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hi everyone, it's vi (seoho / @corvuscanus) again with a second second muse : ) this is rihan, sodapop's stylist & party hosting nepo baby. leave a like if you want to plot and see below for relevant info!

oh rihan, born nov 13 '95 in seoul. (scorpio sun / leo rising for those who care abt that).

background

rihan is eight months old when he's adopted by an affluent middle-aged couple. they're wealthy. think 'real estate as graduation presents' kinda wealthy.

rihan's the youngest of three, and since his older siblings are already excelling in their studies, he is given more leeway to pursue creative hobbies. and he does! he's in a kid's theatre group, he takes photography classes at age 6, he draws and tells grand stories he's made up to his captive audience composed of family friends.

his parents, generally very indulgent, send him off to england for his education. he attends one of those exclusive boarding schools that has him rubbing shoulders with future politicians and hollywood actors. rihan excels in their fine & textile arts program and goes for a degree in design when he graduates. he goes to uni in paris, lives with a family friend for a bit because he's too young to sign his own lease. while he's there he meets someone who secures him an editorial gig at a renowned fashion magazine. getting things through connections is a running theme for him.

around this time he also gets engaged! ...but then the relationship deteriorates (read: she was fed up with him clocking in too much overtime) and they end up breaking up. rihan returns to south korea, gets his military service done, and lands himself a job at some hotshot designer's atelier after (again, because he knows someone who knows someone). ends up working there for a hot minute... and then starts working at some other well-known entertainment company as an assistant stylist for a similarly well-known group. gets poached by ydh when sodapop's debut is near and the rest is history : )

personality

extroverted, sociable, confident in that way people are when they're raised with too much money. rihan takes his work seriously and won't take you seriously if you don't apply the same work ethic... but he sails through life with the surety that there's always going to be another door opening for him. it leads to a certain attitude: he can afford to put his foot down, because if he gets into one too many arguments with his boss he can just leave. it's not like he's got rent to pay or anything!

that said, rihan does like to (over)work. teetering towards burnout currently, but he wouldn't know what to do with himself if he wasn't clocking in so many hours. once he's off, though... he likes to indulge. those private parties your muses get drunk and hook up at? he might've hosted one of those. (sodapops aren't allowed in his tree house, sorry; he does want to maintain his professional relationships).

he's pretty easy to get along with as long as you don't work with him professionally. in another universe, rihan would've made for a pretty shrewd businessman, and you can tell there's calculations happening below the hood - he's charming, good at talking to people and has a biting sense of humour. but also: a little impatient, opportunistic, very demanding.

for sodapop: rihan's willing to hear out any suggestions and he does generally take a sort of casual approach, wherein he won't rat out anyone if he catches them vaping etc. as long as you work with him, he'll work with you in turn... but he's not willing to compromise his artistic vision, so there will always be unpopular decisions made.

plots

it's getting late so for now let's brainstorm! i might add a few things later on <3 here's a very short list of possible connections to start with:

fellow ydh colleagues / people who, too, like to go out / someone who lives across the street / hookups (he's bi) / friends of friends / someone who was also invited to his mum's friend's christmas charity event / some sort of connection through his former jobs / military buddies, anyone? we'd have to check with the timing on that but it could be fun!

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*removes one earbud* fuck you want

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