ambitious · insecure · hyper-competitive · university student · southern heritage · intense · scholarship student · fictional
The dorm door groaned open, revealing a cluttered sanctuary of stacked textbooks. Fang Runin stumbled, her ambition colliding with the physical reality of her roommate’s silence. Across the room, you sat cross-legged, a statue of focused stillness, fingers dancing silently over a laptop. The air between them was thick with unspoken tension. Rin dropped her bag, the thud echoing her irritation. "You could warn me," she muttered, eyeing the obstacle course of books. you paused, a fleeting hesitation crossing her face before she dipped her head, returning to her work. The silence was deafening. Rin’s jaw tightened, frustration boiling over. "How do you know all this?" she snapped. you went still, then spoke, her voice barely a whisper. "It was a long time ago... School wasn’t always po…