#im so sorry its so long DKDJGJDG its literally too long to read but like . watch the video haha

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.:｡✧*ﾟ「 VILLAS TASK 004.  — MEET THE FAMILY ! 」

kaia’s family isn’t something that’s discussed a lot so this was a fun task for exploring that & gave me the chance to actually set a more descriptive background for her family (since i literally.. never set a background for kaia’s family it was all very vague bc muse e was an unstable muse for a while & i didn’t wanna set anything in stone just for plotting purposes hahaha) ! so yeah the reason why it took me so long to do this task was bc i was stuck & i didn’t know what to do & write since i only had a very broad & general idea of what her family is like. the lims aren’t a particularly happy family, but they’re not a completely tragic one either ? like all families they’ve definitely got their ups & downs but don’t worry this isn’t emo ! it’s just long so i’m rlly sorry in advance if u do decide that u wanna read through all of this ! also before u read, click here for a fun video on the byun-lim sibling dynamic !

✧ jaeun park-byun ( 45 ) - mother

from a young age, jaeun had always been an ambitious person with big goals and dreams for the future. she was the valedictorian of her class, and practically involved in almost every club when she was in high school. being a very pristine and organized person, she basically had her entire life mapped out and expected nothing short of the future and life she envisioned for herself. however, discovering that she was pregnant with kaia at the age of 24 was something she did not foresee, and completely took these plans of hers off the rails. instead of preparing to take her picture for top 100 successful women in america like she wished to one day, she was instead buying baby clothes and busy building a nursery. although being pregnant was a box that was never on her to-do list, she and minhyun welcomed kaia happily into the world with open arms nonetheless. instead of making plans for herself, she started to imagine and plan out a future for her newborn daughter. for the first few years of kaia’s life, they were a happily family. jaeun was a good mother, despite being so controlling over kaia’s life at times. due to how kaia was her first and only child, jaeun focused all of her attention on kaia and started attempting to train her as a mini jaeun. she signed kaia up for things such as ballroom dancing, piano lessons, swimming, and practically almost anything she believed would turn kaia into a well-rounded, obedient kid and would look fitting on her resume. but kaia was almost the completely opposite of jaeun—even as a kid, it was like trying to put a tutu on a dog and trying to get it to dance ballet. naturally, their relationship would consist a lot of a mini kaia arguing with her mom because of this and refusing to follow the expectations her mom wanted. whenever jaeun told kaia she couldn’t have or do something, kaia did it anyways and would always manage to find a way to get to it without jaeun’s help. due to this, most of these lessons and activities never lasted more than a few years. despite how often jaeun would try to helicopter kaia’s life, there were memories and moments that kept their relationship warm and loving at times, such as when the two would go out for ice cream after her swim meets. around the time kaia was in middle school, jaeun and minhyun’s relationship started to fall apart. they were never a perfect match, but over the years this flaw slowly became more evident as their chemistry diminished and their sparks died out. they had been best friends turned lovers, which was why kaia was so infatuated with their relationship and the idea of love. however, with the arguments that just built up over the next few years and how distant the two parents had become with each other—kaia wasn’t necessarily surprised when they sat her down one day and told her that they were divorcing. kaia was actually relieved in a way, but it still didn’t hurt any less to know that the same two people she had looked up to for so long were divorcing.

after the divorce, it was like every flaw and negative characteristic of jaeun had intensified and kicked up a notch. although she was always a helicopter mom, it was almost like all of the warmth and good parts of their relationship had disappeared after she re-married. with her new marriage into a financially more well-off family, she started to care much more about her as well as her family’s own image. because of their new wealthy business family, jaeun wanted kaia to became a daughter she could be proud of—a daughter she could present to young heirs from other families and marry off. while she wanted kaia to wear expensive gucci skirts and button-ups, kaia always opted for ripped jeans and a graphic tee. jaeun would try ten times harder to change kaia and get her to be exactly the way she wanted her—the perfect, intelligent, clean-cut, debutante princess. and as a result of this, kaia only pushed her mom further away and only became angrier at her. she slowly started to give up on maintaining the relationship she once had with her mom, since it seemed like all her mom cared about now was money and the image of a perfect, upper-class family. kaia hated how jaeun had taken a full 180 and how meanwhile she continued to act nice and an actual mom to her new step-kids, she continued to treat kaia more like a pet or a business associate rather than an actual daughter. her rocky relationship with her mom caused kaia to act out in numerous ways for many years from high school to college. after graduating from high school and getting the opportunity to move away and start a new life at penn state, she cut off her relationship with her mom and also gave up the money her mom would send her as a result, not wanting to owe anything to her mom or give jaeun something else to hold over her head. now, kaia only ever really talks to jaeun or meets up with her during the holidays, like christmas and thanksgiving due to how she continues to ignore her mom’s many attempts of contact.

