Pairing: Troy X Ryan

A/N: Here's chapter 3 of the story. Enjoy!

Warning: M-Rating just in case.

That same night in the Evans' Household

Ryan was just doing his own activities as usual. Since tomorrow is Saturday, he could stay up later than usual to relax. He was busy reading a literary text for his Literature Class. Despite him enjoying the beauty of reading literary texts, he doesn't seem to have the mood for such delicate activities tonight. All Ryan wanted to do was to forget what had happened at the storage room earlier in the day just now. He felt so ashamed that even till now, he feels as if he is worthless and useless. His self-esteem was so low that all Ryan could feel were his own insecurities crawling under his own skin.

So, he immediately slammed the text onto his study desk and proceeded to make his way to the bathroom in order to release all of the tension. However, just when he was about to enter the bathroom, Sharpay walked in. At first Ryan was puzzled by his twin's sudden appearance, but then as Sharpay notioned for him to sit with her on his bed, he began to tense up while maintaining his composure. The both of them sat beside each other silently, but Sharpay decided to break up the awkward silence between them.

"So, Ry, how was your day today?"

"Fine I guess, as always some hiccups with the musicale but oh well, I'm sure we'll get through it"

"Alright, tell me something, you know about the rumours about you being gay right? The one where they sai-"

"Don't worry about it Shar. That doesn't bother me because I know it isn't real. Its just whispers in the wind, it'll die down soon"

Sharpay wanted to retort by asking her brother more questions but seeing as to how Ryan was quick to reply to her question despite it not being asked, she knows that Ryan probably didn't want to talk about it. So, she just nodded and wished him good night before exiting his room. In her heart, she believes that only Troy could save her beloved twin brother from whatever it is that's bothering him.

The moment Sharpay left, Ryan loosened up and sighed in relief. He realised that his mood to go and release his stress was lost due to Sharpay coming into his room. Although it is good that she prevented him from causing harm to himself, the thought of him not being able to feel numb irritates him. So, he downed a couple sleeping pills he has in his drawer and fell deep into slumber.

The next day

Ryan woke up from his drug-induced sleep and he sat up on his bed, scratching the back of his head as he looked at the clock which says 9 am. As usual, he would get ready for the day as it is custom for the Evans' Twins to dress up as it is only natural for them to do so. He cleaned himself up and donned on his 'Weekend Outfit' which consists of a white short sleeved shirt with brown cargo pants. As he finished getting ready, he turned on his computer as the weekends were the only time he had to use it. When he opened up his chatroom, he noticed that he had received a new message from someone named, TBolton08. Ryan gulped and opened up the chat to see what Troy had sent him.

TBolton08: Hey Ryan, just wanted to ask if you are alright after the storage room. Can we talk here? I am kinda bored hehe.

Ryan read the message and it made his heart skip a beat. He cannot believe that Troy Bolton was asking about his well-being and even the very fact that Troy was worried about him was mind blowing. As he struggled to contain his excitement, he suddenly remembered that he shouldn't be too happy about it. However, he still replied Troy's message.

RyanE90: Hey Troy! Yes, I am fine. Don't worry about it, just muscle cramps haha. Anyway sure, I wouldn't mind having a chat with you dude.

As soon as Ryan hit enter, his heart began pounding harder and he was starting to regret his decision to reply but it was just a too good of an opportunity to miss. The moment Ryan was about to go offline, he received a message from Troy, and his excitement returned and began chatting with the brunette.

TBolton08: I see, well if anything does come up, do tell someone! How is your day going so far? Got any plans or sumthing?

RyanE90: Nope, not really. I wasn't really planning to go out today; no mood I guess…

TBolton08: Ah I see, well wanna hang out with me today?

Ryan had stopped breathing already. He can't believe that Troy Bolton had just invited him over to hang out with him. Amidst his heightened excitement, he managed to type out a "panic-mode" message.

RyanE90: Sure! I'd love to hang out with you Troy. Thanks for the invite. See ya in about 15 mins? Alright bye!

TBolton08: Sure dude, see ya!

With that, Ryan hauled ass and quickly got to his car and started it. Its at these kind of situations where he thanked his twin sister for the ridiculous custom of dressing up even though there would be nothing on for the day. However for today, Ryan had plans with Troy. As soon as the car had warmed up its engines, Ryan drove as fast as he could in order to reach there on time. After what seems to be more than fifteen minutes of driving, Ryan had finally reached Troy's house. He got out of the car and nervously made his way to the door, and knocked on it a couple of times until Troy himself opened it.

Ryan's POV

Oh my god, Troy looks so hot with his denim jeans and red flannel shirt. His hair that's just perfectly coiffed although he didn't do that. All of my dreams were in front of me but I had to remember that Troy was inviting me as a friend, so I suppressed all of my feelings for the boy as much as possible and acted natural. He welcomed me to his humble home, it looked nice with decent decorations. Mr. Bolton greeted me before going about his own business. Troy brought me upstairs up to his room. There we both decided to play some card games and board games for an hour. As soon as we got bored, I noticed that he had a guitar, so I decided to ask him about it.

"Hey Troy, you can play the guitar can you?"

"Yeah, but I don't play much, only when I am bored"

"I see"

I felt a little awkward all of a sudden and I noticed that Troy felt the same too. However, during the past hour I was with Troy, I feel as if he had something he had wanted to talk about but he couldn't bring himself to do so. I decided to leave that idea alone in order to avoid jeopradising his friendship with his crush.

Troy's POV

Fuck, how am I going to get him to spit it out. He doesn't act like he's bothered by me. Instead, he seems to enjoy this moment right now. But then again, I need to get to the bottom of this. This problem that involves me without me even knowing that I'm involved. I just need to figure out a way to start a deep conversation with him. Although there is a method which I could use, it would seem like a dick move to do so.

'No, I can't play with his feelings just to know what the fuck is going on, but right now, it seems like the only way for me to do so'

"Troy? Troy?"

I snapped out of my thoughts and I looked up, trying to discard whatever thoughts I had earlier on.

"Wanna go out and eat? I'll treat you if you don't mind?" said Ryan, in a pleading tone while giving a small yet gentle smile.

"Sure, lunch sounds great to me!" I exclaimed.

I am so glad that Ryan offered to go for lunch, or else, I'll be doing something I regret doing.

A/N: I'm sorry for the late update but I was having a major writer's block and it was killing me. However, I have already mapped out some outlines of the upcoming chapters, so I guess I'll be working on this story based on those outlines. Thanks again for reading and please Review!