A young adult rom-com academic rivals to lovers trope inspired by ann liangs writings >>> "You are just the first person that came to my mind somehow" ( If you could see the sun reference × I hope this doesn't find you ) ⋆✴︎˚｡

[The Sweets] Benisse repeats one thing to herself whenever Austen Lao comes into view: you can't confuse like with love. What they have is a casual intimate friendship non-relationship. Seems simple enough... if you discount the real notes her heart beats and the crossed fingers behind her back when uttering the words "I hate you." She would rather die than admit the truth. Austen has been abundantly clear about where she stands; there's no way the football prodigy could ever feel the same way she does. Not when his eyes still follow her best friend. Caught between the lies they tell, Benisse and Austen discover the magic of fallen eyelashes and the dirty truth about wishing on stars. Sometimes what you want is so far from what you need. Language: Taglish

𝑴𝒆𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 ♡ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ғᴇᴇʟs ʟɪᴋᴇ: Ariella moves to a new school, dreading having to make new friends and the whole idea of leaving her old ones. She bumps into a guy. A guy who she thinks looks good. A guy who she realizes looks familiar. Good familiar. A familiar that could get her into trouble. Tall. Dark hair. Same dark shade eyes. And a smile. The smile that she knew oh so well. Noah. The only guy who matched her competitiveness to a point where she hated his guts. They had grown up together. But growing up together, didn't necessarily mean that they were friends. It didn't even necessarily mean that they liked each other. What happens when both get tangled up together and fall for each other without even noticing? sᴛᴀʀᴛᴇᴅ: ᴏᴄᴛᴏʙᴇʀ 2024 ᴇɴᴅᴇᴅ: ᴍᴀʏ 2025 Rankings: 🎖️1 in fun 🎖️4 in friendships 🎖️3 in found family

• Just you • Everyone at the prestigious Ridgewood High knows Iris Myer as a bitch after an incident that occurred where nobody believed her. They see her as rude, who always gets what she wants but can never quite say it to her face because of how she is. Iris couldn't care less when the same girls who made the most atrocious rumours about her, were giggling about a new boy who wasn't considered 'new' because apparently, everybody knew him. When she sees Axel Shah, and When anyone calls her out on her ways, she doesn't even try to care but when Axel calls her entitled, it makes her blood boil. Who the hell did he think he was? He didn't even know her. Axel Shah, whose family is one of the most influential and powerful. Half the girls claim he was with them and the rest claim he broke their hearts. He calls Iris entitled and can't fucking stand her- Just her.

⊱ 𝓝𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝓲𝓷 𝓪 𝓶𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝔂𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 ⊰ Olivia Carver, the hopeless romantic, who denies it and tries to hide away the cracking shadows of her past trauma with smiles and laughter. Aiden Parker, who has his own load of shit in his past to deal with too, but he copes a different way- the more violent way by getting in trouble almost every single day. They despise each other. After 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 day, Olivia and Aiden both already try to avoid each other as much as possible in school. But how much can that help when Aiden is forced to give her basketball lessons they need to do for their grade and she cannot refuse because she completely sucks in sports? What will happen when the line of 'just a month of tolerating each other' blur and they can actually stand each other? Maybe even more than that. 𝓢𝓽𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓮𝓭: ᴀᴘʀɪʟ 2025

a sovereuse revamped.

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