JUNG JIHO =================== π π carly, 25+, she/her, dc upon request π
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jiho and @daeyongdx experience something akin to normal christmas festivities. surely it's too good to be true?
jiho usually spends christmas working. he gets holiday pay, and another nurse gets to spend the holiday with their families. it's not like he really has anything to do, so he might as well.
he'll visit his mother sometime this week and bring her a gift. she'll tell him he shouldn't have, and she'll give him whatever knick-knack she's learned to make this month in return. he'll get back to his apartment and find some place to display it as a reminder that things are better than they once were.
they aren't traditional christmases, but they're good christmases, at least to him. they aren't painful, at least. they're their best christmases yet. there's plenty of room for improvement, but it's always been hard for jiho to imagine. his most spectacular christmas memories are with his ex who might've killed him if jiho stayed with him. he can't help but feel like grand celebrations are all a farce, or at least any celebrations involving him.
he doesn't need them, though. he's sure it's an instance of him never experiencing it, therefore not knowing what he's missing out on. maybe next year he'll have enough money to buy his mother a tree and he'll take a night off and they'll decorate it with the ornaments she's been making since october.
in the meantime...it's his best christmas yet β maybe. he doesn't let himself think about it too much, out of fear that it'll ruin everything, but he can't deny that this year is better than most.
he knows it's because of daeyong. he knows, if he told daeyong this, he wouldn't believe it. he'd probably laugh it off β try to make a joke to keep jiho from noticing he doesn't know how to handle being something good to someone. jiho noticed a long time ago. there's a lot he knows about daeyong that daeyong hasn't told him β like the fact that if daeyong knew how much he knows about him, he would probably be uncomfortable and trust him less. so he doesn't say anything about it. besides, there's always more to learn about him. sometimes jiho is wrong about him, or doesn't have the full picture. he just tries to understand, and he listens, and he waits until daeyong is ready β to explain his thought process, to open up to him, to let himself...feel.
tonight is simple. everything feels easy. nevermind that jiho is bad at ice skating and wanted to buy far too many things at the district's makeshift christmas market, or that he was so eager to eat his carp bread that he burnt his tongue. it's no grand celebration, but maybe that's why it feels so good.
they spend a lot of time walking and looking at christmas lights, judging which displays look good and which could use some work, like either of them know anything about decorating for holidays. they make an armless, noseless snowman because all they have is a bunch of snow and rocks. jiho didn't wear suitable gloves for making a snowman, so he puts the soaked gloves in his pocket and daeyong holds his hand.
jiho uses his freezing fingers as an excuse to go back to daeyong's apartment and get out of the cold, even though he mainly does it because daeyong gets quiet. jiho doesn't know exactly why, but he knows what the calm before daeyong's storm looks like, and knows the storm is best kept somewhere more private than the city streets.
he only stops holding daeyong's hand once they're safely inside β just to unzip his jacket. he turns to daeyong before he even takes it off, pressing a quick kiss to his cheek. his hand settles on his shoulder without jiho even realizing. he pauses. daeyong has that distant look in his eyes, like he's fighting some battle in another dimension.
"are you okay?" he asks, voice soft. he already knows the answer, but asking what's wrong is too demanding. daeyong doesn't have to tell him anything. jiho just wants him to be okay.
sometimes his mom living alone worries him. sure, she has jiho on speed dial and knows to call him if she ever has a problem, but...it's different than him actually being there in case of emergencies. sometimes she doesn't know there's a problem until the damage has already been done.
then he reminds himself how stressful it was when he lived with her, and that he is 23 years old and allowed to have his own life. besides, he lives in urbane apartments, and his mom lives in brickstay villas β it's obvious who has the higher quality living situation here. it felt like the least he could do for her.
he thinks this is more respectful to his mom, too. it would be a little demeaning to live with your son watching over you constantly, like you're some fragile thing incapable of taking care of yourself. sure, it feels like that sometimes...but she's allowed to have her own life, too.
the happy medium is him visiting her in person once a week. he tries to call her every day that he can, too, just to check in. on the days he visits, he picks up food so he can be sure she has something to eat that she'll enjoy. he tries to help her meal prep for the rest of the week, too, but he's not the best cook and his mom is easily overwhelmed, so it's mostly simple things.
he usually ends up more tired than refreshed after seeing her, which makes him kind of sad. he's tired most of the time, though, and it won't stop him from taking care of her in the ways he can.
he's on his way out, halfway down the hallway, plastic bag with leftover food his mom insisted he take with him in one hand, when he sees her: hayun. he stops in his tracks without really intending to.
it's not like it's a bad thing to see her. it's not like she and jiho had a bad relationship. it was closer to good, if anything β a bond forged over hating their mutual father figure during one of his mother's short-lived marriages. they didn't keep in touch once their parents divorced. it just feels weird. somehow, he never really expected to see her again.
for a moment, jiho wonders if he's just hallucinating and it's just some girl who looks like hayun, but no. he's pretty sure that's her. he just stands there kind of awkwardly, then eventually says, "hi."
jiho finds @lucedx on the hunt for blood...in a dumpster?
jiho may be a licensed practical nurse now, but he still often gets stuck doing the tedious tasks no one else at the hospital wants to do. it's probably just habit from his cna days, where he sometimes felt more like the intern for the doctors and other nurses than a nurse himself.
he doesn't mind it, though. he does the tedious tasks and he gets to sing to the babies and anxious patients. it's fun when he can gets a child who came in for a vaccine to sing along with him despite how little they want to be there. it's a pretty good gig, ultimately.
