Thread: Prejudice and Desire (Niah & AtypicalTyrant)

Chae Eun-ju moved to the United States when she was just ten years old. It was a decision made by her father, who wanted to live out his golden age of retirement in the US. He had, had a very successful career as a boxer in South Korea, but his chosen lifestyle never seemed to leave him with a lot of spare time. All the training, promotional events and matches, a lot of people wondered how his wife managed to put up with it all. However she loved him and was just as passionate about his career as he was. With such a hectic schedule, the couple put off having children until the time was ready. Which is why her father was forty-five by the time that Chae was born. Having aging parents meant that Chae often found that she was living for them instead of herself. Six months ago she moved in order to be closer to them, as they had settled down in a town located in another state. Now in their seventies and with her father suffering with the early onset of Alzheimer's, the couple desperately needed their daughter around. When it came to looking for a job in this new town, she needed one that would fit around looking after her parents. She instantly found that a lot of employers just couldn't handle her sometimes erratic timetable and a feeling of hopelessness was beginning to creep in. Then one day she met Rose Callaghan, owner of the local Red Rose Diner . The elderly woman was generous enough to offer Chae a job as a waitress and completely understood about her need to sometimes take sudden time off. Likewise, Chae was always willing to work a little overtime when Rose needed to go somewhere. Which turned out was going to be the case tonight. Are you sure it's ok to close up for me tonight? I know it's a little short notice, but we've had this evening planned for ages and Tommy can't do it because he's going to see Romeo's match. Rose asked Chae, as the Korean woman was wiping down a table inside the diner. Honestly it's fine Chae replied with a soft smile. Tommy was Rose's son and Romeo was something of a local celebrity. The boxing scene was quite big in this town, which was probably one of the reasons why her father had decided to move here. A lot of people attended the matches and Romeo was one of the more popular boxers. He seemed like a decent man, in fact Chae had first met him because he had been helping Rose carry her bags back to the cafe one day. He was quite nice to everyone... except for Chae. At first she had thought that Romeo's attitude and rudeness might be due to her being new around here. Some people were suspicious of strangers and all that. However as the months went by, his behavior didn't improve. Nothing Chae did was good enough and no matter how pleasant she tried to be towards him, it made no difference. Once in a while he would treat her half decently, then instantly seemed to regret it and countered it with his signature bad attitude. Chae really didn't know what his problem was and the situation was even more confusing due to her attraction to the male. It had been an instant thing, the moment she saw him coming into the diner with Rose's bags in his muscular arms. Chae couldn't help but notice how good looking was, plus he was so kind and friendly to the elderly woman. Too bad that kindness didn't extend to Chae. Every time Chae was about to write him off as a lost cause, he would do something considerate and confuse her all over again. Like the time that he gave her ill father his autograph. It had been such a lovely thing to do for an old man who was quite the fan of his. Of course Romeo was soon back to his same old self afterwards and this back and forth was really beginning to give Chae whiplash. Trying her best to shake Romeo out of her thoughts, Chae gave Rose an affectionate squeeze on the arm. You have a lovely time tonight and don't worry about a thing, I'll make sure everything gets closed up. Chae told the older woman, before going to greet a couple who had just walked in to grab some breakfast.