LAVENDER TEAHOUSE : minah

"MY PAST IS A PART OF ME AND I COULD NEVER FORGET IT"

PERSONALITY TRAITS :　

( + ) caring; thoughtful;  intelligent; conscientious; creative

( - ) pessimistic; anxious; selfless; quiet; too agreeable

PERSONALITY :　

( + ) minah is quite a caring person. she puts peoples needs over her own needs and cares deeply for everyone. she was taught the importance of friendship and love from her grandparents when she moved to korea. everywhere she went, she took consideration of the people and things around her caring deeply for them, and thought of them. she's quite an intelligent student. minah has always put school over friends, which she didn't seem to make many of. her grade sky-rocketed all the time which allowed her to gain a scholarship for her dream school. most of the money is paid off by her or by hoseok's family. she follows each of the rules and takes many consideration in her choices. being a photographer means she must be creative. everywhere she went she saw art and would always take pictures of each of the things. 

( - ) the problems minah has is she's too pessimistic. growing up in a poor family wasn't that great. her parents worked two jobs just to keep her and her sister alive. she didn't seem to be quite optimistic in life for she believed everything good that will happen to her will all just crumble down. since she keeps quite close attention to her grades it keeps her anxious at all times. she's unaware of what to do in most situations for she is quiet and quite anxious. although she is quite caring, she is too selfless. as a teen she didn't eat much for she wanted the money to go to her parents needs. they believed she was eating well however they noticed how she didn't care much for herself, but for others more. speaking of life just crumbling down all the time, she's too agreeable. she sometimes makes choices that don't even fit her opinons or needs since she wants to show others she agrees with them.

BACKGROUND :　

( australia ) minah was born in australia in a simple middle class family. she enjoyed her childhood meeting many family members from her mothers side, however they weren't very fond of her. they didn't make much contact. she met her love interest, shin hoseok, there. the two would always fight with one another but they were really close with one another. he'd about how feminie she was and everything she did. however, an event occured causing the family to lose their lots of money. her parents decided to move to korea and start a new life there. her family was very close friends with hoseok's family so they decided to move with them as well and help them out with their new life.

( event ) her grandmother on her father's side was dignoised with cancer. since her mother's side wasn't much supportive of the family since her mother married her father, they weren't able to get much of the family's money into their family. since her father was the only child he knew it was his right to help his mother out. as they paid off a lot of the expenses for treatment they knew it would be better if they were closer to his mother. although lots of money was lost. they knew they used it for a good reason.

( korea ) when arriving to korea it took her not too long to get used to the customs of the country. she was a pretty quiet girl. everywhere she went people always saw her with the most serious face and were a bit afraid. she encountered bullies here and there, but she didn't let them get to her. her parents pushed her to join many competitions and activites which helped her so much with her scholarship applications which put ease to her parents. at home there would be alot of fighting about the bills and etc. but minah would always sit on her roof and listen to music letting all her worries fade away.

( sister ) her sister, sohye, wasn't there much ever since they moved to korea, but she was still very supportive for minah. sohye was older than her by 4 years meaning minah was the youngest of the family. her sister caused lots of trouble making the family stress out so much especially her boyfriend kangjoon. the family didn't approve of kangjoon for he was quite a troublemaker. when minah became a 8th grader her sister ran away from home with her boyfriend but left many information to minah for whenever she needs to be contacted. her sister didn't give her much details of her departure and where she was going, but she had her contact info making minah able to contact her at desperate time. 

( photography ) during the summers her parents would always travel to the countryside no matter what. at the countryside minah fell in love with nature. when she would be with her grandparents, although her grandmother wasn't around much, there she would always admire the photographs within their home. her grandfather appreciated photography very much. he has many models of vintage cameras sitting there. he would notice how much minah would admire each of the cameras and how she would pretend to hold one as they're walking in the mountains to pick some herbs. one day he decided to give her one of his prized vintage cameras. she promised to take very good care to it, and till this day she still does.

( love-life ) minah doesn't exactly have a love-life. but, minah did have many crushes. however, all her crushes were pushed away for she treasured school more. then, there was this one boy. he would always stay by her side despite all the times she told him off. the more he stayed by her side the more they got closer. although they despised eachother so much during their childhood years, she treasured him very much and fell in love with him.

