• offering a hug when your rival is upset, because there’s a line that can’t be crossed and that is the other one being upset
  • promising each other “it’s just a kiss” but it’s more than that
  • sleeping with each other, wanting to pretend like it never happened, but you can’t stop making things awkward
  • you’re the only one allowed to make jokes at your rival’s expense, anyone else tries it and you come to their defense
  • giving up your award/opportunity for your rival
  • wondering why you spend every moment thinking of your rival, and beating yourself up over it
  • kissing your lover’s forehead, wishing them good luck
  • ranting to your friends about your rival, so intensely that your friends start to suspect something else is in the air
  • being given the opportunity to sabotage for your rival, and going against your group when you decide not to go through with it
  • sabotaging for your rival, and then spending every moment awake trying to make-up for it when you realize what you did was wrong
  • somehow always ending up in each other’s company, even when you try to avoid each other
  • agreeing to work together, instead of against each other
  • trying to throw your rival off balance by seducing them, but you end up seducing yourself instead because you’re a little more attracted to them than you first anticipated
  • refusing to stand next to your rival because you know that if you do, you won’t be able to think about anything other than taking your rival’s hand
  • [while in a meeting] starting an argument by screaming at each other over what you’re doing wrong in terms of [the company] when in reality the fight has to do with your feelings for each other
  • looking at your friends like they’re dumb and leaving the room when they try to suggest that you might actually have feelings for your rival, claiming they’re spewing bullshit
jan 6 2022 ∞
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