"Are you genuinely serious? You dared to utter such words?" he inquired, with a palpable sense of instability.As before, Hansel paid little heed to Jasper's fluctuating emotions. "Indeed, I dared to express such thoughts. I am not naive; I am aware of the thoughts harbored within each of your minds!" he exclaimed.Jasper sneered, his expression tinged with restrained pain. "Unbelievable. I can't fathom that you've held such opinions about us all along. While I can't speak for others, I know for certain that I and a few others have always regarded you as one of us. We've never once treated you differently."His words were laced with sincerity as he attempted to elucidate. Never did he anticipate finding himself in a position where he needed to justify his loyalty to a friend.Hansel glanced at him before letting out a chuckle. "Hmph! Consider me one of you? Not a chance!" he declared, loud and clear.Jasper was stunned. His eyes widened, with quivering legs.Hansel, who was oblivious

Drey wasn't ready to back down; he shot a contemptuous look at Hansel. "Pretending to be clueless won't change anything. Sharing would at least lighten half of your burden," he urged.Hansel's eyes grew even darker as he responded sharply, "Mind your own business. I never denied being aware of the rumors circulating about me."Drey frowned, feeling upset and slighted. He had approached Hansel calmly, only to be met with harshness."That was very rude of him," Drey thought to himself."Okay, okay. Spare me the pity party," Hansel said, attempting to maintain his composure.He already had one piece of gossip swirling around about him. Now, he didn't want another one about him mistreating his classmate to spread.Drey wasn't a fool. He could see through Hansel cajoling. “Fine, I won't say anything again.”With that said, he returned his gaze back to the front. He didn't even bother looking at Hansel once.Hansel heaved a sigh of relief, having seen Drey not disturbing him. When he return

He was stopped by the young secretary. Hansel glanced at the young secretary, before saying curtly. “Where's the principal? I need to see him.”Looking displeased by Hansel curt words, she returned her gaze back to her work. “Return back. The principal isn't around at the moment. Come back when he's going to be around.” Hansel smirked, with squeezed hands. “Damnit!” He'd wanted to make a report to the principal, just to have some of the students punished. How would he be pleased knowing the principal isn't around when he needs him.While in his frowning state, he heard faint laughter from behind him. He turned and saw his mate plus other few students laughing, as they watched him.“These stupid fools actually dared to follow me?!” He cursed, as he glared coldly at them all. “Why are you guys here?” He finally inquired, with a not too good voice.The one who responded was Jude. “None of your business,” he said, before giving a meaningful look. “And besides, I just heard right now th

“Hello, who's this?” He grumpily picked the call, without bothering to check the caller ID.How could he check when he'd just been woken from his precious sleep. The other person on the call wanted to speak, but stopped after hearing Nolan's annoyed yet sleepy voice.Nolan noticed the hesitation, and couldn't help but shout in frustration. “Will you speak or do you want me to hang up right now!” Hearing the silence once more from the other side, Nolan frowned. “Well, I won't be hanging up because you've ruined my sleep already with the phone ringing. Now, will you speak or do you want me to yell!” He threatened .“Calm down, Nolan.” The other speaker on the call finally spoke. “You don't need to shout, just go back to sleep.”With Nolan impatient more heightened, Nolan wanted to hang up in frustration, but then again, he stopped, with widened eyes.“Why does the voice sound so familiar?” He muttered softly to himself, with confusion visible on his sleepy face. “Ah!”“Dad, is that yo

Nolan pursed his lips, but upon getting no response, he asked again. “Dad, is there any other reason for asking me to come over?”He couldn't help but be suspicious that Ryan wasn't asking him to return back home alone. He must have something else up his sleeves.Ryan remained silent on the other side. He didn't talk until Nolan repeated the question.He let out a forced laugh. “Haha of course not, there's no other reason. Just come back home, we all miss you.” Nolan saw through his forced voice. He didn't persist further with his question, and only said, “alright dad. I'll try to come over today.”Since Ryan didn't want to say it, even when he had asked, he wouldn't force an answer out of him. That would be so hard on Ryan.Hearing Nolan words, Ryan forward, before reprimanding. “You say what? You'd better make sure you arrive home otherwise you'll be seriously dealt with by me.” He refuses to hear the word ‘try’ from Nolan. How could he accept Nolan not coming over?With the cellp