
So the story starts as the black hair girl is found in the middle of the forest and taken in by this baron family. She works there for about 2 years and becomes friends with the son. The mother and father don't accept their relationship so they tries way to get her out of the house. Just horrible things in general. The son is really kind and has a thing for her. But there is a rumor that the king is going around looking and bringing into the palace almost all the women who fit the description of black hair. An order of knights comes into the household when there was a party and takes her away. She ends up in the palace and the emperor is the 4th prince white hair red blood eyes. He is considered a tyrant but actly differently with the black haired girl. He speaks to her like if they known each other for a long time. She is totally sus so he approaches her carefully. After this there is a whole back and forth is trying to discover/get familiar with each other. He asks her questions like do you remember or have you seen ...... blah blah. The baron son wants to see her (because of his rumored mistreatment of women and his tyrant status) and make sure she is ok. He wants to take her away but the emperor doesn't let him and she lowkey doesn't want to. He overstep his position as a personal knight (yes he becomes her knight in order to "protect" her) she realizes his feelings and friendzones him. He never confesses btw. She wakes up in the middle of the night and see the emperor outside her window. She runs outside and sees blood running down his jaw and a dead person on the ground. In horror she sprints the fuck out of there and he catches up her. She faints and wakes up in her room. Confused, she disregards it as a nightmare. It happens again, this time confirming that it was reality and confronts him. He says he'll explain later but not right now cuase he weak. He doesn't like drinking blood so he only does it when he HAS to. They talk in the middle of the night for a few nights lol. He comes in through the window they chat about plot stuff then leaves. Now, there is suddenly a need to get a wife so many noble women enter in order to woooo him. They look at with disgust since she is the women the emperor has been looking for, so they assume she must be the most beautiful person in the world (ofc she is) but retorted saying oh she nothing special. They think they are above her just for her status. There are rounds (forgot how many) but she obviously passes them and the last one is the emperor must dance with Lady and so this means he favors her thus most likely making her the new empress. She is a total bad bitch and takes no shade from those noble bitches. They sadly wet her dress but she ain't that shook abt it. The emperor still dances with her and since her dress is wet she is wetting the floor as well. So this makes her embarrassed. They move outside to the balcony and the emperor and her have a intimate talk about their true identity and what they mean to each other(somewhat the emperor won't tell her how they are related but states they are) and the emperor confesses. She reciprocate his feelings and they have a passionate kiss. Then some foreshadowing is going on and flashbacks and then season 2.

HOW TFAWWK IS TAKU TOXIC???? JOOWON FANBASE THROW YOUR ANALYSIS RESEARCH PAPERS AT ME

i find his interest in haesoo since the start experimental and out of curiosity. he was testing the waters, trying to figure out who haesoo was considering the variables that made him "attractive" in his eyes (photography philosophy???). he always seemed sketchy but at the same time it also looked like his normal personality. but then we see him realizing haesoo had a relationship with his "step brother" so he shows CURIOSITY and INTEREST and decides to push further. and when he meets joowon who he cant agree with he becomes even more interested.
there was obviously nothing serious between them at the time; casual sex but then a revelation that he was returning to japan soon? so basically did he just seduce a guy just to tell him he was leaving the country soon? i dont blame him for having a short term half assed motive cause haesoo didnt mind either. but still, um, short time booty call? the mere concept of a trial relationship is ridiculous too.
now that they're "trial dating" theres still a line between them and he's clearly trying to break through that cause ig he grew some feelings. but what really hit the mark is his obsession with joowon. "loving jealousy" is not the way to go. a genuine relationship wouldve be possible between them if they weren't thinking about the past (joowon) while they held each other.
basically the three characters here are toxic. and we cant measure their toxicity cause they arent even similar. so that just means joowon is toxic. haesoo is toxic. taku is toxic. they're just individually toxic in their own ways.

Let me quote you some phrases Taku said real quick:
„Every time I saw how sad you were, it felt good. I know it‘s selfish. That you were lonely. That you would need me, because of your unhappiness. I told you what you desperately wanted to hear, gave you the emotional support you needed. It wasn’t hard... to give you the warmth you so craved.“
Also idk which chapter this is from I saw it on Twitter. But in conclusion: all 3 main characters in this story are toxic bye :*
I just want to say that tapas has the chapters up to 40 so can someone buy them and upload them here? Cuase this translation ain't it (/TДT)/