TRIVIA :

▸ (likes) nature, photography, cafes, bookstores, r&b, indie, cats
▸ (dislikes) cute things, large groups, spiders, cockroaches, alarms
▸ (habits) spacing out, biting nails, sweating very much when working hard, playing with her hair, patting her cheeks often at random times 
▸ (hobbies) singing, reading, swimming, playing the piano, bike riding
▸ (fears) thunderstorms, being alone, drowning, gunshots, losing her family

"THOSE WHO ARE IMPORTANT TO ME IS THE REASON WHY I KEEP GOING"

RELATIONSHIPS :　

▸ mother — melissa jung (55) | cook; nurse at a nursery home | soft-spoken, friendly, family orientated | (10/10)
her mother was very supportive of her as she grew up. although minah's sister, sohye, wasn't the best she still cared for as much as she cared for minah. they were her children and no matter what they will always matter to her.

▸ father — kangjoo jung (58) | buisness man(?) | loud, positive, funny, strict| (8/10)
her father was usually away from home. minah would consider her as a buisness man since her mother would tell her he had some buisness he had to attend so he wasn't home much. minah didn't get to really know his actual job, but she believes it's best she doesn't know. 

▸sister — sohye jung (25) | unknown | outgoing, rebel | (5/10)
her sister was always remain a mystery to her. she doesn't really know what's going on with her sisters life. however, her sister did remain close in contact with her. sohye listened to everything going on in minah's life but she would never include her own nor mentions it. minah believes that sohye is currently a mother since she would always her a child/baby in the background whenever the two would talk on the telephone. 

▸grandfather (father's side) — changkyun jung | dead | (11/10) 
her grandfather was her most favourite person in her whole life. he inspired her with words of wisdom and taught her to be a caring child while growing up. changkyun taught her the importance of nature as well which sparked her love for nature even more.

"I WORK TO MAKE A LIVING AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES ME LIVE"

EVERYDAY LIFE :　minah lives with her family still and she wakes up early in the morning to head to school. she wasn't able to afford a dorm to live at. luckily her close friend, hoseok, decided not to live in the dorm as well so the two would always take their time in the morning to head to school together. her days consist of studying then heading to work. one most days she would head to the cafe first then head to her other job at a bookstore and stay there late. at night, she would usually take the bus home, but if it was too late she would walk home despite it being far away. most times hoseok would be there so she was able to get a ride home.

WORKING STYLE :

▸ she's quite consistent when it comes to work. minah would always review her work over and over to make sure there weren't any mistakes what so every in her work. each of her photos would take time to be actually taken. she always takes consideration of the small details and add it in such as lighting and the background. whenever she works at the cafe at night she would bring her laptop along and upload the photos onto her blog and talk about the cafe. also, she would hang up photos in the cafe to make it pop even more.

▸ at the bookstore she doesn't really need to do much work, which is quite a plus for her. at the corner she would work on her assignments and whenever her manager would catch her, he wouldn't care at all. she recieved equal ammount of pay which was very nice. 

"QUESTIONS ARE BRUTAL BUT ARE EASY TO ANSWER"

HOW & WHERE DID YOU HEARD OF THIS PLACE? : 

▸ i was taking a walk with my friend hoseok. i needed some things to add to my daily blog, which i stay anonymous in, and i came across this place. it looked wonderful and i saw that they were hiring. so, i applied for the job making me have two jobs now. 

WHAT MAKES YOU WANT TO WORK HERE? : 

▸ the lively people that arrive to the shop. the shop is honestly so beautiful it helps me with my photography. 

ARE YOU OKAY WITH THE SMELL OF TEA? : 

▸ i love the smell of the tea. whenever i would visit the countryside and head off with my grandfather into the mountains and forests we would gather up herbs to make tea.

WHAT TYPE OF TEA THAT INSPIRES YOU TO KEEP GOING? : 

▸ earl grey tea, and black tea. it reminds me of the happy moments of my childhood. the moments i really appreciated.

DO YOU THINK YOU CAN LAST LONG OF WORKING HERE? : 

▸ yes! i love the staff so much, and the cafe is so beautful and wonderful to work at. i'm glad i found the place.

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LAST WORDS :　i'm really not too sure about the ending for minah and hoseok. i'll put more time into that soon and change it up a bit.okay wowza i did a few updates to this, espically hoseok and minah's ending, bcs why not :)))))

SCENE REQUESTS : 

▸ meeting her sister once again around the teahouse. her sister is holding a child's hand and it seems as if they just got back from a day at a festival
▸ here

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