━ ♡ guess the 23 YEAR OLD APRIL baby just arrived to dallyeog! it makes sense, because SONG EUNGI is just as FICKLE as the month of APRIL. wait, why do they remind me of LEE JUYEON? beyond that, they seemed PERCEPTIVE & RESILIENT upon first glance. i heard someone say they’re sort of ELUSIVE & CYNICAL though. i hope they get acquainted here in COMPLEX #2 / APARTMENT #0423 / FLOOR #2; they seem to have a lot going on with HIS job as a FIRST GRADE TEACHER.
hello hello everyone !! i’m gaby, i was here for a wee bit but unfortunately things irl got rather hectic. watch me recycle my old intro for this with additional plot bunnies... but my garbage son is back after yet another swaggy haircut ( i swear at this rate he’s like a pokemon, eungi pls stop morphing every two weeks or so !! this is his last swaggy haircut, i promise ) and is now bigger , better ( not really, still trashy ) and even more p*nchable than ever !! please like this post if you’d like to plot and i’ll slide right into your dm’s heheh ;u;
THE BASICS
full name: song eungi ( 송은기 )
preferred name: eungi / eli ( his english name )
date of birth: april 23, 1997
place of birth: seoul, south korea
gender/pronouns: cis man ( he / him )
orientation: demiromantic bisexual
occupation: first grade teacher at a local elementary school
face claim: lee juyeon ( the boyz )
THE BACKGROUND
the eldest of three siblings, eungi was born and raised in seoul, south korea to two loving parents who expected nothing but the very best from their children. and eungi had absolutely no problem living up to that.
his father is a petroleum engineer and his mother a treasury accountant for a renowned korean corporation. not long after he started preschool, their family had to relocate due to the nature of his father’s work. this wasn’t a rare occurrence: following the first move, it happened once every two years, the songs packing their bags to move halfway across the world.
this caused eungi to learn how to adapt to new environments efficiently, forcing him to develop his quick-witted nature. he was no stranger to developing surface-level relationships without being too attached, being exposed to the idea of people coming and going from his life from a very young age.
when he was fourteen, his father received a job offer in singapore, where they eventually settled down for good. he often still has repercussions, even until this day, in terms of making strong connections with people due to the fear of having to leave and lose contact with them again.
eungi spent his schooling years continuously learning, exploring, and admiring the things around him. he was exposed to a range of hobbies and career prospects from a young age, and overtime found where his passions lie: eungi had always been enthusiastic about sharing his findings with others and could easily see the potential in people ( and wanted to take part in helping them reach it if he can ! ) . this led him to pursue a degree in education, majoring in elementary education at seoul national university.
after graduating summa cum laude two years ago, eungi originally intended to move back to singapore to be with his family. however, he decided to stay for a while – and while he doesn’t necessarily show it, there’s something about the city ( and perhaps, the people around him ) that’s keeping him content.
he’s starting to believe that he’s a little too attached to dallyeog than he originally intended to.
THE NUTS AND BOLTS
eungi’s quite the intangible concept, to put it simply – he’s a people person when he needs to be ( and he genuinely enjoys it, being around his students ) but keeps a low profile otherwise. the chances of him actually bothering to carry a rather fruitful conversation with someone ( when he’s out of the classroom, of course ) is like flipping a coin ; he doesn’t let people in very easily in fear of losing touch with them completely in the not so distant future.
outside of work, he’s extremely uptight, sarcastic & has a very dry sense of humour. makes judgement calls far too quickly, and absolutely hates being told that he’s wrong. he usually blames this on the fatigue of working with children five days a week, though. comments are often delivered in subtle ways, needing a few moments to pass before realising that he’s throwing a jab at your direction.
operates by logic and reason. don’t ever try to dispute his words, or else he’ll nitpick through your arguments and identify loopholes to prove you wrong. he tries to act unbothered but really, he means well. he’ll do little things ( that may or may not be clear that it was his doing. like leaving an unsigned basket of chocolates on one’s doorknobs for valentine’s day, refilling the detergent at the communal laundry ) out of gratitude and care. he just doesn’t like appearing to be affectionate because he knows that’s the first step to being attached.
tl;dr he’s living the hannah montana life of primary school teacher by day and asshole by night, the disparity is clear only if you’ve seen him in both instances... and you’ll start questioning whether it’s the same person ( answer: yes, it is ). essentially it’s just a mechanism he resorts to since he’s afraid of opening up a little too much to people who won’t stay in his life for very long.
THE CONNECTIONS
i’ll be writing up a full wc and stats page soon ( this is kind of just a quick facts thing, i guess ?? ) so do watch this space !! the ones i’ve listen below, however, are just those i can think of off the top of my head:
first friend in seoul
childhood friends ( maybe they met online ?? or at a summer camp ?? )
past classmates at snu
confidant / ride or die
someone he doesn’t get along with ( loud neighbours !! )
unlikely friendships
younger sibling figure
PLOT BUNNIES
one of the fellow teachers / parents thought that it would be funny to set him up on a blind date when he clearly wasn’t looking for a relationship, and now he’s embarrassed to be around your muse ?? or maybe they turned into good friends, maybe even sworn enemies !!
he teaches one of your muses’ relatives and they’ve met before in a parent-teacher conference !! so your muse saw him in cheerful teacher eungi mode, and maybe your muse wonders why that’s not the case when he’s outside of the classroom ??
your muse found him at the rooftop after a long night, in a state that was not so sober. for the first time, he broke down those walls and opened up to your muse. more than he ever did to anyone who wasn’t his own family. but when they bumped into each other the next morning, eungi had absolutely no recollection of the night. what do they do ?? taken by SEOJOON
a drunk eungi keeps on knocking on your muse’s door yelling to let him in, stubborn with the thought that it’s his apartment. what could go wrong ?? taken by NIKI
one of the students from his class gets picked up late on certain days and so eungi offers to babysit them until their parent finishes their shift at work. the first few occasions were fine. but then he gets a bit strained after long work days, so he asks your muse for help.
your muse caught him going on a date with one of the single parents from school ?? wow, hot gossip !!
eungi has been trying to catch the culprit behind the mystery of overdue laundry over at complex two.. and your muse seems to always be in the wrong place at the wrong time, so eungi begins to suspect your muse to be the reason as to why he could never use the machines during a reasonable time of day.
he turns into angry ahjussi mode whenever there’s a loud neighbour around... which is incredibly hypocritical of him since the fucking food processor he keeps using ( and for what reason, eungi ?? ) is as loud, if not louder than what he’s complaining to your muse about. someone knock some sense into his head, please !! taken by DANBI
if there’s anything eungi misses the most, it’s his family and the life he had back in singapore. your muse, most likely without knowing, invites him for a meal out at a local chinese restaurant and he gets a little too emotional. and your muse starts questioning why something so minuscule is making someone like eungi break ??
