FACECLAIM lee minhyuk (btob)

BACK-UP FACECLAIM lee jaebum (got7)

 

　because of his job as an HCP, he avoided having any ink on his body and have any piercings. he's not particularly against people who has tattoos or piercings, he just doesn't want to deal with patients commenting about it if ever he has one

 

　he has his own PT uniform, all clad in white from top to bottom. even his shoes are white, which is kinda odd since he can be mistaken as a nurse for their reputation on having an all-white uniform as well

 

　for regular clothes, he prefers something classy and professional such as button-up shirts and long sleeves whilst paired with slacks. bomi thought that he looks her teachers in her school because of the way he dresses, but also knows that it's what fits her dad best. it's only at home she sees him wear nothing but a simple shirt and shorts that reaches his knees thought

for the lack of better term, bogum is what most people find a bit on both ends of the 'good and bad' spectrum. he's just as strict as he is sincere, but sometimes that strictness oozes a bit too much due to how much he was disciplined back when he was a child. he has his own reasons for being strict, though it was better suited for teenagers rather than a 7-year old daughter. despite his strictness however, he can be empathetic. he's both a father and a mother towards his daughter, so it only made sense for him to be a bit lenient if needed, and feel empathic to her feelings as a child. one circumstance to describe these is when bomi wants to stay up late despite having school the next day. bogum, who didn't experienced to watch any cartoons during his childhood due to his family's financial problems, didn't want to deprive his daughter from that; but, he also doesn't want her to sleep way past bedtime because that'll only break her seemingly consistent rule of sleeping before 9pm. and so, he made a deal with bomi that while she needs to sleep at 9pm, he'll get off work early so that by the time it's already bomi's dismissal in class then he gets to fetch her and play at the park near their small yet cozy home. but sometimes there's no deal being made especially when bomi thought it was okay to have that deal for consecutive days. being a healthcare professional meant that she's not the only one her father's taking care of, yet at that time she was too young to understand that and so bogum had to put his foot down.

 

with his line of work, patients and HCPs combined can see the passion in bogum whenever he does his job. you can see how much he cares, and how much he takes his job seriously, so most often than not he'll get to see patients he worked with in the past to have him as their Physical Therapist again. despite the hectic schedule he has and sometimes feeling pain whenever he gets lesser time spent on bomi, he doesn't regret anything at all. he even gets to apply his strictness to his patients because he knows majority of them doesn't particularly enjoy that side of them, yet knew it's what they truly needed.

 

he's not really ashamed of how judgmental he is. he believes that "first impressions matter" kind of belief because most of them comes in handy, and he knew that first impressions tend to show a lot about the person. he has his own way of dealing with it, since he prefers to see them without them knowing he's even present in the first place. he's aware that there are some moments a person gets vulnerable, and he prefers to find that kind of first impression from strangers. it also applies when it comes to problems; as more often than not, he judges the person immediately just from the story he hears (whether it's from someone else, or the person themselves). he tends to become quite a hypocrite though when he's on the receiving end. there are also moments when he becomes quite a hypocritical father towards bomi, such as telling her to eat bell peppers since it's healthy while bomi can see him not eating any cauliflower even when they both know it's also healthy.

 

as a HCP, he also developed the ability to further lengthen his patience, and that seems to be a benefit for his daughter as well. there are some patients who're stubborn (and sometimes, even rude), yet not once he felt the need to yell or snap. even with bomi's education, he finds the time to teach the subjects his daughter's having a hard time in and lets her think instead of giving way the answer. sometimes though, despite the patience he has, he's also just as meticulous. he had the habit to be overly meticulous of things, even the simplest ones, and it doesn't help that not only is he strict with others, he ends up to be strict to himself too. putting two and two together, some people find him stressful because of it. he has great attention to details and so his perfectionist side ends up making him redo them again, especially when it comes to cooking. he's a stickler for rules and instructions by default, so he gets extremely upset if things doesn't go his way despite following what he's supposed to do. he doesn't stray away from the rules and instructions given to him, and he gets annoyed whenever someone doesn't follow them. of course, bomi gets to experience that side of him as well.

