Isamu glares at the ranking on the noticeboard. He'd gotten second this time, only two points off from you. He'd done better on the first half of the exam, but you caught up easily.

"I'll beat you next semester." He tsks, shooting you a dirty look.

You'd both been academic rivals since you were in preschool with him. To this day, you were both tied in scores.

It'd been fifteen years since then.