My Rival Is My RoommateUpdated at Aug 23, 2026, 13:50
Maya Bennett has exactly one goal for her senior year, finish her thesis film, graduate, and leave campus without giving anyone another reason to remember her.
Then housing pairs her with the one person she absolutely cannot stand.
Luca Callahan.
Campus hockey captain. Golden boy. Professional flirt. And the arrogant jerk who has been getting under Maya's skin since freshman year.
Living together is already a nightmare.
Sharing a bathroom? Torture.
Fighting over the best bedroom? War.
Pretending they don't secretly notice how attractive the other one is? Impossible.
But when a photo of Maya and Luca goes viral, the entire campus becomes convinced they're dating. Suddenly, Luca's draft prospects are at risk, Maya's film career is taking unwanted attention, and both of them are drowning in rumors.
Then Luca's agent gives them a solution.
Fake date for six weeks.
Six weeks of staged kisses.
Six weeks of pretending to be obsessed with each other.
Six weeks of convincing everyone that the two people who can't spend five minutes together without arguing are actually in love.
It should be easy.
Except Luca is getting harder to hate.
Maya is getting harder to resist.
And somewhere between the fake dates, late-night arguments, jealous glances, and moments neither of them is supposed to care about, their fake relationship starts feeling dangerously real.
Maya knows better than to fall for Luca Callahan.
Luca knows better than to fall for his roommate.
But neither of them knows how to stop.