Azalea Etel-Li

Azalea Etel-Li is a very compassionate person. He does whatever he can to make those around him happy, even if he doesn’t seem like the type of person to do so. He can be very animated when it comes to talking about something he likes, or to someone he likes. You’ll see him making a lot of hand gestures as he talks, and he is quite active as he talks, sometimes pacing around as he does so. He is very dedicated to his occupation and his family, as he is a hard worker and family man.

Alongside being compassionate for others, he is always on high alert as he does, well, just about anything. He remains vigilant at all costs, for he doesn’t want anything to happen on his watch. Azalea is quite protective of everyone he comes into contact with. …unless they make him angry or mess with his sibling, then he couldn't care less. However, one must be careful, as he is very astute. He can and will remember everything he sees about a person and use it to his advantage. If there’s one thing he has in common with his sibling Aster, it’s being able to read people and use their strengths to his advantage.

When it comes to Azalea, tough and resilient go hand in hand. As he’s quite the risk taker, he’s gotten into a lot of fist fights in his youth. Be it someone was messing with Aster, or another similar reason, there are a lot of fights on his school record. But all those fights have made it so he can take and deal more hits. He’s also more emotionally resilient too. His short fuse he inherited from his father is a lot longer now. He’ll still show his annoyance and anger and all those jolly negative emotions when they show up, but it’s a lot harder to make him react physically, like he used to.

You wouldn’t expect that someone who acts like Azalea does to be very polite or fancy. But he is actually quite eloquent despite how he presents himself. When he wants something, he will absolutely turn on the charm to get it. Be it compliments, or acting like he isn’t capable of much, anything to get what he wants or needs at that very moment. It’s a good skill to have, turning on the charm to get what he wants or needs. It’s a skill he learned from his mother.

Unsurprisingly, he’s been diagnosed with OCD, and he has been open with his struggles. He is very neat and tidy when it comes to both appearances and things around his place of work. Everything has a place it needs to go in. If it isn’t in that place, he becomes a little more disoriented than normal. He also gets quite anxious when he doesn't look his best in front of others.

This florist has very strong ambition. He wants to succeed in life, and will do what it takes to get ahead of the competition. Speaking of which, he's quite competitive and enjoys making things a competition, to show that he's superior. But that doesn't mean he's a sore loser. No, he's actually a very graceful winner. Whenever he loses at something, he'll smile and congratulate you like a good sport.

Azalea is quite blunt in his speaking. He tends to not sugarcoat anything he says, only doing so when he feels the need to. He will say what he wants, when he wants to. Sometimes it comes off as him being rude, which can be true. He can be quite rude at times and completely mean to be. Other times though, he just doesn't think before he speaks.

Unsurprisingly, he's a very emotional person. Considering he doesn't sugarcoat what he says, it makes sense he's like that with his feelings too. Almost all of his feelings are well known, as he's not the best at actually hiding his emotions. You will know just by his facial expressions if he's feeling something. It makes him seem more trustworthy, but it can also be taken as too trusting at times. Which is funny, considering he doesn't trust anyone but his family. He's open about having trust issues. So yeah. It's funny.

IWhen it comes to his sibling Aster, Azalea can be quite passive. For example, Aster wants a KitKat. They can’t ask for a KitKat, as then they’d lose whatever mind game they’re playing. So they subliminally push Azalea into wanting a KitKat, so then they can steal it or get him to give it to them. It’s been like this all their life, so Azalea is used to it. He can also be like this when around others, just as passive. Sometimes he will let people walk all over him, because he just doesn’t speak up. This isn’t all the time though, obviously. It’s only when people are talking a lot and don’t seem to ever stop. He’ll let a lot of things slide during that because he’s overwhelmed by all the noise.

He tends to be seen as quite abrasive when talking to people as well. He’s crass in his wording and in his facial expressions. Another word that can be used is assertive. Blunt and rude also work well. Basically, he’s just way too honest about his actual feelings towards people. Unless he needs something from who he’s talking to. Then he’ll hide his feelings. But he doesn’t like to do that much, so you won’t see it often.

Azalea also is quite impulsive and reckless. As much as he’s a risk taker, it also leads to situations where he has gotten into fights during his adolescence. He follows his heart a lot of the time, not his brain, and it gets him into trouble. That’s part of the reason why he sticks close to his sibling, Aster. They’re good at not taking bait and getting angry outwardly, so they keep him in line. He’s pretty heroic in spirit, but that does bite him in the ass more times than not. Combine it with being impulsive, he can get into situations that aren’t the best.

As much as Azalea wants to trust people, he’s very cynical. To him, everyone is motivated by their own wants, never thinking about those around him. Even himself, to an extent. After all, he’s only human. But there’s only so much self motivation one can witness before you just lose faith in humanity. Azalea wants to have faith, but he’s seen so much he has no faith. He wants that hope. But it’s just not there.