I know that the Fandom is dead but
here's how I picture the beginning of chad and ryan relationship starts from high school musical
- ryan fell in love first
- in high school, sharpay dragged him to a basketball game (because of troy), and for several days he could not stop thinking about number 8
- which then continued for weeks filled with sadness, because "oh no, I fell in love with a straight dude again"
- and then they ended up in the same class
- Kalsey, being Ryan's best friend, listened to Ryan's endless cries about what piece of trash chad is
- but the more time they spent time together, the more Ryan noticed that perhaps he still had a chance
- their communication consisted exclusively of "hey, theater kid, don't get your white shirt dirty, or mommy won't be happy" and "watch out for your ball, if something's happened to him you woyld cry"
- after that, chad carries his basketball everywhere
- and it annoys the shit out of ryan
- everything changes after the summer break, when almost everyone works for the Evans family
- did ryan ask for chad specifically, to help carry golf clubs when he and his family went to play golf? Yes.
- Ryan often spent time with "workers" because of gabriella and kelsey, and chad could not help but be distracted from his work, staring at ryan
- Ryan ran into the kitchen every morning and every evening to check how everyone was doing
- and Chad finally began to understand that he is not just a rich guy, hes actually a really good person ... AND he's also SO damn cute
- Chad's internalized biphobia tho quicklygot rid of those thoughts
- and what better way is there to distract yoyrself from gay thoughts than sports, right?
- and then i don`t dance happened
- they fucked.
- Ryan was on the cloud 9 from happiness, and chad still could not accept himself
- so he decided to have a girlfriend heehee - Ryan cried. so much. and complained to his mom. and kalsey. oh poor kalsey.
- during their graduation preparation Ryan worked a lot so as not to think about cgad
- he often stayed late at school, preparing dances and sets
- once, chad also stayed late at school (played basketball, of course) and noticed that the light in the assembly hall was still on
- he saw Ryan asleep without his shoes on in a pile of unfinished decorations and paint
- of course chad began cleaning up, trying not to wake Ryan up
- but it's chad, come on, his basketball ball rolled off the stage, waking Ryan up
- and Ryan, being still sleepy, tired and exhausted, began to swearing at chad, telling everything he has felt since summer
- and chad could not think of a better answer then a simple "sorry"
- and Ryan, not expecting to hear an apology, stupidly froze
- they were able to talk it over, and, well, now they were dating
- and at the next rehearsal, Ryan dressed chad up in a clown costume, because that's what he deserved
