APPEARANCE — Currently her hair color is black and her skin is pale. She has a tattoo on her right shoulder that says "My Parents Are My Heart That Keeps Me Alive" in script. Jiyoung wears circle lens to make her eyes look sharper. She also has 5 piercings, 3 in here left ear and 2 in her right ear. Jiyoung will sometimes add a fake beauty mark under her eye.

STYLE — Jiyoung's style is a mixture between feminine and tomboyish. For her, she has no idea what to call it. Mostly through her life she preferred to wear baggy clothes but it wasn't until her sophomore year that she wanted to dress more femininely. Jiyoung's closet leans more to the feminine side because her older sister does most of her shopping for her. For everyday wear, she'll wear form fitting jeans, a shirt that's a little baggy on her, and a pair of sneakers. Around the dorm, Jiyoung will wear some shorts and simple t-shirt. On occasion she'll wear her favorite fake glasses. For practice, Jiyoung prefers to dance in baggy sweat pants and a fitting shirt. It is very rare to see her in practicing in shorts. For formal events, Jiyoung doesn't know how to dress for them. Since she doesn't really like dress, she tries to avoid them all the time. 

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Jiyoung was brought into fairly normal home. She has 2 parents that love her to death and an older sister who thought she was an odd creature...but still loved her^^ As Jiyoung started to develop, her parents started to become worried about her. Jiyoung was able to do what all the toddlers were able to do...except for talking. After having many checkups done, Jiyoung was diagnosed with a speech delay. The doctor recommended her parents to have Jiyoung to go through speech therapy for at least a year. By the age of 4 Jiyoung's speech has been improving little by little until she was fully able to talk at the age 5. 

All throughout her school years, Jiyoung was known as the best at sports/most competitive. While other classmates dreaded gym class, Jiyoung was extremely eager to play. Every sport/game she participated in she took it very serious to the point when it becomes scary. Her father on the other hand enjoyed that side of her. Unlike Jiyoung's older sister Jihyun, Jihyun preferred having princess tea parties instead of energy consuming sports. Every day after school, Jiyoung and her father would gather in the background and throw the old pig skin around (football). Jiyoung and her father became inseparable. After years had passed, everything changed. 

It was when Jiyoung entered high school when the changes started occur. As Jiyoung entered high school, she started to become self aware. Every time Jiyoung would look at sister, she'd become instantly jealous of her. Jihyun was incredible gorgeous, wore makeup, looked amazing in clothes that fit her body well, was popular in school and is extremely talented at dancing. Jiyoung wanted to be just like her. Building up the courage, Jiyoung finally asked her sister to change her into well...her. Jiyoung transformed into a look alike of her sister. Going from tomboy to girly was hard for Jiyoung. She quit all of her sport activities, which shocked a lot of people, and started to do more girly things, which shocked people even more. 

The following year (Jiyoung in her sophomore year and Jihyun in her senior year) her parents had revealed that there will be an addition to the family. At first the two sisters thought their mother was pregnant but that wasn't the case. Their parents’ decided to adopt a little boy at the age of 4. When Jiyoung heard the news she was extremely happy, she had always wanted a little brother well a brother in general. As her family was preparing for the little boy, Jiyoung started thinking of what her brother would think of her. The usual thoughts popped up but it wasn't long until one interesting thought ran through her head. What would he think about the transformation she had? The last thing she wanted was him thinking its okay to change the way you look or change the way you interact with others in order to fit in. Making up her mind, Jiyoung went back to her old self that has a hint of girly to it. When her little brother arrived Jiyoung was happy to see that him and her had most of the same interest. Getting along with each other was easy unlike some people *cough, cough* Jihyun *cough, cough*.

Moving fast forward 2 years, Jiyoung attended a performance her sister was in. During the warm ups, Jihyun had asked Jiyoung join her in the warm up dance. Even though it was a warm, it was one of Jiyoung's favorite dances. As Jiyoung danced with her sister and her sister’s dance group, there was someone watching them from a far. After the song end, the mysterious man made himself known to the girls. He introduced him as a Woollim Entertainment employee that scouts for talent. He offered the girls training at Woollim but none of the girls were interested on becoming an idol instead of Jiyoung. 

Telling her parents was easy. Her parents supported the idea and believed it would be a great learning experience for Jiyoung. Jiyoung and her parents made a deal. It Jiyoung doesn't debut by the time she finishes collage then she must leave Woollim Entertainment and return home. Jiyoung though this deal was reasonable so she instantly agreed to. With 2 suitcases, Jiyoung was on her way to Seoul. 

Hoya and Jiyoung's first meeting wasn't pleasant. It was before the training sessions had started. At that time it was early in the morning which resulted Jiyoung to wake up in a cranky mood. Like every morning Jiyoung would go to the training room warm up by stretching. Minah, Jiyoung's worst enemy, walked into the training room already looking for trouble. Usually Jiyoung would ignore her but the teasing Minah did really pissed her off.

With a huff, Jiyoung stood up from the ground and then gave it to her. The words she shouted at Minah were the most negative things she's every said to anyone. Jiyoung pointed ever flaw Minah had and how horrible her personality is. When Jiyoung finished her rant, she looked over the facial expression Minah was wearing. Minah look she was going to break down into tears. Jiyoung instantly felt bad. Jiyoung was about to apologize for what she said but Minah cut her off. The words she cried out baffled Jiyoung. "Why are you always like this to me?! I've never done anything wrong to you so why must you do wrong to me?" 

Jiyoung just looked at her as she tried to process what she just said to her. Was she hearing her correctly? Shouldn't she be the one asking her those questions? Before Jiyoung could utter a word she heard someone clear their throat. Turing around, Jiyoung came face to face with Infinite's Hoya…a pissed off Hoya. Jiyoung prayed he hadn't seen what she just did but judging from his expression he had heard. Being the good man he is, Hoya stood up for Minah and that made Jiyoung even madder. Usually Jiyoung wouldn't argue with anyone who is a higher class or someone that is older but what Hoya did really irked her. 

The other trainees watched in shock as Hoya and Jiyoung went back and forth. Jiyoung was trying to tell him calmly (key word trying) that Minah is in the wrong but Hoya wasn't believing her. From how he saw it Jiyoung was bullying Minah. Giving up, Jiyoung collected her training bag and left the room. For the first time Jiyoung skipped out on training. 

Once night fall hit, Jiyoung returned back to Woollim Entertainment. Like usual the building was mostly empty which Jiyoung found perfect. Jiyoung went to her favorite dance room. Since there was barely anyone here, Jiyoung blasted the music. Dancing was an area she was great at but as she danced her mind kept going back to the events that happened early. She couldn't believe she acted like something she hates, a bully, and stooped down to Minah's level. 

As Jiyoung tried to concentrate on her dancing, she wasn’t aware that someone was watching her through the little window on the door. Hoya instantly recognized her. He watched Jiyoung stumble over the dance moves and thought about helping her but he remembered what she did to Minah. Shaking his head, Hoya his heels and went to the dance studio that was next to Jiyoung's. 

It hasn't even been an hour yet and Hoya was back on his way to the dance studio Jiyoung was in. Jiyoung's music was too loud to the point where Hoya could barely hear his own music. Hoya was about to barge into the room but what he seen through the window somehow broke his heart. In the middle of the room Jiyoung was sitting down with her knees pulled up to her chest and her head resting on them. By the way her body was shaking he knew she was crying.