so far away

BIOGRAPHY ( tw depression )

minjun was born outside of ilsan, south korea and is the only child to two very hard working and focused parents. early on in his life minjun heard them talk about his future, about how he was going to become a doctor just like the two of them. 

there wasn’t a lot of time spent playing or being a kid, getting scrapes on his knees or eating things he shouldn’t, but more time focused on studies and pre-school classes all focused on him getting ahead. by the time school actually started minjun knew his grammar and maths, but had no idea how to talk to someone his own age.

kids, smart beings as they are, quickly figured out that there was something wrong with him and stayed away, leaving minjun with his lunchbox and books carefully watching them as they played.

in high school he warped the image he had presented to the world ( outcast, weird, loser ) and pretended that it was better to be alone, because he needed to focus on his studies anyways. it didn’t bother him that he ate alone and was last picked for every activity. he had better things to focus on.

after a few months he barely recognised himself, but that was still easier than the heavy gaze of his parents.

he did find a group of people that took him in, but that was just cause they were just as much of an outcast as he was. but his cold persona and calm focus only told the kids that he was busy doing other things.

that mentality took him all the way to one of the best universities in korea, and it wasn’t until he collapsed five minutes into his first exam that he suspected something might be wrong. a forced session with a therapist told him everything he didn’t want to know, and it was with slow steps he made his way home to his parents, and the weight of their poorly hidden disappointed looks nearly killed him.

after a few months of doing nothing, and going crazy over doing nothing, his parents agreed on letting him take a longer trip to maybe ‘kickstart his mind into working’ again. overseas studies sounds better than a nervous breakdown anyways.

he picked bikini bottom cause it was a place he figured no one had ever heard of and picked the most boring job he could imagine for a steady source of income. so far the town hasn’t impressed him that much, but he figures that it doesn’t really have to since his parents are expecting him to come back soon anyways.

CONNECTIONS

the forced friend: someone that has their mind set on minjun being their friend

the friends with benefits

the sexual tension: you argue about everything, just to have an argument. probably an excuse for that sweet sexual tension

the from before: you met once, maybe twice back in korea, and minjun does not want them to tell everyone about the breakdown he had