The Prince and His Pauper

Chapter 58: The Pauper Hopeful

What? What just happened? Why did Antonio say those things to me? And what does he mean that he knows everything? Does he know about our relationship now?

If he did though, why does he want to be far away from me? Wouldn't he want to know why we broke up? Or if he's gone back to acting weird about me being gay, that could explain why he wants to be away from me. But, it's a little extreme that he's glad to lose his memories of me. Why?

When Antonio told me that we can't be around each other anymore, I felt my heart break. I didn't bother to hold in my tears when Antonio left. That conversation wasn't what I wanted it to go and I don't know when I'll get the chance to talk to him again. It's like the time he found out I was gay; I know he means it when he says he doesn't want to be around me.

Since I looked like a mess from crying, I left the classroom and headed towards the nearest bathroom. I'm not hungry anymore, but I know Hunter and Austin will worry if I don't go to our lunch spot. Though, for the sake of wanting a few minutes to myself, I'm going to spend some time washing my face until there's no way they can tell I was crying.

Unfortunately, I was found before I could even make it to the restroom. I heard my name from behind me and when I turned around, I felt my body freezing up at the sight of Austin walking to me. Man, I wish I could disappear right now. I don't want to relive my conversation with Antonio.

"Cassiel!" Austin shouts with that happy smile he always wears. That is, until he came up in front of me and his smile is replaced with a look of worry. "Hey, what's wrong?"

Shaking my head at him, I look away from him when I mutter, "Nothing. I just wanted to go wash my hands."

"So you were going to the bathroom without telling me or Hunter that you're going to meet us up after your important talk with your ex boyfriend?" Austin reminds me which only made it hard to keep the tears at bay.

"I don't want to talk about that right now. Please?" I plea as I wipe away a tear trickling down my cheek.

"Sure, Cas. Let's go back to the others though. Hunter is getting worried and you know how he is when he worries." Austin assures and starts to walk back. I follow after him when I remembered that he was going somewhere before he found me. Where was it?

"Weren't you going somewhere just now, Austin?" I ask as he leads me out of the hallway I took Antonio earlier.

"I was actually looking for you. You wouldn't answer your texts from me and Hunter so he decided to send me to go looking for you." Austin admits with a soft chuckle. So, he was going to find me either way. . .

"Oh. . . I'm sorry. . . I didn't noticed that I got any text messages. . ." I mumble while we stepped out of the building and headed towards our usual spot.

I pull out my phone to check if I really did get any texts from Hunter and sure enough, it was flashing on my lock screen. When I scrolled down, I noticed I had some from my mom and from Leo. Mom's message was about how I was feeling that I replied with me being okay. I would give her a full report about my feelings when I see her. Leo's message practically had me in tears again when I read, "Hey, I saw Antonio sitting with his friends. Did you guys talked?"

That text could have broken me down if it weren't for Austin being here with me. He questions me, "Something wrong?"

"N-no. . . Actually, yes. But I don't want to talk about it right now." I reply with a sniffle and put my phone back in my jean pocket. "Let's go see Hunter. . ."

"Hold on, Cassiel." Austin declares, stepping in front of me.

"What?" I mumble as I turn my head away from him so he doesn't see the tears building up.