QUICK FACTS
LIKES
— lo-fi his go-to background music when studying.
— sweets yooseong has always had a preference for the suguary side of things, whether it's desserts or drinks.
— coffee it wasn't until his last year of high school that he started drinking coffee, primarily to study for his csat exam. to say that he needs it to function throughout the day would be an overstatement, but with how much more frequently yooseong's starting to stop by the cafe in the morning, it's safe to say his current rate of one drink every 2-3 days will probably grow into at least one every day.
— board games growing up with more traditional games than video games, yooseong grew a liking for the former which he often joined in with the other children at the foster home. later on during high school, on some nights his family would play games together when yooseong's and eunhee's workload weren't too heavy, which wasn't often considering how packed their schedules were from studying and after school tutoring, but these are fond memories yooseong finds himself recalling every now and then. (and if anyone asks, he's won his fair share… though more often than not, it's his mom and sister.)
— puzzles especially logic puzzles. he's always liked them ever since he was little—solving them is just so satisfying.
— mathematics his strongest subject, followed by physics—not to say he dislikes or significantly struggles with other stem courses, but there's just something so satisfying about correctly solving an entire page of math problems.
DISLIKES
— loud noises especially screaming, yelling, and blaring music. he's not particular to the point that he needs absolute tranquility to sleep and study nor is he stingy enough to force his roommate to swear an oath of silence, but if the noise is loud enough that yooseong can hear it even with earphones in and his music on, it definitely becomes a problem.
— social media most of yooseong’s sns accounts were made for the sake of having one. if it weren’t for his sister taking pictures and convincing him to post once every blue moon, his last Instagram photo would’ve probably been three years ago.
— shopping considering he’s never considered himself fashionable, he finds shopping rather boring, only going a couple times a year whenever he actually needs new clothes to attend an event or to replace old ones. nothing yooseong chooses for himself is name brand, and though his parents may gift him something fancy for his birthday, he can't help but always feel a bit guilty about it.
— cheating because of his strong sense of integrity, though he also knows that if he were to get caught, someone of his background and position wouldn’t be granted much leeway. it’d also be disgraceful given his adoptive mom is a teacher—yooseong always thinks twice when it comes to actions that'll impact his family.
— chemistry labs it's not that he hates chemistry but rather he finds the experiments boring and the lab reports tedious.
HOBBIES
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HABITS
— eating candy during class specifically peppermints. he pops one in his mouth two or three times a day at the beginning of class, partially to get rid of the coffee breath but mostly because they're refreshing, especially once it hits the midday mark.
— twirling his pen or pencil, or any other writing utensil between his fingers.
— questioning people's intentions a secondary instinct whenever someone acts too friendly with him. after how his former friend group in high school treated him, yooseong's developed an intense distrust towards others, particularly when they wish to befriend him. small talk is fine but he can't help but view personal questions (or at least what he thinks is personal) as prying and uncomfortable. considering his answers were once weaponized against him, it'll require some time before yooseong can comfortably open up again.
— barely expressing emotions it’s not that he feels no emotions but rather he rarely shows them. yooseong’s are already difficult to gauge because of his default blank expression and combining this with his lack of reaction to most things—which tend to be mild even when he does react—makes him almost impossible to read. the most relaxed he appears to be is when he’s alone with his family, in which he’s visibly more happy and light-hearted; otherwise, the most others see of him is perhaps be the ghost of a smile.
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— cleaning the dorm weekly here
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TRIVIA
— favorite color sky blue
— favorite season autumn
— favorite dessert creme brulee
— favorite foods homemade samgyetang
— favorite musical artists the rose, day6, bolbbalgan4, and 10cm
— favorite music genres lo-fi is his go-to background music when studying, though he would consider indie rock and indie pop to be his favorite genre.
— favorite coffee order iced caramel macchiato. considering how quickly the costs rack up though, yooseong usually opts for the cheapest coffee options in the food court and dining halls instead.
— study habits the ipad his parents gifted him for his birthday right before entering university is probably the most expensive thing to his name, so naturally, yooseong not only takes meticulous care of it but also uses it enough for his money’s worth. from taking electronic notes to viewing e-textbooks, his academic life is practically all in this device.
— study habits (pt 2) to-do lists and the calendar app keep yooseong on top of his responsibilities. he’s one of the people who prefers knocking tasks out of the way several days and even weeks ahead of time if possible, the latter particularly when it comes to essays and projects. procrastinating isn’t in his vocabulary—yooseong needs to have an early start or he’ll start feeling rushed and irritated.
— shower schedule mostly in the evenings, though he'll also take one in the morning before important events such as interviews and job fairs. considering chungsam hall residents share communal showers, ideally he's able to claim a stall right after the janitorial staff finishes cleaning.
— bad at navigation for some reason, his sense of direction is quite terrible. if it wasn't for yooseong mapping out his route to class several times before the start of the semester, he would’ve absolutely been late on his first day. unsurprisingly, this means he won't be learning the entire map of jju anytime soon.
— visits back home depending on his workload for the upcoming week, he'll visit back home and stay until sunday at least once a month, though usually two or three times. there's always food yooseong brings back to the dorms by the end of the weekend too, which probably lasts him for a good couple of days. if his relationship with his roommate improves, he'll consider offering to share.
— dating history nonexistent. his crushes throughout middle school never amounted to anything, and the closest yooseong came to a relationship was mutual flirting with someone in his high school friend group—at least until he discovered said group only befriended him to distract him from his studies and essentially use him as entertainment for some joke. needless to say, yooseong cut off all ties to the group after this discovery.
— dating history (pt 2) the farthest he's gone was kissing two people in high school: lee nahee who he once romantically liked from his former friend group, and his current roommate choi hyunwoo during a game of spin the bottle in their first year of high school.
PLAYLIST
— the rose 'definition of ugly is'
— txt 'trust fund baby'
— bolbbalgan4 'to my youth'
— le sserafim 'good parts'
— d.o. 'that's okay'
— v 'inner child'
— here 'here'