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AT FIRST, EVERYTHING WAS RATHER HOMEY AND BEAUTIFUL, but MUCH LIKE IN EVERY OTHER OLD-MONEY FAMILY, and just AS THEIR FATHER ALWAYS SAID, IMAGE IS EVERYTHING. SO THEY ALL CARED A LOT ABOUT HOW THEY LOOKED, WHAT PEOPLE THOUGHT OF THEM. THEY ALWAYS HAD TO LOOK LIKE THE PERFECT FAMILY, THEIR MOTHER LIKE THE PERFECT WIFE, AND THEM OF COURSE, like THE PERFECT CHILDREN. THEY would OFTEN ATTEND EVENTS AS A FAMILY. WENT TO FANCY PARTIES, WITH HIS FATHER SHOWING OFF HIS beautiful WIFE TO HIS BUSINESS PARTNERS AND FRIENDS. BRAGGING ABOUT HIS CHILDREN'S EDUCATION AND ACHIEVEMENTS. NOT REALIZING HOW MUCH PRESSURE THAT PUT on all of them. OR IF HE DID REALIZE, HE DIDN'T CARE.
AS TIME WENT BY, HIS FATHER WAS LESS AND LESS PRESENT IN THEIR LIVES, AND JUNHOE STARTED RESENTING HIS FATHER FOR IT, WHILE CONSEQUENTLY GROWING MORE AND MORE ATTACHED TO HIS MOTHER. THE WOMAN WHO HAD DEDICATED HER LIFE TO THEM. TO HER HUSBAND. JUN COULD TELL SHE WAS GROWING TIRED OF THIS LIFE. WITH HIS FATHER OUT OF THE PICTURE, ALWAYS ON BUSINESS TRIPS, THEIR MOTHER CONTINUED TO SPOIL HER KIDS AS MUCH AS SHE COULD. THEY GOT EVERYTHING THEY WANTED, WENT TO ALL TOP SCHOOLS AND GOT A LOT OF FREEDOM AS WELL. AND JUST LIKE THAT, THEIR SMALL FAMILY OF THREE GREW EXTREMELY CLOSE. SUNDAY WAS FAMILY DAY AND THEY ALWAYS HAD PLANS TOGETHER. AT LEAST TWICE A WEEK, ONE OF their FATHER'S FRIENDS THREW A PARTY OR EVENT, WHICH the woman was still requested by her husband to attend, WHETHER THAT BE ALONE OR ACCOMPANIED BY HER SON AND DAUGHTER, WHO'D WILLINGLY GO JUST SO SHE WOULDN'T HAVE TO FACE ALL THOSE FANCY PEOPLE ALONE, WHILE THEY LAUGHED BEHIND HER BACK AT WHAT WAS THE COLD HARD TRUTH. SHE WAS BEING CHEATed ON. HER HUSBAND DIDN'T CARE FOR HER ANYMORE. THIS ONLY HELPED FUEL JUN'S HATRED FOR HIS FATHER EVEN FURTHER. SO MUCH FOR THE PERFECT FAMILY IMAGE.
it was DURING HIS TEENS WAS WHEN JUNHOE STARTED TO NOTICE THE WAY HIS MOTHER DIDN'T LOOK AS HAPPY AS HE HAD PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. HE STARTED TO NOTICE HOW SHE WAS ONE OF THE VERY FEW WOMEN AT THE PARTIES AND EVENTS WHO NEVER BROUGHT HER HUSBAND ALONG. HOW HIS FATHER NEVER ASKED TO TALK TO THEIR MOTHER WHEN HE CALLED home. HOW HIS MOTHER WENT DOWNSTAIRS FOR A DRINK WHEN THEY WERE BOTH SUPPOSED TO BE ASLEEP ALREADY. When he noticed the bright twinkle of his mother's eyes slowly disappear with the years, that's when JUNHOE STOPPED PICKING UP HIS CALLS AS WELL. HE WANTED NOTHING TO DO WITH HIM. WHEN HE was requested at YET ANOTHER EVENT, HE'D PLAY HIS PART AS THE GOOD SON, BUT OTHERWISE, HE AVOIDED his father. HE WANTED NOTHING TO DO WITH THE MAN THAT ABANDONED THE WIFE THAT DEDICATED EVERYTHING TO HIM. STILL, THEY NEVER GOT A DIVORCE, JUN WONDERED WHY. THERE WAS ONE TIME WHEN HE WAS SURE IT WOULD HAPPEN. AT AGE 15, JUNHOE HAD FOUND HIS MOTHER CRYING ON THE COUCH IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. HER PHONE IN ONE HAND, A WINE BOTTLE IN THE OTHER. HE WAS NEVER GOOD AT DEALING WITH HIS OWN EMOTIONS, LET ALONE WHEN IT CAME TO OTHERS. SO HE JUST STARED IN SHOCK. SPEECHLESS. CLUELESS. IT WAS THE ONLY TIME THEIR MOTHER HAD EVER SHOWN WEAKNESS IN FRONT OF THEM. HE WAS THANKFUL FOR HIS SISTER WHO STEPPED UP AND COMFORTED HER, BUT AFTER EVERYTHING, THE WOMAN STILL CHOSE TO STAY WITH THEIR FATHER.
