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jiu can only imagine what the experience will be like for the fans who walk through this space. when they arrive, the place won't be relatively empty like it is now. the music will sound louder, blasting over the hundreds of voices all trying to hold separate conversations all at once. the humid summer weather will only be exacerbated by too many human bodies crammed into a relatively small area. and yet the atmosphere will be electric, joyous. men and women, boys and girls will walk through this room, seeing exactly what jiu himself is seeing now, only they'll be all the more excited for it. jiu has seen these pictures before, he knows the people written about in the personality tests and profiles on a personal level. but for a fan, especially a young fan, this must be like setting foot into a fairytale.
"can you imagine what it's like to be like, i don't know, twelve years old and coming into this place?" starting a conversation with anyone has never been an issue for jiu. he simply looks over his shoulder, to the nearest person standing there, and just expects them to know that he's talking to them. the worst thing he can do is embarrass himself, which really isn't that bad of a fate.
"were you a fan of idols before you debuted? i sorta wish i had paid more attention when i was a kid. i just liked the music, but i don't think i realized there was more to the experience back then. i feel like i'd appreciate this more if i had." there's nothing wistful about it, not exactly. more full of wonder, at curiosity of what his reality would feel like with just slightly different experiences than the ones he's currently familiar with. "they really put together a great event. i'll have to see what people say about it later." jiu grins at his (unwilling?) partner in conversation, inviting them to smile back.
training ground
with: @kim-jiu
at: adagio label's practice room
he's certain jiu has to be getting annoyed by how many times gyumin's been caught looking at him.
his eyes just seemed to wander in jiu's direction every few minutes, whether it was through the practice room mirror or by outright turning his head during a break. gyumin couldn't really help himself. even though it had been months since his return, it was still a little surreal seeing jiu back in the practice room with them after last year. if anyone asked gyumin—which no one did, by the way—performing as a four was unnatural. maybe it wouldn't have been as noticeable if they had over ten members in the group, but even gyumin couldn't convince himself of that. jiu is such a big part of hiraeth that no matter how many members the group consisted of, his absence would've been felt.
he hasn't asked jiu how he personally felt about their choreography this comeback, and he probably never would unless it was just them two in the room. bringing it up in front of others felt unfair to jiu, even if the others in question were their groupmates. the last thing gyumin wanted to do was corner jiu and force him to answer a question that he may not want to answer. still, a part of him couldn't help but feel relieved that their choreography had eased up a little since jiu's return. in gyumin's humble opinion, hiraeth had spent years proving what they were capable of and their body of work should speak for itself by now. then again, gyumin had a feeling he'd be eating those words sooner rather than later.
at the next break, gyumin was practically itching to talk to jiu. there'd been a million things running through his head over the past hour, but the moment he wandered over with his water bottle and settled beside the older, his mind went completely blank.
"hyung," he paused, frowning at himself as he searched for literally anything to follow it up with. "...give me a second. i promise i had an actual reason for coming over here." after a few moments of staring at the floor, it was if someone had finally flipped a switch in his brain. "okay, i remembered. do you think chrome center is ever going to debut another group? i was just thinking about how we've been the only artists here since our debut, even though there's always been chrome center trainees. i know it's foolish to think it's going to stay that way forever but..." he trailed off, absentmindedly twisting the cap of his water bottle. "i don't know, it's just hard to picture us sharing the practice rooms after eight years."
jiu knew better than to expect normalcy right off the bat. nothing had been truly normal since the accident, since his life—like the car he was in—was flipped upside down, tumbled around like an alligator in a death roll. being in a practice room again felt like a blessing in itself. it was certainly closer to normal than the last year spent in and out of hospitals and specialists' offices, countless scans and new exercises and relearning how to use his body which had once come so naturally to him.
now, in a room with a mirrored wall and music playing, it should feel like coming home, slipping into a familiar skin and once again becoming the person he was over a year ago. but like an old shirt in the back of the closet, the fit isn't exactly what he remembered it was. it's a little tight in some places, a little uncomfortable in ways he doesn't remember it being. certainly physically, he's still not as strong as he was before. but emotionally too—he can tell some of the staff, and even his members, tip toe around the knee-shaped elephant in the room. no one speaks of it, but its presence is there all the same. it's in the choreography they're learning, the way it's a little less intense than the routines of two years ago. jiu doesn't say anything. he doesn't want to admit that he might still be holding everyone back.
dwelling on such thoughts has never suited the young man though. he forgets them quickly enough, channeling his focus instead to the way he sharpens one move and softens the next, repeating the tricky parts until they make perfect sense and enjoying the dull ache of well-worked muscles that he hasn't felt in quite some time. sweat drips down his back from his effort, though jiu has always been one to sweat in excess. it's a little annoying, but he's gotten used to it over the years.
a break is called and jiu gulps down water enthusiastically in an attempt to cool his body from the inside out. he notices, of course, the way gyumin wanders over like he hadn't been trying to make eye contact with jiu for half the practice anyway. jiu knows the other man wants to talk, that he's probably been eager for quite some time. it brings a smile to his lips as gyumin's train of thought derails as soon as it's given the opportunity to leave the station. truly an impressive fumble that jiu will have to find a way to tease him for later. "are you sure? you didn't just want to stand near me and admire my pretty face?" he jokes, flashing teeth when he grins. gyumin's question sounds more like an excuse to start a conversation than anything, and jiu happily obliges. "of course they will," he asserts without a moment of hesitation or consideration. "probably in the next couple of years, when we start enlisting in the military. someone's gotta keep the lights on in here after all."