 

when bogum thought that he would be the only one who'll take care of bomi, he was determined to keep anyone from getting to close. his determination to make sure that bomi would not once feel the pain of being left behind the same way bogum felt when bomi's biological mother did made him overprotective of bomi and himself. he's bent on acting as both parents to her, and at the same time not relying on anyone other than himself. of course, as the only parent-figure in bomi's life, he swore to never show his vulnerability to her since he doesn't want her to think that he's weak. he has his pride as a man, and he hates to see himself cry over something as simple as stress. even when he makes mistakes, he doesn't apologize easily to anyone he hates to apoligizing only because he feels weak whenever he makes mistakes and others point it out on him. he is, however, not like that towards bomi as she is an exception.

 

to bogum, bomi would always be an exception to him.

　― he found out about the single parents club when one of the parents in bomi's kindergarden suggested it to him. at first he was offended, since he could take care of his daughter by himself and doesn't need some moral support from some "club", but changed his mind when 4 year old bomi convinced her to join (by saying "appa, you need more fwends")

　― bomi doesn't like bell pepper, bogum doesn't like caulliflower. despite that though, he tries to teach bomi to never be picky with food even if he, himself, is

　― bomi's bedtime is at 9pm sharp since her classes starts at 8am

　― bomi was 9 months old when seirah left, and she's 2 when bogum told her the truth. bogum believed that there's really no right time for him to tell her, so he decided that it's better to say it now because he knows that if he said it by the time bomi's already old enough to really understand (and perhaps rebel against him), it'll be hard to manage

　― bogum at tying her hair. bomi often comments that her dad's masterpiece looked like weeds sticking out of her head

　― bogum decided to turn seirah's room into bomi's nursery (then bedroom when she got older) and threw away all the stuff seirah left behind

　― she still had lingering feelings for seirah, even if what she did felt like he was stabbed, but his feelings are not strong enough as before

　― because of his work, bomi has to stay with the trusted bodyguards of her school while waiting for him since most times he can't get off work early

　― he's working at asan medical center, which is actually the top ranking hospital in seoul

　― he's a matcha enthusiast, which bomi seem to pick up on

　― bogum has his own way of talking to bomi when she was a toddler. he often talks in third person which made bomi to also talk the same way

　― for some odd reason, bogum also ended up talking to her as if she's an adult when she turned 6. it's as if she had a maturation spurt or something

　― bogum often cooks rice omelette for bomi ever since he made it for her for the first time. since then, it became bomi's go-to breakfast

　― he still has yet to figure out what he's going to do if he ever comes across a situation where he would end up seeing seirah

　― he's really strict to bomi's bedtime, and he'll often read her bedtime stories

　― bomi sleeps in his bedroom until she was 5 and after that she announced to him that she's going to start sleeping in her bedroom alone (bogum felt himself tearing up as he watched bomi with pride as she padded towards the bedroom with a serious and determined look on her face)

　― he tries his best to be both a disciplinarian and a fun dad because he knows a child needed that

　― he graduated his bachelor's at the age of 21 (2012), finished master's at 24 (2016), and currently finishing his doctorate at 30 (2021)

　― when he finished his master's, he took a break for 2 years before deciding to take his doctorate 2019 (27 years old)

　― when bogum's parents found out that he's going to keep bomi despite not being her biological father, they supported him and sees bomi as if she's their biological granddaughter

　― he cut off his contacts with seirah's parents after the incident, without him asking for any explanation on why their daughter acted that way, and parted ways with them peacefully

　― he's a geriatric physical therapist, meaning that he's rehabilitating the older population (or senior citizens, so to speak)

　― he's very confident of his looks, but he's not one to brag about it

　― 2 months after seirah left, bogum took the liberty to handle bomi's important documents such as her birth certificate (which made him change her surname from kwon to kim), custody papers (which he asked seirah's parents to say their testimonies on what actually happened other than the note she left as an another proof) and the like

　― when he asked seirah's parents to be the confirming that their daughter indeed left bomi to his care, he never asked where she was even if they knew where she is

　― tba!!

 

　― "appa is hurt, peanut" "did bomi hurt appa?" "yes, peanut hurt appa since she said that appa needs more friends" "but bomi don't want appa to be lonely"

　― "how about this: you sleep now, and appa will get off work early so that i can pick you up and have enough time to visit the park?"

　― "that's my princess!"

