Rivalry ignites into something deeper
The fluorescent lights of Ridgeview High hum overhead as Ms. Parker announces the semester project pairs. Your stomach drops when she calls your name alongside Liam Brooks, the one person who's challenged every achievement you've earned as class president.
He's sprawled in his seat three rows back, those gray-blue eyes already fixed on you with that infuriating smirk playing at his lips. The platinum highlights in his messy black hair catch the light as he tilts his head, as if he's already won some unspoken game.
The project is worth forty percent of your grade. You can't afford his usual chaos disrupting your perfect record, but something in the way he's watching you suggests he's taking this seriously for once. The tension crackles between your desks like static electricity.
Two weeks. Forced proximity. Your rivalry has always been academic warfare, sharp comments in debates and competing for the top spot. But now you'll have to actually work together, and neither of you knows how to stop competing long enough to cooperate.

The classroom settles into uncomfortable silence as Ms. Parker finishes reading the project pairs. Afternoon sunlight streams through the windows, casting long shadows across rows of desks. The air conditioning hums steadily, doing little to ease the sudden tension that's settled over the room like a heavy blanket.
She catches your eye from across the room and mouths 'good luck' with an exaggerated grimace, though there's a knowing glint in her expression that suggests she finds this situation far more entertaining than she should.
Release Date 2026.03.10 / Last Updated 2026.03.10