and here's the thing about being an overachiever— everybody assumes that things come easy to you. they proceed to brush off your efforts and achievements as nothing while you sit there silently, thinking of the sleepless nights on five cups of coffee and on the brink of a mental breakdown. nobody sees that side of you if you're like this. they see you accepting the position and the awards and the assignments and they assume that you're happy. and you think, they couldn't be further from the truth.

 PERSONALITY 
 

isfj · ravenclaw · virgo
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reliable, patient, enthusiastic, hard-working, humble, private, perfectionist
 

let's just say that first impressions aren't jaeseon's strongest suit. at first glance, he looks a bit nerdy and he stumbles on his words a lot. imagine peoples' surprise when they see him on the field— word has gone around as the stellar lacrosse player and first in his year. people perceive him as quiet and intelligent, passing him off as another shy kid with no social skills. everybody's heard of him, the one who you can ask help for on homework and the kid who people are lucky to have when assigned teams during physical education. 

 welcome back. 
the ones who really know jaeseon, though, tell a different story. his close circle of friends know him as the dorky friend who cracks bad jokes and somehow seems to have endless amounts of free time when he really doesn't. jaeseon with his friends is so much different than at school, and many would be surprised to see his real self. when around his amazing friends, jaeseon ends up coming off as more extroverted and yet reserved in his words. he's not good at putting himself first and tries to help everybody when he can. 

· played the piano for 4 years before quitting during junior high. his extracurriculars made him stressed + busy, decided to focus on school and lacrosse.
· feels a lot of pressure to live up to his name, with a former varsity lacrosse captain as a dad. 
· his traditional family sticks with the tradition of keeping the first syllable of a father's name to pass onto the children, hence his name (jaeseon). his parents joke that he was named this because he was jaesung's son, or jae's son (alternate pronunciation of jaeseon). 
· when jv coach yoo found out that jaeseon's dad was former varsity captain min jaesung, he flipped out and has been nicer to jaeseon than usual. as yoo is an alumnus of myeonghwa, he's definitely heard of min jaesung.
· is actually very Soft 
· everybody assumes he'll take up captain of varsity in his third year but he doesn't want to make predictions that might not come true
· the only lacrosse injury he's gotten was a sprained ankle, which resulted in being sat for a couple of weeks. nothing too major so far.
· can follow directions well so cooking's not that bad for him, but sometimes it'll go crazy and he won't know what to do with the food.
· has an old nureongi dog named cosmos. loves him to death and they have been together since jaeseon was in elementary school.

 BACKGROUND 
 

min jaeseon lives by the saying, "do it well or don't do it at all." that's why it doesn't surprise his family when he joins the incheon youth lacrosse team, and again when he makes it into varsity lacrosse in his first year at myeonghwa high. 

but his story starts far before that— let's back up. jaeseon grew up in a fairly calm environment, spending most of his life in the city of nam-gu, incheon, south korea. born to two loving middle class parents, the young jaeseon spent his early days starry eyed with love for his parents. elementary school led to the questions about the shiny trophys around his house and the jersey draped up in his parents' room. his father pulls him into his lap and his eyes light up as he tells his son about the past love of his life. 

it's from that moment that jaeseon starts to fall in love. his father took him out on weekends to play casually, and the two would spend hours on end laughing and then cooling down underneath the shade. lacrosse is linked with happy memories for jaeseon. he never thought that he would join a team sport, given that he didn't like group projects at school either. but he pulls through, hoping to make his dad proud of him. 

growing up, jaeseon had always been praised and complimented on his work and his effort. the kind words had made jaeseon happy, but also a bit worried. it wasn't like he was anything special, he was just another kid in the large school. he didn't have any special talents or a smart head, did he? that's what makes him so worried when he's accepted into myeonghwa high school on an academic scolarship. despite his studies, he tries out for the varsity lacrosse team— and makes it first year. half of him is relieved, and the other half is worried to death. 

nowadays, jaeseon wakes up at around 6:00 and gets ready for school. his day consists of school and then practice, then going to cram school after lacrosse practice, eating dinner out and coming home at around 8 or nine pm. at that time, he studies and finishes off homework that he didn't get done during break at cram school. it's a busy day, but he likes having things to do. he sleeps at a different time each day but usually it's somewhere around 12-1 am. 

the two responsible for bringing jaeseon into this world. min jaesung is jaeseon's father, a 44 year old engineer. he was varsity captain when he attended myeonghwa high, and has left behind a legacy that his son is to follow. jaesung and his son spent a lot of time together when jaeseon was younger, teaching him to play lacrosse and helping him with his homework. his schedule as an engineer was flexible, so he spent lots of time home on the weekends and attended all the events at jaeseon's school that he could. the two are close in contact today, and jaeseon adores his dad. 

on the other hand, jaeseon's mother is lee seongja. she is also a graduate of myeonghwa high, eventually becoming an english teacher at a publich high school in nam-gu. she is also a loving figure, more strict that jaeseon's dad. she encouraged him in his activities, and taught him the mantra "do it well or don't do it at all". she's taught him a lot about discipline and time management, and to this day jaeseon likes to write down his to-do list when he gets home for the day— a habit that had grown because of his mother. 

when jaeseon was younger, his parents had him do math workbooks and academic things a couple grades higher than his age, to keep him ahead of his grade and above average in academics. he used to hate it, but it's paid off and shows in his work today. 
 

the squad. comprised of kim minha, park soobin, kim dongbin, lee saera, and min jaeseon, the group is the closest friends that jaeseon has had in a while. they formed in the first year at myeonghwa. a couple of them had known each other from junior high, but most were strangers to each other. with each other in many of their classes during first year, they grew very close. they are the group of people that jaeseon isn't afraid to be himself around. self-nicknamed "the knee how squad" (inside joke), the group is definitely interesting to be around. their dynamic is bickering and playfully joking, but also supportive and serious when they need to be. kim dongbin is a fellow lacrosse player on jv.
 

the one and only captain of varsity lacrosse, won haeil. the two are on a strictly captain-teammate relationship, they occasionally text but mainly it's face-to-face talking. the "family emergency" that jaeseon was talking about is his dog cosmos falling ill. it was the first time that jaeseon really thought about losing cosmos and scared him so much, he barely pulled through school that day and decided to take a day off from practice.