Jeon Jungkook

**Jeon Jungkook** is a main character in *Maiden Voyage*. He is a first class passenger aboard the Titanic, living in the starboard side parlour suite with his mother. He is headed to New York to attend the marriage ceremony of his sister and to be wed himself.

## Description

#### Appearance

Jungkook is a handsome young man with shoulder length black hair and big dark eyes. He is 5'10 with a muscular build, broad shoulders and slim waist. He has two scars, one on his left cheek and one on his shoulder.

As an upper class person, Jungkook is often seen wearing expensive clothing. This ranges from the finely made suits he wears during dinners and events to the commissioned hanboks he owns. Despite this, he tends to feel more inclined to dress down and will opt to wear sweaters and kendo pants over his expected suits. He normally wears his hair up, or at least partially out of his face, and his long hair is a source of pride for him. He has his ears pierced and typically wears a pair of star earrings with pearls inlaid in them.

#### Personality

Jungkook is stubborn and passionate, with a tendency to prioritise his own wants and needs. He spends a great deal of time deliberately doing the opposite of what people tell him to do, stating that when he is told not to do something it only makes him want to do it more. Along with this he has the tendency to be selfish and choose having fun over his, or others', safety. He is also quick to anger and cry and quick to pick fights when he doesn't get his way.

Through opening up to others, he admits that he does not want to settle down and his greatest fear is growing up. He rebels specifically because he has watched both Jihyo and Hoseok become more adult in a short span of time. This feeds into the way that he can often resort of being childish. He also holds a great deal of insecurity over his intelligence due to the number of his upper class peers who believe him to be stupid because he never attended university.

In a fight with Hoseok during the voyage, Jungkook admits that he hasn't been fully happy since his father died and in an intimate talk with Baekho, he admitted that he would be okay with dying.

## Biography

#### Background

Jungkook was the second of two children born to Chaewon and Sunghoon, the second of two who were born into the Jeon and Son families. Due to this he has always had expectations on him as both he and his older sister carry the legacies within them. Despite this, he had always had a degree of freedom that allowed him to do the things he wanted without repercussion as he was the youngest of the two children.

Growing up he received the best education and would often visit the Jung family if they did not visit his home. With both of their mothers being close, he and Hoseok quickly became friends and would spend every moment together that they could, even with the distance between their estates. When Jungkook was thirteen, Hoseok's parents died. As a result he stuck to his best friend's side like glue and would protect Hoseok from the adults who would try and strong arm him into doing things he did not want to and was not ready for. His demanding attitude was written off as him simply being a child and many of the adults pushed the matters no further.

He would not experience the same kind of loss until he was nineteen when his father died. The event would send him into a stupor he could not break out from and it was the catalyst that saw him seeking out the underground bars he would begin attending regularly the older he got. It was also an event that has left his devastated to this day; he often thinks about the times he would go fishing with his father or how they would work together to form an apology for Chaewon when the two fought. He mentions once that he and his father went out sailing but he was not allowed to jump into the ocean, something his father promised him he would do when he was older.

Sometime before he and his mother set off on the Titanic's maiden voyage, Jungkook became engaged to Hirai Momo. The Jeon and Hirai family held an engagement ceremony which saw that the two would be recognised as husband and wife in the eyes of the public before their impending wedding.

## Relationships

#### Kang Baekho

Jungkook and Baekho first met on the first class promenade deck when Jungkook went up to stargaze. Baekho had watched him for a few moments before he had to rush to Jungkook's aid when he had fell over the railing. They were both startled by this but instantly enamored with each other; after Baekho quickly left the scene, Jungkook spent the following days trying to find him, just to do it entirely on accident when he had fled from the dining saloon. Baekho was the person who brought Jungkook down to third class where they enjoyed a party with the third class passengers and danced together, after which he promised to take Jungkook down to the engine room. The following day they did just that, exploring the lower decks of the ship that sit beneath the waterline while they get to know each other. They are eventually caught by Officer Nakano and the two flee, running until they bump into Minhyun in the supplies corridor. Afterwards, the two share a meal in the bow of the ship and almost kiss before they are caught.

Jungkook spends sometime antsy and worried for Baekho, though he is reassured by Mingi and Aron that everything is fine. After fleeing the first class party, he makes it down to third class again but cannot find Baekho. The morning after, he ventures back towards the lower decks of the ship, where he flees from Minhyun and runs into Baekho in the cargo hold, proceeding to have their first kiss. They hide from both the steward and other boiler room workers in the car, where they make out and Jungkook explains the purpose of his locket to Baekho. That night, the two go to Baekho's cabin after dinner and have sex for the first time, cuddling afterwards and making promises to explore the world with each other. Jungkook overhears Baekho's fight with Minhyun and later, in a fight with Hoseok, he expresses anger at the assumption that Baekho is dangerous for him. After the fight, Jungkook returns to third class seeking Baekho out, only to be stopped by Minhyun revealing his engagement. In his pain, he heads down to the cargo hold where he sits in the car, crying until Baekho finds him. Jungkook expresses worry that Baekho will break up with him but he doesn't, instead asking Jungkook if he loves Hirai Momo and they reconcile.

The following day Jungkook goes down to the cargo hold to meet Baekho, sharing some kisses. They breach the topic of marriage and how it wouldn't be so bad with someone who matches them; Baekho implicitly proposes to Jungkook who states that he needs time to think about it. That night, while sneaking into the first class ballroom with their friends, the pair dance and Jungkook reflects on the people he has loved romantically in his life. He decides his answer but they are interrupted before he can tell Baekho.

#### Hwang Minhyun

Jungkook's ire with the steward began when they first met in the dining saloon. Minhyun showed some distaste to Jungkook's repeated requests for miso soup and Jungkook's dislike of the steward only grew when he believed that Minhyun was intimate with Baekho. Despite this being confirmed to be false, Jungkook's anger towards Minhyun was then redirected to how he believed Hoseok had allowed a stranger to teach him how to have fun rather than Jungkook himself. Unbeknownst to Jungkook, Minhyun has the tendency to refer to him as a nuisance or mutter a quiet *miso soup* whenever Hoseok vaguely mentions Jungkook. After Hoseok and Jungkook get into an argument, an angry Minhyun exposes Jungkook's marriage to Baekho and their third class friends as revenge. Angered by this, Jungkook hits Minhyun, cutting his lip and bruising his cheek, while Minhyun slaps Jungkook back and pulls his hair.

## Notable Items

* A pair of silver and pearl encrusted star earrings (birthday gift from Jung Hoseok, one gifted to Kim Haneul)
* A gold locket containing pictures of Jung Hoseok and Jeon Jihyo
* A small piece of coal, also kept in the locket (gift from Kang Baekho)
* Gold Engagement ring, worn on the same necklace as the locket
* Band of metal, turned into a ring (given by Kang Baekho)

## Trivia

* Jungkook most likely has a form of undiagnosed ADHD.
* He enjoys miso soup.
* His dream is to explore the world and travel, something he never got to do growing up.
* He did ballet and kendo.