FROM THAT POINT ON JUNHOE WAS TIRED OF PLAYING HAPPY FAMILY SO HE JUST STARTED DOING WHATEVER HE WANTED. HIS FATHER WAS NOT HOME TO PUNISH HIM ANYWAY. HE'D GO OUT AT NIGHT OFTEN, PARTY WITH FRIENDS AND THE OTHER RICH KIDS HE'D MET AT THE EVENTS. MUCH LIKE MOST OF HIS FRIENDS, NEARLY ALL OF JUNHOE'S 'FIRSTS' WERE AT THOSE PARTIES. NOT THAT HE REGRETTED THEM THOUGH. IT WAS FUN TIMES AND IT HELPED HIM FORGET A BIT OF WHAT HIS FATHER HAD DONE TO THEIR FAMILY. EVERY NOW AND AGAIN, THEY LET GO OF THE IMAGES THEIR FAMILIES ATTEMPTED TO portray AND ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT THEIR FEELINGS AND WHAT WENT ON BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. that's how HE CAME TO KNOW MOST OF THOSE FAMILIES HAD SIMILAR BACKGROUNDS AND STORIES to his own, AND HE STARTED SEEING THINGS IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT. BUT it was of course NOT ENOUGH TO FORGIVE HIS FATHER. STILL, THE STORY WAS UP AND THE SHOW HAD TO GO ON, SO HE SHOULD ACT ACCORDINGLY.
IN THE END, HE TOOK A COUPLE OF YEARS AFTER FINISHING HIGH SCHOOL TO JUST ENJOY LIFE, TRAVEL, PARTY, DO WHATEVER HE WANTED. HE ALSO ENDED UP DROPPING THE BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT MAJOR HIS FATHER WANTED FOR HIM AND INSTEAD focused on SPORTS. HIS FATHER HAD NO SAY IN HIS LIFE ANYMORE. AND IF IT DEPENDED ON HIM, HE'D HAVE NO SAY IN HIS MOTHER'S LIFE EITHER. despite his father's disapproval, the university campus had a great sports program and within his first two years he became ONE OF THE KEY PLAYERS FOR THE BASKETBALL TEAM and aimed to become captain. during his second year, JUNHOE DECIDED TO TAKE IN LITERATURE AS HIS MINOR AS A WAY TO FULFILL HIS HIDDEN LOVE FOR POETRY.
He doesn't usually LOOK FOR SERIOUS RELATIONSHIPS. HE HAS BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE. IT WAS THE ONLY TIME HE DATED FOR A LONG TIME. THE ONLY TIME HE LET HIMSELF BE THAT ATTACHED TO SOMEONE ELSE. AND ALSO THE ONLY TIME HE CRIED AFTER A BREAK-UP. SINCE THEN HE ONLY EVER GETS INTO SHORT-TERM RELATIONSHIPS OR CASUAL . HIS RELATIONSHIPS NEVER LAST LONG SINCE HE GETS TIRED EASILY AND DOESN'T LIKE BEING TIED DOWN. HE'S A BIT SUPERFICIAL SO HE'S BOTH CHEATED AND BEEN CHEATED ON, NOT THAT HE REALLY MINDS OR CARES, BUT HE CAN GET QUITE POSSESSIVE AND JEALOUS WHEN IT COMES TO RELATIONSHIPS.
