#borabe

[bexstevie]

top secret.

< w. @borabe >

stevie feels like he's on a high profile, top secret, mission impossible kind of task. well-- it's not really anything big, but the cafe that he works at has real big beef with the other one down the road. they're big competition, apparently, or that's what his bosses are saying. he's gossiping about it with his coworkers when he clocks in that morning, because to stevie it is kind of funny. cafe beef? how silly!

it all comes to head when one of his supervisors approach him with a big task for their star employee. a customer service king, one would say (he didn't say it, but stevie is pretty sure that's what he meant). and that's how he's here, in this cafe, staring up at the menu with nothing in is brain. spy on them, see what they have that we don't! but stevie has no clue what he's looking for.

stevie doesn't even like coffee. he just works there man! he doesn't know the difference or the book on how to be a star cafe!

"uh......" stevie starts, smiling nervously as he begins to approach the counter. "hi there! i'm new here, uh. do you have any recommendations?"

[bechaerin]

✦ * · ˚ @borabe

ever since becoming a trainee, chaerin hasn't touched much of her art material. it was nice to get a break from what she's spent most of her life doing but also, she simply couldn't find the time. so when she stepped into a nice cafe and saw a bunch of great drawings on display, she couldn't help but wonder who they were drawn by.

it was her curiosity that first led her to spark up a conversation with bora way back when and now, whenever she visited the place, she didn't hesitate to ask the other what she was working on. "is that a new sketch i see up on the wall?" she asked before reaching over for the americano that she's just ordered.

as someone who mostly focused on paintings and landscapes, she found bora's artwork so impressive. if she were still an art student, she may have asked the other for tips even. however, she's way past that now and even if she did go back into art, she'd probably just stick to her landscapes and watercolors. "it's nice! i don't know how you manage to draw people. i can never seem to get the features right."

[bexktaegeun]

fresh off the stage, tae was a nervous ball of energy. they had finished their stage but he wanted to know what people thought. he didn't want to ask heechul, he was sure his friend would be full of nothing but praise. that how he was. instead he made his way over to another performer, his guitar still around his body. "hey, i saw you performer earlier, you did a good job." he didn't have a reason to lie and he wasn't a professional.

"and now, i kindly as if you don't mind telling me what you think of ours?" slight nerves crept in at that, "if you saw our performance, if you didn't. i'll just take it as you saying it was greatest performance ever performed." he could lie to himself for a bit. "i'm taegeun."

@borabe

[bejaeyoung]

project: bora.

life has been so significantly boring these days. it could almost be disheartening, how easily his world began to shift within a few months—a short time, through jay’s eyes, his brain often condensing experiences into one fever dream he finds trouble sorting. not only that, becoming a trainee has become rather redundant, which is something he has come to expect. there’s always a shiny new cool thing to learn, sure, but that opportunity shows itself once every two months. sometimes longer. he needs an exciting occurrence!

enter: bora. someone with big dreams, nothing new—but she’s a fresh stranger-like figure he hasn’t dug into yet, which makes @borabe perfect for his latest project. another underdog story that he can involve himself in! more than that, there’s potential in the girl, which he hopes she sees in herself. still, confidence and self-assurance has always been an action first think later! type of thing for jay, an individual who dives head first into whatever captures his interests in the moment. naturally, he’s dragging bora in for the ride. for her benefit, he’d argue.

“okay! so this is a very simple competition, trust me.” he says, almost as if he’s defending his own solo decision to promptly sign bora up without any warning. “all you have to do… is get out there and show them what you’re made of!” he insists, sticking out his thumb to the stage. “everyone’s on the same level here, same playing field. i hear a talent scout has been walking around these areas too, you know. maybe you should look out for someone like that.”

he peeks his head out from behind the curtains backstage, looking into the crowd. “i thought they’d look like a stick in the mud, wearing a fancy suit or whatever. haven’t seen anyone like that though… maybe we need to watch out for someone with a very serious face on and wrinkles all over? from corporate stress?” jay turns back to bora, breaking into a grin. “ooohhh, are you nervous?” he questions, falling into his bad habit of teasing his newly acquired friend.

[be-points]

jeong bora - trainee base points

- creative direction: +5 ( bora handles a lot of the social media marketing for her family’s cafe, through tiktoks and youtube. ) - solo performance: +5 ( despite her slight stage fright, bora has experience performing in front of others at small venues such as open bar sessions, and has only really performed solo. ) - live performance: +5 ( same as solo performance; she has experience performing in front of others, such as the community talent show. ) - language - korean: +50 ( bora is fluent in korean. ) - language - english: +10 ( she learned english when she was in high school, but she hasn’t quite kept it up as well as much as she could have. ) - special skill - painting: +25 ( this is bora’s best talent overall; she’s been painting since she was in high school. however, she is not at all professionally trained. )

[be-points]

jeong bora - community talent show 2025

- cafe visit: +5 rap +5 presence ( ☁ ) - solo: +10 rap +5 presence ( ☁ ) - moodboard: +5 dance +5 aesthetic ( ☁ )

[jueunbe]

✦ . ˚ — @borabe

while jueun couldn't remember every single one of her customers from olive young—that was practically impossible—she remembered those who frequently sought her out. unlike some of her coworkers, jueun actually enjoyed offering advice to anybody who wanted it.

that's why when she spots bora even after she's quit, she can't help but step into the cafe to speak with her. "how are you using that highlighter i suggested for you? i really think putting it on your cheeks would make your blush pop too!" she said before taking a sip of the latte that bora had made for her.

unfortunately, jueun's had to quit because she couldn't possibly handle the part-time job and her trainee life together, but she still loved talking about makeup. it was almost a pity that she had to quit because she couldn't anymore, so it was nice to be able to bump into bora like this again.

[be-points]

JEONG BORA - VALENTINES 2025

+ 3 performance/ancillary points for headcanon post (1 dance, 2 rap)+ 3 performance/ancillary points for moodboard (1 aesthetic, 2 composition)

verification: link to post | link to moodboard

(i apologize if i mess up anything!!)