"we probably won't be sharing practice rooms though. they'll have their own room and we'll have ours. so it's not like we'll have to reserve time in here or anything." he pauses to consider for just a moment. "my money's on a girl group. but what do i know?"
heel-elevated front squats: 3 sets of 5 reps. highest effort.
deficit rear-foot elevated split squats: 3 sets of 3–5 reps.
single-leg leg presses: 3 sets of 12 reps at 150 kg.
single-leg hip extensions: 3 sets of 15 reps.
continuous broad jumps: 3 sets of 5 reps. soft, symmetrical landings with knees over toes.
single-leg box drops: 3 sets of 5 reps to double-leg landing.
tuck jumps: 3 sets of 10 seconds.
we're never going to forget this routine, are we? right now we're doing it every other day with a whole lot of stretching on the off-days so it's probably going to be burned into our mind for eternity. i wonder what you're doing now, actually. are you up to 180 kg on those leg presses yet? i think we can do it by the end of this year, but sometimes i'm still surprised by how much weaker i am on that side.
next year we'll be another twelve months removed from that injury. progress plateaued a couple of months ago but hopefully you've found a way to break through that. do you still have that numb, tingly feeling where they cut into our leg? does that scar cream that mom gave us actually work or am i going to give up on that in another couple of weeks? i at least want to use up the whole jar, since she spent her own money on it. i'm not sure how much i believe in the healing power of pennywort but apparently it came highly recommended. i'm sure we'll tell her it helped anyway.
you're probably really sick of that injury taking up so much space in your mind though, huh? i know i am. it feels good to be back to work, back up on stage, but i can't help but notice how different it feels too. i never once doubted my body as much as i do now. in a year, will that change? is it going to take longer than that? every little spasm or ache makes me think i'm going to end up right back at the hospital, that i've overdone it somehow. like, i know that's all in my head and the surgeon said we're 100% good to go, but my body doesn't really want to believe that yet.
look on the bright side though, we'll be twenty-seven by the time you're reading this and conscription isn't going to be an issue anymore. we're medically exempt! shoutout grade 5 health classification! i'm sure people will have a lot of opinions about that, but honestly we didn't really have a say in it all, did we?
it'll be weird to be left behind by everyone though. my older brothers all did it, my members will have to do it eventually if they haven't already, my friends from school are pretty much done with it by now too. honestly i'm worried about what's going to happen when the members start going off. will the company push those of us still available more? i never really wanted a solo, no 'i' in 'team' and all that. i hope no one suggests it, i don't really want to have to turn it down either. it probably sounds bad that i'm so unambitious, doesn't it? well, you know, we always just wanted to dance. getting famous was kinda an accident. how did we even end up here?
i hope you have some answers by the time you're reading this. and i hope i have something more interesting on my mind than physical therapy exercises next time i write a letter to my future self. oh well, we live in the moment, don't we? i hope you're happy and healthy and surrounded by love, even more than we are right now. we're going to be okay, i know it.
helloooo everyone!! i go by mars (any pronouns) and i'm joining you today with both mr. jiu on this account and miss arin over at @choi-arin ❤ i'll post her intro separately though, just to keep things a little bit organized.
i'm accessible by both discord (available upon request) or tumblr ims for plotting, whatever works best for you. i'll include a few notes about jiu under the cut here but as always please like or reply to this post and i'll hit up your ims to get some plotting started!
most of jiu's information can be found on his profile page and history page but i'll include a few other facts and relationship ideas here to help get things started!
the tl;dr of jiu's life's story is that he's adopted (just like his two older brothers and one younger brother, who happens to be hard of hearing), loved to dance growing up, and decided to make a career out of it since he wasn't too good at academics anyway. he did a little bit of backup dancer work before being signed to adagio label and ultimately debuting with hiraeth. unfortunately he's been on hiatus for most of the last year, only recently returning to the group this spring, due to injury from a car accident he was a passenger in. while technically he's fully recovered and cleared to resume activities, he's not 100% back to where he was before the accident.
a few relationship ideas i would like to pitch to the universe:
any idol groups that debuted before 2017... it's possible he was a backup dancer at least once. perhaps you are proud or excited to see him as an idol on his own now? an old mentor perhaps who helped guide him to the path of eventually becoming an idol?
i hate to say that this man is kinda flippant with his affections. he flirts like nonstop and with everyone. this surely will not cause problems for him (someone who caught feelings who he doesn't really return them for? a long term on again off again low commitment situationship? maybe the interest is mutual but he's so freaking slow to commit to being anything and you're getting really fucking sick of his shit?)
despite the above bullet point he's actually a really good listener. his mom's a social worker, he's been to therapy and family therapy several times growing up and believe it or not he's learned a couple things from that experience. he'd actually be a fantastic confidante to someone.
along the same lines, i'd love to see some sort of mentorship relationship between him and a more recently debuted idol. he's not greedy with any trade secrets if he has any.
gym buddy. he's still focused on physical therapy exercises so he's pretty serious about getting all his reps in at the gym. it's easier when you don't have to go alone.
that's all i have off the top of my head for now... i will absolutely be adding more if i think of any though!!
