uwah thank you,,,, I'd like to talk more about my ocs but I feel like when it comes to sharing headcanons and all that I've become somewhat intimated? and concerned if people would even want to know because if I just put it all out there and get no reaction, then it deflates me even if I know I should just do it for myself and eventually people might listen and if not that's fine, too. but at this point a part of me also doesn't quite know when to exactly bring them up now since so far I only posted pictures and then dipped lmao

Rika grew up under a lot of pressure from her family and holds herself to very high standards and is a perfectionist which eventually made her very nervous to be around people as in constantly trying to please everyone. there's also a lot of miscommunication between her and her sister Mina as their parents sorta pit them against another, more so their dad than their mom though and well that took a huge toll on her, too. but thankfully the sisters been able to reconnect and rika has been taking slow and steady steps and managed to make friends whose cats she sometimes took care of and realized how calming it is for her to have one around. at first she wasn't sure if she'd be able to take proper care of a pet since she thinks she can't even take care of herself but now it's one of the best decisions she's made,,, mercury is a grey maine coon, he's still growing so not that huge of a floofer, yet

they do!! averys family owns a bakery and they've been working together there. her family has been living there and a house next door for years; they always loved hosting and have been very welcoming, or have had big families is why the bakery building and the house next to it are rather big. like not very fancy or anything but yknow. I'd like to think that economy wasn't as bad dhdhsj so her family managed, generations ago, to secure the land and built everything and ever since then they've been renovating or adding to it etc. but yea it does them both super well and it's also starting to hit avery that she'll take over the business now sooner than later.. also her gf, jade, really really loves books so the plan is for them to turn a little part of the baker's cafe into a bit of a library to combine their two passions / studies