253 ㅡ ♕ You know you were born to fly.

VELOVE OWENS

Because this is my life, and that’s the only explanation you need

Written by Vanny | 1,207 words

A story I’ve heard often somewhere;

Ugly duckling and swan, a butterfly before it flies

People don’t know, they don’t see your wings

A new world you’ve met could be cruel,

But strong girl, you know you were born to fly.

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VELOVE, the perfect girl who can do no wrong. She is a bright star born to bask in the center of attention attracting others with her beauty during her younger days and attaining glory as an adult. She seems to be living the life that any girl would envy, but fate and ambition threatens to destroy her innocence. She is passionate, running into the flames head on in hopes of rebirth. She might be the “perfect” girl who can do almost everything, though her forte is painting and art is her life, who seemingly lives a life envied by others, but actually she is really lonely and insecure deep down. She likes to throw jokes at others and always smile almost all the time. That’s somehow just her mask to hide her insecurities by living the perfect life—they said—but isn’t the life she wants. She likes listening to the sound of raindrops, always loving her ‘me-time’ but being with lots of people, laughing together, makes her better since she wants to be needed, she wants to be helpful to others. Putting other feeling’s first than hers doesn’t make her fake, that’s how much she cares about her friends and family. She only wants to live her own life the way she really wants, that’s what makes her turned into such a rebellious kid ever since she was ten. Nonetheless, she’s still that Velove Owens who loves freedom, always seeking for attention by being ambitious, never know how to give up before giving everything a try—setting goals of life, because she is now having her own life as both of her hands controlling the steering wheel. She loves painting so much and she could bravely say that she has achieved her dream. She could build her own art studio right after she graduated from Tokyo University of Arts with Fine Arts as her major, and become a famous painter, an artist. Although both parents didn’t want her to move to Japan from Melbourne and attend fine arts classes, she blocked her ears and passionately studying hard until she could satisfy herself, until she could really say, “I am proud of myself, I am proud of my choice.” Everything has now come to what Velove truly wants. Yes, it’s because she never doubt herself, and always set her goals—the most important thing, she always believes in herself.

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Velove Owens was born as the second daughter of Owens Family. Ever since she was little, she had been taught to be polite, well-mannered in front of others, and also learnt to use honorific when talking to everyone around herㅡall had been taught pretty strictly by her parents, because they were obsessed with making her a great and powerful lady when she grown up. There were no days of rest for little Velove. Everyday, she had to keep attending classes, here and there. Doing all things she dislikes made her grown up as a strong-willed lady.

By the time she started her school days, she had been considered as one of those powerful new students who were living in luxury with glorious background. Despite her rich family being exposed ever since she was little, people would claim her as such a prodigy because of her clevernessㅡher IQ is above average. She would get nine or even ten when her classmates got only six, and she would be proud of herself by looking down at the lower score ones with a grin.

Bryan Owens and Saitō Ume were really glad seeing both of her daughters grown up well-mannered, strong-willed, passionate and also smart. After waiting for years, finally a long awaited time was right around the corner. The time to choose the successor of AQUARES had come. Bryan would like to choose Violetta Owens, his eldest daughter, to become his clothing brand’s next CEO, but Ume believed that Velove has that strong vibe to become the next CEO and led the company well. Through lots of meetings with investor and share-holders also with some internal staffs, the announcement was made. Violetta became the next CEO of AQUARES. Actually, deep inside Velove’s heart, she was happy, she was glad, she didn’t want to be the successor and live under her parents’ control. She was seeking for freedom. She wanted to be a painter, an artist, and not a CEO.

Violetta was twenty seven when she got selected as the next CEO, and year after, she already could sit down on Bryan’s chief executive officer’s chair and started riding the AQUARES ship in her own way. Seeing her father also her sister being busy almost 24/7 preparing for everything, Velove tried to persuade her mother so that she could move to Japan and attend fine arts classes as she wanted to start chasing her dream—which was to become a famous painter. But, no wonder from a rich family, no one ever wanted a painter daughter. Ume didn’t give her blessing for Velove to go, Bryan also said, ‘no’, and her sister rolled her eyes and said, “What will you get in Japan and fine arts? Shame.”

Shame.

That time when Velove didn’t get all the permissions to follow her heart; to reach her dream, was the longest time ever. Sadness came every single night, she would pray to God and still trying to persuade her parents because she was sure, really sure she could be a famous painter one day. But, again and again, Velove didn’t get what she wanted. She even got rejected to come to her father’s office and her mother defended her father by saying, “Your father is busy, love.” Well, after spending days of thinking, Velove didn’t want to stop at there before even having a starting point; before starting everything. She packed her luggage and left Australia. Leaving home in Melbourne, her family, her friends, and everything that she had—she started a new as a freshman in Tokyo University of Arts and diligently attending fine arts classes until she graduated cum laude with perfect scores.

Years spent by her being alone, living in a big city called Tokyo, and she already achieved one of her goals—graduating from arts university. She could open her own arts studio called d’Artz Island in Nagasaki City right after she graduated because of her perfect scores in fine arts and also because of her strong-willed in arts. She met an art chief executive officer, Inagaki Satoshi, and started collaborating. She even had her arts book published. Finally, she could be proud of her own choice. A famous painter she is now, and it is such a dream comes true.

After spending years in Japan’s capital; Tokyo, and some months in Nagasaki City, she decided to expand her popularity by moving to Korea. Jinhae City. She decided to challenge herself in a new environment.