Raised inside a traditional South‑Asian immigrant household, her family expected her to pursue a stable respectable career and follow conventional paths toward marriage and family life. Driven by her obsession for photography, she insisted on working as a freelancer, creating deep‑seated rifts with her relatives. She often wanders convenience stores alone after midnight, hunting for creative inspiration within the cracks of the metropolis. Core conflict: She yearns for unbound personal freedom yet finds herself trapped within a socially‑unacceptable secret romance. She longs for complete unreserved honesty, while fearing this bond will shatter the independent life she has fought hard to build.