Because he's not showing longing for Dan. He's depressed and spiralling because for the first time in a very long time he has lost not just a match but his self worth. The brands are pulling out, people switching teams, and he's guilty because he accused dan and he left without any explanation. He's a mess but not because he has fallen head over heels for him, I feel that's a long way
I think it's because as a character we don't know much about him. We know he's obsessed with his fighting and that he's aggressive. We know he believes he needs to have sex before a match to win. Like we don't have a more 3 dimensional idea of him as a character. Like if there's anything that drives him to obsess over fighting, etc etc. We can't follow the logic train that the character is going on. Like JK hasn't really been fleshed out for us. Or maybe that is all there is to him. Some people are just boring and don't have much of a life. Who knows? Not us.
Please don't think that I'm saying if we knew more about him then we could understand him and not hate on him. Understanding a character and their background and whatnot doesn't mean you condone their actions or are on their side or that you like them. Like, understanding doesn't equal acceptance.
We just know much more and have seen more sides to KD in comparison to JK.
True, you made some really good points! I was more so commenting how the author doesn’t really give us much to go on. For example, jk and Dan having sx doesn’t imply to me how he can even form an emotional connection to Dan. Jk as a character is so ambiguous. Jk’s rights and wrongs are a whole other can of worm I don’t want to get into lol.
Idky but Jaekyung as a character is kind of flat to me?? I’m not sure how to explain it. Like idk if his character even has emotional capacity to showcase the guilt and emotion he will be experiencing. This isn’t a diss at all but I’m just wondering how our author-nim will convey the suffering and turmoil he’ll go through….. (●￣(ｴ)￣●)