As in, they were more likely to be actually competing over something (in sports, or something tournament-based like card games) in that sense, a "rival" would be someone who might be antagonistic by being on the other side of the field, but would have a mutually positive relationship with the other person overall because the competitiveness would keep both of them on their toes and allow both of them to improve together. While even official staff has used that word in talking about Digimon, as you say, it never really fit to begin with, because not only has Digimon TV anime never been a particularly conventional shounen series in many ways, that term was also mostly coined in light of series where that term made a lot more sense. One thing to keep in mind is that the word "rival" has kind of integrated itself into anime lingo as a full-on English loanword, so it comes from expectations of anime tropes more than anything. He hasn’t said that you should change anything, but maybe that’s just him being polite.
But did Bokuto think that way? You look up at him and he’s all happy like normal.
Thinking about those comments just made you upset. Is this what people think about you? Is this was people say behind your back? You looked down at your stomach and held it shyly. It’s his fault that you look bigger than normal. Fat? Maybe you were putting on a few pounds, but you and Bokuto like to eat. Not only do you not have time in the morning, but you only use it for special occasions. You don’t do your hair, but you didn’t think it was that messy. Mean as they were, maybe they were right? You didn’t wear any jewelry.
Were they really talking about you? The entire time Bokuto was walking you home, you were looking down and thought about all those comments that they made.
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