well no! this is a bit victim-blamey, bc if sooyoung knew that jihwan was going behind his back and assaulting people, and also spreading rumors about him, he absolutely wouldn’t have stayed! jihwan is manipulative and he is not straightforward, he only let sooyoung see the image of himself he curated. granted, there were like 1 and a half red flags tat sooyoung ignored, but if he knew half of what was going on he would’ve made this decision quicker.
this dude is a psychopath, and he didn’t let sooyoung see the real him until now lol! as far as sooyoung knows, jihwan did change bc you can’t lie and say he’s acted like this in front of him all this time cmonnn
“This isn’t the Jihwan I know.” Sooyoung please! This is the same bitch you've known from the jump! The fact that even after everything is coming to light he still thinks Jihwan changed at some point instead of just always being this psycho who was good at hiding it. And now I see why the redemption arc will be successful; because Sooyoung is dumb.