Ye no, no one forced him to say “oh I’m a victim he forced himself on me” back then, and if he knew his parents are that bad he shouldn’t have pushed to make out in the house with unlocked doors when garam was tryna be cautious, he’s not an innocent victim of circumstances
they both thought his parents were going to be away the day they went to his house, he is very much in fact a victim of circumstances as far as the raws present the story so far. i’m not saying he made any good decisions and garam is, as stated, very justified in not wanting to interact with him, but it’s callous to say “well nobody forced him” like clearly his parents pressured him into it when his mom is IN the shot of him saying that garam came on to him looming behind him. it was, as far as the story has shown it so far, a bad response from a scared teenager under pressure from his violently homophobic parents, and i think there’s nuance in acknowledging that
I'm actually ok with how they reacted in the past. But if you're gonna try and repent now you don't freaking insult your ex's current partner. The ex was like all puppy face then mocking when Jaehyuk appeared so it feels like his apology is not sincere.
this isn’t me saying he deserves any of garam’s time or attention because he absolutely doesn’t LOL like he hurt garam deeply, but according to the raws (this comes up in ch84) their relationship ended because his homophobic parents caught them, hit garam, & forced him to shut things down and end it + blame things on garam.
so it’s a case where, while it hurt garam (understandably so) and garam is under no obligation to forgive him, the circumstances make me feel kind of bad for him too because he undoubtedly lived under an abusive / controlling family structure after getting caught (he also started dating a girl in their class after their breakup, likely as a direct consequence of this. going back into the closet to appease his parents). so him trying to reconcile things now that he’s an independent adult that had the chance to meet with the guy he was forced to end things with makes more sense on his end. Nuance ykwim. just noting this ahead of time before 84 drops because there actually is a reason for their breakup that contributes to why the ex is getting involved in trying to reconcile . though of course garam has no obligations to accept his attempts because on his end he was deeply hurt both physically & emotionally to the point where it made him uncomfortable handling serious relationships so!