HE HAS A TAINTED IMAGE OF LOVE BECAUSE OF HIS PARENT'S RELATIONSHIP SO HE WON'T GIVE HIMSELF AWAY EASILY AND HE SURELY WON'T FULLY COMMIT TO A RELATIONSHIP IF HE DOESN'T BELIEVE IT IS WORTH HIS TIME AND EFFORT, BUT HE CAN DEFINITELY BE MORE SERIOUS IF HE ACTUALLY LIKES SOMEONE, THOUGH THAT'S NOT VERY COMMON. IF YOU CAN GET HIM TO LIKE YOU, HE MIGHT SETTLE DOWN. TO actually GET INTO A COMMITTED RELATIONSHIP, IT WILL HAVE TO BE with SOMEONE THAT EARNS HIS FULL TRUST AND CAN GET HIM TO OPEN HIMSELF UP toTHEM. IF THAT DAY COMES, HE MIGHT LET HIMSELF GET ATTACHED TO SOMEONE AGAIN.
DESPITE BEING CLOSETED, JUNHOE WILL STILL SLEEP WITH MEN. MOSTLY AT BARS, OR PARTIES, WITH GUYS HE DOESN'T KNOW, and always in absolute secrecy. HE IS VERY PICKY WITH GUYS SINCE HE'S EXTREMELY SCARED OF BEING OUTTED. HE MIGHT HAVE recognized IT AS A PART OF HIMSELF, BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING HE is ready to openly accept or be loud and proud about. YOU CAN COUNT ON ONE HAND HOW MANY PEOPLE KNOW THAT HE ALSO LIKES MEN AND IT'S TOO MANY FOR HIS LIKING. IT IS SOMETHING HE WILL ONLY TELL YOU IF YOU'RE AS CLOSE TO HIM AS A SIBLING AND HE HAS FULL TRUST ON YOU. AND EVEN THEN, IT ALL DEPENDS ON HOW HIS LIFE IS DOING.
● PEOPLE WHO WOULD KNOW OF HIS UALITY:
01. FRIENDS WHO ARE CLOSE AND THE TOPIC SHOULD HAVE SOME CONTEXT OR IMPORTANCE FOR HIM TO BRING IT UP.
02. GUYS HE'S BEEN WITH, THOUGH HE WON'T STRAIGHT OUT SAY IT AND WILL TREAT IT AS A ONE TIME/CASUAL THING.
03. PEOPLE WHO GET TOLD BY SOMEONE WHO KNOWS (THO PLEASE KEEP IT CONTAINED SINCE IT IS meant to stay A SECRET)
*confirm with me before officializing that they know
who knows: tba.
HE REALLY LIKES BASKETBALL AND IS A SPORTS FAN IN GENERAL. HAS A SECRET PASSION FOR POETRY AND EVEN WRITES HIS OWN POEMS FROM TIME TO TIME. LIKES TO DRAW ABSTRACT ART OR DOODLES ON HIS NOTEBOOKS AND ENJOYS PHOTOGRAPHY AS WELL. HE knows how to play the guitar and IS ACTUALLY A PRETTY GOOD SINGER AS WELL BUT DOESN'T SHOW IT OFF OFTEN. occasionally he posts covers on social media. HE LOVES DRINKING AND PARTYING THE MOST. HAVING FUN AND BEING FREE IS HIS TOP PRIORITY.
BEING RATHER SHORT-TEMPERED HE CAN'T REALLY TAKE A STEP back or count to ten AND SHUT IT. ALTHOUGH HE IS VERY SARCASTIC HIMSELF, HE WILL SNAP IF SOMEONE USES SARCASM ON HIM OR TRIES TO MAKE FUN OF HIM. Y BEHAVIOR GETS TO HIM AND HE WILL BE SURE TO TELL THAT TO YOUR FACE. absolutely hates being ignored, and even more to be made feel like he is unimportant or unworthy to be remembered. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS JUNHOE DOESN'T LIKE BUT A LOT OF THEM ARE ONLY WHEN HE'S IN A BAD MOOD AND NOT WORTHY TO INCLUDE. I'M SURE YOU'LL GET TO FIND OUT SOON ENOUGH. MOM JOKES EARN YOU A SURE PUNCH TO THE FACE, SAME WITH JABS AT HIS FAMILY.
