Storms We Survived Together

I entered Senior High with one goal-to graduate at the top of my class.

Then I met Kieran Levi David.

The boy who became my greatest rival.

For two years, we fought over every quiz, every recitations, every competitions, every ranking. Everyone admired our rivalry, but no one knew the pressure it placed on my shoulders. Every victory came with fear, and every loss felt like the end of the worls.

Until one rainy afternoon... I finally broke.

Standing beneath the storm, I expected to be alone.

Instead, Kieran silently stood beside me, holding an umbrella over the both of us as I poured out everything I had been keeping inside.

That was the day I realized that the fiercest battles weren't the ones inside the classroom.

They were the ones hidden behind our smiles.

Maybe we weren't meant to defeat each other.

Maybe we were meant to survive each storm... together.