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I put the nail, and you smash it! Love that we're understanding each other! (๑•ㅂ•)و✧
And shizu-chan, thank you for explaining the raws, it means so much to me!(づ￣ ³￣)づ

I put the nail, and you smash it! Love that we're understanding each other! And shizu-chan, thank you for explaining the raws, it means so much to me!(づ￣ ³￣)づ

I put the nail, and you smash it! Love that we're understanding each other! And shizu-chan, thank you for explaining the story, it means so much to me!(づ￣ ³￣)づ

Oh damn, didn't see that comments crossed on another page. I thought that this site censoring me now! Sorry for many similar answers! Hahaha (≧∀≦)

Thanks for the explanation!!! yeah that will be the most plausible answer as the author don't really do foreshadowing. Another quick question, in the first part of the car sex scene (don't think you need this info haha since it seems like you remember most of the storyline), when Soohyun bumped his head inside the car, Eunsung had the same expression as the last panel of the two/three? previous chapter when Soohyun save him from getting punched - that starry eyed fall in love eyes. It just doesn't seem fitting given the situation that he had the same expression when Soohyun hurt himself. I like to get your opinion again sifu ~~

I think I'm just too invested in the story and have all sorts of predictions including Eunsung inflicting some sort of pain to Soohyun during sex haha. Because in the previous few panels before that, Eunsung said something about wanting to keep seeing Soohyun cry but retracted them soon after but I be wildin' lol. That's why I've been looking into it haha and thought that Eunsung wears the falling in love expression though it could be worried expression as well. I probably am reaching cause I want to see Soohyun all tied up haha

Ah yes, eunsung's perception of Soohyun skyrocketed during the exhibition - so all his expressions from then on were really soft. He stopped his head from bumping against the door (suggesting the space was too narrow and uncomfortable so after they did it once in the car haha they could go to a hotel or even his house) but then hoisted him on his lap and asked if he was more comfortable in that position hahaha (soohyun wasn't, but he liked looking down on eunsung from higher up so he didn't mind it all that much)
Not just his expressions, but we're getting even more inner monologue from him. Whenever eunsung is feeling shy or turned on, he usually hides his face from soohyun (many times during the car scene) ⁄(⁄ ⁄·⁄ω⁄·⁄ ⁄)⁄

No, I don't think that theory holds up I'm sorry ;_; it's quite the opposite. In the beginning of the car sex scene, soohyun tells him to stop with the "preparation" and get on with it (he was feeling embarrassed) and eunsung told him it'd be painful for him if he doesn't do it properly, and then he kisses him to be patient. He doesn't force soohyun into anything to make him cry but he does remark that soohyun cries everytime they have sex, but he is someone who cannot cry even when he wants to...but he stops midway and says "nevermind, forget what I just said. (Cancel my words, literally, hahaha he's cute)
When soohyun is on top of him, to prevent him from finding out about the stalker monitoring them, he does tease him a lot (he likes running his hands on soohyun's body, and sucking his chest (which soohyun hates because it's painful) without knowing if soohyun actually dislikes it lolol, and also everything he did, was so it would be less painful for him, but he ended up overdoing it haahhaaha just to have an excuse to drop soohyun home since he'd be too tired lololol
Hahaha believe it or not, korean fandom of checkmate on twitter also wants soohyun to be tied up, he looks so pretty when he cries hehehe...

Ahhhhh I'm so sad there won't be literal 'tying up' of Soohyun hahah. I must have understood the korean wrong then since I didn't get the part where Eunsung said Soohyun is not able to willingly cry/express himself by crying - thank you for the translation!!!. This is the first manhwa that motivates me to learn korean just because of the missed nuances - i even started watching k-dramas just because of this!!.

Hehehe maybe in the future~~~ but it'll probably be eunsung who is tied up hahaha he can't help fondling soohyun's body which annoys soohyun since it's so affectionate and "painful" hahaha soohyun wants to blindfold him (because his eyes disarm him and makes him weak in the knees) and he pinned his hands behind him during the car sex scene as well...they've addressed this conversation in the hotel chapter, where soohyun covers his eyes and eunsung says "Do you want to blindfold me? Why do you keep covering my eyes?" And soohyun says "That sounds tempting. Your face puts me off." And eunsung frowns and says "I hate that kind of thing, I won't do it (?) / I hate doing those kind of things."
Eunsung might not tie up soohyun because of what he saw at park mun-seop's studio all these years...:'((( but we can't know for sure, haha he might let soohyun tie him up

