the boy had been sitting in the cafe for around an hour now sitting at the table closet to the counter, leaning slightly in his chair with a coffee cup in his hands. by the counter stood the third-year girl taking another’s order.
“ come on you have to at least try it! ” jihoon said to subin. for the past hour he had been trying to convince the barista to come with him to a party on friday, however, not with much success. he had been trying to argue her one-sidedly on the subject over two coffees already.
jihoon had liked coming to the cafe to study most of the time and whilst he didn’t usually mingle with chunghwa students, he had taken a liking to subin when she first started working there. he had always tried to start up conversations with her when ordering and genuinely tried getting to know her at other times, being the friendly person he usually is; today his starter was ‘have you been to a party before’. he vaguely knew of her parent’s strictness but he still wanted to get to know her and what better way to that then introducing her to alcohol and parties.
“ i’m sure you’ll have a great time and if you don’t at least you tried, right? ”
SCHEDULE: Math A1, Science A1, Korean A2, French, Advanced Biology, Philosophy
EXTRACURRICULARS: Journalism Club (Chief Editor), Debate Team
CHUNGHWA SCHOOL NEWSPAPER, 05.16.17: New student Min Subin has officially joined the third year class! Subin is eighteen years old and has been reported to be hardworking, determined, and resourceful but also insecure, skeptical, and secretive. Her personality will take her far as a member of the Journalism Club and Debate Team. Let’s welcome Subin to the school and wish her a good year!
OOC!
Name and pronouns: Heather | She/Her
Other muses: None
Time zone: CT
IC!
Muse name: Min Subin
Birthday (or age): June 6th, 1998 (18)
Faceclaim: Lee Jieun / IU
School: Chunghwa International Academy
Grade: 3rd Year
Desired clubs: Journalism Club (Chief Editor), Debate Team Member
Positive traits: Hard-working, determined, resourceful
Negative traits: Insecure, skeptical, secretive
Proficiency: Math A1, Science A1, Korean A2, French
Subin does very well at math and science. She wanted to take science A2 because she had heard that it’s actually better than A1, but her parents thought she was trying to make things easier for herself and made her take A1 instead. She does well in Korean, but has a difficult time with traditional writing, so both herself and her parents decided it would be best to take A2 and improve on her handwriting. As for French, she wasn’t the best at first, but quickly improved and now can speak the language conversationally.
BIOGRAPHY!
As a child, Subin focused more on academics than anything. Her parents always made sure to ask her how her grades were, contact her teachers, and tell her that if she didn’t do well, they would be disappointed in her. When she did make bad grades, they would put her down and say that they couldn’t proudly announce that she was their daughter. She saw those words as them saying that they were embarrassed by her. Because of that, she started studying even harder and abandoned the social life she had built. She faded apart from her friends because all she cared about was studying.
Throughout middle school, her grades were better than ever. She was nearly always at the top of her class and she turned all her assignments in on time. She wouldn’t allow herself to rest if it meant sacrificing precious study time. All she cared about was making her parents proud and becoming someone that they couldn’t be embarrassed of. She was the student that teachers used as an example of what everyone should be like, and because of that, she was nicknamed the teacher’s pet and jokes were made about her. She was frequently ‘accidentally’ tripped in the hallways, and sometimes people would push her or make fun of her to her face. It bothered her and she became almost ashamed of who she was.
When high school came, applying for Chunghwa was a decision that made both her and her parents happy. They liked it because of the honor it would bring to their name, and she liked it because she would no longer be the only student who was so serious about studying. It seemed like the perfect answer for everything the small family wanted, and they were ecstatic when Subin was accepted. Of course, acceptance was expected with the family’s wealth and Subin’s own amazing grades.
Now, as a student about to start her last year in Chunghwa, Subin is more lost than ever before. While her parents aren’t constantly on her back, they do pressure her, and it’s harder to be at the top of the class when nearly everyone else is just as smart as she is. It makes her feel less special, less proud. Even just the overall atmosphere of the school makes her feel out of place and uneasy. But, she’s slowly becoming more free and independent. She’s tired of following the guidelines that her parents and teachers set for her. She wants her last year to be something that she’ll remember.
