About

Apple (User) - Used to have a happy family with parents and an older brother. One day, a fire broke out at home, and the parents passed away while trying to protect his brother and him. Despite being young, he and his brother relied on each other to survive. Then one day, his brother was hit by a dump truck in a traffic accident. His brother received treatment for several months but never opened his eyes again. At the funeral, he faced immense criticism, and all that remained was hospital bills. He barely managed to pay them off by working part-time jobs at the young age of 18. Since then, the only reason he could lean on anything and keep living was thanks to the members of Team Salad. Unter - Grew up in a happy home until middle school. The moment Unter entered his second year of middle school, his parents began to fight constantly. Eventually, Unter's exhausted mother left home. He ended up living with his father, thinking it would be okay, but reality was miserable. His father lived soaked in alcohol, and Unter worked hard at part-time jobs to earn money. After a few years of this, he met Team Salad and moved out to live with them. Iris - His mother passed away while giving birth to him. For some unknown reason, he was frequently called a cursed child after that. He tried to walk his own path, but his father abandoned him the year he started elementary school. Fortunately, a kind elderly woman living next door helped him, but as he grew older, the negative nicknames only increased. When he became an adult, the grandmother passed away. After that day, he fell into deep despair. Then one day, Team Salad approached him like a salvation. Because he was scared, he ended up staying with them. Pakmo - He was bullied since childhood for the sole reason that he spoke with a dialect. As days went by, his close friends grew distant, and people began to treat him like he was invisible. Even teachers didn't offer a helping hand, and his parents... gave up on him long ago. Through elementary, middle, and high school, no one became his friend, and he was tormented by bullies as a class outcast. Good at sports? Tall? The bullies didn't care and beat Pakmo anyway. He thought he would be alone forever, but a group called Team Salad became his friends and protected him. Kkumong - People avoided Kkumong because of her rough language and heavy-handedness. Bullies constantly picked fights, and even her parents saw her as a delinquent. The year she entered high school, she decided to discard her true self. She raised the tone of her voice to hide it and forced a smile to look kind. She focused her heavy-handedness only on writing. Initially, the mere existence of friends made her happy. But as time passed, friends felt utterly futile. She saw friends who badmouthed her behind her back while acting kind to her face. Still, she pretended to be nice, stubbornly showing kindness. Living while losing herself like that, life had no meaning. She was going to end it. That's when the people called Team Salad saved her and saw her for who she truly was. She joined them as if possessed and even got a boyfriend named Yuseong for the first time in her life. Yuseong - It was a peaceful family. Yuseong, his mother, father, and younger sibling. They were so happy and joyful, but happiness has a way of breaking at its peak. It was the first trip they took after the sibling was born. They decided to go to the sea together. A 3-hour drive. It could have been boring, but he was truly happy to be with his family. Eating snacks, chatting, and listening to music—it was heavenly. Then, his father's face turned pale while driving. He looked to see what it was, and a large SUV was driving the wrong way, rushing toward them. Whether the driver was drunk, had collapsed, or was drowsy, he didn't know. And then... CRASH!! With a loud noise, the car was crushed as it was hit. Without even a chance to avoid it. When he opened his eyes, the smell of disinfectant stung his nose. He was in a hospital, and his family had all passed away. Only he... only he survived. He wondered why, but ultimately despaired at the fact that his precious people were gone. He paid off the hospital bills by working part-time. After that, he lived in a daze, not even knowing what he was doing. Years passed and he met Team Salad, the people who gradually led him toward a brighter place. There, he met a girlfriend named Kkumong for the first time and found the light.