Ahhhh the scene you were mentioning, I checked it and it has double meaning, when eunsung is apparently talking to soohyun but also about himself for some reason
He says, "Do you like it? You always cry whenever we have sex. Whereas I don't even shed/spill even one teardrop/ though I wish the tears never stop spilling/keep on spilling/ I.e. I'd want to cry if I could (eunsung saying absentmindedly that if he could he would cry as well)..." though he quickly cancels that right away. He realizes he doesn't want to show that side/ or is unable to express his emotions properly even in front of soohyun during their intimate moments, unlike soohyun who eunsung describes as "sensitive and honest" (and kind, hahaha) I think eunsung realized in that moment how soohyun differed from him, though he was always thinking that they were really similar in most aspects than soohyun realized.

pls i need any of them tied up ! But with how Eunsung was suuper troubled when Soohyun slammed his hand at the door and all other snippets you mentioned it is unlikely any sort of bondage will take place at least not with Eunsung as the perpetrator. I think this manhwa will end around 100 chapter/ 3 season as the author changed their twitter pic at chapter 50 so there will be a lot of time to enjoy their interactions~~.

Yes, but tan-nim will surely so a good job! three seasons are still so short hehehe I'll be so sad when it ends~~ I can't ever have enough of eunsung ε=ε=(ノ≧∇≦)ノ I think soohyun could be tied up definitely, but I think eunsung is put off by it because od munseop bastard. And eunsung probably won't get over it any time soon...I'd love for either of them to do that as well hahaha~•
Soohyun will look so pretty all tied up, but him as a power bottom will be also super amazing~~ tbh the part where he pinned eunsung's hands and rode him on his own and came was soooooo erotic wow. Eunsung got turned on again after he saw it, and he had to go for another round haahahahah
So!!! Fingers crossed! (I hope the bondage scene doesn't happen in a bad way....for example in case soohyun gets caught and trapped by munseop somehow....that will be so sad!)
Eunsung and soohyun are currently reevaluating (?) their relationship in their own ways, which is in completely opposite direction hahaha (they have a lot to work on before they even think about having a relationship, soohyun isn't even opening up enough to be even referred to as friends even as a joke ahahaha - eunsung, hang in there!! （/TДT)/ )

Thank you for this clarification! I like that both Soohyun and Eunsung have this sort of symbiotic relationship where both benefits from each other with their connecting element being crush/love. I'd say they're healthy for each other because Soohyun provide sense of security?/acceptance to Eunsung as he never really push Eunsung to fulfill his wants like Eunsung's parent or Park Moon Seob instead he even want to do everything for Eunsung which Eunsung probably really appreciate as for once, people are not putting any pressure on him to excel? instead wants the best for him in a way that doesn't demand anything from him. For Soohyun, Eunsung is the only one that can solve his inferiority complex but I don't think he actually had one tho - from my understanding Soohyun just rationalized his love/attraction to Eunsung by using inferiority complex as the excuse as he don't really understand his own feeling so Eunsung making him realize his misconstrued feeling will be healthy for him. Soohyun probably is someone who don't/unable to have social skill but highly receptive to his surrounding so blaming Eunsung for his inability to fit in with his high school peers was the easiest route to keep him sane.
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Yes, you've really grasped the essence of the story! I'm so glad to see this! (〜￣△￣)〜 the symbiotic relationship you're referring to was the deal they made back in chapter 15 or so, where soohyun told eunsung to hand over his life to him in exchange for dealing with munseop, however now their relationship dynamic is changing very very rapidly.
Soohyun is being more cautious since he thinks if he isn't "useful" to eunsung, he would choose someone else to help him out, but eunsung isn't thinking like that all, instead he realized that to get closer to soohyun, he needs to make some "fundamental changes" in their relationship. He's thinking that their "symbiotic" relationship will end when this mess with munseop is over, so he's making some concessions to get soohyun to let his guard down, meanwhile soohyun is thinking completely opposite and wants to solve this quickly so he can have his chance to "ruin" eusnung his own way and have him out of toh control of the likes of munseop...ah, it's so messy~~~ I love it so much! ε=ε=(ノ≧∇≦)ノ

