the only person stopping you from activity is yourself. and by that, i mean me. i am the one stopping myself from getting anywhere with activity. hello everyone, i've had this drafted intro sitting for over a week now bec i struggled for plots and connections. i love the concept of this rp *highlight underachievers* and am excited to introduce my first muse cha yeonsu. i do currently work full-time and am a full-time student as well so my replies in general for threads and plotting will be on the slower end. anyway, below the cut is some info, plots and connections on yeon. i am unable to link his short bio due to my theme set up but the tldr is below as well as some connection ideas and plots! i am incredibly lazy at writing so everything is pretty short and to the point including his bio. feel free to give this a like and i will make my slow way to your dms or feel free to message me first if there's anything that catches your eye and you're interested in it!
bio
- born on may 11, 1999 ; 22 ; taurus
- third year at hansung, majoring in architectural design with a full ride scholarship
- vice president of yongmaru and captain of the mens swim team
- comes from a small town near daegu, so small that it's not even on the maps
- all the kids in town attended the same school which consists of barely 30 students altogether
- lived with his grandparents, parents, and younger twin sisters in an old farmhouse
- his family is fairly poor, only managing to make ends meet to keep the home, everyone clothed and fed
- it's after his sisters are born that yeon begins to strive for better and pushes himself as he enters high school, going to the reputable high school in the next town over
- he had originally wanted to join basketball but was seen by the coach swimming one day and convinced to join the swim team
- he quickly rose as the team's ace alongside keeping his grades up making him one of the top students
- however, despite being a great student, because the lack of prestige from the school he graduated with, the top universities in seoul that he applied to continued to reject him one by one
- this lead to yeon choosing to enter the military after school instead, hoping to complete his service with plans to figure out college afterwards
- it's a little before he finishes his service that he hear about hansung and decides to submit his application and shoot his shot
- he gets accepted and honestly, that's all yeon can ask for at this point because he just wants to go to university and get a decent education with a useable degree
- many people look down on those who attend hansung and don't take the university or students very seriously but yeon takes immense pride in being the first of his family to attend university with a full ride in hopes of changing his family's poorness
tidbits
- cha yeonsu is his full name however that is only ever used and indicated on official papers. no one knows his full name because he exclusively introduces himself as cha yeon only. [please note, unless if plotted OOC, please do not use his full name in any IC interactions]
- with his architectural design major, yeon wants to be able to return home and create spaces and environments that will help low-income families and those who need financial support
- very much your typical jock attitude and demeanor, except he's got a pretty decent mind
- usually treats everyone the same, from strangers to acquaintances to friends, if he doesn't have a reason/beef he doesn't see an issue with being friendly or cool
- lives in the y-house despite being on a full ride scholarship
- likes to game in his free time or play basketball since he's chosen to continue with swimming instead of pursuing basketball
some traits: considerate, inventive, generous, ambitious, egoistical
connections
study buddies, basketball friends, yongmaru members, swimming team members (men and women), architectural design major friends, people from near daegu who might've heard about his town
you said hi to me one day and since then we've just kept talking to each other but neither of us remember where we know each other from or why and only know your name because we've heard other people say them but we're in too deep for either of us to stop talking and being friends
i ran into you around the clubs and you mistook me as your friend and made me bring you home. i remember you but you don't remember me or anything that happened that night
you think im someone im not and keep calling me by the wrong name and asking me questions for a class i don't take with you. but since i took it before i just help you anyway.
plots
edit: feel free to check out my plots and connections tags. idk why i did two different tags bec ive been putting them on all the posts so far
campus
library snooze: you're napping in the library and that nap turns into a full sleep session until 2am when the library officially closes. yeon sees you and decides to wake you up. insert some embarrassment, yeon's stuff is underneath your bag, you have drool, you freak out cause you really needed to study and didn't. either way, yeon's kind of roped in now for waking you up. maybe you guys go for a midnight snack at the nearby ramen tteokbokki stand.
dorms/apartments: it's past curfew and the front doors to the dorm are locked and you don't have your keys (whether they were stolen, dropped, lost or forgotten). yeon, in turn, forgot his keys and card in his room. you catch him breaking into a room on the first floor only to find out it's his own room before he let's you in to enter the building and return to your own. OR (for non y-house residents). yeon helps you break into your dorm building/room on the first or second floor.
y-house residents
midnight ramen: it's the middle of the night, very much past curfew and you see a light in the eating hall. whether you're on your way to eat food too or were heading to your room, your curiosity beats you out and you go into the hall just to find yeon sitting in a corner with a bowl of instant ramen.
water works: yeon has made a bit of a name for himself within the residents of y-house for fixing up annoying leaks, sealing off holes where bugs come through or finding ways to block random drafts of air. everyone seems to think his is because he's an architectural design student but really its simply because he has experience from living in an old home that had similar issues. you ask him for help one day and tell him about how you heard about him. unintentionally, you find out about yeon's poor background.
