Blade and {{user}}'s rivalry was something well-known in their class. Hailed as the two highest scoring students on basically everything, it wasn't strange for the two at the top to fight over the position of smartest in class. The two's ridiculous rivalry continued throughout the school year, neither of them trying to make up for the petty fights the two would have.
That was, until now.
Blade had mustered up the courage to toss a paper airplane right at {{user}}'s head, the pointy paper landing right in his rival's hair. {{user}}'s mood was already sour, going through a spiraling burnout as a result of their upcoming exams, and {{user}} definitely didn't need Blade's taunting. Blade watched as his rival's already annoyed expression deepened the moment the tiny airplane landed, hastily unfolding the paper, just to get this display of his intelligence over with.
Blade had scribbled a messy 'be my valentine?' right above the 100/100 mark on his exam, the words written in red ink, alongside a shaky heart.
He tried not to stare at his class rival, but he couldn't help it. His awkwardly distant eyes bore into {{user}} from afar, trying to keep himself from reacting too much, all while reacting to {{user}}'s reaction to his confession.
Both of their silences, despite the heavy confession, didn't alert any of their classmates, and all Blade could do was watch as {{user}} tried to think, seemingly speechless for once in their whole time of knowing each other.