It was dusk and lone boy was walking down the streets of the suburbs, passing under one street light after another. Humming and with his hands in his pockets Taylor breathed in and then exhaled another gulp of the cool and refreshing night air, the dark always had a very soothing effects on him and for all purposes he would have loved to continue his prolonged stroll, but in light of current events even he was more vary about the risk of getting into trouble.

After his visit to the Louds Taylor had few options on how to spend his day, now he had no one to hang out with and as much as hated to admit it, what Lyle did shook him up a bit, as was seeing the condition of his victims, so even he felt hesitant about picking on any kids today, leaving him with little else to do but stroll aimlessly trough town, he certainly had little reason to head back home beyond a bed to sleep in for the night. And there it was, he had arrived back at the Taylor household, a two story house in the middle of a cul-de-sac.

And he quickly noticed that neither his mom`s or his dad`s car was anywhere in sight, the boy chuckled dryly "Guess I know who`ll be "in charge" of the house tonight.". As he opened the door he saw a 14 year old girl sitting on her easy chair next to the couch and reading a book, while the tv was shut off, as usual when his sister was left alone in the living room.

"I see that my favorite frumpy book worm is still scared of facing the dreaded idiot box." he quickly spoke in a mocking tone, the teen finally looked at her brother, she bore a strong resemblance to him, dowright to their hair color, yet she was a lot more well dressed and groomed and the look on her face was little more than a bored and dismissing glare "Oh you're back..." she said apathetically, though Taylor really expected her to say something along the lines of "Ughh you're still alive", "Seems I caught her in a good mood, let's see if I can change that..." he thought.

"You were hoping that I wouldn't come back, huh? Well sorry that I let you down Renee?", his sister only made a barely noticeable huff before turning her face back to her book, Taylor got a devious look and pressed on "...but I guess that if something happened to me, then that wouldn't put Miss Responsible in a good light would it?", "Hardly, mom and dad wouldn't think any less of me over a lost cause like you..." Renee told him, still sounding disinterested "...at least I spend my time doing productive things, instead of lazing around and brutalizing others."

"Why you make it sound like it's a bad thing?" his sleezy tone made Renee increasingly frustrated, but she kept her compouser, if she ignored him long enough he would go away. After not getting a response the boy knew what his sister was doing, he knew exactly the choice words he could use that would certainly tip her over the edge, but that would probably also lead to a nasty fight, and for an uptight nerd his sister could be very savage when she snapped, normally he wouldn't be hesitant about getting her there, but tonight he just didn't have the energy for another brawl, so he passed by her and moved upstairs, he would only go for a quick stop at the bathroom before heading to his room.

However once he left the bathroom he spotted a 10 year old boy who also bore a strong likeness to him, walking down the holeway in his pajamas reading an Ace Savy comic, Taylor rolled his eyes "So Roy is getting caught up in this retarded fad too.", he then swiftly snatched the comic out of his brother`s hands, catching him of guard, "Ryan?" Roy yelped, not having spoken or even seen his brother for days, not that they spend quality time together to beggin with.

"Oh don't tell me you're reading this bullshit too?" Ryan laughed as he held the comic out of his brothers reach, who didn't make much of an effort to get it back, but instead just looked down and twiddled his fingers "Well...all my friends are reading it and..." "Well in that case you need a new group of friends if you don't want to be even more of a loser than you already are you twerp..." Ryan told him before throwing the comic back at his brother who caught it clumsy, Ryan then pointed at his bruised cheek "You see this, I got it during my date with a girl I just meat, she`s a real tigress..." Roy knew that with "date" his brother probably meant a brutal fight that he provoked, but he knew better than to question it, "...and that's how you have fun during your spare time, instead of nerdifying yourself.", he saw that Roy was just looking at him timidly and nervously making his brother groan in annoyance, " I still can't believe that we're related." he said condescendingly before marching of to his room without giving his brother another look.

...