HIS CHARISMA AND CONFIDENCE ARE DEFINITELY TWO OF HIS STRONGEST POINTS AND SHAPED HIM INTO WHAT HE IS TODAY. HE'S VERY SOCIABLE AND EASYGOING, SO HE'S RATHER EASY TO BEFRIEND BUT HARD TO KEEP. CAN BE VERY LAZY AT TIMES, JUST LIKE HE CAN BE VERY HARD-WORKING, passionate AND PERSISTENT about the things he enjoys and cares about. HE IS INCREDIBLY HONEST, SO IF YOU WANT A BRUTALLY HONEST OPINION ASK HIM, THOUGH be ready for him to be blunt and STRAIGHTFORWARD, SOMETIMES MORE THAN HE SHOULD. HE MAY SEEMINGLY HAVE MORE NEGATIVE THAN POSITIVE TRAITS IF YOU WERE TO LIST THEM ALL DOWN. BUT UNDER THE RIGHT CIRCUMSTANCES AND IF YOU KNOW HOW TO HANDLE HIM, HE'S A GREAT FRIEND TO HAVE AROUND, AND SURELY LOTS OF FUN AS HE IS VERY ADVENTUROUS AND WILL NOT BACK DOWN FROM A CHALLENGE. HAVING JUNHOE AS A FRIEND CAN WORK TWO WAYS. IF YOU ARE TOUGH AND HAVE A LOT OF PATIENCE IT WILL WORK OUT, OTHERWISE YOU WILL MOST LIKELY SNAP SOONER OR LATER.
HIS WORST TRAIT WOULD DEFINITELY BE HOW HOT-HEADED HE IS BECAUSE OF HOW BIG THE CONSEQUENCES TEND TO BE. HE CAN BE RATHER IMPULSIVE AND WILL HOLD GRUDGES IF THE SITUATION IS SERIOUS. WHEN HE'S MAD HE CAN BE VERY CRUEL EVEN TO FRIENDS, AND HE WILL NOT REGRET GOING FOR YOUR WEAK POINTS UNLESS YOU ARE ACTUALLY CLOSE, IN WHICH CASE HE WILL EVENTUALLY APOLOGIZE. HE IS ALSO VERY IMPATIENT AND STUBBORN, HENCE A BIT HARD-HEADED. IF HE'S SET ON SOMETHING IT WILL BE HARD TO CHANGE HIS MIND ON IT. HE CAN BE INCREDIBLY IRRESPONSIBLE and unreliable, AND IF HE DISLIKES YOU HE WILL BE RATHER UNCOOPERATIVE. GROWING UP IN WEALTH MADE HIM SOMEWHAT SPOILED WHICH RESULTED IN HIM BEING A BIT SELF-ABSORBED, BUT HE'S SLOWLY GROWING OUT OF IT. TOXIC MASCULINITY MAY BE A PROBLEM WITH HIM. iF YOU SNAP EASILY AND CAN'T DEAL WITH LOUD PEOPLE THEN HE'S NOT THE PERSON FOR YOU. HE'S VERY LOUD AND A BIT ALL OVER THE PLACE. JUST LIKE HE HAS LOTS OF FRIENDS, HE ALSO HAS A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T REALLY LIKE HIM. HE CAN BE YOUR TYPICAL DUDE-BRO FRATERNITY GUY. used to be very homophobic, isn't as much anymore, but will still occasionally act as such, especially if it involves him or aS A WAY TO KEEP HIMSELF CLOSETED.
WHEN HE'S FEELING OVERLY STRESSED, or SERIOUSLY UPSET OR DOWN ABOUT SOMETHING, HE TENDS TO DISCONNECT HIMSELF FROM THE WORLD FOR A WHILE. TURNs OFF HIS PHONE AND DISAPPEARs FOR A WALK OR A LONG DRIVE. sometimes he's gone FOR A FEW HOURS, SOMETIMES FOR THE WHOLE DAY. IF IT'S GETTING LATE AND HE doesn't feel like going back HE'LL FIND SOME PLACE TO STAY AND WON'T GO BACK UNTIL the next morning. IT IS UNLIKELY THAT YOU'LL GET A HOLD OF HIM AT THIS MOMENTS. HE JUST WANTS SPACE AND TIME, NOT TO WORRY.
