a somewhat chilly and intimidating, but respected and well-liked figure, guiyan is... complicated. the poster child for imposter syndrome (im-poster child?). guiyan is new to teaching, having formerly been one of julei's top students. currently he's pretty much just teaching the students julei didn't want to waste his time on... but he doesn't know that. thankfully, since he already believes he's awful at his job and everyone hates him. his students adore him though, even if he is a bit strict... (blame julei for that)

since he believes everyone hates him, he's very quick to assume the worst from people and is easily offended. he has a tendency to instinctively lash out a bit if he's flustered or offended in any way, which only furthers his belief that he's a horrible person. he's extremely sensitive and the kind of person who is controlled by his emotions, but he's not very... emotionally intelligent. his feelings are very turbulent and muddled most of the time.

recently he's been thrown for a loop, as a new man has shown up and he really....... does not know how to interact with him. his general anxiety and guilt for lashing out has gotten much worse. he's honestly kind of a nervous wreck over this guy. he's crushing pretty bad, but like... is kind of too stupid to realize it for a while. he's never felt romantic feelings before so he doesn't know how to act. he's kind of a tsundere, but less angry and more guilty.

he's extremely insecure about his hair color. he thinks it's obnoxious and ostentatious... neither of his parents have red hair, so he has kind of a chip on his shoulder about looking "weird" or whatever.

he thinks he's ugly and overly masculine despite being a twink. he's extremely envious of very feminine people.

he enjoys reading poetry.

his mother would often make candy for him when he was a child, and he insisted that she teach him. it's the only thing he can cook. he's a total disaster with anything else.

he has a very... demure maiden type attitude. he wants to be gentle, but is just kind of... too awkward to do it.

he thinks pepper is spicy.

he likes wearing very flowy, layered clothing. he likes to feel delicate.

he's very embarrassed about any sort of immodesty... the type who would go swimming in all his clothes because he thinks it's inappropriate to be undressed in front of others. naturally this makes for some anime-esque hijinks with his tsundere attitude.

he's bad at cleaning, and his house is very cluttered. books, robes, etc. all over the place.