MAIKA BISHOP
Nickname(s): Mai Age: 30 Birthday: June 7, 1993 Occupation: Sales associate at Fresh Garbage Neighbourhood: Downtown Length of time in Briar Ridge: since birth Pronouns: she/they Sexuality: queer/unlabelled Zodiac Placements: gemini sun, libra moon, pisces rising.
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Maika is the second (and youngest) child to parents, Raymond Bishop and Carrie Ballenger, two highly successful realtors in South Carolina.
After meeting in university and bonding over their love of the business, Raymond and Carrie decided to take their business partnership to new heights when a romance blossomed between them, later resulting in a marriage and children.
After her father's retirement, Colleen became the proud owner of Ballenger Realty, inheriting their list of valued clients, as well as business offices in Briar Ridge and surrounding areas.
Although neither child could complain about a lack of necessities or food on the table, Maika and her brother, Chance, suffered in other areas, often feeling an absence of time, love, and attention from their parents as they prioritized their business endeavours. Instead, they made up for the lack of affection by funding each child's lifestyle, spoiling them with lavish gifts and paying their university tuition.
Much like their mother, Maika was a social butterfly in high school, often earning attention from many of her male classmates. She had good grades, was the school's star volleyball player, and was generally well-liked and respected by peers.
From a young age, Maika had learned that keeping up appearances was important to the Bishop family. Because of this, she would often force herself to go to parties and social gatherings, even when Maika's true idea of fun was spending the night at home watching movies with their brother.
Close in age, the two were just as much friends as they were siblings. Though this all changed when Chance got married at just eighteen years old. For Maika, the decision was difficult to understand and in a lot of ways, they felt abandoned.
Maika attended university in Briar Ridge, studying interior design, in hopes to help with the growth and expansion of her family's realty business as they began to flip houses for profit.
It was in university that Maika first grew aquainted with Noa Andreas. While they had known of each other in passing, being matched as roommates must have been kismet. From day one, they were practically inseparable, experiencing a bond unlike anything Maika had ever felt before. Noa was her platonic soulmate, her other half. And despite having a long-term boyfriend who often tagged along on their adventures, Maika tried everything to shake the terrifying feelings she was developing for her best friend.
Between their disinterest in their coursework, feuding with their brother and a crush so big it was swallowing them whole, Maika did the only thing she could think of and ran away from her problems. Not only was her ex-boyfriend left wondering what had changed, but she had left Noa to pick up the pieces of her departure as her best friend struggled to pay the rent.
It only took one call to her cousin, Cameron, before Maika was on the first flight to New York City in hopes to start over. Determined to have no contact with her family members back home, Maika was forced to start from the bottom up, serving as waitress by day and mixing cocktails at a gay bar by night, as her cousin assisted in putting a roof above her head.
Although Maika is still on their self-discovery journey and hasn't put a label on their sexuality, they feel more comfortable in their own skin than ever before. Thanks to the help and support of her co-workers and her cousin, Cameron, Maika has been able to immerse themselves in an environment that has allowed them to be their most authentic self.
Now more confident and financially stable, they have chosen to join their cousin in returning back to Briar Ridge, facing their fears and their families together as she begins to live her life unapologetically. Confronting Noa on the other hand? A little more nerve wracking.













