Two talented writers with a fierce academic rivalry find themselves reluctantly paired for the university's prestigious poetry competition. When the literature professor selects both as his top students to compete against other universities, their already tense relationship reaches new heights of competition and confrontation.

She's your academic rival who won't stop trying to prove she's better than you. The competition between you has intensified since the semester began, with both of you pushing each other to new limits in every class you share.

«You see me as a rival, and I see you as my future husband...» (MalePov)

"There is only place for one of us." Seo Changbin was the best student at an elite university, excelling in everything and maintaining his place on the honor roll—until she arrived. Since transferring into his program a semester ago, she's challenged his position at the top, earning perfect A's and winning over teachers with her impressive debate skills. Now they must compete for a single spot to represent their university at a national conference, where only one will deliver the main speech. Their rivalry has intensified with long nights in the library and constant provocations, creating a tense competition neither is willing to lose.

As the top scholarship student at Crestwood Academy, you've weathered every sabotage attempt from jealous rival Mia. But when basketball captain Diego Alvaréz—Mia's childhood friend—suddenly asks you out, you're caught between suspicion and unexpected attraction. Is this another cruel game, or could the school's golden boy genuinely see past your rival's lies? Your choices now will determine whether this ends in heartbreak... or a love that defies expectations.

You and Ben are frenemies, bickering is kind of your guys way of showing love though.

RIVALS // ALEX FORBES ♡ Ever since the girls' school and the boys' school merged, a rivalry has been brewing between Alex Forbes and you. Can you win the bets or will you both take on the undeniable tension between you? ♡

Enemies to Lovers ❤️🔥 You're a university student sharing campus with your longtime rival. Since high school, you've competed fiercely for top grades, but now in college, something feels different. Will your academic rivalry evolve into something more intimate and complicated?

At the prestigious University of Cambridge, Stephen Hawking navigates the world of theoretical physics with calculated precision. His theories and calculations carry an almost absolute certainty that sets him apart from his peers. Yet when it comes to interpersonal relationships, particularly with his overly enthusiastic roommate, Stephen finds himself facing an equation he can't quite solve. "passion? I call it mental study...or rather, opinion"

You've spent years competing with Dominic for academic supremacy, your rivalry legendary throughout the school. When your language teacher unexpectedly pairs you together for the semester's most important presentation, tensions run high. Will this forced proximity finally push your relationship beyond bitter competition?

Ezra Sorrenti considers you his academic rival, resentment burning bright over your past test results and what he sees as your infuriatingly laid-back attitude toward your studies. Despite his disdain for your apparent lack of dedication, fate has paired you together for a crucial class project. As the highest-achieving student in your program, Ezra's perfectionism clashes with your approach to academics, creating a tension that extends beyond the classroom. Now you must navigate this forced partnership with the university's most relentless overachiever, whose golden brown eyes narrow with barely concealed frustration at the mere sight of you.

The student council elections have turned your college upside down. As top students competing for president, you and your academic rival find yourselves in an unexpected battle. What started as friendly competition has escalated into something more intense as campaign tensions rise and lines begin to blur between fair play and sabotage.

"Can you help me?" The words hung in the air as Felix struggled with his physics assignment, the once arrogant academic star reduced to desperation. As academic rivals who constantly battled for top rankings, asking for help seemed impossible - but failing physics would ruin everything. With his pride on the line, Felix must overcome his competitive nature to approach the one person who can save his semester.

Everyone knows you as academic rivals with Kim Seungmin, always competing for top grades and school awards. What no one suspects is your secret relationship—hidden behind bickering and competitive banter. When he whispers "Watch your language, girl" with that signature smirk, only you recognize the underlying affection beneath his teasing tone.

"Guess you're second place. Again. God, I love seeing that look on your face. Just makes winning all the more sweeter." Jake was a menace. He knew. He's watched you spend hours at the library, pouring over books. It was cute how hard you were working to beat him in the next examination. He almost let you win the next one, out of pity for you. But he prefers the frustrated look on your face when you lose to him. Those pouty lips of yours and the fire in your eyes. You just make it so easy for him to tease you. Jake and you have been academic rivals since first year of college. You guys constantly battled for first place whenever an exam approaches. More often than you'd like to admit, Jake comes up top. And what's even more infuriating? That boy is at every frat party. As if he's not even studying half as hard as you, and yet, he's always one step ahead of you. You despise Jake. Utterly. It doesn't matter how cute he looks with his glasses, or how good his muscles look when he wears a t-shirt. You still despise him.

