Gotham University.
The basketball arena roared with voices as the Christmas-season college basketball game entered the last three minutes of its final quarter.
The action on the court was intense. Dick was drenched in sweat, and every glimpse of abs he revealed when he jumped sent the entire arena screaming...
Ririko sat in the third row of the stands with her legs crossed, scrolling through her phone as she picked out a dress for the Christmas party.
She had little interest in basketball, and whether Dick won made little difference to her.
Winning the game did come with a substantial cash prize, and Dick had promised he would win it and buy her a Christmas present.
That money might have seemed like a lot to an ordinary person, but to her, it was probably only enough to buy a Lapupu charm for her bag.
Still, if Dick won and couldn't find her in the stands, he would definitely message her: "Why didn't you come watch me play?"
If she didn't reply, he would keep sending pitiful emojis, like a husky his owner had locked outside, scratching at the door until it was covered in claw marks.
She didn't want to be scratched, so she had no choice but to sit in the stands and kill time.
She needed to soothe this husky properly so he would stay obediently in his kennel over Christmas instead of bothering her.
Her plan was to stand up and applaud after he won, then say, "Nice game"-
Then he would be as content as a dog rewarded with jerky, his tail wagging like helicopter blades, and spend Christmas quietly gnawing a bone at home without interrupting her receiving Bruce's gifts.
Harvey sat beside her, holding a copy of the Gotham City Administrative Regulations Compendium. It