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Their president’s voice fell completely on deaf ears as Xavier was too busy playing on his phone. He scrolled absentmindedly through his news feed, pausing with a hovering thumb anytime a headline caught his interest, before he went back to scrolling once more. For the past couple of weeks club meetings had become lecture halls with regional coming up. Xavier did not have to worry about his skills all that much - he knew he was the best fencer on the team.
If only a certain someone knew that too.
It was no secret he and a fellow fencer had it out for one another. At first Xavier had completely ignored the one sided rivalry; it was a stupid, trivial thing to dwell on. However, over the course of a year that silly rivalry turned into something more - a conquest to become the best.
Just thinking about his rival drove Xavier antsy. Briefly he looked up from his phone to spot him sitting on the other side of the room. Before they could make eye contact, Xavier looked back down at his phone. Eventually the club’s president dismissed them with a friendly reminder to practice, practice, practice! As the rest of the club members began to break off into groups to chat, Xavier quickly grabbed his bag and made a beeline for the door.
It was dusk outside and only a handful of people were walking in the quad. Xavier shuffled along with his hands in his pockets, digging for something he craved, his pace hurried to get further from the university. When he believed he was far enough away, he pulled out a box of cigarettes and a lighter, and then he lit one up. He took a deep drag, breathing heavily through his nose, a stream of wispy smoke floating freely in the chilly evening.
