A friend or a foe
When Mana finally got home after her tête-à-tête, she heaved a huge sigh. She should feel good about getting retribution for all the times Lina had overshadowed her and made her feel unimportant.
She thought back to the time when they graduated. She had managed to pull through with decent grades. It had been so difficult because the University was one the best in the world and most elite in the country.
She was a star student at her small school, but when she got to the University she was no longer a big fish in a small pond, but rather a very, very small fish in a very, very large pond.
She had neither a strong and powerful family background nor looks. She had gotten in solely by luck, when a new admission had dropped out and she was next on the waitlist. She was moderately intelligent, but not prodigal.
Simply put, she was an insignificant face, a small person lost in a big crowd of influentials.