NCTG

fullname: huang xiuzhen ( 黄秀珍 )
stage name: ZEN ( also written as zhen )
other name/s: hwang sihyun
nickname/s: zen baba - the chinese members started this to tease her for her parental nature and the role of ‘mama’ was already given to kun so naturally she became ‘baba’.

Ethnicity: chinese
Nationality: chinese
Birthplace: guangzhou, the peoples republic of china

Height: 163cm (5’4”)
Weight: 47kg (103lbs)
Blood Type: B-

OTHER INFO:

Faceclaim: Yuqi (g)i-dle
Backup faceclaim: Cheng Xiao WJSN

Slot: Simon Says
Backup Slot: Highway to Heaven

Closeness with other slots:
Boss - 10/10 - the parents of the group have to stick together and have each other’s backs. They rely on each other to ensure the smooth running ( or as smooth as possible running ) of the group. BOSS knows they can come to Xiuzhen for advice and vice versa.
Simon Says - N/A -
Touch - 7/10 - they have gotten much closer over the past year, as their korean abilities have increased, but as both of them were unable to speak korean when they first met they struggled to communicate and become friends at first, they also both gravitated towards people from their home country - Yuta for TOUCH and china-line for Xiuzhen.
Highway to Heaven - 8/10 - xiuzhen is very supportive of HTH’s passions outside of music and is their own personal cheerleader, she is more than happy to go shopping with them for hours or go on long location photo shoots so they can snap the perfect pic. She is the human embodiment of ‘you’re doing great sweetie’
Superhuman - 8/10 - with their incredibly busy schedule SUPERHUMAN and xiuzhen haven’t had the chance to get really close yet. Xiuzhen tries but doesn’t want to take away valuable sleeping and resting time from the still growing girl - she trusts that if SUPERHUMAN ever needed anything she would come to her or BOSS.
Boom - 10/10 - BOOM and Xiuzhen have quite the Jaemin-Jisung relationship. Xiuzhen basically fawns over them and BOOM pretends to hate it but sometimes gets really sodt and cuddly and leans in to the affection.
The 7th Sense - 9/10 - they are close but as a korean-american T7S would probably go to Johnny for support more, given the fact that most of the time they would be  homesick and he would understand.
Chewing Gum - 10/10 - her little baby, her precious bean. Xiuzhen is the biggest culprit for coddling and cuddling the maknae. She is very physically affectionate with all the girls but especially with CHEWING GUM.

Closeness with male NCT members:
Taeyong - 9/10 - the ‘parents’ of NCT get together once a month for a night out ‘without the kids’ basically they eat good barbecue and get very drunk.
Jaemin -
Doyoung- 8/10 - another ‘parent’ of NCT, they always complain about the crazy kids with each other but it’s all said with love.
Taeil - 7/10
Johnny - 7/10
Yuta - 8/10 - she knows him through Touch.
Jungwoo - 7/10
Mark - 8/10 - she loves him( and all the members ) but they aren’t as close as her and the other dreamies because he is so busy.
Haechan - 8/10 - once again he is busier than the other dreamies so she doesn’t spend as much time with him.
Jeno - 9/10
Jaemin - 9/10
Jisung - 10/10
Renjun - 10/10 - xiuzhen adores him, she has basically adopted him even though she is only 2 years older.
Chenle - 10/10 - much like Kun she fawns over the youngest chinese member, she always has. Even when they were younger she would give him extra food and make sure he Was getting enough rest like his mother and aunties.
Lucas - 8/10
Ten - 8/10 - they weren’t very close as trainees, he debuted not long after she joined SM and he already hung out with the english-speaking trainees so they didn’t really start getting close until xiuzhen joined WayV.
Winwin - 9/10 - everyone adores him.
Kun - 10/10 - they work together to take care of the mess that is WayV, Kun was so relieved when they added another ‘responsible adult’ as he said,
Hendery - 10/10 - she adores her WayV crackhead babies.
Xiaojun - 10/10 - she adores her slightly less crackhead baby
Yangyang - 10/10 - ^^

anything extra about her relationship with the members:
- as mentioned above, the 'parents' of NCT get together for dinner and drinking once a month - i figure that would be Taeyong, Doyoung, Kun, BOSS, xiuzhen and maybe johnny.
- HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN and Xiuzhen go on photo-shoots together where Xiuzhen is the designated photographer and just hypes HTH up the whole time. sometimes they film these for the NCT life and NCTG channels.
- she acts like a normal human being with the members older than her, barring winwin because everyone babies him, and coddles the members younger than her no matter if it is by minutes or years. with the older members she is still always there to listen and does take care of them but isn't anywhere near as obsessive and overbearing - she is like taeyong with the older members and doyoung/jaemin with the younger ones.