✧ minhyun lim ( 46 ) - father

between jaeun and minhyun, kaia was always closer to minhyun. he was the nicer and more understanding one of the two, and from a young age she had always been daddy’s little girl. because it was jaeun who wore the pants of the relationship, minhyun always followed under her lead. despite this, he was able to show his support for kaia through the little things. when jaeun put the cookie jar away up in a high cabinet and locked it, it was minhyun who would intentionally leave the key out for kaia to find and grab with her small chubby little hands. he would watch quietly with a chuckle as she grabbed chairs for herself and climbed onto the counter to unlock the cabinet and eat all of the cookies, even when her mom told her not to and clearly scolded her many times. when little kaia would get in trouble for drawing on the walls constantly, it was minhyun who decided to paint one wall of her room with chalkboard paint to allow her to draw and scribble on the wall to her heart’s content, despite jaeun complaining about how the one black wall completely ruined the interior of the house. on the contrary of what most people would think, jaeun and minhyun were a very good match in the beginning—she was uptight and criticized about many things, but he balanced that out with his laidbackness and rationality. with the birth of kaia, it only strengthened their relationship and made them even happier. although most of her time as a kid was spent with jaeun, due to how the woman constantly took control of her life and focused solely on her, kaia still spent a good amount of time with minhyun as well. while jaeun was the one who would upset little kaia and would get into arguments with her over the smallest things, it was minhyun who would break up the argument as if he was the only parent and both of them were children. as a kid, jaeun was the villain but kaia always saw minhyun as her hero who always knew how to make her feel better. one of the hardest parts of the divorce for kaia was knowing that she wouldn’t be able to see her dad as much and having to wonder how their life would be without him in it everyday. after the divorce, minhyun was the first to remarry between the two parents and eventually found someone else. their new family consists of a step-daughter (ava) who is now 14, and an 8 year old son (lucas) that he had with his new wife. although it was a bit awkward in the beginning, kaia started to warm up to his new family and the new life he had embraced. she doesn’t get to see minhyun as much as she would like, but she continues to visit him during holidays such as thanksgiving and christmas as well. due to how she is not as close to jaeun and has cut off any relationship with her mom, kaia wants to reach out to minhyun and try to spend more time with him but feels as if she’ll be intruding his new life and his newfound happiness. so for now, she doesn’t want to change things and thinks it’ll be better to leave things as they are and only see him a couple times a year.

✧ dohyun byun ( 50 ) - step-father

kaia’s relationship with dohyun isn’t very complicated. she doesn’t like him, but she doesn’t hate or have as strong grudge against him. if it hadn’t been for the fact that dohyun’s previous marriage ended due to his infidelity, kaia wouldn’t be as harsh on him but this fact makes it hard for her to completely trust him. she believes that if he cheated once before, the chances of this new marriage crumbling because of the same mistake he might commit are very high. she doesn’t necessarily interact with him much and likes to mind her own business and avoid any one-on-one conversations with him due to how awkward they usually are. whenever they do talk, it’s just small-talk that dohyun tries to make in an attempt to get closer to his step-daughter but she refuses to get close to him or really open up to him. their relationship is strained, but kaia no longer purposely ignores him like she had in the beginning. similar to how he spoils katrine, he attempts to do the same for kaia but she just brushes off his efforts. although it is jaeun who puts all of the pressure on kaia to get married off to some rich heir and to be a presentable daughter, she feels like some of that pressure to be a perfect and clean-cut daughter comes from dohyun as well.

