Considerign that Taeha was being an asshole and didn't give off the impression that he cares for Hawon at all, I would say that Hawon is unfortunately stuck between a rock and a hard place so whatever he chooses will come with immense risk. This is his gamble
For real I feel bad for my boy he cant go anywhere but to them
I agree, If he is mentally weak the only way out he has is suicide.
But at least he kept fighting to get out of the problem he was facing even though in reality, all the paths he was looking for were dead ends. (￣∇￣")
I think he asked for protection from the wrong person. (￣∇￣")