location florissant.
date sometime in january of 2020.
with @vgseol / min seolhyun.
yubin couldn’t remember the last time he had invited seolhyun to hang out with him and had actually looked forward to it, let alone enjoyed their time together. it wasn’t seolhyun’s fault that he had lost interest, though, and he took pity on her because of that—she hadn’t changed, he had. as his fame steadily grew and grew and his arsenal of drugs did, too, he had lost interest in just about everything and everyone that he had once loved. at this point, he was merely going through the motions by continuing to feign interest in his old companions.
he had, at least, decided to dress up for her. she was a high class girl, florissant was a high class exhibit, he was a high class idol. so, he had put on his best black suit with a black turtleneck underneath to cope with the cold weather outside. now, he stood with his hands in the pockets of his slacks, standing beside seolhyun and trying like hell to appear somewhat interested in the art surrounding them. once upon a time, he wouldn’t have had to try, but everything had changed.
“that one’s nice,” he observed, nodding towards an impressionism painting of what appeared to be jirisan, but he couldn’t be sure. either way, he didn’t really think it was anything special. he just figured that he ought to say something. he owed her that much. “where do you get the art? like... local, up & rising artists? big shots?”
hello! it’s heather again and this time, i’m here to introduce you to vain glory’s world canon, choi chanwook, primarily known as na yubin. he’s significantly less pleasant to be around than siwoo, so… this’ll be fun. i do not have a profile page or a plots page up for him yet, so we’re really just out here winging it, yk? read under the cut for a tl;dr on his history and some personality pointers, but beware that there are mentions of drugs near the end. like this if you want to plot.
hello! it’s heather again and this time, i’m here to introduce you to vain glory’s world canon, choi chanwook, primarily known as na yubin. he’s significantly less pleasant to be around than siwoo, so... this’ll be fun. i do not have a profile page or a plots page up for him yet, so we’re really just out here winging it, yk? read under the cut for a tl;dr on his history and some personality pointers, but beware that there are mentions of drugs near the end. like this if you want to plot.
his parents married young and definitely pissed their families off in the process. everyone who knew them told them that they should wait, just in case they weren’t truly in love. but they were like... no, fuck that, we know what we want. they married at 19.
neither party went to college because they didn’t have the money to pay for it themselves and their families were too mad to fork up the cash to send them through school. they drifted around for a while, unable to find a good place where they were happy & could afford the rent. but they were happy to be together, so?
eventually settled down in the countryside & fell into hard labor jobs -- his mother became a farmer, his father became a factory worker. she worked by day and would be heading to bed just as he would be waking up to head to his third shift job.
they tried for a child for years, to no avail. she kept having complications with her pregnancies, or she wouldn’t get pregnant at all. they went through a lot during this time period and found themselves almost falling out of love. they fought all the time and considered divorce, but didn’t want to prove their families right.
anyway, choi chanwook came to them about ten years after they first started trying.
didn’t have a lot growing up because his parents didn’t have much money, but he was thankful for everything he did have, and his imagination was good enough for him anyway, yk??
watched a lot of tv instead of hanging out with other kids, because he didn’t have many friends; he lacked the excitement of youth, so most kids wouldn’t choose him over anyone else to hang out w. eventually started watching music shows.
was also into stargazing at night. so, he fell in love w stars both figuratively and literally.
he liked idols because it seemed like they had everything. nice clothes, pretty faces, friends, endless adoration, money, luxury...
when he was 14, he asked his parents if he could attend an idol trainee audition in seoul and they didn’t know what the fuck to say because he had never expressed interest in music before, but he had also never even really asked for anything so how/?? could they say no??? said yes bc they didn’t know what else to say.
by PURE LUCK, he passed three rounds of auditions and then became a trainee.
he trained really hard, passed out countless times, pushed himself to his limits.
four years later, he debuted as an idol! was given the stage name “na yubin” because the company thought that it fit his soft public image; plus, he didn’t want to use his birth name, anyway? wanted to protect his parents because they’re pretty private people. his birth name is not public information!!!!
lowkey he wasn’t that talented at the time...... the company put him in the back during choreo and only gave him a couple seconds of lines, but he was really handsome so he garnered a LOT of attention from day 1. almost every comment on his groups’ debut vid was about him. on variety shows, mcs talked to him a lot and questions fans sent in were almost all for him..... got a stupid amount of clout.
he was adored for his genuine, humble personality. seemed to make friends with literally everyone he crossed paths with.
group schedules turned into solo schedules, and every time his group had a comeback, they got more and more views because of people wanting to support yubin. he liked the attention!!! really!!!! but the company pushed him way too far and he ended up doing modeling, acting, mcing, etc and it got..... really tiring...... plus, his individual popularity resulted in him drifting away from his group members.
started taking uppers to get him through rigorous schedules. mainly adderall but also ritalin and concerta. and theeeen he started getting really fucking paranoid and also felt on edge because of crazy fans, unrealistic expectations, etc, so he started taking downers, too!!! fun!!!! so now he’s on a dangerous mix of both. yummy.
started getting an attitude problem and a MAJOR ego.........
anyway it’s 2020 and he’s a big bitch. only really cares about his parents...... that’s it..... thinks he’s better than most people. might have underlying insecurities, but? who can say for sure. he can still play nice when he wants to because once upon a time, he was the warmest boy you could meet. but...... he’s very, very cold when it comes down to it. he was never meant for the limelight, and it killed him without actually killing him.
“One of the many unexpected consequences of fame is that you become a magnet for indiscriminate dreams, hopes, madness and delusions. Its corollary is that you are always disappointing people. Once you become famous, you are always shattering dreams you never encouraged, withdrawing help you never volunteered, and breaking promises you never made.”
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