love interest: if any of the appliers want a romance within the group I am more than happy for Xiuzhen to be in a relationship with them! if not then i think Bang Chan of stray kids or Kun would be the best romantic match for her.
backup love interest: seungyeon of CLC

how she acts around her love interest:
she is the type to fiddle with a lovers hair, braid it tie it in weird styles, comb it through with her fingers. she giggles a bit too loudly at their jokes and always stares them in the eyes when they are talking - she isn't very subtle. oddly enough, she likes more discreet acts of affection with her lovers, holding hands under the table and gentle smiles, she likes to be sung and hugged to sleep - lover or not. she is one to keep an extra eye out for a clumsy lover to stop them walking head first into a pole or oncoming traffic. she would enjoy teasing flirting but wouldn't know how to reciprocate.

how her love interest acts around her:
her lover would be very gentle with her, they would need to appreciate affection in all its many forms from physical touch to little favors and gifts and be willing to reciprocate that affection. they would be ones to trace shapes on her hands to soothe her and give warm smiles, lower their head to meet her eyes and kiss her on the forehead. they would leave silly notes and be just as in love with the concept of love as she is. they would take charge with her because she isn't ever one for confrontation and is not the most decisive.

idol crushes ( she thinks these people are hot and they are her ideal types ):
- seungyeon - clc
- junhui - seventeen
- bang chan - stray kids
- i feel it would be awkward to have kun here given they are in the same group ( unless he is the love interest ) but secretly she thinks he's hot and boyfriend material.

people she looks up to:
- victoria song
- meryl streep
- lay zhang
- jeonghan yoon
- her parents

sexuality:
pansexual

secrets:
- her sexuality: she isn't ashamed and is quite open with the members and her family - excluding her very conservative grandparents - but she doesn't want to tell the media as she feels it would bring an undue amount of pain and scrutiny to the group.
- that she comes from old money in china and grew up VERY wealthy. she is very embarrassed about this, feeling ashamed of her wealth. her grandfather is friends with chenle's grandfather and so they knew each other a little bit before she joined SM. Obviously Chenle knows about this but no one else does, not because she doesn't trust them enough but because she likes being seen as an individual separate from her families wealth and status. i think this would be an interesting story to have broken by dispatch or something, a good way to show the groups dynamics and how they are each affected by her basically lying to them by omission for as long as they have known each other. You could also maybe explore the backlash she could get about 'only getting into SM because of her money' and being 'just another rich kid gallivanting around with daddies money'.

all the secrets can be revealed. if you have any ideas for other potential secrets please let me know and we can discuss them :)

scene suggestions:
- her family wealth being outed by a media outlet and the aftermath of that both in and out of the group.
- one of xiuzhen and HTH's photo-shoots - maybe with another member or two for added bonding time and extra fun?
- babysitting the dreamies - even though they are "grown adults" they are still teenagers who shouldn't be trusted to take care of themselves for very long. This could be a nice group activity with double the craziness of taking care of all the youngest members of NCT?
- China Line hanging out and getting hotpot together and reminiscing about home.

extra stuff:
her birthday would be March 3rd 1998 ( or 1999 if it fits better with the l/i )
she is an only child
she trained for 4 and a bit years ( this can be adjusted to better fit if necessary )
she opts for more comfy and over-sized clothes most of the time - t-shirt dresses and sweaters are her best friends
she cannot stand overly fluffy textures like mink blankets - she likes the texture of wool though.
she uses strawberry flavored toothpaste because the mint one gives her a migraine
she wears round spectacles when home but her eyesight isn't bad enough to NEED to wear them in public - she probably should though - and so often glares at people accidentally when trying to read things - it is a rather cute expression though, like a rabbit scrunching it's nose
her hair is naturally curly and she often wears it naturally for concepts

- i hope you like her !! i don't mind too much on the love interest, i love all three and would also be very pleased with an inter-group romance if that were to arise. i wasn't sure if you would prefer a love interest within NCT or outside of it so i left that all up to you. i look forward to the suprise of who you have chosen ! if anything needs to be altered to fit other characters or the plot in general please let me know and i would be more than happy to change it, also feel free to message me any questions you may have.