Jan Van Eck
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Wylan's POV

Wylan was walking home (he doesn't stay at the university), Jesper still fresh in his mind, his thumb's warmth still lingering on Wylan's cheek. Wylan was beyond ecstatic, he felt happy for once, until he reached the front door of the van Eck mansion. A raging bellows from upstairs before Wylan can actually get in the house.

"YOU RETARDED FREAK? YOU THINK I'LL JUST LET YOU GO WITH YOUR FRIENDS TO, TO CAFES? YOU'RE SO WORTHLESS I BET THEY HAD TO PAY FOR YOU!" Wylan's father appears in the room, his face already red from shouting. "HOW CAN ANYONE BE FRIENDS WITH YOU WHEN YOU'RE WORTHLESS TO THE WORLD? YOU'RE USELESS, UTTERLY USELESS (I know, van Eck pulled a Chloe) AND SINCE YOU CAN'T READ MAKES YOU AN ABSOLUTE FAILURE! YOU ALMOST DON'T DESERVE TO EVEN BE ALIVE! CAN'T EVEN READ THE WORD MERCHANT." Van Eck finishes, but by then Wylan's in a mass of tears.

"OH, YOU'RE AN ABSOLUTE CRY BABY. YOU KNOW WHAT? GRAB A BLANKET AND PILLOW AND GO SLEEP OUTSIDE. I'LL TELL YOU WHEN YOU CAN COME IN AGAIN! SPOILER, NEVER!" he shouts again and Wylan bursts out in a fresh set of tears. "GET YOUR SORRY ASS OF THE FUCKING FLOOR AND GET YOUR BLANKIE! YOU'RE SUCH A FAILURE, HONESTLY, I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY MY SON!" Wylan doesn't move, his eyes red raw from crying.

"DIDN'T YOU HEAR ME? MOVE!" Wylan doesn't and then van Eck says three more words that do make Wylan move. "GO KILL YOURSELF." Wylan stands up quickly and bolts to his bedroom, thousands of happy memories with Jesper fading away, his father's yelling replacing them all.

Wylan heads back down the stairs with two blankets and a pillow because it was very cold outside. "DID I SAY YOU COULD TAKE TWO BLANKETS? NO, I DIDN'T, YOU STUPID FAT ASS!" van Eck stole one blanket from Wylan and pointed outside. "GET YOUR FILTHY ASS OUT OF MY SIGHT OR I WILL TELL THE ENTIRE SCHOOL WHAT A SORRY VAN ECK YOU ARE" those words made Wylan basically run outside where van Eck locked the door.

Wylan sat there in a sobbing mess, the blanket already around him, not providing any warmth. Of course, his father would take the blanket that would keep him warmest.

"Wylan?" he heard a sweet voice and looked up to see Inej. Wylan suddenly felt embarrassed. "What are you doing outside with nothing to keep you warm?" she crouches down and lifts his head up, revealing the evidence of him heavily crying. "Oh Wylan, who made you feel like this?" her voice was angelic, somehow soothing him. Two other figures appeared behind Inej, revealing themselves to be Nina and Jesper. They were engrossed in whatever they were talking about, and they didn't see Wylan.

"I c-can't s-say, I'm s-sorry." his voice wavers, and when Jesper hears a choking voice, his heard turns and within seconds he's at Wylan's side. "you're freezing!" Jesper states and takes his grey trench coat off, gently putting it around Wylan, who immediately put it on, still shivering. Jesper then puts his long warm arms around Wylan who felt as freezing as a popsicle and Jesper vowed silently that he would kill whoever did this to Wylan.

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