but sometimes it means taking the trash out, and sacred heart has a lot of trash. it's not like the trash cans are all overflowing, but there are just so damn many trash cans in the hospital that it adds up.
he heaves the first round of trash up, ready to toss it into the dumpster in the alley behind the hospital, but he realizes he isn't alone. no β there is in fact someone digging through the dumpster. he pauses, narrows his eyes in confusion, then says, "can i help you?" more sarcastic than polite for a first meeting with someone. then again, it's not very polite to dig through someone's trash either, is it?
hiiii everyone! it's carly (jaeyongdx's mun) back at it again with another muse...i wanted to have jiho done in time for opening but alas, did not happen...but he's here now, yippee!! i have one more on the way i fear similarly to jaeyong, jiho is also a reincarnation of a beloved muse of mine, but unlike jaeyong, who is a horrible terrible menace of an orange cat, jiho is my sopping wet pathetic black cat. here is his about page, and as always, playlist and pinterest for fun. i know i have some plotting messages to get back to already, but i've had a busy couple of days and will hopefully get to them tonight and torment you all with jiho's presence also. that being said if you'd like to plot with jiho in particular feel free to like this post β£οΈ as always (pt 2) i will yap about him and offer some plot ideas under the cut yayyy
ABOUT JIHO
(cw: abuse)
born in changwon's mutagen district in 2002 to two terrible parents
his dad was abusive and his mom has empathy that's very strong and very uncontrolled so she's always been a bit all over the place
needless to say jiho learned to take care of himself at a pretty young age because nobody else was gonna do it
music was always comforting to him, he would sing a lot to himself growing up
joined choir in school and discovered his siren song ability at around 12 years old. needless to say (2) he had to quit choir after that
he switched gears to focusing on instruments because having anyone who could hear your singing flock to you makes singing a lot less fun!!
as he grows up his mom goes through three different husbands, all varying degrees of terrible, but she ends up getting back together with his dad eventually swearing that "he's better now" (he wasn't)
jiho also fell into his own abusive rls unfortunately...he got roped in by love bombing and by the time he realized the man was actually a monster he was attached rip
when his mom got back together with his dad he started fighting back tho. and his dad, whose ability was anger constructs, got really pissed off about that!!
luckily jiho developed anger absorption as a secondary ability, probably due to getting the shit kicked out of him by anger constructs all the time....but all he had to do was touch the constructs and they would break, awesome
(suicide tw Kind Of) that did not stop his dad from trying to fight him tho. it actually only got worse until there was An Accident (jiho used his siren song to make his dad kill himself with one of his anger construct weapons it was not an accident) (/end tw)
by the time jiho was done with high school, dad was dead, and his terrible boyfriend was like hey we should move in together (: jiho was like we gotta get out of here bro
took his mom and moved to district x because he was in desperate need of a fresh start, and he took care of his mom more than the other way around β he couldn't just leave her
he took on pretty much any job he could get when he first moved to district x to support them
taking care of his mom and singing to soothe her as well as being the best babysitter of all time ended up inspiring him to pursue nursing
he started as a nursing assistant at sacred heart and basically just sang to newborn babies and dying old people as his day job. he loved it so he got his nursing license and is now an lpn. he isn't sure if he wants to be an rn or not yet so this is fine for now
he also works as a bartender at one of the shady clubs on red light lane. he knows a Lot about the people that frequent there because he is a great listener and also great at making drinks lmao
he managed to save up enough money to get his mom an apartment at brick stay villas while he stays in urbane residences. he still sees her pretty much every day but it's much healthier for him to not be with her constantly
he also goes to therapy. god bless. he is working on #healing
and he is also in a band! he plays keyboard but can also play whatever else when it's needed LMAO
he also has indomitable will as a secondary ability. basically just strong af willpower and ability to endure things, both related to other mutagen abilities and Life
he's very kind. very introverted. overthinks a lot, talks too much sometimes, has a very hard time relaxing or having fun on his own, but is great at taking care of people and Will Do It even if he doesn't like you. insert "it's rotten work especially to me especially if it's you i'll fucking do it but christ alive" text post. that's him
PLOT IDEAS
coworkers...coworkers at the shady red light lane establishment and sacred heart hospital! patrons of these places also
he's great at calming people down so if your muse needs to be talked down (or sung down, more likely) from something he's your guy. he will do this with friends Or strangers
he unfortunately kind of attracts toxicity. or is attracted To it. one can't be sure which. he's an "i can fix him" guy. so toxic friends and flings are likely and welcome though expect the relationship to be Turbulent because he is Trying to be better...
he also has One ex in district x somewhere. he was thankfully not abusive but still a little toxic...he taught jiho what love is actually supposed to be like but also broke up with him because he felt suffocated and never Actually committed to being his boyfriend but he sure is his ex Something. so that role is available...
also people that will love this poor man properly in any way. loving friends. found family. a non-toxic boyfriend eventually. please
bandmates and fans of his music! and other people from The Band Scene he can bond with over rock music
he does also do a bunch of odd jobs still so. babysitting...guitar lessons...writing your essay for your english class...he'll do it and do it well as long as he's getting paid
maybe he's singing quietly to himself somewhere thinking there's nobody around but Your Muse Is and suddenly they're zombie walking toward that beautiful music and he's like. oops
i'd also like plots related to his ability to resist other powers to some degree! try to manipulate him or something i dare u!
angry people or people with anger-related abilities too! let's put his anger absorption secondary ability To Work
i think i had more ideas but i forget them. hopefully this is a good place to start!!
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