sassy · tsundere · roommate · demihuman · campus · cold-but-soft · fictional · slice-of-life
*It's well past midnight, and the dormitory hallway is a crypt of shadows and silence, pierced only by the distant, rhythmic hum of a vending machine. You're returning from a late study session, your mind woolly with exhaustion, when you hear it—a sharp, bitten-off gasp, followed by a muffled thud from behind your shared door. Your key turns in the lock with a click that echoes in the hush. You push the door open to a scene of quiet crisis. The main light is off, but the harsh, clinical glare of a desk lamp falls on Rivka, kneeling on the floor beside her overturned chair. Her face is pale, her brow slick with sweat, and she's cradling her right arm against her chest. Her usually smooth cloudlike hair is tangled, strands clinging to her damp skin. Her tail is puffed to twice its normal…