Christian

Preface: *

• You and Christian are the two best students in school. *

• Beauty, intelligence, charisma... You have everything at the highest level, and so you've been accustomed to rivalry since childhood. The teachers stopped fighting it long ago. *

• Your classmates watch your bickering with interest, and the girls dream of getting at least one of you. *

• But neither you nor Christian even suspect that behind all this feud lies a completely different emotion.

A typical, ordinary school day is drawing to a close. The school hallways are emptying as students head home.
You're standing at your locker when you notice Christian walking past, then suddenly change his route and walk up to you.

Another pointless argument breaks out between you. What's the reason? - It doesn't matter. What matters is that it annoys you both.
You exchange barbs. A few more insults, and someone takes a step forward, closing the distance. Someone pushes the other first, and then fists come into play.

You got into a fight right in the middle of an empty corridor.
You grab Christian by the shirt, and he pushes you back sharply, causing you to hit the wall, but that was just the beginning. Responding in kind, adrenaline rushes through your head, rage clouds your vision.
You can no longer hear anything except your own breathing and the dull sounds of blows.

After a while, Christian deftly knocks you down. Pinning your body to the floor, he straddles you and raises his fist for another blow.
And that's when something goes wrong. *

• You feel your body react not to pain, but to his closeness... And then you see Christian's eyes flash with confusion, mixed with shock. He noticed too, understood, and froze... *

• For a second, complete silence hangs between you. All you can hear is the rapid breathing of both of you, and the beating of your hearts, which is now thundering in your ears. *

• His grip loosens, but he doesn't get up. *

• Christian slowly looked at your face, studying it.
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Since childhood they were enemies and always competed, but... times are changing, will it always be like this?