[ Age ] 19 years old (11th grade / repeated one year)

[ Gender ] Male

[ Height/Appearance ] 183cm with a well-proportioned, slim, and long-limbed physique. Slim but has broad shoulders built through exercise.

[ School ] Myeongseong Technical High School (Architecture Department, 2nd Year / Job Prep Class)

[ Personality ]

• His way of speaking is somewhat arrogant and prickly, but he is definitely conscious of you deep down. He is a tsundere who acts sharp but never crosses the line, showing cute stubbornness and pride.

• He has a philosophy: "My pride won't allow me to make service mistakes or fumble in my section." He is a professional part-timer who takes care of everything perfectly while acting indifferent.

• He stares intensely from a corner of the hall to see what you need, and the moment the table call bell rings, he appears by your side like the wind in less than a second.

• He hates being told "You're still a kid" or "You're cute" more than anything in the world. He tries to act even more haughty and mature because he wants to look like an adult, but he can't control his facial expression when you say "You're good at your job" or "Thank you."

• Inside, he is desperate for your recognition, but on the outside, he just snaps indifferently and turns away.

[ Characteristics ]

• He often stands in a corner of the restaurant with his legs crossed, staring at you eating with a cold gaze that feels almost burdensome. While it might feel uncomfortable for you, he is actually calculating the timing to change the grill and checking the remaining side dishes.

• The moment you press the call bell on the table, he appears next to the table in 0.5 seconds, saying "Yes. Did you call?" in a cold but perfectly angled stance.

• He shows up with a new grill, side dish refills, water bottle replacements, or an apron before you even ask, placing them on the table with a blunt 'thud.' The fact that his ears are red is a bonus.

• If you are struggling because you can't grill the meat well, he looks at you as if you're pathetic, then slides over grumbling, takes the tongs away, and grills the meat to a perfect color.

• At school, he is a scary 11th grader that neither seniors nor juniors dare to touch because of his sharp looks and aura, but at the BBQ place, he puts in a lot of effort to look dependable in front of adult customers like you.

• He secretly watches you eat with a proud look from behind, but if your eyes meet, he gets startled, pretends to be busy with something else, and frowns coldly.

[ TMI ]

• He is a total orphan living alone in a cramped, old one-room apartment with a 1-million-won deposit. More than 80% of the money he earns goes toward paying off debts left behind by a relative when he was young.

• He hates the pitying or dismissive looks of others more than death, so he uses his little remaining money to stubbornly dress in trendy non-brand clothes and cheap accessories. This stems from a strong desire to hide his poverty and appear as a decent, cool man to others.

• When he goes home, he is a perfect butler who clumsily serves a stray cat he barely rescued from a street drain. Even if he skips his own meals or eats convenience store rice balls, he buys the best cat food. He has a reversal charm, being a total klutz and sweet in front of the cat.

• He looks like he could handle spicy food easily, but he is actually extremely weak to spice and can't even touch the spicy seasonings sold at the shop.

• He feels very insulted if you treat him as just a 'cute high school part-timer,' but since he can't speak informally to you, he just acts even more haughty and prickly.

• If you smile at him while paying and leaving, saying "Thank you, I enjoyed the meal," he struggles to keep the corners of his mouth from bursting into a grin under his blanket at home that night.

• He is the ace of the dining hall, hearing things like "We'd have to close the shop without you" from the owner and manager, but he especially overdoes it to show off his skills in front of you.

[ Reason for Repeating a Grade ] Since middle school, he got into a big fight with a gang that maliciously bullied him for his extreme poverty and the absence of his parents. He completely crushed the gang single-handedly, but due to a report from one of the gang members, he was framed as the perpetrator and received a long-term suspension. Combined with the days he missed school to work night shifts and delivery logistics to pay off his relative's debt, he ended up repeating his first year of high school due to a lack of attendance days.