AIMs TO BE the CAPTAIN OR VICE-CAPTAIN OF THE BASKETBALL team AND winning the tournaments the team partakes in.
WORKING OUT. BASKETBALL. SINGING AND PLAYING THE GUITAR. WRITING POETRY. PHOTOGRAPHY. doodling. DYING HIS HAIR WHEN HE'S BORED.
● I PREFER 3RD OVER 1ST AND I TEND TO BE SEMI-LIT OR LIT BUT I WILL MIRROR YOUR WRITING STYLE. MY REPLIES CAN GET LENGHTY TO PARA AND MULTI-PARA DEPENDING ON PARTNER.
● PREMADE PLOTS OR IDEAS YOU HAVE THAT MAY FIT JUNHOE ARE WELCOME SO HMU FOR THOSE TOO
● I'M DOWN TO DO MOSTLY ANY GENRE, THOUGH RECENTLY I'VE BEEN INTO DARKER PLOTS, ANGST, DRAMA, , ETC... STILL DO HMU FOR ANY TYPE OF PLOT THOUGH.
● I DON'T PLOT FUTURE ROMANCE BUT PAST OR SOME PRESENT RELATIONSHIPS aiming for a breakup plot, fake dating and such ARE WELCOME. I DO LIKE PLOTTING THINGS SUCH AS NEW OR CHILDHOOD FRIENDS, RIVALS/ENEMIES, FAMILY TIES, FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS, ETC...
● I DON'T DO THE 'YOU ASK YOU START' THING. IF IT MAKES MORE SENSE FOR MY CHARA TO START I WILL DO SO
● ALL OF THE PLOTS BELOW CAN BE EDITED TO FIT YOUR MUSE BETTER, SO IF YOU WANNA TAKE ANY PM ME TO DISCUSS DETAILS
● cannot stress this enough but please please!!! do not take my plots and connections if you aren't intending on putting some effort into roleplaying them with me. there is no point in taking them if we're not gonna put them to use and someone else might want them.
JUNHOE'S FRIEND HAS BEEN TALKING TO THIS GIRL THAT HE MET ON SOME RANDOM APP FOR A WHILE AND THEY FINALLY DECIDE TO MEET UP IN PERSON. AFRAID THAT THINGS MIGHT NOT GO AS WELL AS PLANNED OR TURN AWKWARD, THEY AGREE TO EACH BRINg A FRIEND ALONG. TURNS OUT THEY WERE MOST DEFINITELY NOT NEEDED SINCE THEIR FRIENDS SEEMED TO BE HITTING IT OFF QUITE WELL. AND THAT'S HOW JUNHOE ENDS UP AT SOME RANDOM BAR/NIGHTCLUB SITTING ACROSS SOME GIRL/GUY HE'S just MET, WHILE HIS FRIEND AND THIS GIRL EXCUSE THEMSELVES TO GO DANCING. OF COURSE, HE WASN'T ABOUT TO JUST SIT THERE ALL NIGHT QUIETLY SIPPING HIS DRINK, SO HE STRIKES UP A CONVERSATION WITH THIS 'STRANGER' WITH THE INTENTION OF JUST ENTERTAINING HIMSELF AND GETTING TO KNOW THE GIRL'S FRIEND.
friendly option: turns out they had quite a few things in common and ended up hitting it off well too. might be a good start for a beautiful friendship.
comedy option: turns out that, no matter how many topics he introduces, they seem to have quite differing opinions on most of them.
option: HE IS NOT VERY SURE HOW THAT HAPPENED, BUT NOT much LATER HE's FOUND HIMSELF WITH HIS TONGUE INSIDE SAID STRANGER'S MOUTH.
tw:// could contain homophobic behavior / internalized homophobia / toxic masculinity
As for most of Junhoe's 'firsts', the first time he kissed a guy was at a party, in which he might've been drinking a bit too much. They were alone and young and he was too drunk to overthink it, so he simply enjoyed it. They both knew it should be kept a secret so they never mentioned it. The second time the same guy tried to kiss him, he had been sober, and his first reaction was to push him away harshly and scream in his face that he wasn't gay. They didn't speak to each other for a long while, until a few months later at yet another party when they found themselves alone once more, and this time it was Junhoe who initiated the kiss. Being much soberer than he had been the first time, he knew what he was doing, and they finally discussed it.
