"It was, in a sense. But probably a different sort of pressure than what other people deal with. Go to school, get good grades, go to a prestigious university for a good paying job and all the while, stay out of trouble, right?"

He sets the plates down and takes a seat. "I was brought up more, don't harass your tutors too much until Pa caved and let us go to university. But we had training for business, self defense and the like. The pressure to take over the business was Khun's for a while, until he'd been...Well, he'd been kidnapped by a rival business. He wasn't the same since. And Kim didn't want to be a part of it. He wanted to pursue music. Pa said no at first and..." A wry smile showed up. "The baby of the family will always get what they want, no?"