- KATE - I can’t wrap my head around it but something fishy is going on around me and I don’t know what. I don’t know if I’m the one overthinking what I shouldn’t. What shouldn’t even be in the first place. This is Killian’s fault. If he isn’t acting in some kind of way, I wouldn’t have anything
- HAZEL - I’m standing out the balcony upstairs, staring into the night sky. It’s cold out here and although my skin is plagued with goosebumps, I didn’t budge nor go back inside. I’m just out here, letting the cold dissolve into my skin while deep in thought. The stars are beautiful tonight. It’s
“What can I say? Certain people tend to respond to discipline way faster than kindness.” This makes me squint and stick my lower lip out more as I pout. I’ll choose to ignore that. Mainly because the hour is a good one. I sigh, returning my face to the sky. There are no clouds blocking the moon
- KATE - It’s Monday. I’m at the school premises, checking for the halls I’d be taking all my exams at as well as the exam table. On a normal day, I’d get the information online, on the school student website but I needed to keep myself busy physically. There hasn’t been any or much of lectures the
“Stop panting too hard, Kate. I know you. And you know me.” My heart stopped beating for a second. It was almost as if I forgot to breathe and some sense was knocked into me. Who is this person? Who could it possibly be? The voice doesn’t ring a bell at all. I move my feet in an attempt to turn. “
I look back ahead. Hazel is still in there. “What does this have to do with what I’m looking at?” I ask. Anger suddenly brews within me but I’m careful not to make a drastic movement. If this lady is insinuating what I think she is, then I’d risk getting temporarily paralysed to give her a resoundin
- HAZEL - “We can’t see each other anymore, at least, not as much.” I say, standing before him in his school office. The door is wide open for obvious reasons. I have to be very cautious especially when I stay at his place, that alone is the riskiest thing yet but I will not discard the reason I ca
- ASAMI - I have an entire squad here with me. Arranged in a row by row formation are the people who will do my dirty work for me. Oh, what a wonderful day today is. What an interesting one it will be. A half grin forms on my lips. If a girl can’t have what she wants, she might as well pay for it
I let out an exhale, remembering every encounter him and I had since the night we met. He was flattering. Very gentle and the good kind of masculine. He also held me to him when he lied about us to Kate. . . . And even though it’s just two people I’ve been with all my life, I’ve not been in a rel
- HAZEL - By the time I woke up, he was gone. My bed was nicely laid despite being on it and my window was shut. I couldn’t perceive his cologne and there was not even a single trace of him ever being in my room. That sucked. I know he was here but it doesn’t seem so. I miss waking up to him in
Her room is girly. Way too girly. All stylised with feminine colours. This makes me chuckle under my breath. Sleeping in a room like this would give me nightmares but I’m pretty sure she gets cotton candy dreams. The irony is funny. “Your room is. . .” I clear my throat, looking for the right word.
- KILLIAN - It was quite easy. Coming over. Not having access to her the whole day got to me. Even while working, it was all I could think about. That’s why I decided to pay her a visit. A surprise one. This morning may not have been everything we hoped for but I know her too well to know that
- HAZEL - I stare out the window, sat on my bed, enjoying the night sky and city lights. A smile forms on my lips as I take a breath of fresh air at the nostalgia. Home. I’ve missed home. It’s non chaotic and less harmful. It’s warm and cosy. Everyone loves me here. Sadness suddenly becomes arde
- KILLIAN - I raise my hand up then bend it so it touches the opposite shoulder. After this, I let my other hand rest on the elbow or my stretched hand and yawn, stretching my body out while standing in the office this whole thing began, the hunt for power and the acquiring of power. I’m at the Iv
- KATE - So his brother is with my best friend, who would’ve thought? I guess even she didn’t know. I doubt I would if I was in her shoes. The odds are quite slim but here we are, getting stronger in our friendship in more ways than one. Never would I have imagined her being with someone like L
- HAZEL - So I’m his girlfriend. I stare timidly at the back of the passenger seat from my sat position in the back seat. I still don’t know how to deal with this information. In reality, I’m with Killian, but to Kate, who I may see a lot due to the fact that I’m on some kind of school holiday a
- KILLIAN - “Your girlfriend? What the fuck, Liam?!” I rage, dragging him inside my bedroom. The women are downstairs, spending time together to bond. “What else did you expect me to do? Let your woman peel the hair off your other one?!” Liam asks, sounding just as distressed as I was. His outw