YOON YEJUN HAS SUPERPOWERS
YOON YEJUNhas superpowers?
nicknames
▐ PUPPY while the nickname remains undisclosed to the puppy himself, it is an epithet widely received by hwajoong's student populace, whom often liken yejun's appearance to that of a new born dog's.
birthday 031500 (17)
birthplace busan, south korea
hometown seoul, south korea
pronouns he/him
uality homoual
languages
▐ KOREAN/KSL primary mode of communication. though his speech has been refined from years of speech therapy, he seldom verbalizes his thoughts unless it is to immediate family members. if signing is not a viable option, he will attempt to read lips, however, many times he is unable to decipher the words being spoken; which is okay, because reading lips is virtually impossible―even to able bodied people!
overview if asked: who are you? yejun would most definitely implode. while he remains assured of his banality, he is not one to negate the inherent complexities of human character. he is conscious of the flaws deeply emblemed into the palette that constitutes his being—though, to the near extent of self-depreciation. yejun has, unfortunately, let his disability dictate the degree and nature of his aspirations, actions, and interpersonal relationships; this complacency, in turn, breeding mediocracy and poor self-image. it is important to note, however, that most of his self-conflict is subtle, and hidden beneath a guise of sanguinity.▐ KEY WORDS weary, complacent, worrisome, awkward, softhearted, empathetic, tenacious, amiable
background
i. busan poses a momentary respite from the monotony of legal doctrine; masses of people in pursuit of one last high carry yoon yesung to la media luna: a replica of a typical antioquia saloon teetering somewhere on the outskirts of busan. he stays―in busan that is―only out of attachment to the cute waitress with striking brown hair, and stars in her eyes.
ii. good fortune seems to be a prerogative of the rich, though such is not the case for the yoon family. in months following his son’s birth, all yoon yesung can do is grimace as he watches his wife sing their child songs he know he can't hear.
iii. elementary school. whether out of inveterate cruelty or parental influence, children find yejun to be an object of interest: a deviation from the norm―an anomaly fun to look and point fingers at.
iv. at the age of ten, his father relocates their family to seoul, in hopes of expanding his (already vast) law firm. in light of his family’s economic prosperity, yejun is placed in private schooling―the academia, for the most part, catering specifically to children who are either deaf, or hard of hearing.
v. by the time yejun has hit his pre-teens, he has memorized his father’s most pressing cases verbatim, and has made good friends with the rusted leather books scattered haphazardly across his study.
vi. come high school, the vague sense of safety etched to his every move dissipates. he is ed rather unwillingly into hwajoong high per request of his parents; far removed from the comfort of his prior schooling. while accommodation had never been his strong suit, yejun adapts, though whether out of obligation to his parents, or to himself he does not know. two weeks into his freshman year, yejun meets kim taehyung: hwajoong’s ne’er-do-well class clown who can―much to yejun’s surprise―sign with impeccable fluidity. my sister’s hard of hearing, and my grandmother’s deaf; signing was kind of a necessity, kim taehyung tells (or rather, signs to) him one day over boneless chicken. he nods, permitting a small smile. life is full of small concessions, he supposes.
vii. although high school students prove to be more tolerant and reserved in their judgment (at least more so than elementary students), yejun is inundated with feelings of inadequacy nonetheless―likely stemming from his innate tendency to compare himself to others. though his peers appear to be fond of him, yejun remains distant from most; allowing room for only gestures miniscule in nature and intent.
viii. but then, of course, there exists one ahn suhyun who takes great inclination to yoon yejun, and the rest?―well the rest is history...
notable connections: kim taehyung (best friend)
class clown, no-good slacker, idiot boy: these are the various roles assigned to kim taehyung―though these roles variations on a single theme. before kim taehyung is a person, he is a personality; the too-loud idiot who’s admission into hwajoong remains of baffling nature. to yoon yejun, however, he is the only person he is certain of calling a friend. whether it be because taehyung’s the only person he’s capable of successfully communicating with for extended periods of time, or because taehyung has made a niche for himself somewhere in his heart; at the end of the day, yejun is but a hapless victim of taehyung’s boyish goodwill.
superpower
▐ TELEPATHY yejun was gifted both telepathetic perception, and communication, albeit at the most basic of levels. his mind lacks selective permeability, thus he is remarkably succeptible to stray thought. as if that weren't inconvenient enough, he too has an ill-fitted tendency of projecting his thoughts onto other's minds without meaning to; often resulting in embarrassing, annecdote-worthy moments.
reaction there is an incessant vibration somewhere at the back of his mind; varying pitches, bits and pieces to a larger melody. he awakens slowly to sound of a voice: where did i leave it? i thought i left my moisturizer here… the presence of another voice―the presence of sound, so foreign in and of itself―is enough to rouse yejun from his sleep addled state. elation, a welcomed disbelief, manifests itself in the form of words tumbling out of his mouth. at first, they are: i can hear. and then: mom! he tears himself out of bed, as he does the curtains to reveal the picturesque backdrop of his suburban-seoulite neighborhood. he opens the windows; he expects to hear birds, and children, and the humdrum cough of his neighbor’s rusting car motor, but finds the world remains as silent as it had been the day prior; unchanged in its soundless demeanour. he sees the children―he sees the birds, but there is no sound. by the time his mother arrives to his bedroom, yejun sits glumly atop the ruffled comforter of his bed. he only looks up when he hears it again: did something happen? somewhere, at the back of his mind, there is something akin to sound―elusive, and enough to spiraling into bouts of confusion. his mother signs at him―are you okay? and he wants to say no, i can hear, but i cant? but instead shrugs, and lets her leave. the last thing he hears is: something must be wrong with him. i should call his father. at school, yejun finds himself overwhelmed with sound―or rather, thought (that much he has deduced). he spends the entirety of his third period crying in the restroom; taehyung, by his side, unsure of what to do. a litany of ’s, and what do i do’s run through taehyung’s mind, only furthering yejun’s already fragile state. unmeaningly, he thinks: taehyung-ah, i don’t mean to be a , but please shut the up. from within the recesses of the bathroom cubicles, taehyung’s shrill scream can be heard. dude, i just heard you in my mind. what the ?
trivia
i. yejun best regards telepathy as being a double-edged sword. while it erases the need for signing, he is also given unlimited access to other's inner most thinking. he does not appreciate wielding that much power over others, nor does he appreciate having his mind bombarded with random thoughts from strangers throughout the day.
ii. taehyung was the first person to know of yejun's telepathy. as a result, taehyung has made telepathetic communication their sole medium of conversation.
iii. when yejun is feeling overwhelmed by the intensity of other's thoughts, he will seek physical contact, since it helps drown out the noise.
vi. in terms of appearance, yejun is rather small (or "smol" as taehyung would put it) in both build and physique, which is why most classmates have come to refer to him as 'puppy'. his hair is dyed blonde and kept unstyled most of the time.
v. yejun runs a blog (busanboy.blogger.com) which reflects his two greatest passions: writing and photography. each photograph is captioned thoughtfully, with either the day's musings, or simple QOTD's. surprisingly, he has gained quite a strong following, though he suspects people only follow him because he's 'cute'
vi. classes & year: korean lit & comp korean, sign language, korean history extension / second year
▐ YYJ SAYS (THINKS?)
✧* ❛ sieon!―that wasn't very nice!
✧* ❛ (softly) im trying my best okay.
✧* ❛ oh my god, it's over! you've killed us all!
✧* ❛ even if life rn it'll get better! (pause) hopefully?
✧* ❛ (shyly) taehyung and i are just friends!
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