♥️Chae Yul♠️

Appearance

Yul, as revealed in Chapter Two when he undresses in his apartment, is a crossdresser- but because of necessity, not personal preference. In his female attire, he wears a straight black wig that reaches all the way down his back. His real hair is the same color, cut to his neck and framing his face. One notable strand lays in the middle of his face. (In his wig, this is pushed over to the side for a cleaner look). His eyes are purple, which is almost the same shade as his hair. In his feminine attire, he always wears flowy dresses that stop at his knees. These dresses are always long sleeved to conceal the scar on his arm he received from Sian’s mother. His feminine clothing usually has some shade of red or pink on them, but he has worn a variety of colors before. When he is not in disguise, he opts for casual, comfortable outfits and the color black. During Yul’s days in middle school, his hair was less messy and was a bit shorter. He wore the male uniform, which was a white, short sleeved collared shirt, black pants, and occasionally a formal black jacket that was also part of the uniform. Yul is a very feminine looking man, to a point where he was bullied for his feminine appearance, which others deemed strange and "gross." Despite Yul presenting as a boy, people assumed that he was a girl, and thought he was prettier than most other girls; however, they became disgusted when they found out he was actually male, as mentioned in a flashback. When he was dressing as "Yuri," his other persona, his appearance was so attractive that he quickly became a very popular “girl” in the university, as stated by Hyunee in chapter 1. Students at the school, especially males, wanted to spend more time with "Yuri," even trying to persuade "her" with favors, and eventually force. Needless to say, Yul's appearance has often been a burden to him.

Personality

On the surface, Yul appears to be a very sweet “girl”, but he is actually shown to be very manipulative and controlling. For example, back in middle school while Yul and Sian were still dating, he told Sian to change her profile picture since guys might have dirty thoughts about her, then immediately recalled his statement, all so Sian could doubt herself and believe that Yul was concealing the fact that guys were gross toward her. He also told a classmate to go up to Sian aggressively and treat her rudely while asking if she “did it” with Chae Yul, then asking if Sian would “do it” with him. This was so Yul could both give Sian the impression that other boys were bad, as well as save her from the classmate who was acting on Yul's wishes. Yul would often create scenarios where Sian was put in danger all so he could save her, playing the hero and destabilizing her relationships with others. In one particular incident, Sian took Yul to her house in an act of rebellion. Upon seeing Sian's mother in the entryway holding a knife, Yul rushed at the woman, which caused her to act defensively, resulting in a large vertical scar on Yul's arm. While Yul is in the hospital after the aforementioned event, he admits to Sian that he threatened her mother "on purpose." As such, these events significantly added to Sian's fear. Sian was often willing to give Yul what he wanted, likely due to a fear of his anger, and the fact that she had nobody else to truly rely on. Yul appears to have explosive anger issues, getting into fights with his parents, threatening to kill his bullies, and generally being shown to have a very quick temper, on occasion even lashing out at Sian, though he apologizes right away to her. He erupts in anger when things do not go how he plans.

History

Yul lived at home with his parents, and at one point his sister, until his twenties. He is Eun Sian’s ex-boyfriend. He went to middle school with Sian, but when she moved away for high school, he was shown going into a depression because she wasn’t going to be there. He is later seen stalking Sian at her new school, but she does not recognize him. Not much else is known about his past, but most of what is known revolves around being bullied in school for his feminine appearance and his relationship with his parents being very strained. Yul’s quick temper makes it difficult to hold back his anger, and as such he’s been shown getting into arguments with his classmates often. For example, he exploded at and attacked a classmate who dressed him up like a girl and mocked him. A few of their other classmates had to physically restrain him from harming the girl with a knife (that appeared to be a box cutter) he had. Another glimpse of his past shows Yul heading out for school and getting into an argument with his parents over his attitude. He didn’t greet his dad, causing the former to lash out and throw a bowl of rice at him for being disrespectful. Yul is shown storming out after smashing the bowl, and his dad discusses sending him away to a mental institution. In flashbacks, Yul was shown to be bullied often by his classmates, male and female. When Sian approached him in middle school, he assumed she was one of his tormentors simply acting nicely; thus, he ignored her attempts to become friends and even shouted at her. Sian called him "pretty" and this disgusted Yul and enraged him. Later on, a group of boys is crowding around Chae Yul, at first taunting, but then attempting to sexually assault him. Sian witnessed the issue and ran in with a disguise (the disguise being the middle school’s male uniform and a bag with eyeholes over her head) and called a teacher, causing the group of boys to become wary that a teacher was around.

Trivia

He is actually shorter than Eun Sian by 2cm, as she is 170cm (5'7). According to the author’s note, his symbolic flower is a Lobelia, meaning malice.