was still polite.
"You're never imposing, mi'jo," Clorinda spoke up. "Your Uncle is right, you should go back upstairs and sleep." Ryan nodded and hugged each of the adults before shuffling back upstairs.
