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orphaned from birth, dohyun grew up under the care of his grandmother in eastbell; she was all he had and he too, was all she had

they were scraping by with her humble wage as a part-time seamstress but she gave him all that she could and he had a happy childhood

there was just one thing he wanted more than anything in the world and yes, you guessed it, a guitar

his first two guitars weren’t his own, they were either picked up at the neighbourhood dumpster and brought home to be reworked by his grandmother, or handed down by his cousin from the city

it was only until after he graduated high school and started working as a waiter at a bar, did he manage to get his very own guitar 

you could say that dohyun had his interest and passion for music since birth; he pretty much grew up making melodies and beats with furniture and utensils around the house

he sings and plays the guitar and had been busking ever since he was in high school; he doesn’t do it as often now that he has a bigger following and platform but he sure misses it

after his high school graduation, his grandmother had urged him to further his studies in the city but he refused, knowing that would cost her her life savings, and besides, he couldn’t leave her by herself in eastbell anyway 

that might have been the best decision he made though as he wouldn’t be where he is today if not for his job at the bar

the lead singer and guitarist of a band that was performing at the bar he worked at got into a fight with another customer which left him unfit to perform, however, the band had already received payment and needed to perform as scheduled

dohyun had a conversation about guitars with the bassist of the band who then asked if he could fill in for the lead singer and guitarist, as he knew about his abilities to sing and play the guitar

they promised to pay him for his part and he agreed, for the extra wage to get the electric guitar he had been saving up for 

that performance was filmed and uploaded online and that was when his life took a turn

everyone wanted to know the name to this unfamiliar face; the boy with soft eyes that had a soft voice to go with it; the boy whose guitar solo was the best ever seen in eastbell

people eventually figured out he worked at the bar and bands across the twin islands approached him to join them

dohyun joined a band as a guitarist but left after a mere four months as he did not get along with the lead singer; that was when he realised he wasn’t cut out to work with other people and gave up on joining other bands after

just when he thought his short-lived music career was coming to an end, a label from starden offered to sign him on as a solo performer; the only criteria was that he had to perform at the club they were affiliated to, club lol, every weekend

and so he travels to and fro eastbell and starden every week, to perform at the club on the weekend

he lived that way for about a year, until his grandmother passed on shortly after he turned twenty-one

eastbell reminded him too much of her and so he packed his bags and moved to starden to focus on his music career

his fame is on a constant rise and he went from a small stage in a bar back in eastbell to bigger venues in starden