I Hate love

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I HATE LOVE — Episode 1: “The First Collision”

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(Kai Rivers × Jude Parker)

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The hallway of Ridgewood High was never truly silent.

Footsteps, laughter, lockers slamming—it all blended into a noise Kai Rivers had learned to ignore.

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He walked through it like he didn’t belong to it.

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Black hoodie slightly loose, hands in pockets, eyes forward.

No greetings. No pauses. No interest.

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People moved aside without even realizing they were doing it.

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Kai didn’t like attention.

And more importantly—he didn’t like people.

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Across the hallway, Jude Parker was the opposite kind of chaos.

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“Wait—no, I swear I had my notes right here!” Jude muttered, digging through his bag while his friend laughed beside him.

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He bumped into someone accidentally.

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“Sorry—sorry!” Jude quickly stepped back.

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No response.

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Just a cold presence standing right in front of him.

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When Jude looked up—

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He froze.

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Kai Rivers.

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Everyone knew him.

Or rather… everyone avoided him.

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But Jude wasn’t good at avoiding things he didn’t understand.

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“Uh… sorry again,” Jude said, softer this time.

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Kai didn’t look at him.

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Didn’t even acknowledge him.

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Just walked past.

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Like Jude was nothing.

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That should’ve been the end of it.

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But Jude kept turning his head.

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Kept watching the boy who didn’t look back.

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There was something about Kai Rivers that didn’t feel like normal silence.

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It felt heavy.

Like he was holding something inside him too dangerous to show.

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Later that day, Jude found himself in the library.

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Quiet place. Almost empty.

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He was supposed to study.

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But then—

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The chair across from him moved.

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Jude looked up.

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Kai Rivers sat down.

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No greeting. No expression. Just silence.

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Jude blinked.

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“…Do you need something?” he asked slowly.

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Kai finally looked at him.

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For the first time.

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And it didn’t feel like a glance.

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It felt like a warning.

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“You talk too much,” Kai said flatly.

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Jude froze.

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Then, instead of getting offended—

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He smiled.

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“Yeah,” Jude replied lightly. “I get that a lot.”

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A pause.

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Kai didn’t move.

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Didn’t leave.

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Just stared at him like he was trying to figure out why Jude wasn’t afraid.

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And Jude, for reasons he didn’t understand yet—

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didn’t look away either.

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Somewhere in that silence, something shifted.

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Not friendship.

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Not comfort.

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Something far more dangerous.

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Something that neither of them had a name for yet.

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And Kai Rivers realized one thing very clearly:

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This boy was going to be a problem.

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