swimming pool

tldr backstory;

yejun is the son of a well accomplished physics professor who teaches at snu and a kindergarten teacher and has a very complicated relationship with both of them 

he has an older half-brother who he’s never met and a twin sister he’s constantly compared too which made life really hard for him growing up

tw / he and his dad have a very bad relationship to the point where it kind of ruined all his relationships with his family in the house (ie. resenting his sister and mother) which was filled with a lot of emotional and sometimes physical abuse so he turned to drinking

tw / his dad kinda picked on him for two reasons: one) he was (still is) very obviously attracted to boys, and two) he is very smart but did very bad in school (was misdiagnosed with adhd but never treated for it) and acted out a lot (ie. getting detention for talking/not sitting still and failing classes) 

it boiled down to one night where he finally left when he was seventeen and never went back home, during which this time he was couch surfing a lot and basically homeless 

here’s where things get silly: about six months ago, yejun was under the impression that he was living a completely different life

tw / he was in love with his childhood best friend and the two of them were dating and living happily together, not only this but he was formally diagnosed with ptsd and bipolar disorder and completely sober, working a 9 to 5 that he loved, etc. 

but suddenly he woke up one day and things were kind of back in that state they had been before and he’s not sure if it was a dream or if it really happened, too scared to figure it out he’s been kind of avoiding it (pretending like he doesn’t have all these super hyper realistic memories of something that never happened) and still getting used to being back where he was  

he’s twenty-one now and so that means like... four years of his life he doesn’t remember and knowing of one person he was kind of friends with before who lives far away from seoul and is willing to take him in (thank u sir mouse @mousettrap) he comes to ville city in the very beautiful region of undisclosed 

tw / so now yejun’s kinda... in a weird space between like mental disorders and lives which has sent him back into the dark ages (or he never left? ooooOOOOoo) where he’s drinking and doing illicit things for money, just trying to make ends meet and very thankful to his roommate for letting him live with him in such a weird and desperate time of his life 

other: 

things he loves: video games (mostly open world/map), comic books (including manga, marvel, and dc), films (esp horror and superhero movies), cats (he had two in his “former life”), space/astrophysics (a rare good at math gay), abba (self explanitory). 

“i know this isn’t what you’re used to,” he says bringing the paper bowls of ramen out to the small table situated in the alley where this connivence store happens to be located. he pulls out the lawn chair and it scrapes against the concrete. it’s been raining, only sprinkling now and the dense air makes his shirt stick to the sweat on his back. “but i do love to spoil my friends.” he grins, ripping the lid back all the way and breaking apart his chop sticks. “i really am sorry but this is what i need after a night out. it’s somehow refreshing?” yejun pauses to shovel a bunch of noodles into his mouth.

“did you enjoy yourself at the club though?” he wonders, leaning back and chewing with his mouth full. “did you get any cute guys numbers or did you finally realize that i’m all you need after meeting the majority of them?” yejun smirks again, teasing as always. 

“fuck,” he says reading the card. “i just adopted a baby, i guess. here goes 500 dollars to turn one of the rooms in our house into a nursery.” he places a piece of paper money back into the bank money, located in the top half of the box off to the side. where’s the game of life for mentally ill alcoholics? the ‘i just traumatized myself hooking up with some guy so he’d pay for a four pack of beer’ card. 

“did you move my piece?” yejun says taking a good look at the board. “i swear i was here.” his finger points two places back. he probably just forgot he moved or something. he’s never really had a good memory but the accusation comes out of him anyways. “so we’re cheating in a game of life, huh? i guess that does make it more realistic.” yejun searches for his drink and looks up at mouse. “your turn to spin.”