helloooo! i literally just got off work, so this.... is some snazzy timing. i’m nic (18+, they/them) and i’m here to introduce you to chae somin --- a character whom i’ve put through a lot of groups and now hold very dear to my heart, even if she is a menace. her stats are here, but i don’t have any other pages for her as of yet. read below the cut for more info!
first things first, she was born on feb. 11, 1997, so she’s currently twenty-three years old and an aquarius. she was born in jeju, and has, unfortunately (in her eyes), lived here her whole life.
her parents were not divorced when she was young, but she was raised predominantly by her mother; this is because her dad was offered a job in seoul, and her parents agreed it would be best for somin to still be raised in jeju.
she favored her dad, though, so when he left, she was pretty upset. her mom didn’t really know how to parent a child alone, and ended up putting too many rules on somin that didn’t do anything except make her act out.
problem child. she was always cooking up some kind of mischief when she was little, and things only got worse as she got older --- especially when news broke that her father had cheated on her mother, and he had a whole other child in seoul. really ruined how she saw him, and how she saw her mom, too.
suddenly..... she became very angry. aggressive. she was mad at the world, and she began to shut everyone out except for the people who wanted to wreak havoc with her.
still tried to reach out to her dad, but he wasn’t interested in anything involving her. he was too caught up in his new family, and he tried to act like nothing had changed, but it was clear that everything had.
started hanging out with a really bad influence in the form of an older boy when she was 15. kept talking to him for years, turned 18 and ran away with him --- except it didn’t last long, because they got into a fight after driving for about twenty-five minutes and he kicked her out of his car for..... being a bitch, basically.......
stumbled upon homestay by what she’d like to call fate. she was in a vulnerable time of her life, looked a bit rough, definitely acted a bit rough, didn’t have the best image, but she didn’t find any judgement so???? that was good??? ended up staying at homestay on and off for literal years because she didn’t know where else to go and she’d never say it, but it really did feel like home.
left for weeks/months at a time to work various entry-level jobs and live on her own, but none of it kept her attention for long (and she got fired from probably every business in town), so she always came back.
juuuust went home for the first time about a year ago, turns out her mom is SUPER sick. currently hospitalized, health is just deteriorating every day. somin went back to homestay one last time to ask for a job to help pay her medical bills.
she’s...... honestly still a bit of a bitch, but she’s getting better about it. she’s not mean without reason, but may be a little sarcastic or snarky from time to time. when she’s in a good mood, though? sweetheart!!!!!....... kinda. will at least show guests nice places and listen to their worries.
another thing worth noting is that she’s a freelance artist; she’s not bad at all, but doesn’t get much business because her paintings are a little??? rough??? much like herself. no matter what she paints, it always seems..... angry. please..... commission her....... she’ll paint ur grandma as spiderman...... anything for some money.....
