re–bye

closed starter for @skepticxs​ day: one / where: cabin two

so chaerin thinks she may have gone too overboard.

the thought had bothered her since yesterday. really, it was a pathetic conflict between her dignity and fear—pack for herself, or pack for the group. though the attempt to simply do the former had already failed. pack what you need, she told herself last night as reached for yet another bottle of bug repellant. just in case someone needs it, just in case someone didn’t.

she would come prepared, that’s what’s important. heck, she even bought those safety whistles to attach to her bag.

if they do need something from her, they’ll be thankful anyways. the thought lead her to carry two additional duffel bags besides her backpack, filled with first aid to tupperwares of food her mom had painstakingly made the night before. it’s embarrassing how most of what she’d pack will end up in the cabinets instead of her closet.

she thinks dreadfully of her readiness now that she’s stacking god knows how many ramen packs in their cabin’s kitchens (note to self: stock up the other cabin’s cabinets, too). she sits on the counter once she’s done, snacking on her mother’s kimbap while contemplating how to divide the uneven amount of first aid materials between her cabin and their’s. gosh, she hadn’t even started unpacking her own clothes.

“there’s food in the kitchen if any of you get hungry!” chaerin calls out to no one in particular, just so they all know. she decides to deal with the other toiletries after she’s done with her own belongings. 

ryu chaerin, 1993 (25), the caregiver, ur fussy mother friend 

incredibly spoiled as a child, her parents weren’t even rich. there was a period when she thought she could rlly get anything she wanted

it wasn’t til her mom gave birth to twins when she learned to actually not be a brat

she was really guilty of her preconceptions towards her siblings (bc she thought mom and dad wouldn’t love her as much, just really immature thoughts) and it resulted to her sensitive attitude towards others

her excellent display of conduct in school usually made up for her average grades

badly wanted to attend a SKY university just so she could brag to relatives + her parents would be praised for that achievement

except it never happened, and that shit hurt

anyways, she took architecture in university, finally earned that validation (aka her age) she needed to wild out and date people

the concern & care she showers her twin brothers with naturally shifts over to her juniors/gf/bf

therefore, common cause of breakup: either she frets too much or they take advantage of how much she spoils them

she lives w her parents now that she’s out of uni so she could help w the bills, also works at a small architecture firm as a proj manager