✧ katrine byun ( 17 ) - step-sister

kaia sees katrine as one of the only good things to have come out of her mother’s new marriage. although her relationship with nathan isn’t particularly great, her relationship with katrine is. the two are very similar in personalities and upon first meeting each other, they automatically clicked. because kaia was an only child, she had always wanted a sister to talk to or do things with so when katrine came into her life, it was like fate. together the two are a troublesome duo, and as a result of their names they call themselves the “2k.” with katrine around, kaia feels less lonely and is a lot more okay with her mom’s remarriage as a result. although adjusting initially was hard, having katrine as a step-sister definitely made things a lot easier for her. because of katrine’s fallen relationship with nathan and kaia’s similar situation, the two pull pranks on nathan all the time and never allows him rest. because kaia and nathan went to high school together as well, whenever she came home from school she would just gossip with katrine and spill all of the tea on him, talking about things like how he got yelled at by the teachers at school again that day or ended up in the assistant principal’s office. because katrine is only a few years younger than kaia, she would give katrine advice (usually bad) and the two would spend so much time together talking about everything in their room. after kaia started college at penn state, katrine and kaia definitely didn’t get to see each other as much but the two continues to keep in touch often through texts and video calls. when they reunite every year during the holidays, it’s usually very chaotic but always a fun time for the both of them.

✧ nathan byun ( 22 ) - step-brother

these two really don’t ever get along and to the public eye, may seem like they absolutely hate each other. however, this isn’t the complete truth. although kaia and nathan do have their fair share of arguments, which usually consist of them making fun of each other (like kaia does with his big ears) or making threats to expose the other’s love life to the family, kaia deep down does care more about her step-brother than she’d care to admit. the beginning stages and first few years after the remarriage were a struggle and rough since the two wanted nothing to do with each other and their new families. they would have to deal with seeing each other everyday, both at home and at school. as much as they would try to avoid the other during school, they eventually winded up meeting in detention anyways. this would result in the supervisor having to separate the two because they would always end up in an argument, probably isolating kaia to the corner of a room and the two teaming up just to try and scheme their way out of detention together. it’s no surprise that these two are nosy and would always try to get the dirt on one another, no matter what it took. however, once the two started college together and started living in the comfort of their own residency—kaia didn’t get to see nathan around as much. she would only see him a couple of times on campus every now and then, and when she would, she would usually follow him quietly just to try and see what he’s been up to as well as get some dirt on him to spill to katrine later that day. she went through many lengths to keep an eye on him since she could no longer do it the way she did back in high school, even going as far as stealing a mascot costume and dressing up just to get close to him during one of his games. so although they don’t get along much, they’re a lot more similar in more ways than one than they’ll ever realize.

✧ teagan rosales ( 21 ) - soul sister

teagan is kaia’s rock and has been the only constant in her life since they first met in the second grade. with both of them being a little wild and crazy, they compliment each other well and it’s no surprise that their friendship has been strong for this long. before the divorce, kaia was an only child but she never completely felt like one due to how teagan was always attached to her hip. the two were completely inseparable, and as they grew closer it was as if teagan’s family had become kaia’s as well. she grew close to not only teagan but her siblings and growing up, it helped to have someone such as teagan to help bring the adventure and fun to her life when her mom wanted nothing but order and class. teagan was like the sister kaia had and around her, kaia felt like she could truly be accepted as herself and not wanted to change into anything or anyone else. she would spend countless sleepovers at teagan’s house during the years of the divorce, when things were falling apart between her two parents and she didn’t want to deal with the drama of it all. they were in middle school at the time, but kaia would never ask her parents for permission and would just sneak out in the middle of the night to go to teagan’s house and spend the night there. her mom would wake up confused and panicked for the first few times, naturally scolding kaia every time she did it but afterwards, jaeun no longer became surprised at the sight of an empty bed and calling teagan’s mom to discover that kaia had spent yet another night there. they carpooled often together during high school and even got their first tattoos together once teagan had turned 18, with a sun tattoo on kaia’s ankle and a matching moon one on teagan’s. the two have been through almost everything together, they’ve seen each other at their worst and have been there for each other through the worst as well. although there was a time during college where kaia felt as if they were getting more distant and weren’t as close as they used to be, their bond remains unbroken and teagan continues to be her one and only soul sister till this day.