<i>Xander’s gaze lingered on Xavier for a little while longer, several thoughts running in his mind. Thoughts he was starting to entertain and he couldn’t wait to act on them.</i>


    <i>"Don’t tell me you’re sneaking out of the house to party with your friends?" Xavier asked, concernced in his tone. "Can’t you see that those friends of yours are only talking to you because of our family background?"</i>


    <i>"And so what? I’m paying them to be my friends and they’re doing their job quite well. So, why are youining?"</i>


    <i>Xavier shook his head, clearly exasperated. "You’re going to get dad furious again tonight..."</i>


    <i>"I don’t care..." He mumbled under his breath. It’s been two days since he overheard his father talking dirty about him. He’d thought of changing a new leaf, but since his father had already imed him to be useless, he was going to leave it as that.</i>


    <i>They spotted some of Xander’s friends sprinting toward them, flouting the school’s number one rule. At this elite institution for heirs to powerful families, propriety was expected. But the boys dashed forward with reckless abandon,ughing and ignoring the countless warnings they’d already brushed aside. If they broke the rules once more, they wouldn’t even bat an eye. The teachers might notice, but who would dare confront them? The consequences would be too much to handle, and everyone knew it.</i>


    <i>"Xander, you’re finally here. Is the party still on?" Mack, one of Xander’s so-called friends asked. </i>


    <i>"Of course, it’s still on! Have I ever canceled a party before?" Xander asked, slightly irritated by Mack’s question. </i>


    <i>Meanwhile, Mack could only smile sheepishly as he took a couple of steps back in case Xander was offended. </i>


    <i>"That’s great! Can’t wait," Paul, the other guy chimed.</i>


    <i>Xander nced at Xavier and thetter immediately understood the silent question.</i>


    <i>"You know I don’t like to party, Xander," Xavier replied.</i>


    <i>"Your loss."</i>


    <i>Xavier could only shrug as his worry for his brother could only deepen. They were still minors and weren’t allowed to do some things which very much included partying in a club with some fake ID as if they were already adults.</i>


    <i>Between the twins, Xander had always been the outgoing, most extroverted one. They may be the most popr twins in the school, but Xander had more friends than Xavier could count on his fingers and toes all joined. </i>


    <i>Xavier wasn’tpletely introverted, but he had a couple of friends and despised partying since it was always louder than the raging sound of a volcano. He couldn’t help but wonder how they hadn’t lost their hearing ability yet for partying almost every day.</i>


    Xavier could only sigh when he heard Xander’s words. Talking him out of doing somethingpletely unnecessary has started to be a problem.


    <i>Together, they walked toward their sses and waited for their teacher to arrive once it was time.</i>


    <i>And just as expected, once their shadows graced the ss, the girls were already squealing like they were pinched by some sharp object which caused them to do so. While the guys tried to invite them to one ce or another. </i>


    <i> And just like they did earlier, they ignored them like they never existed and silently prayed the teacher woulde and divert the attention somewhere else.</i>


    <i>Amid their waiting, Xavier decided to do some revision on his own while Xander could only snort by his side. But his gaze quickly tore from Xavier when his eyes caught someone by the corners of his eyes.</i>


    <i>"Arabe? You’re justing in now? What if the teacher had been here before you? He could have kicked you out of the ss," Xander said, the structure of his eyes turning from dark to pretty doe eyes as if he’d just seen his favorite candy.</i>


    <i>"What are you saying, Xander? Have you forgotten that in this school, the teachers are not allowed to raise their hands on us, talk more kicking us out of the ss? Do you know how I paid for these sses? They’re so expensive," the girl called Arabe replied, flipping her hair to one side as she rolled her eyes. "Any teacher that dares to do that will kiss the back of my shoes," she unknowingly threatened, earning a chuckle from Xander.</i>


    <i>Xander knew all that, but he only wanted to find a way to exchange words with her even if it meant embarrassing himself a little.</i>


    <i>A smile graced Xavier’s lips, realizing the only time Xander seemed normal was when he was talking to Arabe.</i>