#rivalries

Nico Rosberg x Fem! OC

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘧𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳.

𝒀𝑬𝑳𝑳𝑶𝑾 + 𝑩𝑳𝑼𝑬

SOME OF Lucille's favourite nights in the summer were the ones she'd make it to the coastline on foot, to watch the sunset over the ocean.

  When she found herself in Monaco, she raced through those streets with a wild passion. Fully prepared to get flattened, soley for the chance of outrun either one of two rather ambitious boys.

  "Lucy you're gonna die!" Lewis, always a sense of reason when excitement got the better of her.

  "Oh, just let her." Nico, on the other hand. Not so much.

  She craved winning, it was in her blood, after all, even in the little things like this. It was a trait all three shared.

  But what Lucille loved the most was the fact she felt so alive. She initiated this small tradition of running to the sunset on their first night in Monaco. While they were here for a karting tournament.

  And both Lewis and Nico jumped on board almost instantly.

  Just about slipping on shoes and socks as they ran through the main doors to their apartment building. Their laughter mixing with the warm night.

  Nico managed to gain an advantage ahead of the pair, but it had been a rather long day of practice.

  Not to mention, he held a thin blue net over his shoulder, carrying three glass bottles filled with orange juice. They clinked noisily as he ran.

  Desperately juggled them when he gave Lewis a shove with a stupidly large grin.

  He only stumbled in response before charging at the blond, laughing like a maniac as they lagged behind Lucille.

  The brunette had her hands on her knees the moment her feet touched the sand.

Forgetting her pink flip flops about five steps onto the beach.

  Funnelled into a fit of coughs.

  Both boys were by her side in seconds, though mostly to laugh at the girl with glossy eyes.

  The warmth of the sunset was already a glimpse of something sweet the moment they slipped out the door.

  So there was now only a gentle glow of pink submerged in blue. A little sprinkle of stars poked out of the setting sky.

  Lucille had only began to admire it, when the two boys made a run for the linger of the tide as it pulled back, leaving the bottles on dry sand as she rushed to catch up to them.

  Lewis collided with her when she found herself alongside him. Resulting in the pair stumbling to the ground. Lucy struggling to find anything more solid then air, that might cushion the fall.

  Including a rather clueless blond.

  Which ended with sand sticking to skin and heaving lungs filled with laughter.

  Lucille felt her stomach burn when she eventually got back up and off the sand.

  Complaining about the pain while Nico was breathing rather heavily to avoid bursting into laughter again.

  "I think we missed the sunset." Lucille eventually spoke, admiring the now fading light. Both boys looked to where her eyes trained on the pink clouds.

  "It's pretty, no?" Nico hummed. Sure, he had lived by the beach for some time now, but it never seemed to get old.

  And Monaco had a special way of keeping you hooked.

  Though he thought there may have been another reason, he scrambled to put his shoes on and bolt out the door like it was life or death to make it here.

  Another otherworldly sensation that didn't come from painted colours in the sky.

  Lewis snickered at the pair "Pretty yeah?"

  Nico emediatly gave him a shove, while Lucille rolled her eyes with a dazzling smile, both shaking their heads.

  "You up for ice cream, Nickie? I think we need to cool someone's mind."

  Lucille's eyes lingered on Lewis with a cheap smirk as she pointed to a gelato shop on the corner.

  A baby blue and yellow shade covering over the entrance, with gorgeous patterns on the side.

  Nico grinned and grabbed the girl's hand as Lewis was about to tackle her.

  The blond laughed as Lucille practically squawked, with Lewis charging after her.

  Unfortunately for the fleeing brunette, Nico tripped, going face first into the sand.

  Leaving all his balance for the track. With Lucille stumbling to stay upright.

  The dark-haired boy chuckled whilst helping the brunette to her feet.

  Pulling her into a tight hug. Whilst the girl loudly complaining directly in his ear. "Yeah Lucy, a little louder, i can still hear through one ear."

  "oh, I'm sorry, I'll just sit pretty next time you try and wipe me out." She complied, catching sight of a sandy mop of blond hair. "You and your little double crosser right here."

  The boy in question pulled himself to his knees. Brushing off sand from just about everywhere. Untangling seaweed from his hair when he had a smart idea.

  Reaching for the hand Lucy had on her hip, he wrapped it around her wrist.

  The girl's eyes widened emediatly, as she looked down to the blond, vigorously shaking it off.

"What the hell Nico!"

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I know a lot of us are still reeling from Taizan5's Takopi's Original Sin, but he just came out with a new one-shot manga in Fighting Girls that's pretty wholesome.

Fighting Girls is about a girl named Koume Takaba who is inspired to become a martial artist after watching her favorite MMA fighter become a champion. She starts practicing traditional karate at the age of 6 and becomes good at it. One day, Koume's aspirations are challenged by a rival named Tiara Kimura (who later changes her last name to Namikaze). Tiara beats Koume in 1-on-1 karate matches over and over again from elementary school through high school. When Tiara announces that she's going to Tokyo to become a MMA star after graduating high school, Koume proclaims the same. She tries desperately to move up the MMA ranks for a chance to fight Tiara in order to prove she's the best. However, Tiara suddenly announces on social media that she's retiring from MMA.

This shocks Koume to a huge degree to the point of whether she has something worth fighting for anymore. The story suddenly shifts towards Tiara's perspective when she met Koume back in elementary school. We learn about Tiara's family background and what led her to chase her dreams in Tokyo. It's revealed that Tiara injured her hand and she becomes depressed. However, she watches Koume win her most recent match and proclaim in her post-match interview that she won because of Tiara. Tiara cries and decides to get out of retirement. The story ends with Koume finding out about Tiara and the possibility of the two facing each other as adults.

What I love about this one-shot are the psychological dynamics involved.

The family dynamics of both Koume and Tiara have driven each other to chase a dream that might be considered to be foolish. Koume comes from a family situation where it seems like her parents are more interested in arguing with one another than supporting her to become the best person she can be. Koume notes how she's surrounded by scary things and they have driven her to be somewhat shy. Martial arts was her chance to believe that she can make a dream she wants happen. For Tiara, her parents just want her to follow the regular path of a woman - get a job, get married, have kids. They refuse to support her dream of being a MMA star if she's not willing to help out her family. When Tiara hears Koume wanting to go to Tokyo to chase her, she becomes determined to make her dream come true and starts to distance herself from her family to grow.

Anxiety rears its ugly head when it comes to Tiara's injury. For Koume, she realizes that even though MMA is her passion, there's a limit to how long one can go. Especially in a sport that's brutal. Koume admits that she's scared because no one believed in her dream except for her. She's scared of getting injured and what the future holds. Tiara's reality was starting to affect Koume. For Tiara, she was scared of her future due to her injury. But seeing Koume say that Tiara's the reason why she's here made her want to confront her anxiety head-on.

It's so scary to go at life without much-needed family/friend support. No one believed in either of them. I know there will be people that say "Oh, they're strong! They'll be fine!" But, being independent doesn't necessarily solve one's own mental health problems. Fighting Girls was a short glimpse of what can happen when the view of independency starts to crumble. The two girls needed to be interdependent on one another to become stronger.

Sure, Koume and Tiara were more rivals than friends, but they became the support they never got from those that were supposed to give them that.

This one-shot is a reminder that it's okay to fear what can happen in your life when things don't always go your way. Chasing goals can be a lonely journey. But, you know what, there's people out there who feel the same and want to keep fighting to move forward just like you.