What's a bad boy?

Chapter 25// Branded

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Chapter 25: Branded

"Never knew you were such a rebel" I grin at Jay.

He smirks at me flirtatiously.

It'd be a lot easier to flirt with Jay if Hunter weren't here. His piercing gaze on each of us in enough to have me gritting my teeth.
I can't deny that I'm crushing on both of them anymore. There's just no point spending time denying the obvious.

Now after 5 and a half weeks here, I still haven't figured out how to tell whether they like me back or not. Jay relentlessly flirts with me so it's not that hard to tell that he likes me, but what I'm finding hard is distinguishing whether he's playing with me to annoy Hunter or whether his feelings are true.

However, Hunter is the biggest mystery of all. You'd think that someone somewhere would have written a book on 'figuring out the bad boy', but there's nothing - trust me I checked.
And it's nearly impossible to see beyond his endless supply of sexual innuendos, romantic teases and unbelievable hotness! I literally feel like I'm swimming in hot lava when I'm around him sometimes.

"Do you ever take a break from your whole 'player' facade?" Hunter hisses, scowling at Jay.

"You're one to talk" Jay chuckles as though Hunter's bluntness doesn't affect him in the slightest.

"You guys are equally as bad" I mutter, whilst fiddling with my bracelet.

"Except I don't treat girls like tissues that I can throw out once I'm done banging them" Hunter growls.

"Hunter" I warn him.

However, unlike all the other times he's had a go at Jay, this time I know that something's different. You can tell by simply looking between the two teenagers that something in their past has led them to hate each other. Hunter's hatred is so raw and untamed that it almost looks like there are flames bursting from his eyeballs.

"Will someone please tell me what the hell happened to make you two hate each other so much?!" I throw my hands up in the air.

"Will you tell me what E was pissed about?" Hunter counters aggressively.

Yet, his aggression is targeted entirely at Jay, not me.

"When was Ethan pissed?" Jay asks, his features contorted into confusion.

"When he was talking to you!!"

Jay suddenly goes silent, as though he has seen death with his own eyes. Maybe he has, is that why he hates Hunter?

"Can you please just tell us what happened Jay? I'm tired of Hunter's incessant bugging!"

His eyes widen, glancing nervously between Hunter and I. He obviously doesn't want us to know but I'm afraid that the angry boy determined on keeping Jay and I apart is unlikely to let him keep his secret.

"Tell us!" Hunter demands loudly.

I find myself flinching a bit at his volume, before awkwardly trying to cover it up.

"Sorry Violet" Hunter murmurs to me, noticing my slight fear, before angling himself so that he is speaking directly to Jay.