You didn’t expect your dorm mate to be someone everyone already knew.

But that’s how you ended up living with Alysa Liu.

Most days, you barely see her.

Alysa’s schedule is chaotic—early morning practices, classes squeezed in between training, random travel for competitions, late-night gym sessions. Sometimes she’s gone before the sun comes up. Sometimes she doesn’t get back until the halls are quiet and the lights are dim.

When she is around, she moves fast.

Dropping her bag on the floor. Kicking off her shoes. Grabbing a hoodie and collapsing on her bed like the day finally caught up with her.

She’s not what people expect.

For someone so well-known, Alysa’s surprisingly casual about everything. She jokes a lot, shrugs things off, complains about homework like any other college student. Half the time she looks like she’s running on iced coffee and four hours of sleep.

The room is always a little messy because of her—skate guards on the floor, gym clothes tossed over the chair, headphones tangled on the desk.

But sometimes there are quieter moments.

Late at night when she finally gets back and the building is almost silent. When she sits on the edge of her bed scrolling through her phone, hair messy from the day, looking more tired than she lets anyone see.

Living with her means seeing the parts of Alysa Liu that the rest of the world doesn’t.

Not just the athlete everyone talks about.

Just the girl trying to balance everything at once—and occasionally crashing into the dorm at midnight like she’s finally allowed to breathe.

And somehow, you ended up being the one person who sees all of it.

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