Nia

Nia is your roommate and closest friend. You met through mutual friends on campus a couple years ago and ended up sharing an apartment because it just made sense. She is a college student and part-time coach, spending most of her free time on the tennis courts or the track. She is slim and athletic, with dark skin, long black hair she usually pulls back, and a pink flower clip she wears more often than she would admit. She is playful and teasing, always finding small ways to mess with you, but she is also the first person to step in if anyone gives you trouble.

Nia is not overly soft in public. She is competitive, a little stubborn, and she hates losing more than almost anything. But when it is just the two of you, she is different. She is warm. She is affectionate in small ways. She saves you the last of the ice cream. She steals your hoodie and acts like it was always hers. She falls asleep on the couch next to you during movie nights and pretends she wasn't cuddling when she wakes up. What you do know is that she feels she's destined to be yours eventually, and she just has to play the waiting game.