Throughout its storyline, the manhwa becomes a series of repetitive events where Bum tries to escape Sangwoo’s home with the hope of living a better life. However, Sangwoo always stays one step ahead of him and somehow brings him back into his manipulative love. Much later, a cop named Seungbae figures out who Sangwoo is and even manages to arrest him. But being the psychopath that he is, Sangwoo pretends to be a victim to disguise his guilt. As a result, he gets released from police custody, but his crimes still reach the public eye. Ultimately, there comes a time when Seungbae has no other option but to kill Sangwoo himself. And so, he sets his house on fire due to which Sanwoo suffers from severe burns and gets admitted to a private hospital.
During Sangwoo’s stay at the hospital, Bum struggles to keep his distance from his abusive lover. He keeps finding his way back to the hospital only to realize that he’s making the same mistake all over again. Even during these moments, Bum relies on all the positive memories that he had with Sangwoo and rationalizes all the abuse that he went through. Bum’s struggle shows that no matter what Sangwoo does to him, he’ll never be able to give up on his extreme sense of dependency on him.
In the final moments of the manhwa, Bum takes up the courage to visit Sangwoo for the last time. He searches for him all over the hospital until one of the staff members tells him that Sangwoo died a couple of days ago, and his body was cremated. The staff member then hands him a box full of Sangwoo’s ashes. At first, Bum finds it hard to believe that Sangwoo is dead. But as the reality sets in, he regrets not showing up earlier to bid his final farewell to his lover. While leaving the hospital, Bum overhears an older woman claiming that she killed Sangwoo after he kept calling out Bum’s name all night. This revelation suggests that Sangwoo did not die because of his injuries from the fire. The delusional old lady asphyxiated him.
Bum rushes over to Sangwoo’s home—a place where the two of them made so many memories. He falls to the ground and mourns the death of his lover, and that’s when he hears Sangwoo calling out his name. He rushes out of the house and arrives at a crossing where he finds Sangwoo with another woman. He calls out his name, but Sangwoo does not look back at him.
This closing scene comes in tandem with one of the opening scenes of the manhwa where Bum starts stalking Sangwoo. Back then, he looked at Bum from the perspective of an outsider, without having a clue who he truly is. Similarly, even in the final moments of the manhwa, Bum relives his delusions towards his lover and imagines seeing him as this normal person even though he knows all about Sangwoo’s psychopathic tendencies. The ending does not suggest that Sangwoo is alive. It only gives us a glimpse of the mind of a victim who develops severe Stockholm Syndrome towards his abuser. Sangwoo is dead, but Bum’s cycles of victimization are far from over. And if you think about it, even the gift that Bum brings for Sangwoo is a ring—it symbolizes the loop of abuse that he is stuck in.
So I finished reading this and it's 3 am. I am shocked by the end. If we view it from the positive part they both "end up together" by dying (kinda) I mean they made a promise, right ? I did ship them together even thought they weren't mentally stable. I think Bum really loved or were attracted to Sangwoo. Even if Bum never really experienced love. In "Killing Stalking " they had many happy moments together, were they were close.
I really don't know what to think of the ending , because its good that it ended up like that but also i was expecting them to end up together or that at least Bum could have given Sangwoo the ring..
so....am i a pedophile if im attracted to this hottie ?
Yes. When he’s older feel free, though.
i mean your not wrong lol