In no time Taylor was laying on his bed within his dimly lit bedroom, the dark always did make him feel more relaxed and at ease. Yet his mind kept drifting back to those Louds, in particular to that one girl " I still don't get why Lynn is so protective of her siblings, siblings are the worst, how many times have I wished to be an only child and yet she was happy with having 9 siblings clogging up her space and wasn't even relieved when 4 of them were at least moved out of her life?"

"And how does anyone stay sane living with so many freaks, a whimpy geek, a beaver faced bimbo, that emo runt, that...baby that somehow speaks perfect English?, and that...well the little blonde one has gutts and I do admire her taste in head wear, I guess she's okay to be around with...real shame that she was the one who crossed Lyle`s path..."

His face darkened as he thought about his former friend, perhaps even friend was a strong word, they were more like partners, the toughest kids in the neighborhood united, and Lyle never did anything for him to begin with, outside of allowing him to join him in their bullying spree, or more precisely it was the other way around.

Taylor remembered how they first meat when his family moved in, Lyle tried to bully him and quickly got his ass creamed, after which Lyle claimed how impressed he was by Taylor`s toughness and asked him to hang out with him, or in hindsight sucking up to the new toughest kid on the block in order to remain on the top.

"What a cowardly puss! How didn't I see this before, judging character has always been my strong suit? Bah whatever, it's probably for the better now, I`m better of without that idiot.", yet inspite of that Taylor still felt down, even though he really didn't loose anything, he still felt...empty on the inside. He then heard a distinct foot fall and turned his head slightly to see a pair of green eyes in the dark reflecting the moon light coming from the window. Taylor chuckled and looked back at the cealling "Ah so you finally showed up, I guess the suburbs of Michigan have far more vermin for you to snack on, you're just never content with being hand fed."

As his hand hung down from the bed he felt his cat stroking her body against it and purring, Taylor petted her on the head before she jumped on his bed, "Clever girl, you're the only sensible being in this house besides me." Taylor said as he kept starting at the dark cealling "Say do you have any idea why I'm feeling so down, I mean I didn't lose anything, I didn't get into trouble and I outwitted those snitches and cutting ties with that idiot was probably a good thing, so why am I not feeling better?" he looked back at his cat who was simply playing with the sleeve of his shirt.

Taylor looked back to the cealling and contemplated before it hit him "Of course, I`m bored, without Lyle I have no one to talk to, and with this new snitches in the neighborhood I can't have much fun without constantly looking over my shoulder.", the cat meowed, as if agreeing with him. "Ughhh at this point I`m starting to look foward to school." Taylor stated in a deadpan manner, before getting an an inquisitive look.

"But then again I could still get Lynn to hang out with me, afterall we have so much in common and how long can she stay mad at me anyway?...So I beat up her brother, I didn't even give him a real beating, I just gave him like 3 punches in a span of 2 days, people can live with that and I can't be held accountable for anything Lyle did to her family."

He hated to admit it out loud, but he did feel an urge to learn more about her, maybe it was because she was the only person who gave him trouble during a fight, maybe it was something else, either way he found an odd fascination with that girl who had a laughable last time, yet deserved admiration for everything else about her.

"Exact1y, girls are overemotional by nature, they feel one extreme at one moment then it fades away in couple of days. I just need to learn about the real Lynn Loud, how she thinks and what she likes and then I`ll be able to use my natural charisma to get her forgiveness. And until then heckling her a bit won't do any harm either, he he he oh this is going to be fun..."

A little surprise teaser/sequal hook for possible future fics, showing that whatever lies for the Loud siblings in the future, Ryan Taylor will be involved in it in some capacity, especially for Lynn, as he failed to take the hint that she hates him more than cancer at the moment. And here we learn that his current home life is more or less the oposite of the Louds, nicer living conditions, but pretty strained relationships with his family, and he nonchalantly calls others freaks and weirdos even though he chats with his cat, maybe there's more to the bully than meats the eye...