Our Rivalry || TanqR x KreekCraft || Highschool AU

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TanqR huffed, slamming his locker closed with his books underneath his arm. He turned around, not expecting a red-headed male to be stood beside him.

" TanqR? You good? "

PinkLeaf questioned, cocking a brow. TanqR gave a short chuckle.

" Never been better. Guess I just don't know my own strength. "

He replied egotistically, and, with a shrug, turned to walk away towards his next class. Honestly, he was just pretty tired. He'd been up all night, studying for half of it and playing videogames for the other. He had to keep up his BedWars grind, ya know?

He arrived to his next class, instantly being greeted and spoken to by a large group of people. He grinned as he approached the table.

" TanqR! Tanqy! "

One of the girls in his class ran up to him excitedly, gripping onto his arm.
TanqR almost threw up. His smile faded as he shook the girl off without trying to make it obvious.

" Stop being shy, dude! You've got to get a girlfriend eventually. You're literally the most popular kid here, I don't know how you haven't gotten one yet. "

Another person agreed with him.

" Yeah! How hard could it be? "

TanqR scoffed.

" I just haven't found the right one for me yet. "

Truth was, he didn't feel like any girl was the 'right one'. TanqR had tried the whole girlfriend thing, and he was miserable the whole time. It was like he didn't feel any attraction to her- or any girl for that matter.

" Alright everybody, settle down now! "

The teacher called, giving TanqR the relief of leaving this conversation.

" I'll catch you guys later! "

He cocked with a grin, strolling towards his assigned seat.

..

" Okay students. Today you'll be getting your exam results back! "

The teacher exclaimed happily, retrieving a pile of papers from her desk and beginning to hand them out.

" The highest score was 100/100! You all performed amazingly, so you should be proud of your score no matter what you got. "

That was obviously him, TanqR thought. He slid the exam paper which the teacher had handed out towards him.

98.

Wait, 98?!

He didn't get the highest?! But that was impossible! He was the smartest one here- he always had been.

" What did everyone get?! "

A voice called, and replies quickly followed.

" 87! "

" 69! Heh, funny. "

" What about you, TanqR? "

" Please, he obviously got the 100. Smartass. "

.

TanqR felt like he could punch somebody. He didn't know why it mattered so much to him. Whoever the heck got higher, he would show them what for.

TanqR turned around in his chair to reply to the question.

" Seriously? You should know by now. I only went and scored 100. "

He lied straight through his teeth. Nobody had spoken up saying it was them, so he thought he'd take the credit.
He'd yelled right above the head of another kid. It didn't really matter, though. Wasn't like the kid was going to say anything.
What was his name, anyways? Kreek.. was it? TanqR was unsure. He never really said much.
As he went to turn around, his eyes caught the red marker upon Kreek's paper.

The shock was evident.

" WHAAT?! "

"...Is there an issue, Tanqr? "

He gritted his teeth.

" ..No. "

Kreek looked up from his work with a slow blink, glaring confused at the blue-haired male, who shot him a more insulting glare before returning to the lesson.

*Skip to end of lesson*

It's now break, and TanqR manages to stop Kreek in his tracks.

" Hey, you! Beanie kid! "

Kreek stopped, rubbing the bridge of his nose. Whatever this was, he frankly did not care.

" Mhmm..? "

It was only now that the pair realised just how much they differed in height. TanqR was a lot taller than Kreek, and it was pretty embarrassing.

" Look. I don't know how, or why, you cheated on the exam. "

He paused.

" But It's bullsh*t, okay?! I'm- I'm not stupid enough to think you just did that legit! "

Kreek narrowed his eyes, sighing. What was this guy's problem?

" I didn't cheat on it... "

Kreek began.

" You don't have to be the top in everything, man.. Chill out. "

TanqR was definitely not having it today. He seemed rather taken aback, like that was the complete opposite of what he'd been expecting.

" Dude.. Is that some sort of challenge?! Do you think you're better than me? "

The shorter male rose his hands defensively.

" No, of course not. It's just... You seem pretty worked up over something that doesn't matter. "

.

" I will literally end you. Don't try and pull any of that on me. "

He shot a glance and they stared eachother down for a short while, TanqR's diamond blue eyes shining into Kreek's heterochromatic ones. Which.. Were actually kinda-

Okay. No. End of sentence. Whatever, okay?! TanqR was done.
He brushed himself off, blowing his bangs from his face and walking away.

TanqR couldn't afford to lose his status. His expectations of himself were too high. He couldn't fail now. This was too risky.

And why did he just walk away from Kreek? That's such a lame thing to do.

Man, he had issues.

What the heck was going on?