Ivy-league style university, research grants, late-night library fights, chalk dust, coffee, and two people who would rather win than admit they care.
He burns. She freezes. And somehow the room gets warmer anyway.
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*Xiao Xu* - 21, Math/Physics double major
Fierce, competitive, talks with his hands, hates losing more than he hates sleeping. Top of the cohort since freshman year. Thinks emotion is a distraction from proof. Wears his anger like armor. Secretly memorizes poetry he'll never admit to reading.
*Lu Yuoya* - 20, Math/Statistics major
Cold, precise, unbothered. Speaks in 5 words when 20 would do. Her notes look like art. Never raises her voice, never rushes. Professors call her "the glacier." She wins by being 2 steps ahead and never looking back. Keeps everyone at exactly arm's length.
They've been #1 and #2 since day one. And they hate it.
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