Hating Game [BoyxBoy]

"I wasn't angry with you earlier."

Chapter 7: "I wasn't angry with you earlier.”

“We all have read Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen right?” Mr. Ladder, the English teacher who taught home language and History said.

“Well not all of us did.” something tried to crack a joke and everyone in class laughed.

Mr. Ladder chuckled, “Well maybe not all of us yes but before winter break, we will all have read Pride and Prejudice because that's what we'll be working on, Romance.”

“Sir can't we choose another novel?” Someone shot up.

“Teddy, no we're not choosing another novel. Once we're done reading Pride and Prejudice, you'll understand why I chose this book over hundreds of other novels and I'm sure you'll understand the concept of it.” Mr. Ladder said.

Florence sigh, “We know nothing about love since it's forbidden in our school.”

Mr. Ladder smiled. “The school is doing what's best to keep everyone focused on school which is why they set those rules. Do you not wonder why none of our students fail? Why it's a prestige school?”

“Rules, we're just locked up in here to waste our youthful years. Wouldn't it be more beautiful if students were allowed to do whatever they wanted to do?” One student said.

“Okay enough of chit-chatting, I'll give each one of you a copy of pride and prejudice and you'll start reading it. This is a serious project and I want you to be serious about it. We'll talk more about the school's forbidden romance with time.” Mr. Ladder gradually said.

“When are we discussing this novel sir!?”

“Tomorrow, so you guys better start with reading.” Mr. Ladder announced as he gathered his belongings. “That will be all for today, class dismissed.”

Hawthorne pulled his backpack and rushed out of the class. It has been a very long day already and he missed Railings. Ha! If someone told him about the possible romance between him and Railings two weeks ago, Hawthorne would probably laugh and punch that person in the face because what a ridiculous thing that was.

When he was young, Hawthorne believed in a lot of philosophical things. You'd wonder how he turned out to be like that.

Star lovers crossed, fairies, matchmakers. Everything that seemed to involve fantasy in romance. One of the time he believed that lovers find each other through each reincarnation and they fall in love with each other once again. He admired how his parents loved each other so much.

But his hopes of true love were shattered when his dearest father left his mother in a pool of tears, telling her that he wanted a divorce. Kent Hawthorne was young back then, he barely knew how to write down his name but he knew what was happening. He understood that much, his father wanted to leave them.

A week after his father broke the news, his mother fell sick and she was admitted in and out of several hospitals until she took her last breath. Just then, his father announced that he was remarrying and the young Hawthorne watched his father bring in a new madame with a child, a child who was five years younger than him.

Hawthorne was then sent to a boarding school that same year and he never saw his father again until he came back to tell him he was moving Hawthorne to another boarding school because he had grown. Hawthorne was fourteen when he moved to Wytham House and now he was just at his sweet sixteen. The second madam always called, trying to soothe things out with Kent Hawthorne but the young man paid him no mind.

It was enough that she took his family from him, he wouldn't dare call her mother and play happy family with him. Did he want to steal Hawthorne as well?