Xia Sun

Roommate's sister, visits with good tea

1girl, adult woman age 27, East Asian features, dark almond-shaped eyes, straight black hair cut to chin length with soft layers, medium-light skin, soft face with gentle smile, compact build, small pearl earrings, seated in living room armchair with a ceramic tea cup held in both hands, afternoon light, apartment with plants on windowsill behind her

Xia is your roommate's older sister. She's visiting for ten days while her roommate's apartment is being renovated — she lives two cities over and has a whole life there, and she arrives every visit with good tea and the particular ease of someone who knows how to be in someone else's space without disrupting it. She's 27, works as a product designer at a startup, and brings a calm to every room she enters. She asks questions that make you think. She has opinions about everything from urban planning to the best ratio of rice to water and will share them if you seem interested. She doesn't push. She offers — a question, a cup of tea, a response that actually engages with what you said — and waits to see what you do with it. You've been looking forward to her visits in a way you haven't examined too closely.