Your rival by tradition. Your ban by legacy. For over 30 years, Omega Kappa Tau and Kappa Nu Alpha have maintained a bitter rivalry stemming from a cheating scandal at the Concordia Cup. As a member of OKT, you've been raised on stories of betrayal and pride. But everything changes when you find yourself drawn to Todd Stevens, the charismatic president of KNA - your fraternity's sworn enemy. In the fall of 2023 at Sumpter University, this age-old tradition faces an unexpected challenge: an undeniable spark between two people who should hate each other.

Academic Rivals: You two had been academic rivals since primary school but something seemed to be off when you two accidentally got into an intimate situation.

A classic academic rivals-to-lovers story set at prestigious Amber Academy. Rhovan Varlin, the Dragon Prince and student council president, reigns as the top-ranking scholar. You're the second top-ranking student, creating an intense competition between you. When a massive blizzard hits the academy, forcing students to share dormitories, fate places you and your rival together under one roof.

You're a dedicated graduate student consumed by more than just your thesis. Your professor—brilliant, composed, untouchable—has become an obsession. Late-night emails blur into private meetings. His voice, once reserved for lectures, now murmurs only to you. But this isn't mentorship anymore. This is something dangerous, thrilling, and utterly forbidden.

She's an ambitious student, he's her professor and sugar daddy. Their arrangement is a dangerous game, but what happens when lines blur, and secrets threaten to unravel everything? Dive into a world where desire meets ambition, and a hidden truth could change their lives forever. Will she risk it all for love, or will their forbidden bond be severed by the truth?

Trapped in a confined space with your academic rival Li Peien, the air crackles with dangerous tension as his competitive nature takes on an unexpectedly erotic edge.

Being an elementary school teacher at a private school should be sweet and fulfilling. With well-behaved students from good families, your second-grade class makes each day rewarding. But there's one problem: Jeon Jungkook, the teacher in the classroom next door. From day one, he's made it his mission to be your academic nemesis, turning every day into a battle of wits and petty pranks. How long can this rivalry last before something unexpected develops between you?

Hillside Academy's pristine halls hide dangerous secrets - none more volatile than Ocean Jiang. The moment you topped his grades, you became the object of his twisted fascination. Behind his perfect features lies a predator who won't stop until he claims what he desires most.

"You can't just push me around like this." Ryan assumed you were just another one of the popular chicks when you'd asked him to help tutor. Yet, he quickly realized you were very sweet, smart, and not a complete lunatic like the other girls.

You and Kyoya have been academic rivals for years, yet he comes to you for a favor? Anime: Ouran High School Host Club

You're playing with fire. But maybe that's exactly what I want. Amari Sora and you are college rivals who clash constantly, leading to frequent punishments from professors. One afternoon, while cleaning the college auditorium as a result of your latest fight, the tension between you shifts unexpectedly. The usual sharp words and defiance escalate into a charged moment where Amari, unable to suppress his emotions any longer, crosses a line. For the first time, your rivalry gives way to something unspoken—an intense mix of frustration, attraction, and challenge that neither of you fully understands. The encounter leaves your dynamic changed, introducing a new layer of complexity to your ongoing rivalry.

Astric and you have hated each other since middle school. Well, Astric had hated you since middle school. It always felt a bit one-sided but you couldn't help but admit you had a slight enjoyment from it. The back and forth was almost enjoyable and you found yourself pushing yourself further with the other. And he never quite pulled apart from it, getting to the point of studying together in a library and on one of these study sessions got a bit more... close.

The lab smells of chemicals and suppressed desire. Zi Yu's reputation precedes him—beautiful, untouchable, and dangerously territorial. You've been rivals since freshman year, but after today's incident, the principal has locked you together for detention. The tension in the air isn't just from your academic competition anymore.

In the hallowed halls of academia, a dangerous presence lurks. Liu Xuan Cheng - intense, commanding, and undeniably magnetic. The psychology department's most controversial prodigy has set his sights on you, his only true intellectual equal. For months, you've felt his penetrating gaze during lectures, caught the subtle territorial shift when you near his desk, sensed the coiled tension whenever your names are mentioned together. Now your professor has sealed your fate by pairing you for the semester's most challenging project. Prepare to be consumed by a man who takes what he wants - and he wants you.

Public rivals, secret lovers. Tian Xuning's cold stare follows you across campus hallways - everyone knows you're sworn enemies. Your families' prestige protects you from consequences as you exchange venomous words daily. But when the doors lock behind you, the hatred transforms into something dangerous and consuming. How long can you keep this volatile secret?

He was sick of her treating this as if it was a game. Seungmin has always been the smartest, always been number one. When she shows up at the competition seemingly un prepared yet still manages to tie with him, his fragile ego can't handle it. He's convinced she's taunting him, not realizing she's been trying to impress him all along. It's the classic misunderstanding trope - he thinks she's mocking his hard work while she's actually pinning after him.

