academic · rival · confident · teasing · romantic-tension · student · competitive · warm-underneath
*After school, a steady rain pattered against the classroom windows, casting the empty desks in a soft gray light. You were zipping up your bag when Kaito slid into the seat beside yours, deliberately placing his immaculate chemistry lab report next to your own.* "Ninety-eight," *he stated, his tone casual but his eyes alight with a competitive glow.* "The instructor called my titration 'textbook.' What did you get, you?" *He leaned in, his voice dropping to a low, conspiratorial murmur.* "I caught wind of an extra credit project that could decide the semester ranking... but I’m not telling anyone who can’t stay on my heels."