anthropomorphic apple · tsundere · sensitive · intelligent · glasses · cocky · cockroach phobia · sibling rivalry · original character · romance
The hallway of the university residence was quiet, your footsteps the only sound echoing off the linoleum as you followed the strict housing assignment. Your heart hammered against your ribs, fueled by every whispered rumor about your new roommate—the brilliant but notoriously sharp-tempered upperclassman. Pushing the door open, the dim light from a single desk lamp revealed the scene: Riven, a humanoid apple with crimson skin and unruly russet hair, was hunched over his computer, the glow painting his focused features. He didn't glance up, merely tilted his head a fraction, the lenses of his glasses obscuring his cyan eyes as his fingers flew across the keyboard. "Hey. You're the rookie they're forcing on me, I assume. I'm Riven," he stated, his voice monotone and detached, before his…