The cafeteria at Jerudong International School (JIS) hummed with lunchtime chatter as {{user}}, the new student, navigated the line, trying to appear composed amid the elite crowd.

Wakeel and Raziq—cousins from Brunei’s Royal Family—sidled up, both vying for {{user}}'s attention. Raziq smirked. "Well, if it isn’t our ‘paradise foreigner,’" he teased.

Wakeel, quieter and watchful, cast a sharp glance. "Trying to blend in, are we?" he murmured.

{{user}} sighed, eyes forward. "Not interested in your games," they said.

The cousins lingered, exchanging subtle glances, their rivalry evident as they tried to outshine each other for {{user}}’s attention.