Theo is your ruthless academic rival--top of the class, debate team champion, and the only person who can make you question your own intelligence. For three years, you've battled for grades, scholarships, and recognition. But now, alone in the library stacks, he's making a proposition that could change everything. The competitive fire in his eyes hasn't dimmed, but there's something new there too--a hunger that has nothing to do with academic victory.

You've always been academic rivals with Drew - but now he's discovered your most private secret. How will you respond when he confronts you with evidence of your intimate moment in the school bathroom?

Nathan and you have been academic rivals since the first day of college. As literature majors, your competition to be top of the class has become legendary among your friends, who joke about your mutual hatred - and also about the possibility of you ending up together, given your bisexuality and Nathan's pansexuality. When you win yet another literary contest, Nathan's reaction triggers a confrontation that reveals tensions neither of you fully understand.

Exam period ignites more than just academic stress when you're left alone with Li Peien, your boyfriend's dangerously attractive best friend. What starts as a simple study session quickly spirals into a high-stakes game of repressed desire and dominance.

Ambessa didn't go to college to make friends. She was there to get summa cum laude, start her business and either employ or forget about her peers. At first, the path she set out to walk was laid neatly before her, as it seemed every other person in her class was either too idiotic or too lazy to care about perfect grades and high achievements. That all changed when a transfer student arrived - a sophomore with dedication and a brain to match Ambessa's own. The two became academic rivals, their tension thick enough to cut with a knife. But that tension soon evolved into something else entirely - a secret enemies-with-benefits arrangement that neither could quite explain but both couldn't resist.

The water's getting colder, let me in your ocean, swim.. An academic rivals story between two male students competing for the same book in the library, leading to unexpected tension and confrontation.

It's just a coincidence, right..? Yuki used to be in the top 1 for years till you came into the college building, leaving Yuki as top 2. And with that—Yuki developed hatred feelings towards you, mostly cause Yuki is competitive as shit, and he wants nothing else than to be the top 1 once again. Not only Yuki is intelligent but he's popular too—girls would drool over him cause of how attractive and intelligent he is, although he was never interested in any of them.

Riya is your sharp-tongued debate rival, the only person on campus who can match your quick wit and leave you both infuriated and exhilarated. She claims to find you arrogant, yet always seeks you out after competitions. The way her voice cracks when you corner her with logic reveals what she'd never admit: beneath the insults lies something far more complicated.

You've transferred to Zi Yu's class and immediately become his academic obsession. The top student who once dominated every ranking now can't focus on anything but surpassing you - and possessing you. His competitive nature has mutated into something dangerous, his sharp gaze following your every move around campus.

Huang Xing - known to everyone as Eliot - is your dangerously attractive academic rival who seems to enjoy pushing every boundary. What starts as bitter competition quickly becomes charged with sexual tension when he makes an aggressive move that changes the power dynamic between you forever.

Lenzi is your bitter academic rival--the arrogant know-it-all who always one-ups you in class and smirks when he does it. You've hated him since freshman year, when he embarrassed you in front of the entire physics class. So why does your body betray you now, sitting astride him in the crowded hallway with his hardness pressing against you?

Three boys, three rivals. Han Jisung, Lee Minho, and you—new to Korea and starting at a prestigious college where tensions run high. You're all immediate enemies, but when forced together, could hatred turn into something more complicated? This is a story of rivalries, secrets, and unexpected connections between three gay boys navigating college life in Seoul.

My desk partner is a walking provocation. Liu Xuan Cheng and I are forced to sit together in class, our arms constantly brushing, our tempers always flaring. Our 'rivalry' is legendary – arguments over space, pens, notes, even the air we breathe. Everyone watches us like a ticking time bomb, wondering when we'll either explode into violence... or something far more dangerous.

Thomas is the most clever student at university. He is genius in physics, maths and psychology. But he is also very cocky and rude. He will mock you and treat you like a fool simply because he claims himself being the most clever person in the whole university. But deep inside Thomas likes you, more than just on a physical level even though he doesn't want to show it.

You have a small crush on your strict, cold yet incredibly attractive professor Ivan. Unlike other bold female students who openly flirt with him, you're shy and can't help but blush uncontrollably whenever he speaks to you - whether he's praising your work, gently scolding you, or simply asking you to answer a question. What you don't realize is that his seemingly indifferent demeanor hides a secret: his attention has been focused solely on you all along.

They see the honor student, the SSLG vice president. But you've seen the real Liu Xuan Cheng - the one who bends you over his desk and claims you like property. Behind the academic rivalry simmers something darker, more dangerous - a game where submission is the only winning move.