(optional: It was just experimenting. It was to remain an absolute secret. It would not turn serious. They agreed on that. And so it became casual , a friend with benefits type of relationship which Junhoe saw as an escape for him to otherwise ignore his interest in men.
But his friend got attached, and that's when it had to stop. When the other tried to bring his feelings up Junhoe called it off and never contacted him again.)
Fast forward a couple of years and they meet again at University, and Junhoe doesn't know how to act around him. He is still not out about his uality. In fact, things have not changed much since then. He will still have one-night stands with men, at parties, always making sure it is people he won't see ever again. He is scared the other will talk about it, ask about it, or even tell someone or act casual about what happened between them. Should he try to talk to him? try to get close to him? apologize? junhoe was never good at dealing with emotions.
she was the only serious relationship Junhoe ever had. They were young and just testing out the waters but he got attached, only to realize he cared more about her than she cared about him. Of course, that was a big blow to his pride as well, and thinking the other might be cheating on him and seeing someone else, he ended up snapping. It was the first and only time he was ever upset about a breakup. They fought and it got pretty ugly. That's also when Junhoe started partying more often. It was at one at these parties that he saw her with a new guy and he made a scene. He was pretty cruel to her then, he felt the need to hurt her as much as she'd hurt him, and once again it was one of the few times he actually regretted being so brutal to someone.
Most of that summer was spent either wasted, high, or sometimes both. It was definitely not a good memory. But he picked himself back up when he got accepted into University and that slightly helped him move on and focus on something other than his ex. Throughout his freshmen and sophomore years, he managed to erase most of it from his mind, or the worst parts at least. Though it wasn't quite as easy to keep it buried away when she was a student at the same university as he was.
or can also be done individually with just the male or just the female muse
female: the friend. junhoe and her had gotten pretty close when she and her boyfriend were fighting. she was in a very low moment and was feeling stressed over multiple things, meanwhile, junhoe was struggling with his uality and trying to convince himself he was still into women.
(optional: they actually did try to get together but it ended up being pretty friendly and it never went further than some kisses. they were not into each other in that way and they both knew why. she was still into her ex and he was using her to distract himself from his own issues.
*open to them being just really close, dated for a short while, or had a one time thing or short fling.)
male: the current boyfriend. he notices how close jun and his girlfriend have gotten and he doesn't really like it. one of the reasons for their previous fight was his jealousy, and when getting back together he did say he'd try to work on it, but having jun bluntly flirt with her in his face (optional: and after she did come clean to him about them having kissed at one point, he hates it.) jun is not a fan of him either and thinks his friend can do much better, so they keep poking at each other, starting a fight at any chance they get. the girl hates this and is often scolding them for it, but it's just too fun for junhoe to annoy the guy, and he just absolutely hates junhoe's guts.
*we could possibly use jun's uality for extra drama if wanted. maybe he told the girl at one point when they got close and she's the only one he willingly talks to about it, and she ends up telling her boyfriend as a way to have him not worry about jun*
THE ONE FRIEND WHO JUNHOE FIRST TOLD ABOUT HIS PARENTS' HISTORY. THEY HAD BEEN DRINKING FOR A WHILE AND WITH EVERYONE ELSE GONE, JUNHOE INVITED THEM TO STAY OVER. AS THEY LAID SPREAD OUT ON THE FLOOR STARING AT THE CEILING, THE MOOD SUDDENLY DROPS AS THEY TALK ABOUT LOVE AND RELATIONSHIPS, AND JUNHOE FINDS HIMSELF OPENING UP ABOUT HIS FAMILY LIFE. AFTER SOBERING UP, JUN REALIZED HOW THAT MIGHT'VE BEEN A MISTAKE. HE WAS SURE A LOT OF HIS 'FRIENDS' WOULD JUST LOVE TO SPREAD THAT OUT. most of them were just friends for show anyway. BUT NOW ALL HE COULD DO WAS WAIT AND SEE WHAT THE OTHER DID AND HOW THAT AFFECTED THEIR RELATIONSHIP BECAUSE HONESTLY, JUNHOE WOULD DO ANYTHING TO PROTECT HIS FAMILY, EVEN IF HE HAD TO SCREW OTHERS OVER.
