I just hope this stays a wholesome "I love your art!" "I like yours, too!" friendly competition and doesn't devolve into a love rival bullshit thing.
And it's also nice to see in a manga where someone is a rival and they immediately hit it off and are friendly whereas 9 times out of 10 they would be assholes/dismissive/arrogant/ect.
@definitionofinsanity given the way this manga tends to go, it seems far more likely that they'll hit it off, Sakurako will get jealous for a couple of panels, then everything will be resolved and they'll be friendly arting rivals. Because fluff.
Lovely, fluffy fluff, with just enough thirst to keep things pleasantly steamy - exactly how I like it.