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Rape does not have to occur for sexual abuse to take place.

Btw I just read sexual coercion is a form of abuse but I still don't think the situations quite compare? They had a fucked up relationship from the beginning tho, for sure. But I do think we could find the reasoning behind it. Now the current reasoning for what Sungho is doing is just... Not normal (=・ω・=)U he's messed up.

To explore a little bit of young Dohyun's reasonings... He found in Sungho a desperate boy with whom he could explore his sexuality. I still think for all his fooling around with girls, he's also into boys but won't openly show it (perhaps even has internalised homophobia? Hints of homophobia on 1st chapter). On the other hand Sungho was lonely and even if he liked Dohyun like that, he wasn't comfortable with sexual situations, but didn't know how else to tie Dohyun to him.
So what young Dohyun did was, in my opinion, sexual coercion and Sungho felt dirty because of it, but still consented due to desperation. Eh, I'd say it falls into a grey area of consent? But sexual coercion isn't the same as outright sexual abuse... Which is what Sungho is doing. So even if you don't sympathise with Dohyun, don't say he deserves it .__. Yeah he was an asshole but not a rapist, and he was just a high schooler back then.