MOTHER: kim minhee, 52, greying, indistinct smile faint as mist
— RELATIONSHIP WITH: he plays the role of the polite, conscientious son, never needing to be reminded to tidy up, or to do his homework. he brings in the groceries in the times he visits and gives cursory answers concerning his life at university, and hums along to all the stories she has about what it's like at home. heartfelt cooking is always one of the best, and it's familiar, and every time he tells her that he still hasn't exactly learned how to cook yet she stuffs him to the gills with food until he can barely roll himself from the table and sends him home with box after box of side dishes to fill his fridge. she tells him to take care of himself, but he doesn't allow himself to forget that he isn't the only one that needs care; he calls her fortnightly, and sends her things like pots and pans, and never forgets her birthday.
FATHER: kim gyeonbin, 54, solemn, back bowing as the years stack
— RELATIONSHIP WITH: a filial son; perfunctory distance, regulated subservience. neither of them were quiet people, and any words they have are ones most difficult to express between them. often they have the littlest to share to one another, but his father still regularly gives him money on the new year and his solidity was what gyeon modelled himself after to the end.
SIBLINGS: kim sujin, sister, 25, effervescent, a crack of light
— RELATIONSHIP WITH: leaving the nest was hardest with the knowledge that they'd approached a fork in the road, a place where they would have to part and come to the recognition that neither of them were destined to walk the same path. times spent walking his sister to school, hands in his pockets, her bag jingling as they walked, belated morning sun laving sections on the sidewalk they hopped over in a game of whoever steps on it has to buy food. he raises his eyebrows at her not exactly subtle questions that go further and further from innocuous with age and he resigns himself to the role of a guinea pig while she brandishes red nail polish with the glint of determination frankly acting as a threat, her laugh, her poking her head past the doorway and asking for some pocket money. his friends have asked for him to introduce her to them and every time he's caught their heads under his arm and waited smilingly for them to splutter out an apology.
EXTENDED FAMILY: tiny kitten tan that rolls around and sheds fur which makes gyeon sheds tears but its ok bc he loves tan and tan loves him
— RELATIONSHIP WITH: he plays the role of the polite, conscientious son, never needing to be reminded to tidy up, or to do his homework. he brings in the groceries in the times he visits and gives cursory answers concerning his life at university, and hums along to all the stories she has about what it's like at home. heartfelt cooking is always one of the best, and it's familiar, and every time he tells her that he still hasn't exactly learned how to cook yet she stuffs him to the gills with food until he can barely roll himself from the table and sends him home with box after box of side dishes to fill his fridge. she tells him to take care of himself, but he doesn't allow himself to forget that he isn't the only one that needs care; he calls her fortnightly, and sends her things like pots and pans, and never forgets her birthday.
FATHER: kim gyeonbin, 54, solemn, back bowing as the years stack
— RELATIONSHIP WITH: a filial son; perfunctory distance, regulated subservience. neither of them were quiet people, and any words they have are ones most difficult to express between them. often they have the littlest to share to one another, but his father still regularly gives him money on the new year and his solidity was what gyeon modelled himself after to the end.
SIBLINGS: kim sujin, sister, 25, effervescent, a crack of light
— RELATIONSHIP WITH: leaving the nest was hardest with the knowledge that they'd approached a fork in the road, a place where they would have to part and come to the recognition that neither of them were destined to walk the same path. times spent walking his sister to school, hands in his pockets, her bag jingling as they walked, belated morning sun laving sections on the sidewalk they hopped over in a game of whoever steps on it has to buy food. he raises his eyebrows at her not exactly subtle questions that go further and further from innocuous with age and he resigns himself to the role of a guinea pig while she brandishes red nail polish with the glint of determination frankly acting as a threat, her laugh, her poking her head past the doorway and asking for some pocket money. his friends have asked for him to introduce her to them and every time he's caught their heads under his arm and waited smilingly for them to splutter out an apology.
EXTENDED FAMILY: tiny kitten tan that rolls around and sheds fur which makes gyeon sheds tears but its ok bc he loves tan and tan loves him