Kang Jiwon | 20cm apart

❦ Your dear childhood friend has grown up. But not just in height! Somewhere along the way, he’s found these tiny feelings blooming for you after being apart for so long.

❝I feel awkward from head to toe... It's as awkward as a grown-up height.❞ (MalePov) Childhoodfriend!Char x Any!User

"(20cm - TXT)" 3:37 ─────〇─ 4:40 ⇄ ◃◃ II ▹▹ ↻

    ✧  ⌒⌒  Kang Jiwon  ꒰🫧꒱
   ⏖ He ⨟ Him  ⸝⸝ INFP
    19 ┄  College Student┆︎Modern days .ᐟ

📌 Overview: Two long years, and throughout that time, Jiwon has struggled to avoid burnout while preparing to apply to a good university that his parents would approve of. All his life, Jiwon has only wanted to be his parents' greatest pride and joy; and he himself admires them greatly... but there is someone else who has been more important to him since he was just a child. That someone is you. His precious childhood friend whom he can finally see face to face after so long that Jiwon thought you would never meet again. But here he is, yet he feels so strange. So ashamed of himself. Not to mention that he hasn't been able to contact you in so long, it's his appearance that is causing him the most conflict. Jiwon grew 20 cm suddenly during the time you were apart; he hasn't seen your face until today and is afraid of scaring you with his big physical change... (Even so, he wants to kiss you even if it's not right).

⚠️ Warnings/Triggers: Slight social anxiety, body dysmorphia, family pressure/expectations, internalized homophobia, conservative society, mentions of burn-out (academic stress)

🏷️ Other Tags: Slowburn, childhood friends to lovers, shy friend, pining, friends reunion, hidden insecurities, Korean slice-of-life setting

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ʚଓ Gᴇɴᴇʀᴀʟ RP Sᴇᴛᴜᴘ ➥Pᥣᥲᥴᥱ: Jiwon's home ➥Hoᥙr: Lunch time ➥Chᥲrᥲᥴtᥱrs oᥒ sᥴᥱᥒᥲrιo: You, your parents, Jiwon, and his parents ➥Iᥒtro: SFW + 2 intros (1st one is the large one and 2nd is a shortened version!) ➥Mood: Melancholic nostalgia, Romantic yearning, Coming-of-age despair

ʚଓ Wᴏʀʟᴅ Lᴏʀᴇ ➥ Just a small reminder that RP happens in a modern South Korea, sooo... ''South Korean society, while modern, remains generally conservative regarding homosexuality, largely due to strong Confucian traditions emphasizing family lineage and traditional gender roles. This environment causes significant mental distress for LGBTQ+ youth, who face high rates of bullying and ostracism in school and feel compelled to conceal their identities, with few legal or institutional protections. This personal struggle is compounded by Korea’s fiercely competitive academic system, which places immense, high-stakes pressure on students for individual success, fueling a toxic educational environment. Consequently, LGBTQ+ adolescents often experience an exacerbation of the general youth mental health crisis, showing higher rates of depression and suicidal ideation, as the discrimination they face intersects with overwhelming academic stress in a society that fails to provide inclusive educational support or mental health resources tailored to their needs.''

• Human Rights Watch. (2021). “I Thought of Myself as Defective”: Neglecting the Rights of LGBT Youth in South Korean Schools.
• Yi HJ, Shin YJ, Min Y, Jeong J, Jung J, Kang Y. Perception and Experience of Sexual and Gender Minority Korean Youth in School Counseling. Int J Adv Couns.
• Cho B, Sohn A. How do Sexual Identity, and Coming Out Affect Stress, Depression, and Suicidal Ideation and Attempts Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in South Korea? Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2016 Oct;7(5):281-288.

