Righttt why even have that as a plot point it just happened and then nothing
He really should’ve cleanly cut ties cause changi is just psycho, he only ever “liked” jiho when he realizes he doesn’t have him in his palm and is at risk of losing him to inwoo, has the audacity to be like “do you know why we never got together? It’s your fault cause you have internalized homophobia and make me feel like I’m doing smth wrong being with the person I liked because you don’t wanna be seen in public together” and not, you know, the fact he fucked him and moved to the next person right at the beginning and jiho finding him with someone else… his confession and pursuit now is insulting enough, but mc should’ve gotten actually angry at his attempts to sabotage his starting relationship with inwoo, what the hell was the “you slept with me calling his name, oh you spent the night at his place so you got what you wanted, oh he doesn’t love you he pities you” bullshit, and it’s so maddening that mc not only didn’t cut ties, did not get angry at his sabotage attempts, but got swayed twice, nearly kissing him before doorbell when he was already past confession and dating inwoo, and then actually getting jealous and hurt about green hair having the pink hair guy over as if he still saw him as a romantic option, like bro did you forget your own words of him being a sociopath? And how he betrayed you in the past? Why do you think he never confessed to you till now? And even after him cutting ties and returning his scarf by mail he STILL goes to his house when he fights with inwoo, W H Y, muddied mc’s integrity as a character for no reason, the plot would’ve been the same even if mc showed no temptation to changi, (not even talking about mc tryna push ml and his mom to make up TWICE against his will when he knows it’s a woman that left a child alone in the care of a violent abuser…)
For real. Chungi continued to break Jiho's trust, never tried to reciprocate his want for an exclusive relationship and suddenly wanted him once he moved on. So many red flags Jiho chose to ignore and kept getting tempted by Chungi even though he was actively courting Inwoo. Make it make sense. Even after Jiho and Inwoo start officially dating, he runs back to Chungi at the first sight of conflict... Are you for real? That wishy washyness of Jiho's really made it difficult to like him.
Honestly, the main issue with this manhwa wasn't even the mother conflict but the part where Jiho decides to go to his ex fuck buddy's place when they have a fight and even is tempted to take Changi's offer to date him because it was easier.
Inwoo never finds out about it, so everything Jiho does to get Inwoo on his feet feels like him trying to compensate for what he did or was about to do. Jiho always felt weak to Changi. Even when they stopped sleeping together, he almost kissed him until the door bell stopped them.
It felt like if Changi pushed Jiho, he could have possibly given in. That entire part felt quite out of place in middle of all the conflicts. Jiho should have cut ties with Changi way before the second time the main couple fought. Imagine if Inwoo decided to run back to his ex wife because him and Jiho fought and got tempted to get back together after she offered to get back together? Yeah, that would be just as shitty. That entire thing got swept under the rug due to the whole mother conflict.