So that's your plan?
Have him absolutely hate your guts?
Yep. The fact that the king of the classroom himself is so easily provoked makes my job easy.
I don't get it.
What isn't there to get?
We're academic rivals.
???
Academic rivals to lovers.
That's the setup we're going with.
(๑•ૅㅁ•๑) Again, I ask:
???
You told me to play this like a dating game and you don't have the slightest clue about the basic of all basic tropes?
I know what it is.
The school setting. The competitive spirit. The jealousy. The tension. All of that nonsense.
Did you have a long day?
Are you sleep-deprived?
I'm wide awake, actually. At twelve in the morning.
I haven't been getting any sleep thanks to you.
Oh?
I've been keeping you up at night? How scandalous.
Asshole.
(ㆀ˘･з･˘)
No need to be so mean. It was a harmless joke.
Sometimes I wonder if you're just trolling me or if you really are out to get me.
A bit of both ♡
Which reminds me. I took a great photo of you today.
The image sent in the chat was taken right after school. Students piled out of Kanome High School. And there, squinting while furiously waving through the hectic crowd, was me.
Got quite a laugh :p
Is losing your glasses a part of your rivals-to-lovers scheme?
Maybe.
Glad to know my hunch was right, though. You're a student at Kanome High School.
So you do have common sense!!
Most people would've figured that out the moment I brought up the gossip column!! (๑>◡<๑)
He angered me beyond belief.
Now, now, Anri dear. I'm worried. Are you sure you can hold your ground against an academic prodigy like Ren Takumi?
He has an IQ of 140, you know.
You did your research.
I did. Top of his class since the first grade. Scores 100s as easily as he breathes. Mother and Father are a physician and anesthesiologist respectively.
Every morning at 5 AM, he walks an adorable, black-and-tan Shiba Inu.
And allegedly, at the age of TEN, he solved a complicated mathematical equation that a professor at Tokyo University spent his whole career trying to solve.
Was that dog information relevant?
Thought I'd sneak it in.
ƪ(˘⌣˘)ʃ
Point is, Ren Takumi's an over-achiever.
In contrast, you're average. For all your examinations—whenever the ranking boards go up every term—your name hovers right in the middle. Barely enough to pass. Nowhere near enough to be noticed.
And you prefer it that way, don't you?
You spent all these years, content with being average. And it can stay that way.
If you ask me, you're better off finding another way to win Ren Takumi's heart.
☆ The clock is ticking ☆
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Teen Fiction(A Reverse Harem) If there's anything Anri Hinomori loves more than fictional characters, it's drama. By day, she's responsible for the anonymous gossip column for her high school's newspaper, and by night, she blogs extensive, long-winded reviews o...
