tbh I don't think that Haesoo was faking being in love with Taku. He wasn't in love with Taku and he DIDN'T PRETEND to be. He didn't explicitly say that he loved Taku or show it. Whenever Taku would say something like "I wish we would date longer than a month"
(or something romantic in general) Haesooo wouldn't say anything (he kinda just sat there, he didn't say "me too"). He wasn't trying to fake his love for Taku, he was just really trying to move on. Like c'mon, Taku isn't the victim. Yes, he got hurt. But, he put himself in this situation. He knew Haesoo was in love with someone else. He knew Haesoo was hurting and just cut someone important out of his life. Haesoo even said no to dating him the first time he asked. Yet he still pursued him. Haesoo didn't play with or try to hurt him. Taku was the one who went into their relationship with bad intentions. He wanted to mess around with Haesoo and even told his friend that he wanted to know what Haesoo would write about him after he left for Japan (that's kinda twisted). His friend even acknowledged that. In the end, he ended up catching feelings and got hurt. That isn't Haesoo's fault.
I never wrote this to blame Haesoo at all in fact from the beginning I was fine with whatever choice that Haesoo made with who he decided to be with. Personally I do feel like Haesoo had some love toward Taku but I feel like he was slightly forcing himself a bit into it in order to combat and mask the feelings he had for Joowon. For Taku’s sake I’m glad it ended when it did because I don’t want him to get hurt more than he should. I don’t feel like anyone is a victim in the situation both during Haesoo’s past relationship with Joowon and his relationship with Taku there was a lot of toxicity on both sides but thankfully now I just hope that all of these characters can move past this and find true happiness.
Yeah, sorry! I reread your comment after writing mine and realized that you weren't really blaming Haesoo. I think I was just annoyed with people calling Haesoo a hoe and saying that they hate him (/and I noticed after that your comment wasn't really like that, maybe I was looking at another comment?). :) I think I was responding more to other comments (people saying that Taku did no wrong / Haesoo was at fault).
Yeah I definitely disagree with people saying Haesoo is a hoe like he really did nothing wrong! He’s just a real person going through life and trying to navigate relationships just like anyone else. I feel that Taku knew from the beginning that Haesoo was out of his reach yet he kept pushing and yearning for him and Haesoo who was trying to get over Joowon decided to give it a try. I think they both were slightly wrong but at least now hopefully they can both heal and I just want the author can give Taku a side story with someone because I do feel bad for him
This was such a roller coaster ride but I do feel like Joowon was the best choice. I feel like Haesoo would have been hurting Taku even more if he kept faking his love for him. Love or hate is a really good story