　― (to chohee) "my daughter doesn't love me anymore" "... why?" "she makes this cute cringey face whenever i tried to hug her now" "i think calling her cringey face cute is the reason why she's making that face in the first place" "but she is cute!!"

　― "peanut, appa first before boys okay?" "i don't like boys, appa. they do stupid things" "is appa an exception?" "you do stupid things too, appa"

　― (to his patient) "it's great to see you again, mr. park! how's your back? doing good?"

　― tba!!

　― she first started talking at the age of 3, with incoherent sentences but still was enough to leave bogum (metaphorically) crying because she's talking

　― her first word is "appa", which also made bogum (again, metaphorically) cry even more

　― she's not the loud type as she often speaks to bogum without shouting

　― bomi's highly observant of things and ends up noticing how much bogum tries not to cry (it's often during christmas, but bomi doesn't really know the reason)

　― bomi really took the news of her mother leaving her very well (which surprised bogum), and only because she said that she never really felt her mother when she was still a baby

　― she rarely complains as she could see how much bogum tried his best to raise her. she doesn't want to give him a hard time so even if bogum did a good job in disciplining her while at the same time let her have what she wants to a controllable amount, she avoids becoming a burden to him

　― despite the young age, parents and teachers alike always commented at how mature bomi acts. sometimes, it surprises bogum, but bomi often says that it's because he acts like one around her (bogum thinks that she might've picked it up from him through observations, but then he remembered that seirah was also mature at an early age)

　― there are times that she feels jealousy towards her friends since everytime she's in a sleepover, she watches her friend's mom tucking her to bed

　― despite that though, she's very thankful to have bogum even if he's not her biological dad

　― she really finds it cringey whenever bogum tries to dote on her simply because she knows how he acts with the other adults. it's kinda weird to see her dad being serious with others then become a total 180 degrees when it comes to her

　― she doesn't mind that her dad's strict at some point. but she hates it when he's being a hypocrite (that she often tells him such as the bell pepper incident)

　― hates bell peppers with a passion, it's probably the only thing that makes her cry

　― yes, she's not a crybaby. not because she doesn't want to, she just doesn't

　― she finds boys childish for some reason (kind of an odd thought from a 6-year old); something like how she sees most of the boys in her school bully the girls and all that so she really hates them

　― she also stands up for herself a lot, thanks to bogum's wonderful parenting skills on how to make other scram when they try to bully her (bogum, at that time, only did that because he's hypothetically putting bomi in that situation and wants her to become prepared)

　― to say the least, bogum's quite proud hearing how she made the boys cry even if he's hearing that from the kindergarden principal

ah hello, he smiled whilst combing the short strands of hair by is nape. i'm kim bogum, a single parent, a physical therapist, a matcha enthusiast, and bomi's superman.

his face immediately lighten up at the thought of his daughter and smiled adoringly, i have a daughter named bomi. she's turning 7 this december on christmas day, and she's my one and only princess. i guess i dote on her too much because she sometimes make this cute cringy face whenever i hug her, he paused, and then chuckled. but she's also too mature for her age that sometimes i think i'm talking to an adult than a kid.

he looked up and mentally counted the years, i think i was 23? yeah, i was 23 and i'm in the middle of my master's when i became one.

at that point, the painful memories of seirah's face when she supposedly left bomi in his care wiithout knowing that her true intentions is to never come back flooded back. when.. i went home only to find out that bomi's the only one there and he rnote was left in my bedroom, he smiled sadly.

as a parent, there's a sense of fulfillment when your kid introduces you to their friends... but i find it heartbreaking that i won't be able to see my daughter say "this is my appa and eomma" but instead only saying "this is my appa" when her friends come over, he sadly laughed. really, my daughter deserves everything.

personally speaking—and this is for all the single parents out there—you don't need to have a partner for you to take care of a child. no one's saying that a father is supposed to only act like a father and vice versa. be both! it's hard, yes, but it'll all be worth it because at the end of the day, you get to see your child smile knowing that they have the best parent, he nodded. as for the kids who have single parents, just love them, really. i know that some kids might say it's not normal for you to have only an appa o an eomma, but if you think about it, they give you twice as love! i think that's all that matters, you know?, he grinned before adding something that was related to his situation. also, blood doesn't have to be an indicator whether you're family or not. love is.