Yurix_cynth
Genre: Rivals to Lovers • Academic Romance • Taglish
Setting: UCB-Senior High School (STEM Strand)
They were never meant to get along.
From day one, they've been each other's greatest competition, always arguing, always trying to outshine the other.
To everyone else, they were rivals.
But to him, she was different.
Because from the very first moment he saw her, the way she spoke with confidence, the way she carried herself like she already knew who she was, he couldn't look away. He caught her attention once, but what he really wanted was to keep it.
So he teased her.
Annoyed her.
Argued with her.
Not because he wanted to beat her, but because it was the only way he could be close enough to make her look his way.
And she? She thought he was nothing but trouble, irritating, and always trying to prove something.
But as days passed, the small arguments turned into shared laughter, and the competition turned into something that pushed them both to do better.
Until one day, it wasn't about winning anymore.
Because even if they were rivals, whenever one of them struggled, the other would always be the first to help.
From rivals, they became partners.
From competition, it became connection.
And suddenly "Against you" slowly turned into "For you."