just for fun
outside yongmaru auction, approaching @25prime
as much commitment as yeon makes for the swim team and its stand, he also puts just as much effort with yongmaru. and it’s certainly expected as the vp. except, the auction is more than covered with his other board members maintaining and monitoring the audience. either way, he preferred being out of the spotlight and running things offstage.
which puts him outside the small auditorium they’ve been granted access to be able to display the art pieces of that day. he has a good pile of fliers in his hands with information about yongmaru’s goals, causes, and opportunities spelled across. he knows most of them end up in the trash either way but it doesn’t deter him from passing them out to any passerbys. even after the small confrontation from a greensleeve member’s disgruntled argument that “as vice president, you should push to implement electronic fliers through e-mail” - in which he continued by handing them a flier and telling them to reach out to the publicity officer - yeon is excited about finding potential new members to join the club.
it’s been about five minutes since he’s seen someone until he lays his eyes on someone he recognizes. from the late night study sessions and numerous times he’s spent at the campus library, he had seen this girl a lot too. honestly, whether yeon knew her or not, he was going to approach her either way. and that’s just what he does, walking directly towards her before he introduces himself.
“hi there, i’m cha yeon, vice president of yongmaru. have you heard about our club before?”
under normal circumstances she would’ve believed that it was all a misfortunate coincidence. however, upon further inspection of their face, subin could only believe that it was anything but.
“oi! cha yeonsu, that plate is mine!”
it’s been an odd morning.
and by odd, it’s been annoying. because yeon woke up an hour before his alarm clock usually rang. and then he missed breakfast. realized he lost his wallet sometime between going from class to class. and was now running late for lunch.
so. he was definitely not enjoying the day at all. however, when he heard that the cafeteria was serving up donkatsu for lunch period, his mood was definitely lightened by tens. food was an easy way to his heart after all... a happy stomach meant a happy yeon and that meant he’d be more than able to deal with the rest of the day.
as soon as he's in the cafeteria, he makes a beeline for the donkatsu line. he carries the energy that makes others step aside for him as he barrels forth until he sees it. the last plate of donkatsu. heaven sent and calling his name.
only after he's secured the plate in his hand does yeon breakout into a victorious smile. that is until he hears the shrill voice of someone calling-
cha.
yeon.
su.
and he freezes. because no one is supposed to know yeon's full name. and anyone who does know, knows strictly not to use it. so who the-
yeon whips around to face the culprit- the imposter- the perpetrator who called his full name out in public. and it's only when his eyes lay on her. her... who is her. because yeon swears he's seen her before. she looks familiar... the type of familiar that takes him back to high school.
and then it hits him. the cold icy look that she wears glaring at him was the same one from all those years ago.
"you... i remember you..."
a pause for dramatic effect. ( but really he just can't remember her name quite yet ).
"you thought i was trying to confess you that one time!" he exclaims a little louder than he should, followed with a grumble and frown forming on his lips.
wet, but not the good way
campus, orientation, with @touchtheskye
yeon is dressed in a sleeveless shirt. because despite it being march, the weather for that day was fairly nice and warm. warm enough for yeon at least to be comfortable in less clothing than usual on a typical march day. and in all honesty, he much preferred it to be that way when he was dealing with water.
after all, swimming was done best when you were half-naked.
but today’s focus was placed on the water gun racer game that the swim teams had decided to set up. and he's currently on duty to get the gallon tanks of water refilled for the water guns. well supposed to be. instead, he's found a way to get a groundskeeper to lend him a hose long enough that's closer to the booth to cut the walk across campus for water by half. play smarter, not harder.
it's on his walk returning to the booth with the hose in one hand and an extra water gun in the other when he spots her. skye. walking alone and minding her own business. like how yeon should be minding his own business. but he really can't help it. if there was any other talent yeon had aside from academics and sports, it was bothering people. mainly, his friends.
so he does what's expected.
lifts the water gun. points it directly at skye. and shoots.
snacks, snacks and more snacks
snack shop, 2am, with @seoyejuns
yeon had a bad habit of eating ramen late at night. as in, past dinner hours. past curfew hours. past any hour to be up at the time he was at 2am in a small ramen snack shop tucked away in a corner near the school campus. especially considering the fact that it wasn’t exactly good for his diet as an avid swimmer and competitor.
but who can resist the good, warm, tenderness of ramen paired with tteokbokki at two in the morning after a long day?
if anything, he was just glad that he didn’t have to enjoy the large plate of snacks by himself with yejun sitting across from him. albeit, the other male was probably wishing he was at home lying in the warmth and comfort of his bed. after one shared class, yeon had found yejun was someone quite easy to get along with and they easily fell into becoming friends. and with becoming friends, yeon had the tendency to drag his friends into the deep end with him when it came to his untimely antics and whatnot.
