❝ Yoon Soon Mi❞

Being helpless and completely naive at that time, she followed anyone that gave her something as simple as a smile. Lucky for her, a middle class family who took her in as a slave was kind enough to give her decent sharings of food. Nevertheless, she was still very much alone, and she lived like that for the next three years. Living the life of a servant girl had its difficulties, but she endured it all. She endured through the high-maintenance daughter of the house that constantly tried to make her life harder than it already was and often got her into trouble. She endured through the bullying amongst the servants because she was the youngest, so others often took advantage of that and gave her extra work. She endured it all until the day when the family hosted a party for their daughter’s fourteenth birthday. The party started off like any other parties, except at this one, Soonmi caught the eyes of a man from another household. When the man dragged her off to a secluded area of the house, she knew something was terribly wrong. Before anything could happen, the girl fought back and knocked the man unconscious. She escaped and ran out of the house, and she knew from that point, she could never return to the house again. Her choice was either to die in the house or to live on the streets. Of course, she chose the latter. However, words spread fast, and the next day, the family send out people to look for her so that she could pay for harming someone from a higher status. Without a choice, Soonmi, once again, hopped onto the back of a wagon and headed for another city. 

Living on the streets again with no money or food, she knew she had to get a job. However, being at the age of ten, she had the shape of a straw. No one was willing to spend money on hiring a girl who wouldn't do a lot of work (such as heavy lifting). It took some hesitation, but in the end, she decided to go look for a job at the Gisaeng house. At first, they didn't want her because of her age, but they came to an agreement that she could do chores instead. From that point on, she worked in the Gisaeng house and watched everything and learned about everything from the back. 

When she reached the age of thirteen, they started giving her lessons on being a proper Gisaeng; all the rules and tricks. At the age of sixteen, a new Gisaeng was born.

Like his father, who was an excellent swordsman, growing up, Yixing wanted to be nothing but the best at sword fighting. He always looked up to his father for most things. To him, his father was like his role model, like a god, and Yixing wanted to be just like him. Overall, Yixing had a very happy childhood, filled with very fond memories of both him and his parents.

It all changed at the age when Yixing turned seventeen, and he discovered that his father had a secret mistress. Feeling completely betrayed at that time, he wanted to do nothing but go tell the whole world. However, reality hit him hard and he realized that it was best for his mother not to know. He realized that if words of his father having a mistress got out, things would go very badly for both his father and his family. Making the logical choice at that time, Yixing kept it to himself. But because of that incident, Yixing rarely made conversations longer than five minutes with his father, and they both grew apart. Even until this day, his father doesn’t know the reason why his affectionate son, who loved him so much to a point where it was annoying sometimes, started being so cold and quiet towards him. However, being a busy man, he never bothered to find out.

After that, Yixing was still that loving, kind boy as before, but a few things changed. Since then, Yixing started to notice all the horrible things that went on around him that he never noticed before. At the age of seventeen, he realized that the world he lived in was much more complex than he had let on. Things that went on throw backdoors, illegal trading, fraud and all the corruption in the government. From that point on, Yixing started to see the world in a different light, and he promised himself that he would bring justice to everyone that deserved it. 

• Gentle: He is very gentle with his actions to make sure it doesn’t harm anyone. He’s very gentle with his words to make sure no one get hurt anyone. Overall, hew is very gentle. Like his loving mother, whom he can’t bring himself to tell her about his father’s mistress, Yixing was brought up with care. His mother always taught him to be the bigger person, and never hold grudges against anyone. Although his father was the only exception, Yixing became the kind of boy that was gentle and very considerate, and in return, the world loved him back. 

• Trustworthy: Although Yixing knows how cunning the society can be, he refuses to be dragged along with them. To everyone who knew Yixing well enough, they knew if there was anyone who they trust with their life, it was Yixing. Trust has never been an issue for him. Once someone shares a secret with him, the secret is locked up, and the person never has to worry about it getting out. Unless the secret was something incredibility big and dangerous like, “I’m going to slaughter the entire city tonight.” Then Yixing will definitely find ways to stop it, whether it require telling that secret or not. Overall, Yixing is the kind of boy his friends all go to for problems because he’s the kind of guy that will not tell a soul. 

• Smart: Another thing Yixing was known for, other than trustworthy, was the fact that that he was incredibility smart. Yixing started learned at an age younger than most kids around him, and he learned unbelievably faster as well. He was smart not only because he learned earlier and faster than others, it was because he loved to learn. He loved the endless knowledge the flows in the world, yet so little people knows of them. He loved to learned, and that was why he was so smart. Due to this, everyone around him expect him to do something incredible with his life in the future. 

• Tenacious: Whenever there was something he wanted, he will go through lengths to get it. Whether it’d be an object, a person or just to get his way in a situation, he will not give up until he’s gotten what he came for. Some may call him stubborn, but that was just Yixing. Perhaps it was because he had everything as a child, so he refuses to accept the fact that there’s something he can’t have. However it may be, Yixing doesn’t give up easily. 

• One of Yixing's flaw is that he gets jealoused easily. Too easily. Perhaps it was because he had everything in his grasp since youth and he never had to share anything of his. Although jealous is normal. For Yixing, jealousy can sometimes get to the best of him. It sometimes made his actions reckless and foolish, and that got him into a lot of trouble. However, he tries to work on it; to not feel so overly possessive.

They’re going to start falling in love with each other once she puts away the stage personality and strikes up an actual conversation. They’ll fall in love with each other without even realizing it. At first, the both of them will just enjoy each other’s company. However, the more they hang out, the more they both realizes that there might be something more. On days when they don’t get to see each other, they noticed how they were a little discouraged. But on days when they were going to see each other, they found themselves more excited.

Yixing is going to learn about her struggles and Soonmi is going to learn about the incident with his father. The more they learned about each other, the more in love they will be. The two will start meeting secretly at night, outside of the Gisaeng house. 

• The way Soonmi acted around Yixing was very careful at first because she was still testing waters. She didn't know if he could be trusted, if she could show him her real side. After coming to a conclusion that he was trustworthy, she felt more at ease. After that, the way she acted around him was more laid back, and she told him all about her life. Once she actually started to realize her feeling for the boy, she started to grow anxious; like she wasn't ready for love. To her, love was something she has never felt before, so the fact that she's 'in love' scared her more than she was willing to admit. When she got over that and accepted the fact that she loves Yixing, their relationship took off and they were very romantic with each other. Always showering each other with love, even though Soonmi struggles with showing her affection. However, Soonmi tries her best and that's all Yixing could ever wanted.

• Yixing acted around Soonmi with curiosity when they offical met (when he was fully conscious, explains in How They Met), as if there was something different about this girl. The way the girl acted seemed off to Yixing. Of course, all the Gisaengs faked smiles and words to please their customers, but this girl's sweet and innocent attitude seemed like it was real. Too real. Therefore, Yixing approched her with curiosity as he tried to figure her out. While doing that, he was patient and gentle. He, a customer, treated her like how a real person should be treated, not just a Gisaeng. When he realized he was in love with the girl, he was scared that the love would go wrong. Like it had with his father, who disregarded his mother for a mistress, he was afraid that he could turn out like his father. However, when he talked it out with Soonmi, he realized that he was different from his father, and he could definitely set a different path for himself. After that, he acted like the typical romantic guy that you would see in cheesy romance movies. But what can you say? He's just a man in love.