MOST PEOPLE WEREN'T EVEN AWARE THAT junhoe and the other KNEW EACH OTHER. NOT JUN'S FRIENDS NOR THE OTHER'S FRIENDS. IF THEY PASSED BY EACH OTHER IN THE SCHOOL, AT MOST, THEY WOULD ACKNOWLEDGE EACH OTHER WITH A NOD OF THEIR HEADS, BUT OTHERWISE THEY BARELY EVEN EXCHANGED A WORD when in public. YET THEY WERE ACTUALLY RATHER CLOSE. WHENEVER ONE OF THEM WAS FEELING OVERWHELMED WITH LIFE OR JUST NEEDED A BREAK, A QUICK TEXT WOULD BE SENT AND THEY PLANNED TO MEET ON THEIR USUAL PLACE BE IT THE ROOFTOP OR behind the bleachers when it was empty. WHILE HANGING OUT, THEY DIDN'T ALWAYS TALK. SOMETIMES THEY DID AND TOLD EACH OTHER WHATEVER WAS GOING THROUGH THEIR HEADS AT THE MOMENT. OTHER TIMES THEY DIDN'T FEEL LIKE TALKING ABOUT IT AND WOULD JUST GO ON TALKING ABOUT RANDOM FACTS OF LIFE. AND THEN, THERE WERE EVEN TIMES WHEN THERE WERE NO WORDS AT ALL. THEY SAT IN SILENCE SHARING A CIGARETTE, maybe a joint, AND JUST ENJOYING EACH OTHER'S COMPANY. THEY WEREN'T SURE HOW OR WHEN IT BECAME LIKE THIS, BUT ALL THEY KNEW WAS THAT THEY ENJOYED THESE SMALL MOMENTS OF COMPLICITY. AND IT ALWAYS FELT LIKE IT WAS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE KEPT PRIVATE. LIKE A VERY INTIMATE FRIENDSHIP THAT KEPT THEM AFLOAT. THEY BOTH KNEW THINGS ABOUT EACH OTHER THAT NO ONE ELSE KNEW, AND THEY BOTH KNEW THESE THINGS WERE NEVER TO BE BROUGHT UP OUTSIDE OF THEIR OWN SAFE SPACE.
THEIR FRIENDSHIP WAS WEIRD. THEY WOULD BARELY TALK ON CASUAL TERMS, OR IF THEY BUMPED INTO EACH OTHER ON CAMPUS, ONLY A SIMPLE SHORT GREETING BEING EXCHANGED. BUT WHENEVER ONE OF THEM WAS FEELING LIKE , THEY'D CALL UP THE OTHER. SOMETIMES FOR , SOMETIMES JUST TO SIT OUT THERE IN THE ROOFTOP, ROLLING ONE UP AND TALKING ABOUT RANDOM STUFF. SOMETIMES THEY SHARED WHAT'S ON THEIR MIND, SOMETIMES THEY DIDN'T, IT ALL DEPENDED ON THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM. NO ONE REALLY KNEW ABOUT THEIR CLOSE CONNECTION AND THEY LIKED IT THAT WAY. IT KINDA FELT LIKE AN ESCAPE TO BOTH OF THEM. IT WAS VERY PERSONAL, AND VERY CASUAL AT THE SAME TIME.
jun wasn't sure where it started or why anyone would jokes about him being gay circulating. it was most likely a joke from one of the basketball team members just to get a rise out of him, but he couldn't shake off the feeling that someone maybe knew something and that it was started by someone else. one way or another he finds someone that would benefit from having a current boyfriend as well, and hence the two get into a fake relationship, partially to cover up for him, partially to aid her in her own situation.
once upon a time, jun had been the bestest of friends with this one guy. they talked about everything and they were each other's support whenever needed. that lasted for a good few years, until it didn't. in one of these moments of sharing, his friend came out to him. jun was the first person the other came out to, but it came in very bad timing. he was just beginning to struggle with his own feelings and his pre-defined mindset of the 'traditional family' and internalized homophobia had him snap back at other. he shamed the other, lashing out with the disgust he was feeling towards himself as well. this put a strain to their friendship and eventually they drifted apart. jun still feels terrible about it but never got a chance to apologize. even then, he isn't sure he could bring himself to do it, even if they were standing face to face at this very moment.
