What Do I Do About My Deskmate's Pretentious Act?

The story is told from the uke's perspective. I don't know why it got tagged as seme's perspective T_T

Tsundere gaming god uke (a deity in games, bottom of the class in academics) x seemingly perfect but actually a very good at disguising his sultry side seme (I'm not like that, I'm just pretending)

In his 17 years of life, Su Qiao had never met anyone who put on more airs than him.

The other guy was a transfer student who became his deskmate as soon as he arrived.

His new deskmate was handsome, an excellent student, and capable in every way. The problem was, on his very first day, he gave Su Qiao the cold shoulder and ignored his enthusiastic greeting.

Su Qiao thought: So what if he's a little better at school? Does he have to act so full of himself?

His new deskmate thought: I have no memory of any of that.

So the childish Su Qiao decided to ignore his new deskmate from then on. If he put on airs, Su Qiao would put on airs right back. He'd beat the guy at his own game and leave him with nowhere to go!

*

On the day he got a new deskmate, Su Qiao was in a foul mood. When he got back to his rented apartment, the landlord told him someone had moved into the apartment opposite.

The landlord had said, "The young guy living across from you is about your age. He's handsome and rich, but his temper isn't great, so don't bother him unless you have to."

Su Qiao took the advice to heart and hardly ever bothered his new neighbor.

Until one day a week later, when he happened to run into this new neighbor.

They stood outside their doors, staring at each other.

Su Qiao gritted his teeth: What a handsome, rich young guy.

*

After a misunderstanding, Su Qiao made an online friend through a game.

The other guy was aloof, and his gaming skills were on par with Su Qiao's. He was the type of teammate who was ruthless and didn't talk much.

Su Qiao quickly became friendly with him online.

Just when Su Qiao thought he'd made a great online friend, something unexpected happened: his confidant showed up to meet him in person without warning.

More precisely, he found out that his confidant was none other than his cold-faced deskmate.

His deskmate, Jiang Yuan, said: Calm down.

Su Qiao, who had just told his online friend the day before that he thought he might have fallen for his deskmate, said: How the hell am I supposed to calm down?

Question: What does it feel like when the person you dislike, your deskmate, your neighbor, your confidant, and eventually your crush are all the same person?

Su Qiao: Thanks for asking. I want to die right now.

His deskmate Jiang Yuan: Don't die yet. I accept your crush ^_^

Theme: Studying and having fun don't conflict