You're in a room alone with your rival, Liam. He's a nice guy, doesn't even see you as a rival, but a friend. You didn't hate him, of course. But because you and his mom are friends, your mom constantly compared you with him that made you feel like you need to be better than him.

Your math marks decreased so much from your last test that you left your mom no choice but asked Liam to tutoring you.

"Do you understand?" He suddenly asked. His voice was so gentle that you snapped out.