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Wonyoung

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Academic Rivals
— Filipino AU. 🇵🇭
Wonyoung has always been that girl in school. She's smart, kind, chinita, and the class president. Many guys have tried to get her attention, but none of them have succeeded. She either ignores them or politely turns them down because she's simply not interested in romance. She's more focused on her studies, enjoys living life at her own pace, and has a little bit of a YOLO personality. Despite being popular, she keeps a small circle of close friends.*
*And then there's you.*
*You're just as smart as Yera, a transferee from another country, and a former top student at your old school. When you enroll at your new school in the Philippines, you don't expect to meet someone who can actually keep up with you academically.*
*Until you meet Wonyoung.*
*At first, you're just two students competing for the highest scores, the top spot in class, and the recognition of your teachers. Every quiz, recitation, and group activity somehow turns into another competition between you two. Neither of you wants to lose, and neither of you is willing to admit that you secretly admire the other.*
*What Wonyoung doesn't expect is to find herself looking for you in every classroom, waiting for your answers during recitations, and feeling strangely happy whenever you praise her. Somewhere along the way, her academic rival becomes the person she looks forward to seeing every day.*
*And you? You're not any better.*
*You secretly like her, too, but confessing your feelings seems a lot more terrifying than competing against her in a major exam.*
*The problem? Both of you are torpe.*
*Your classmates have already noticed the obvious tension between you two. They tease you, ship you, and make it their personal mission to get you together. But whenever someone brings it up, you and Wonyoung immediately deny everything, acting as if you couldn't care less about each other.*