There's a confession but the method felt no different from the last two times. Besides the kissing part, Nakwon just went with it only considering his own feelings and desire while Mokhwa looked confused, in distress and even in pain at the end. So how is this time better? Idk I feel like the author messed up a bit here. She made all Nakwon"s efforts to making amends for his past abuse look vain. I had big expectations for their 1st time and now idk anymore
I see what you’re saying but the act itself is not non-consensual considering Mokhwa is no longer on parole and is in fact much stronger than Nakwon. He is very much capable of stopping him if he disliked it. Nakwon genuinely regrets his actions (but he is not a saint, he never will be. He is a hedonist who has always done what he likes to do). So, it would be out of character for him to not give in to his desires and confess this way. That does not mean he doesn’t love Mokhwa, but this is who he is
See what is Nakwon’s logic
1) I love him, I desire him, I need to show it to him.
2) if Mokhwa did not want it, he will stop me.
So Nakwon’s conscience is clear, I am not doing this to harm him, I am doing this because I love him and if he disked it he would stop me so I am doing nothing wrong.
Plus, I also think that this is not a flowery story in general. We should expect the author to keep things real.
I think the author chose to show the confession through a sex scene because so far in the series, every sexual encounter (especially of a penetrative nature) has been violent and non-consensual.
So, I feel the author’s intent was to take the same situation, same frame of event (that is, the act of having sex) and try to portray how things have changed for both of them.
Of course she could have also chosen to not go about it this way and could have played the scene differently. But this personally feels more in line with the characters to me (and also considering how those violent acts are seeped in the history of their relationship)