While You Hate Me

«While You Hate Me» — a youth romance novel about former best friends, between whom one kiss turned closeness into a prolonged confrontation. In the story of Tina Dorofeeva, school days, life next door, and an old grudge come together in a tense, very personal tale of jealousy, stubbornness, and feelings that are easier to hide behind sharp remarks than to admit aloud. Here, loud events are not important, but constant proximity: one class, one stairwell, the same routes, and the impossibility of truly disappearing from each other's lives. At the center — Katya and Kirill, who have to deal not only with their current quarrels but also with what happened between them three years ago.

Three years ago, Katya and Kirill were inseparable, but now with every meeting, they try to hurt each other more. Katya is sure that her neighbor hates her and has gotten used to perceiving his antics that way. Kirill supports this version, although their tension has long exceeded the bounds of ordinary school rivalry. Everything escalates when Katya gets a chance for a date with a guy she has liked for a long time, and the usual banter between former friends begins to sound completely different.