personality traits.

[ + ]  reliable, calm, mature, realist, objective thinking, generous
[ – ]  procrastinator, easily distracted, sarcastic, complainer, easily angered with T&C's apply, possessive and clingy, holds grudges

 

the character.

"he's known as hongbin's cousin here at school." -
says kang haneul. a reliable male who you can count on mentally. he can help you with your problems through his objective thinking. and also he can help be your memo if you tell him to remember something. however, you have to tell him clearly on what he needs to remember as he is easily distracted by other things. if you're lucky, he would still remind you despite having distracted. 

"he's kinda that typical guy." - 
says jenny seo. he holds a calm outlook as he was born with the face so he puts it to use. with that calm aura comes a mature attitude towards things. he puts on a professional attitude out when doing things with people who are not his friends. however, he is quite the complainer when given a lot of work at the same time. he complains but still gets the job done, he just have the tendency to blabber his mouth. also, he's a major procrastinator so unless you make him do something that will also be meaningful to him, don't expect him to finish his work on time. although, he doesn't really get angry, he holds grudges if you have ever crossed him. he will remind you and mock you for it until he's satisfied with it.

"if hongbin didn't outshine him, i'm pretty sure you'll find him interesting." - says kim taehyung. despite his objective thinking, he's a realist and will not sugarcoat his words for your benefit. sarcasm runs deep in him as he rarely confronts people directly. it's much more fun to mock someone who angers you anyway. despite his realist sarcasm-ness, he's a generous male who is always up to being the gentleman of the group as he pays for the meals. cho junseok does not get angry most of the time. when he does, it's because of the t&c's have been applied. betrayal among friends anger him the most. when he's angry, it'll show on his face that he's not happy and his attitude will become a cold one. when it comes to his favorite people, he tends to become possessive and clingy over them. however, he won't show it directly but later on, he'll message that person and fess up. possessiveness isn't because he loves them in a lovey dovery way but because he's afraid of losing them. he becomes clingy because most of the time, his friends are his mental strength so if they're gone, he would be lost.  

 

likes, dislikes & more.

he likes ballads, pop ballads, pop, country, musical, classic music
he adores cats, dogs, dolphins, horses and rabbits
he prefers mocha frap, ice lemon tea
not really a big fan of the color orange
is picky with food, doesn't eat them if they look or smell weird
fears lightning, injections, bulldogs and insects
is very ticklish at the neck and sides
gay for taehyung
doesn't like buying gifts, prefers to pay for food
training to play the saxophone
has motorcylce license
is allergic to dust
has a bengal cat called Mowgli ( mancub in jungle book )
a big fan of photography
has a collection of polaroids and postcards
able to play the guitar and sing
enjoys k-dramas
still watches cartoons ( adventure time, spongebob squarepants, etc. ) 
grew up with american children stories ( ned's declassfied school survival guide, iCarly, victorious, high school musical ) 

likes to go jogging in the morning
enjoys stargazing
likes to go out
love-hate relationship with hongbin
practices parkour
loves chocolate, ice-cream, cakes - has a major sweet tooth
he can do sports that do not require running fast in a short amount of time ( ie. basketball requires good teamwork and strategy, if he's put in the right position, he doesn't have to do much running. )
 

 

background.

on a perfect weather day where the sun wasn't too blazing and there was a warm breeze passing by, cho junseok was born. the first-born was welcomed with warm arms from his parents. however, those warm arms only held him tight until he was a year old when the loan sharks chased his father away and his mother decided to go into hiding, leaving one year old junseok with her older brother.

 

junseok grew up with the lee's as lee jibin, younger twin to hongbin. they forged a new birth certificate for him, and did all the paperwork necessary for junseok to live as lee jibin, the only thing they didnt change was his birthdate. but growing up as lee jibin has proved that it was harder than most things. as hongbin's twin, junseok had to live up to the expectations the teacher had for him because of hongbin. junseok had to be smart, active in sports ( which he was physcially unable to ) and earning the favor from the school and the teachers.

one good thing he earned from all this pressure is a friend that was capable of lending his shoulder when junseok needed. that is kim taehyung. they met when junseok was in the second year of middle school and have been friends since. they were very close, often times sleeping over. junseok had told taehyung everything about his real name ( they had an adventure where they pretend they were Harry and ron looking for the mirror of erised, but instead they found junseok's real birth cert. despite already knowing his real nmae was junseok, junseok never expected to find it ). and so, taehyung has placed himself as someone important in junseok's life.

taehyung was one thing, jenny seo was another. with the daily pressure of a student, junseok was pressured even more by the korean literature teacher because of hongbin being unable to excell in the subject, they say twins are supposed to fill each other's holes, but they're not twins and junseok isn't exactly a big fan of korean lit. either so to avoid getting caught for nearly failing an exam once, he hid in the girl's bathroom. since the teacher's a guy, he wouldn't think to find junseok there. junseok hid in one of the stalls, and decided to stay there until the period was over. time passed and he fell asleep, unfortunately he had snored and had forgotten to lock the stall. he only then realized his mistake when he was woken with an abrupt scream from the school's darling, jenny seo. and that was the beginning of tae's rivalry to the girl. to push down his humiliation, he had to push down the darling, right?

since then, rumors starts to spread about him and because it was also giving hongbin a bad image, hongbin signed junseok up for the school band where he met kang hanuel. kang haneul was hongbin's partner in science-related activities so he had pretty much guessed junseok's attitude. however, when he received a male who was able to express his feelings perfectly through the quite clumsy chord progressions from his saxophone playing, haneul saw junseok in a new light. calling him oddball every other time to address him as he heard about the uproar rumor of junseok's real name in the staff room and the gossips from his older sister who was also a teacher. haneul served as junseok's senior that watched over him when needed.

 

family.

father / cho jin / 53 / carpenter / creative, hot-tempered, impatient, laid-back when it comes to social matters
mother / lee sera / 51 / teacher / loving, naggy, over-reacts, knowledgeable
uncle / lee jibin / 51 / businessman / mathematician, calculative, forgetful, naggy
aunt / kim hongsoo / 50 / housewife / easily bored, smart, shopaholic, perfectionist
cousin / lee hongbin / 18 / student at daesan high / smart, forgetful, heartthrob, scaredy cat