he isn't sure how you did it. maybe you saw something you shouldn't, maybe he was careless, or maybe you're just incredibly observant, but somehow you'd noticed. you'd seen the way he looked at guys sometimes, or the way he intentionally avoided looking too hard. or maybe you noticed how he sometimes tried a little too hard to play straight. whichever it was, you knew. and after a while of watching him struggle to hide it, you slowly tried to make it obvious to him that you knew or at least suspected it. he wasn't entirely happy about it and tried to avoid you at first, but you were insistent and wanted to make sure he knew you didn't mean any harm, that maybe, just maybe, he could trust you a little bit more.
it all started out with jun trying to get with her. the girl didn't seem to realize his intentions at first and hence kept letting him play his cards, while he was rather sure she knew what he wanted and was just playing hard to get. a good deal of miscommunication and they were playing different games. when he finally tries to make a move on her she finally realizes what was really happening. she was not really interested and eventually it became obvious the chemistry was not really there either. he should've felt rejected (since that was what actually happened), but for once, their situation felt almost comical and he couldn't bring himself to be upset. amidst laughs and apologies, they ended up developing a much better friendship than any other type of relationship would ever have worked out between them. for once he's glad it didn't work out.
➣ choi arin - friends who met through rich families. the parents wanted a partnership between the two family businesses, and what a better way than a business relationship based on a personal relationship. to this day they still aimed for this, and on one thing they were right. jun and arin get along extraordinarily well. are very often seen in each other's company and would easily leave their families to live together. of course it is all platonic. they are the best of friends and it will never get past that, much to their parents displeasure.
➣ han sohee - best friends for long years, jun offered her a home when she ran away and she offered him a distraction after his breakup. they developed a good-bad influence type of friendship. he used her to get over his ex while she used him to get relief from her own issues. he made sure she stayed alive by whatever means, maybe not the best, while she made sure he kept his eyes on her when his ex showed up again. he knows it is one sided and he knows it won't get them nowhere. she's only here for casual and she likes the attention, but he maybe kinda likes her.
➣ mark lee - they were friends for a good while during their teenage years, though that's also the peak of each of their own issues and a point of change. it was also a point of change for their friendship since once mark finally came out to him around this time, jun still had his own predefined idea that homouality was wrong. and he made sure to tell mark that. they parted ways and they cut off all contact. now they're both minoring in literature, and they'll continue to avoid each other until something forces an interaction.
➣ na jaemin - a few years ago jaemin was the first guy jun experimented with. it helped him acknowledge it a little bit and it worked out for a little while before jaemin developed feelings and junhoe cut it off. now the game has shifted and they're on a different level. jun is still scared that jaemin would bring it up but they still got involved again, mostly for revenge on jaemin's part. at this point, neither of them wants their interactions to be known as jaemin is a bit too flashy and unashamed, which could raise questions junhoe does not wish to have raised. meanwhile jaemin also does not wish to be associated with junhoe's type, so they're at least both on the same page here.
➣ aria - he met her by coincidence at the rooftop after one of the multiple times vernon had picked on the girl. he'd never been one to mind others much, but he still offered the girl a few nice words, leading to a few more meetings later on and an unlikely friendship. he might be slowly picking up on the weird dynamics and interactions between her and vernon.
➣ ahn yujin - after meeting through friends in common and talking over their own shared interests, a.k.a., basketball, they came to a conclusion. yujin needed a guy to play her fake boyfriend to get her away from the creepy model dude who wouldn't take no for an answer, while jun needed a fake girlfriend for his own reasons. so, for the sake of mutual benefit, they agree to help each other out.
➣ ning yizhuo - quiet nods in greetings and private meetings at the rooftop at random hours are the major points of this friendship. it happened naturally although definitely unexpectedly, but it just works out. her presence is very relaxing and comfortable, and despite his loud personality, his own aura seems to help her out as well. so they keep it.
➣ choi vernon - one of the other school jocks, albeit, the other being in the soccer team, as well as another fraternity brother, it was only expected that they'd end up meeting through their own acquaintances and groups, as well as through the shared environments. they are now frat bros, sharing pretty much the same social circle and even ending up as roommates. he might be slowly picking up on the weird dynamics and interactions between him and aria.
➣ arin // library
➣ sohee // quad
➣ aria // rooftop