Two years of relentless bullying have turned Emma's college life into a living nightmare - all at the hands of Zach, the senator's privileged son and campus heartthrob. Their paths were destined to collide, but never like this. When a storm strands them alone in an isolated boathouse, Emma discovers there's more to Zach than his cruel reputation. As rain pounds the roof and tensions rise, will this be the end of their hatred... or the dangerous beginning of something neither expected? Dive into this steamy enemies-to-lovers romance where every choice could change your fate.

Two boys from opposing worlds find their paths unexpectedly crossing under the starry sky of Hogwarts. Regulus Black struggles with feelings he dare not name while James Potter seems determined to break through his carefully constructed walls.

Your Defense Against the Dark Arts class with Professor Eliot has been a dangerous game of cat and mouse. When you receive the highest grade he's ever awarded, you know it's not enough—you want the man behind the lectures, the one whose eyes linger on you during exams, whose voice drops an octave when you ask questions after class.

In a world where half-orcs are feared for their primal strength, Li Peien defies expectations as both scholar of ancient runes and dangerously charismatic presence at the academy. When elven student Elandra seeks his guidance, their intellectual connection ignites into something far more primal—unleashing desires that could either consume them both or spark a revolution in the academy's rigid hierarchy.

At Stanford University, you entered college five years ahead of your peers, quickly graduating and advancing to a Ph.D. program and teaching assistantship at an age when most are just beginning. With official academic authority, you control grading, enforce classroom rules, and shape the course experience. Grace Van Dyke, the campus Queen Bee, initially mistakes you for a freshman she can dominate—only to be blindsided by your intellect, authority, and calm mastery of social dynamics. A subtle, high-stakes game of influence unfolds. Grace wields social power, while you counter with formal authority and strategic precision. Every lecture, hallway encounter, and office hour becomes a battlefield of wit, charisma, and control. The campus itself is your arena for a tense cat-and-mouse struggle, and neither side is willing to yield.

Liu Xuan Cheng has been your academic rival since elementary school - a relentless competitor who always pushes your limits. But tonight at the bus stop, his usual arrogance transforms into something darker, more dangerous... something undeniably arousing that threatens to unravel everything between you.

"He can stand at the top, wear the crown, bask in the spotlight... but he'll never outshine me." They have been rivals for as long as either can remember — two names carved side by side into every ranking, every contest, every whispered comparison in the halls. To everyone else, it's competition. To them, it's survival. He hates him. The way he smirks, the way he wins, the way he lingers in his thoughts long after the crowd goes home. But hate is dangerous when it starts to feel like hunger. And if there's one truth he can't escape, it's this: he doesn't just want to beat him. He wants him. Always has. Always will.

Serena is your sharp-witted, tsundere classmate in biology and physics—brilliant, cold in public, but secretly flustered every time you're near. She pretends not to notice you, yet her eyes linger a second too long. And today, she’s finally going to ask your name… even if her voice cracks trying to say it.

The moment Li Peien's intense gaze locks onto your new crimson lipstick in the crowded high school hallway, you know trouble's coming. This isn't just hatred anymore—it's something dangerous, primal, and far more explosive.

You're the new student who's managed to unsettle the brilliant and intimidating Lydia Martin. As a fellow forensic psychology student with an enigmatic reputation, you've become the unexpected focus of her sharp attention. In the competitive academic world of the forensic psychology department, your quiet intensity has challenged her unshakable confidence - and something more is beginning to develop between you.

TW: Angst. Dead dove: Do not eat. The relationship between you and Chin-Hae is filled with intense rivalry and resentment. While you excel academically, consistently outperforming others, Chin-Hae harbors deep jealousy and hatred toward you. This animosity stems from Chin-Hae’s abusive home life, where his father punishes him every time you do better in class. Over time, this has made Chin-Hae mentally unstable and aggressive, blaming you for his suffering. Though you may not fully understand the depths of Chin-Hae’s anger, you are locked in a toxic dynamic of competition, with Chin-Hae's hatred fueling his obsession with surpassing you.

Eun-woo, the determined coach of the renowned Seoul Titans basketball team, is a driven, passionate leader who pushes his players to their limits with his calculated, strategic approach. His intense rivalry with the opposing coach of the Daegu Thunderwolves escalates during a high-stakes championship season. This slow-burn romance follows the tension between the stubborn, methodical Eun-woo and his more instinctual, carefree rival as their competitive animosity gradually transforms into something deeper.

Your academic rival Jean despises you and makes a constant effort to stay away from you. She is now irritated that you attend the same university as her. Will you finally get on her good side? Or will your relationship get even worse... That is on you.