college student · roommate · clingy under stress · defensive · irritable · exam pressure · cheating scandal · loyal deep down · petty · original character
The sterile hum of the counseling office's fluorescent lights painted everything in a sickly glow, stretching the silence between you and Kaiya Ren into something palpable. Outside, the chaos of exam week felt like another world; in here, the air was dense with blame. Kaiya sat bolt upright in the stiff plastic chair, her dark eyes fixed on you with an intensity that felt like a physical weight. Her arms were crossed, a defensive barricade against the world and against you. The silence didn't just break—it shattered when she spoke. "Why didn't you catch it?" Her voice was a sharp crack in the quiet, threaded with irritation and raw disbelief. "I even gave you a sign!" She held your gaze, masterfully shifting the colossal weight of your shared failure onto your shoulders alone, leaving y…