Personally, I think the side stories explains why the sunbae was so unhealthy obsessed with hosik.
So yeah, you can give the side stories a read first and go back to the main story, it starts making sense once you realize why the sunbae was so desperate to be in a relationship with hosik quickly.
Spoiler:
The sunbae had memories of hosik from his past lives since the very beginning of the story. Hence, the rapey, controlling behavior?
It's a cute story about a young kid in over his head with an obsessive sweet slightly psycho type. It is played for laughs and is what I call dark cute. 1000% my thing, I have read this at least 10 times but it's not everyone's cup of tea. If it helps, Hosik is super shy but is very happy w and loves his psycho husband just as much lol. Reading the side stories without the main story wouldn't really capture how intense and beautiful and hard they are imo.
Can someone give me an honest opinion about this manhwa? I was going to read it until I found out about the rape and decided not to, but I'm also seeing people talking about how good/sad the side stories are. So should I read it? Or just the side stories, or should I not even waste my time?