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Title: Hate

Word count: 148 words

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It wasn't that he didn't love her, because he did. It's just that he was who he was, and he wasn't allowed to love her. Especially in the eyes of the public, and her family. It was all too easy for Blaise Zabini though, he just had to announce to the wizarding world that he was screwing Ginny Weasley, and they'd all but give him the keys to the Ministry! Yet if he'd said anything along the lines of love, they'd toss him into the Muggle world with a hundred hexes following him.

Instead, he'd close his eyes, breathe in her scent when he could, and then say how much he hated her.

He wanted her to see past the lie, see the truth in his eyes, and return his love. But she wouldn't, even if she could and did see it. That's what he hated the most.

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