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MAIN DANCER, MAIN RAPPER, VOCALIST of HIRAETH.
ADAGIO LABEL.
MUSE INFORMATION
faceclaim:Â hwang hyunjin, stray kids
legal name: kim jiu
stage name:Â
pronouns: he/him
birthday:Â january 14, 2000
hometown:Â seoul, south korea
position: main dancer, main rapper, vocalist of hiraeth
career claims:Â career page
BIOGRAPHY
CONTENT / TRIGGER WARNINGS:Â abandonment, car accident, serious injury
he was abandoned as an infant in a church’s baby box by an unknown woman who didn’t so much as leave him a name. the caretaker at the church named him “lee minjoon” when handing him over to the social workers who would place the infant in a orphanage in seoul.
“minjoon” grew up in the orphanage, eventually meeting the social worker who would become his mother. she had adopted two boys before but they were mostly grown and her home was starting to feel empty. unable to have children of her own, she and her husband decided to adopt. and then adopted minjoon again. when given the opportunity, and with the help of his new mother, he changed his name to “kim jiu.”
jiu had his struggles, however his new mother was well versed in the issues a child who grew up without a family may have. she insisted on intensive therapy not just for jiu, but for the whole family. it was tough, but jiu now realizes that he is better for it.
his youngest brother was also adopted and introduced a new challenge to the family; he was hard of hearing. in order to make his new brother feel more comfortable, jiu threw himself into learning korean sign language to better communicate. he’s fluent to this day and uses it almost exclusively to talk to his younger brother.Â
dance was originally just a hobby jiu picked up in middle school to try to make new friends. he’d go to the dance club half-unwillingly, only to discover that he loved creative movement and expression. and the music, of course. he asked his parents to enroll him in more lessons outside of school, which they thankfully obliged, just happy to see the child take an interest in something.
jiu became very serious about dance very quickly. by the time he was in high school, he had joined a crew and was working professionally as a backup dancer and soon began to teach lessons and form his own choreography at the same studio he had grown up in.
inspired by his younger brother, jiu began offering dance classes to deaf and hard of hearing students, especially children. he teaches the class in ksl.
jiu was participating in a dance competition with his crew in spring 2017 when he was approached by apex entertainment talent scouts. he eventually agreed to a private audition and joined the company as a trainee in june 2017. the rest is history.
in february 2025, jiu was leaving a rehearsal late at night when the car he was in was struck by another head-on. as a result, he suffered an acl rupture and had to have reparative surgery and has been in phyiscal therapy for the better part of the last year.
while recovering, jiu quickly grew restless. since his lower body was mostly out of commission, he ended up spending a lot of time at the gym focused on strengthening his upper body. it came in handy when his knee wasn’t strong enough to support him.
as of march 2026, jiu is no longer a patient and has technically made a full recovery, though his knee isn’t what it was before the accident. he’s nervous about cars and too much activity makes his weakened joint ache. while still in the process of rebuilding his strength, he’s made a full return to the spotlight. he rejoined hiraeth just in time to participate in their 5th full length album.Â
PUBLIC IMAGE
from the moment he first appeared on the competition show that would eventually form hiraeth, jiu was marketed as a young prodigy. he’s pushed in the industry as a generational talent when it comes to dance, being given the opportunity to be credited on choreography for his group as soon as debut. it’s not totally without merit; even the antis have to admit he has skill. if he’s criticized for anything, it’s for standing out too much compared to some of his teammates and collaboration partners when it comes to dance.Â
jiu was just barely an adult at their debut, yet he’s always had a rather sensual image. he’s the flirt of the group, capturing hearts with his moves and good looks. he makes sexy look effortless and the company was quick to capitalize on that. lip bites and winks at the camera are his signature. fans often think he’s smarter than he actually is. the company often pushes the romance novel protagonist image onto him— the perfect man who has princely looks and a secret soft heart.
in the last year, he's become more of a tragic character. the public was made aware of his nearly life-changing accident. while some reacted with sympathy, there's always those who wished that he would never return so their favorites would get more screen time and attention. rumors started to spread that he may never return to the industry when more than a year had passed, so it made waves when jiu returned to the spotlight. there has been some light criticism that he's not the same as when he left, though loyal fans are quick to jump to his defense.Â
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