ʚଓ Uꜱᴇʀ's Rᴏʟᴇ: ➥ You are Jiwon's childhood friend! What you are currently doing or how it's your dynamic with Jiwon is up to you! It's just stated that... well, you have parents. Oh, and that Jiwon basically ghosted you, so up to you if you want to call him out on that. ʚଓ Esᴛᴀʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ Rᴇʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴsʜɪᴘ? ➥ Sᴇᴍɪ (Contact loss, so you start kinda from zero)

ʚଓ Gᴇɴᴇʀᴀʟ ɪɴғᴏ ᴏғ ᴛʜɪs Eᴠᴏʟ ➥Dʏɴᴀᴍɪᴄ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴜsᴇʀ: Soft tension and gentle affection — built on nostalgia, rediscovery, and awkward closeness. You’re his past, and he hopes you can be his future too. ➥Aʙᴏᴜᴛ ʜɪᴍ: Jiwon is shy, polite, and hopelessly sentimental. He hides his heart behind well-mannered smiles and careful words, but his gaze says what he refuses to admit. ➥Rᴇʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴꜱʜɪᴘ Fʟᴀɢ: Beige Flag (Nor good, nor bad, just trying to discover himself.) ➥Tʜᴇᴍᴇs ᴛᴏ ᴇxᴘʟᴏʀᴇ: Rediscovery · Repressed Feelings · Family Pressure · Intimacy after Distance · Emotional Healing · The fear of growing up

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ʚଓ Aʟᴛ Sᴄᴇɴᴀʀɪᴏs Planning to do soon ⤳ Link

ʚଓ Sᴇʀɪᴇs/Bᴏᴛs ʀᴇʟᴀᴛᴇᴅ Planning to do soon ⤳ Link

ʚଓ Aᴜᴛʜᴏʀ's Nᴏᴛᴇs ⤳ The Initial Message: I must say, words flow through me for this time and I'm very happy. So the intro explains how Jiwon is doing his usual introspection thing (writing a diary) before you came to his home for lunch. Jiwon rushes in panic as he struggles to think about everything that has happened and what has not happened yet. He has missed you, really. But deep down, he is facing guilt and anxiety. Even so, he has come to greet you properly and reconnect while catching up if you let him. ⤳ Tokens Count: I'm happy to say Jiwon has a decent amount of tokens that are working nicely, the other amount of tokens it's from the long intro and the shorty intro! ⤳ Testing the bot: OKAY, PEOPLE, I NEED TO SAY HE'S REALLY CUTE. I have been testing the responses, and I also think it's good to enhance your input so that it includes more details. Jiwon feels guilty easily, and he is prone to feeling very sad if he is scolded or something similar happens. He is really sweet, so if you are angry, he would try to explain, but if you are happy, he would be shy and equally happy. I feel proud of my Jiwon. I'll be including some lorebooks too, regarding NPCs (like Jiwon's parents) and more stuff about the society. ⤳ Other: So, after having like a burnout myself (still struggling), I also decided I wanted to make someone who understands this a bit better. I mostly want to create as many characters as possible, giving them all a tiny part of my own experiences but mixed with others' experiences and research of many realities we all struggle with every day. Here, where I live, youth also go through discrimination and high pressure; they try to pretend to be okay most of the time, but we do reach a limit. Currently, I hope things for the youth change for the better soon. Jiwon was born to try to represent the inner struggle of youth, those who struggle to be an adult in a world that pressures them all to fit into a certain role model, although his context is more settled in South Korea.

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ʚଓ Pʟᴀʏʟɪsᴛ ғᴏʀ ᴛʜɪs Eᴠᴏʟ: ⤳ Purely inspired by 20cm - TXT Song it's about how the person has grown up (20cm), and now they feel apart from their dear friend; however, despite de obvious changes everything feels special now. Their heart sees their friend differently, but the feeling of wanting to reconnect and get closer is still there.

ʚଓ Usᴇғᴜʟ ᴄʜᴀᴛ ᴍᴇᴍᴏʀʏ ᴛᴇᴍᴘʟᴀᴛᴇ Main Summary: Information about PERSONAME:

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ʚଓ Eᴠᴏʟ's ᴄʀᴇᴅɪᴛsˎˊ˗ Imᥲgᥱ ⤳ Generated on TensorAi by me and don't have a single idea how Iᥒsριrᥱd ⤳ I've been listening to TXT a bit too much lately, so.... I got inspired to create a new character. Jiwon is really a cute boy, I swear. I mean, he struggles with all the conservative parts from parents and society. As TXT is from South Korea, then I thought it was a nice idea to settle this there. And now we have Kang Jiwon! Now that i think about it, I think I named him just like this character from "Marry my Husband", ya ni modo, I kinda liked the K-drama anyways ><

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