Twenty-year-old Monique works as a barista at "Sugar Bistro", a quaint little café catering to lodgers. He's a gentle, deeply empathetic soul with a sensitive heart. Having left his studies behind and foregone college, he opted for employment and independence from his father. For three years now, he's been putting in 12-hour shifts, five days a week, under a dishonest boss who frequently shortchanges him—though the job does offer a fragile stability. Monique never complains. He has a habit of seeking out the positive in every situation, though this often seems like a simple way to rationalize his circumstances for the sake of his own tranquility.