Also, you're absolutely right about their dynamics as well...yes, they both have had crushes on each other since back then it seems, disguised as obliviousness from eunsung, and contempt from soohyun. Soohyun's possessiveness and jealousy is so ingrained within him that he doesn't even realize it - he doesn't want to be replaced or abandoned by eusnung at any cost. And eunsung thinks only soohyun can understand him once he realizes how similar they are (that and he finds his hatred of him cute af since he sees it for what it is (a crushhh)...but for how long eunsung-ah hahahha)
When that dude punched eunsung and soohyun blocked him, eunsung was moved because earlier they were bantering about soohyun wanting to punch eunsung"s face since it was the centre of all kinda of troubles, but he couldn't do it or was interrupted lol. Eunsung realized at that point "yeah, he's the real deal." ⁄(⁄ ⁄·⁄ω⁄·⁄ ⁄)⁄
I really love how you've captured their characters so accurately despite these shit translations! Very good!

Aww poor Soohyun T.T. He probably don't know any other way to restrain/keep Eunsung from leaving other than being useful to him or by force - that's why his deal was for Eunsung to follow his lead ie. him owning Eunsung forever. Such twisted love haha. Usually it is the seme that have this sort of thought in manhwa so it is kind of refreshing that this time around uke is the one that are possesive and irrational which is forgiven under the guise of love (idk how to word this lol, I'm bad at words #－.－) and seme being understanding/receptive towards uke's real feeling.
Btw, Eunsung is such nice seme lol, he really understands Soohyun - well maybe partly because he's a genius/clever (I'm not sure what the author intended him to be perceived but I lean towards genius) so he can easily read Soohyun and it's so intriguing and fun! I really like that he notices all the small detail, like Soohyun anxiousness (finger biting) and his ability to lead their cute game of chess while making Soohyun thinks he has the upper hand (๑•ㅂ•)و✧. He's so subtle its cute seeing Soohyun eat from his hand and think he's the dominant one hahah. Please set up the 'fundamental changes' soon Eunsung ahh

I am still not so sure since when Eunsung started to lead the game though - of course Soohyun laid the chessboard and have lead the game sometimes like his bold action meeting Park etc. I lean towards when he raped Soohyun but idk hahah or maybe when he first confirmed Soohyun's identity? So fun hahah and I can't wait to see who check mate whom but with how the game is currently played - both will win hahah.

I absolutely love your insights!!! I always look forward to your comments hehehe.
And thank you for introducing me to world of nuances, it really is so much more fun reading in its native language tho I'm still not good at it T.T

"Twisted love" is the right description yes. It's very tan-nim's style haha. The author is keen on writing unconventional relationships. But being twisted, I'd say that it's coming across as "unhealthy and obsession" only because the relationship is unclear - neither soohyun understands his desires, nor does anyone else but eunsung can see it of course. In every relationship, there is a desire to have the other person recognize you as an equal and worthy, but between these two, no interaction happened in high school (it was unrequited) ffs they made eye contact for the first time on graduation day (soohyun was devastated to realize that their relationship was one where their eyes would meet only if eunsung would look at him first - that's how it happened on graduation day, eunsung looked at him on a whim and soohyun didn't look away first so their eyes met) but I think soohyun is thinking wrong...eunsung was definitely looking at him a lot and noticing a lot about him.
Unlike everyone who was surrounding him back then, who liked and complimented him, and cursed soohyun, soohyun obviously admired him but unlike others never tries actually talking or surrounding him. Eunsung might've been intrigued by that. Also everytime others tried to bully or badmouth soohyun, eunsung told them to shut up and tried to change the topic but soohyun didn't notice it hehehe

As for eunsung, he is definitely a genius. But like a saying goes in English I think "You cant be wise and be in love at the same time" hahaha and in the next chapter here, you'll see. Eunsung tells soohyun a couple times from this point on that he cant figure out soohyun, or find the right words to make soohyun understand what he actually means haha. He even says "I'm going to have read more books to learn words that lee soohyun doesn't misunderstand." And also after soohyun saves eunsung from getting punched again, eunsung smiles warmly at him and says "Sometimes you say things that I can't understand at all // sometimes I get confused between the words you say and what you mean." And soohyun says "It seems there are things that even you don't/can't understand." Hahaha~~ so actually both of them are realizing that they don't actually don't know each other completely like they though...especially soohyun in the latest chapters. He admitted that he doesn't know eunsung and he can't figure it out without eunsung's help it seems haha.