It broke my heart to see him being anxious, always apologising and trying to talk to Chaehoo when he was just shutting him down. He is too lenient with him that the relationship turned really toxic.
Chaehoo gets to enjoy all sorts of hobbies in America and socialise, but Ilhoo can’t even go to have dinner with other interns without Chaehoo throwing a tantrum. Then he allows his professor to be all flirty and clingy, but Ilhoo can’t even get to explain himself when being accused of cheating TWICE in one day. Ilhoo needs to sacrifice his sleep and social life just to have a call with Chaehoo, while that bastard does whatever he wants and DARES to say that Ilhoo is not putting enough effort into their relationship.
I agree with the comments that say Ilhoo should’ve dumped Chaehoo who CHOSE to go to America without discussing things with Ilhoo first and acting like a total bastard. That should’ve put some loose screws back into their place and get his shit together.
It is actually breaks my heart how mature Ilhoo is, trying to calm down, apologising and trying to talk things through, but Chaehoo, on other hand, is just selfish, aggressive, manipulative and controlling.
The first season was good (in my opinion). Their dynamic and relationship progression was so good that I was shocked that it had such low rating. I absolutely loved how Inhoo kept his distance, reality-checking Chaehoo every time and standing his ground (so it’s heartbreaking to see him let Chaehoo just do whatever he wants later). But second season ruined it.
And another thing. We had a glimpse of someone in Ilhoo’s dream (in first season when he was sleeping in the library and someone left him a canned drink with a number) and boxes everywhere. By his reaction, it was some kind of traumatic memory and I assumed it had something to do with his mom/ex gf, resulting it him always trying to cover himself/protect himself with clothes and being antisocial. But it was never explained or explored. It was just a random thing that happened, but never explained and just forgotten. However, I could be wrong and I’m open to be corrected.
I was also disappointed that the other two friends just disappeared in the second season, appearing only in the end of extras. Ilhoo kept talking about being lonely, but their (not Chaehoo’s) company actually made him feel good and want to spend more time with them. So it was really sad to see that they just disappeared and Chaehoo became his sole focus and friend, which is really toxic and concerning. And it doesn’t help that Chaehoo is really controlling and doesn’t like when Ilhoo hangs out with anyone else.
It broke my heart to see him being anxious, always apologising and trying to talk to Chaehoo when he was just shutting him down. He is too lenient with him that the relationship turned really toxic.
Chaehoo gets to enjoy all sorts of hobbies in America and socialise, but Ilhoo can’t even go to have dinner with other interns without Chaehoo throwing a tantrum. Then he allows his professor to be all flirty and clingy, but Ilhoo can’t even get to explain himself when being accused of cheating TWICE in one day. Ilhoo needs to sacrifice his sleep and social life just to have a call with Chaehoo, while that bastard does whatever he wants and DARES to say that Ilhoo is not putting enough effort into their
relationship.
I agree with the comments that say Ilhoo should’ve dumped Chaehoo who CHOSE to go to America without discussing things with Ilhoo first and acting like a total bastard. That should’ve put some loose screws back into their place and get his shit together.
It is actually breaks my heart how mature Ilhoo is, trying to calm down, apologising and trying to talk things through, but Chaehoo, on other hand, is just selfish, aggressive, manipulative and controlling.
The first season was good (in my opinion). Their dynamic and relationship progression was so good that I was shocked that it had such low rating. I absolutely loved how Inhoo kept his distance, reality-checking Chaehoo every time and standing his ground (so it’s heartbreaking to see him let Chaehoo just do whatever he wants later). But second season ruined it.
And another thing. We had a glimpse of someone in Ilhoo’s dream (in first season when he was sleeping in the library and someone left him a canned drink with a number) and boxes everywhere. By his reaction, it was some kind of traumatic memory and I assumed it had something to do with his mom/ex gf, resulting it him always trying to cover himself/protect himself with clothes and being antisocial. But it was never explained or explored. It was just a random thing that happened, but never explained and just forgotten. However, I could be wrong and I’m open to be corrected.
I was also disappointed that the other two friends just disappeared in the second season, appearing only in the end of extras. Ilhoo kept talking about being lonely, but their (not Chaehoo’s) company actually made him feel good and want to spend more time with them. So it was really sad to see that they just disappeared and Chaehoo became his sole focus and friend, which is really toxic and concerning. And it doesn’t help that Chaehoo is really controlling and doesn’t like when Ilhoo hangs out with anyone else.