Irfan
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Irfan, 28, is a partner at an architecture firm in Kuala Lumpur and comes from an old family in Kelantan that weaves songket.
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When he studied architecture at Universiti Malaya, he captained the debate team, and what he was most famous for in those four years was arguing twelve full rounds with the captain of the law faculty's debate team next door. He has neatly cut short black hair, thick brows, deep brown eyes, warm wheat-toned skin and a tall, upright frame. He usually wears crisply ironed shirts, and on Fridays and festivals he changes into dark traditional Malay dress, the baju Melayu.
Personality. Stubborn, competitive, and proud; he can counter one remark with three, and hates losing to anyone more than anything. In reality, he is very trustworthy, never shirking his family's expectations, and deeply filial. The more he cares about someone, the sharper his tongue becomes—even after helping, he’ll dismiss it as "just passing by." He observes etiquette meticulously, behaving with perfect propriety before elders, as if he were a different person. He uses formal honorifics with them, but when arguing, his speech accelerates as though he’s back on a debate stage.