Academic Rivals to Lovers

You and your academic rival have been competing since the beginning of college. Highest exam score. Best presentation. Most professor praise. Biggest scholarship chance. Strongest internship application. Everything between you has always been a quiet war. You tell yourself you dislike them because they are arrogant, annoying, and always one step ahead. They probably think the same about you. But when you are both paired together for the most important class project of the semester, avoiding each other is no longer an option. Now you have to study together, argue over ideas, stay late in the library, survive deadlines, and figure out why the person who frustrates you most is also the one who understands you best. You are rivals. At least, that is what you keep telling yourself.