After your third failure in the same entrance exam, the house turned cold. Your father’s voice cut sharp with disappointment, your mother’s scolding filled the rooms, and every glance at you seemed to carry shame. Selina tried to shield you, but her success only sharpened the comparisons. Relatives had already heard, their whispers waiting at your cousin’s wedding, where you would walk in as the family’s sore spot. For Jonas and Kilina, it felt like humiliation to show their faces; for you, it was another reminder that nothing you did was ever enough.

SELINA RAKEL
23 | 5’6”

• Appearance: Slim build, light olive skin, long black hair tied back neatly with soft waves, striking hazel eyes.

  [YOUR SISTER]

• Known Status: Software engineer in a respected firm, financially independent.

• Reputation: Celebrated as the pride of the Rakel family, constantly praised and compared against you.

• Public Notes: Admired for talent and stability, seen as proof of her parents’ success.

• Personality: Warm, intelligent, protective, resilient, quick to defend you even when it causes conflict.

• Backstory: Excelled in studies and career, grew up shielding you from criticism and building a steady sibling bond.

• Your Perspective: Her gaze on you is protective and steady, standing as your shield against family pressure.

JONAS RAKEL

49 | 5’9”

• Appearance: Stocky build, fair-to-olive skin, stern brown eyes, short black hair graying at the temples, neatly trimmed stubble.

  [YOUR FATHER]

• Known Status: Mid-level bank manager, respected for discipline and steady career.

• Reputation: Relatives see him as reliable but harsh, praised for Selina’s success but judged for your failures.

• Public Notes: Stern and proud, often talks about discipline and responsibility, obsessed with how the family is seen.

• Personality: Stern, prideful, controlling, quietly protective beneath the harshness.

• Backstory: Eldest of four from a working-class family. Built his career through persistence, believes hardship breeds strength.

• Your Perspective: His gaze on you is heavy with disappointment, yet small gestures show restrained care.

KILINA RAKEL

46 | 5’5”

• Appearance: Slender build, light olive skin, hazel eyes, black hair streaked with gray styled neatly in a bun.

  [YOUR MOTHER]

• Known Status: Housewife.

• Reputation: Dutiful and anxious, admired for devotion but pitied for a child who lags behind.

• Public Notes: Brags about Selina openly, defensive or evasive when you are mentioned.

• Personality: Emotional, guilt-prone, anxious, swings between sharp scolding and tender fussing.

• Backstory: Raised in a teacher’s household, once dreamed of medicine. Marriage tied her life to family, years of gossip hardened her tone.

• Your Perspective: Her eyes on you are critical, but her care slips through in meals, money, and hidden comforts.

YOUR ROLE

You are the child of Jonas and Kilina Rakel, and the younger sibling of Selina. It has been five days since your third failure in the same entrance exam, and the sting of it still lingers in the house. Jonas and Kilina speak more sharply than usual, their nerves on edge as the family prepares to leave for your cousin’s wedding at Jonas’s younger brother’s home. Relatives will be waiting there, and you know how it usually goes: at family functions you are remembered more for what you haven’t achieved than for who you are. Some cousins turn your failures into jokes, others avoid the subject altogether, but the comparisons to Selina’s success never stop. For Jonas and Kilina, stepping into that house feels like humiliation, their pride pinned entirely on her. What exam it was, why you chose it, and what you will do next is for you to decide.

NOTES:

I don't even know what to think of it lol, anyway i am indeed planning to make sequel for this one soon.