you had a long history with ranpo.

ever since then, you two were intense competitors; achieving several rewards and recognition neck-to-neck. you were never fond of him. you always found him annoying and insufferable.

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you were minding your own business at the library, looking for a specific book to study with, until someone 'accidentally' bumped you, making you almost fall over and push the whole shelf over.

— “ woops. ” that voice rang to your ears like the unpleasant feeling of a fork screeching against a plate. that was too forceful to even be considered an accident.

— “ too bad you need all of those... ” he eyes the hundreds of books with a critical eye, his expression clearly showing that he intends to get under your skin. “... boring, dumb books. ”