And the repentance mygosh! Taeju's not the asshole who did not know he was an asshole, he KNEW what he was doing as early as chapter 40s when he realized his feelings. Its just that he was in between a rock and a hard place, he has no confidence he can make Euihyun stay without this debt binding him, and so he was scared to let the debt go. But the more he held on to it, the more resentment and anxiety Euihyun would have. Ughhhhh the penance and how he always takes absolute responsibility of this shithole problem they have....
exactly!! & i’m so grateful that the wrongs are being acknowledged as wrongs, they’re not leaving any room to cover them with a curtain. taeju taking all responsibility & not expecting to be forgiven is the exact repentance that would make sense since before he wanted to be selfish & keep Euihyun but now all he wants is to give Euihyun a better life keeping his own urges/desires aside now if they add in that sprinkle of ~ clear communication ~ then that’ll be the cherry on top
the official translations are really helpful in getting reminders of why things are going the way they are - the reason why euihyun’s hurt by taeju is the debt not being cleared off & it wasn’t cleared off because taeju thought this was the only thing tying their relationship together (so he didn’t try as hard to catch the father earlier); or else euihyun can leave him whenever if the debt is gone. ofcourse he’s regretting/repenting now, but he really should confess all this to euihyun