“do you have a busy day tomorrow?” yeon chuckles quietly amidst the quiet music playing in the background of the shop from the ahjumma’s phone where she sits in the corner.
it’s just like him to tease anyone he’s with when he knows the situation they’re in isn’t the most fortunate. and in the case, yeon being the cause for yejun’s. in fairness, he did offer to pay for everything and anything yejun wanted to eat or order for their time out.
this is a blind date but not like that
campus fountain waiting for @subinsx
yeon sighs for the upteenth time as he stands by the water fountain on campus grounds, waiting. waiting like he had been for the past fifteen minutes because for some ungodly reason, his blind date for the buddy blind date still hadn’t shown up. he didn’t really mind considering that the student was probably a foreign student and still wasn’t familiar with their way around campus. really, it would’ve just been nice to be able to contact them somehow so that he could help them if they were lost or if they wouldn’t be coming.
he stretches his legs before placing his hands on his hips, rolling his head back and forth like he’s preparing for swim practice. while doing so, he scans the area and watches as other students continue walking past without paying any attention to him. other pairs are already talking and playing at the booths, getting to know each other. and then he wonders… if his buddy is running late because they’re eating.
grwwwwh.
he really hopes they didn’t eat yet.
because yeon hasn’t eaten yet. and the growl of his says he needs to start eating soon if he’s going to last the afternoon. the feeling of hunger now fully awake and poking at him immediately picks the last of his patience apart and he figures that maybe his buddy just isn’t going to show up.
“even with a blind date meant to make friends… i still manage to get stood up…”
holy water and god
swimming team stall at hsu orientation with @dabintv
“wait. you’re christian? like you go to church christian?” yeon asks with a tone of skepticism.
since dabin had joined the swim team to the two becoming friends, yeon had never once heard dabin mention anything ( in the slightest ) about church or the holy man himself. not that he had anything against church goers or god believers. he just simply didn’t take dabin as a man of god. like. at all.
so hearing dabin suddenly mention church during their turn to run the water gun racing game together… was random to say at the least. just exactly what part of the stall reminded dabin about his religious duties? that wasn’t the point though because really, yeon still wasn’t over the fact that all these years - for some unknown reason - it never came up that dabin was christian.
“are you sure you go to church? like. you’ve never mentioned it once.”
his nose scrunches for a second as he squints at the crowd of students lingering towards the far end of orientation setup. plenty of the students seemed to be lingering and hesitant about walking about. hopefully the two of them would be able to manage to bring in enough people during their shift at the stall.
yeon hisses quietly to himself as the clatter of his wooden chopsticks falling to the ground resonate through the empty cafeteria. to his luck, the chopsticks were still snuggly fit in the paper wrapper that it came in, keeping any germs or bacteria from touching the only thing he had to eat the fresh cup of ramen steaming on the table in front of him.
using the flashlight on his phone, yeon begins to search for the small packet on the ground. but pair his bad vision with the shadows from the dark room together and it makes for a hard time in locating something as simple as a pair of chopsticks. unenthusiastically, yeon gives in and finally slides off his seat crouching onto the ground while he begins to search the wider area.
really. how far could a pair of chopsticks slide away from the table?
it was well past curfew hours and once again, yeon found himself sneaking down to the cafeteria to use the microwave to warm up a cup of ramen. typically, the cafeteria would be locked. probably to keep students ( like yeon ) from breaking into the kitchen for extra food and other resources. but yeon really only snuck into the eating area to heat up his ramen, eat and then leave. he had found out the lock on the door had broken some time ago and no one cared enough to fix it. and honestly, with everything else that was wrong in the dormitory, who would?
so instead of getting a water heater in his own room, save he wasn’t able to find space for a microwave, he continued to resort to this method of eating cup ramen at midnight.
it was almost a miracle really. that no one else had thought of doing this or the fact that yeon still hadn’t been discovered even after a year of keeping this habit up. there were a few close calls he had with the security guards roaming the halls but once he memorized their schedules, it was easy avoiding them and timing when he could make it back to his room without being spotted.
granted, he was sure there were some instances he was probably caught on security cameras but maybe not as well considering he’d never heard anything from the guards.
only after a grueling two minutes of searching the ground is it that yeon manages to locate the wrapped chopsticks, laying three tables away.
“finally,” he grunts under his breath before standing up.
in doing so, the light from his phone stretches out further before he turns back towards the corner he came from. it’s only after he gets comfortable in his seat again when he makes out the sound of footsteps coming towards the cafeteria.
hello everyone, i just want to apologize for the complete silence on my end ;-; things have been a little weird and im just struggling in general,,, ill be trying to get back to dms soon. otherwise (whether we were starting to plot or not) if you’d like a random starter from yeon with an assumed connection please drop an emoji, emotion, word, meme, song, i will write one for us and we can go from there!
reminding tidbits, yeon is an architectural design major, vp of yongmaru, and captain of the mens swim team ; lives in y-house first floor
