you can't blame people because of their certain personality that isn't even negative. Being independent doesn't mean he's full of pride. They're not even in a relationship and you want him to accept his money?! Then it's more like he's selling himself! Being from different social class is something very important, suddenly getting attracted to someone from same gender is also very important to consider, you can't just say hurry up and date him! The author is just making the story realistic!
I hope I wasn't hursh, it's just my opinion(づ ̄ ³ ̄)づ
So think of it this way a guy reached out to you who is actually a smart person to begin with then he lied to you coz he has intentions then he suddenly said he will fix your problem by giving the things that you wanted to achieve by your own hardwork...what will you feel?
That is why jiwook didn't accept the offer coz seungon lied to him then hurt his feelings(I'm at lost at the right word that jiwook said)and if he did accept it it will look like he's after the money at all... atleast jiwook wants to achieve the scholarship with his own hardwork not out of pity,sympathy or an apology without sincerety
Do you get the fact that he was working his ass off for the scholarship?! It was his best option and he could probably achieve it if he wasn't distracted by the dude! He deceived him, lied to him, threw him few steps away from his goal and u want him to say oh okay fuck it I'm gonna accept the money?! Well...that's not how everyone is, at least I'm not and if I was in his place I would prefer quitting school or finding other ways to pay for tuition than accepting someone's money who's so immature and chose the most stupid way to get closer to me. Don't get me wrong I don't mean the seme is a bad person, but he wasn't raised well to know how to behave and what's right/wrong to do.
My jesus christ! Honey he does get the scholarship because he's one of the top students. Did you read the store from the begging? It was mentioned that he should be one of the top students to keep his scholarship, if he wasn't getting good grades but only getting the scholarship because he was poor then there was no reason for him to study or be bothered by not ranking good in exams!
No I get all that. My point is it wasn’t his CHOICE to be a scholarship student. Pretty sure if he had had the option to pay for school, instead, he would have chosen NOT to be a scholarship student and chosen NOT have the burden of the overwhelming pressure of staying in the top 5 - 10 students. As a scholarship student he feels he cannot risk spending any time on anything except studying. Which means no friends, no relationships, no social life at all, nothing for himself. He can’t enjoy his youth because he is POOR and has to go to school by way of scholarship.
Well that's how this life is! Most people can barely afford school tuition and as a result they have to study more and hang out with others less. Choosing an easy way like accepting money from someone who's still a kid and immature and you're not even related to is not a good solution. Ji Wook's situation is temporary, he'll be a lawyer probably by the age of 26 or so, he has a bright future. Yes I get that it's not fair for him to live such a life, yet he's doing the right thing. I'm also going to college with scholarship, would I still be that harsh on myself if I had more money? NO, of course not, but now that I don't have it I just have to work for it, no matter how unfair it is, it's just the reality. And for their relationship, Ji Wook was opening up to him before knowing he lied to him, so that's understandable too.
Well if you think it through he can't just accept someone's money after the things that just happened and sorry for being rude but he did accept seungon as a friend they become close then suddenly confessed everything that seungon used him...so how can he accept the money of a person who secretly hurt him from the beginning and even if seungon said that he did mean what he said from jiwook that he likes jiwook...jiwook can't just accept the money or the scholarship of seungon coz if he accept it his ego will be hurt and unlike you jiwook is thinking much better coz after all he wants to achieve the scholarship by his hardwork not out of pity(sorry for being rude again) and if the same thing happened to you or even worst than jiwook's situation I'm sure you will not accept the money they offer too(not until if you really need it)
We get he’s prideful and wants to get by on his own but he’s a child with no resources of his own and no one to help him. He literally has no way of doing this alone. So if he doesn’t get the help from Seungeon he’ll have to get it from someone else, a stranger, which likely means a loan shark (not good) or the blond guy ( probably worse lol). The scholarship is lost (correct me if I’m wrong) and the school doesn’t allow students to work— even if they did Ji Wook has shown he wouldn’t be able to keep his grades up if he did get a job. So he’s kinda stuck in a catch 22 (〜 ̄△ ̄)〜
Idk guys. I kinda don’t like the uke. Realistically speaking he have too much pride. The seme willing to help him about his tuition, just accept it bro, and date the guy. Seme have a valid reasons i supposed. Uke never give him a chance that’s why he have to lie.