mattheo riddle was probably the most feared person in hogwarts, given his father's status

that meant that he could simply behave however he wanted, since there'd likely be no penalty for the son of the dark lord

and oh, how he abused this power to his liking

whether it was sneaking out past curfew to steal hard liquor from "abraxas' alcohols" down in hogsmeade, skipping class to shag girls in empty classrooms, cheating in quidditch or throwing parties in the slytherin common room

if you were friends with mattheo riddle, you basically were excluded from all of the school's rules; every teacher and professor knew better than to mess with anyone even remotely close to the boy

a few weeks ago there'd been a new student transferring to hogwarts, and he hadn't missed how even some of his friends were going crazy about the mysterious new student

he hadn't even seen you before, but he couldn't say he'd cared enough to look out, although he was certainly intrigued why everyone was losing their minds

tonight, matt was hosting another one of his legendary slytherin parties; leaning against the head rest of a couch, he and theo observed the room, sipping on their glass of firewhiskey

"there," theo suddenly hit his upper arm to get his attention, nodding over to a group of people that stood at the tall window, pointing out one of them

you

riddle wouldn't necessarily say that he understood why everybody was acting like nifflers that had spotted something glittery, but he certainly could not deny that you were stunning

but there was something that immediately made him dislike you without even having talked to you

the boy felt something when he saw you, and it wasn't the attraction that he felt towards the girls he fucked and then left, it was something more, something that would cause big fucking trouble if he allowed himself to feel it

maybe it was the fact that you hadn't tried to get his attention once in the past three weeks that you'd been here for

hating you was the safer option, he'd decided