
I can see who is Jeongseok and who is Gunjoon in a relationship by who is wanting the ML to suffer/wiping MCs ass in the comments.
Personally, I’m definitely closer to the ML in a relationship. I’m big on communication and my partners know that they may need to bring it to my attention if they feel upset by something I do or say as it may have been intended differently than it was perceived, so by bringing it up they give me the chance to register what they heard vs what I MEANT.
We are grown ass adults and neither of us should be tweaking over 1) random people talking in our ears, relationships with solid foundations know to go to the source for clarification (who the fuck takes a stranger at face value?) 2) 12-24 hours of radio silence, things happen like emergencies and can be clarified once the other party is reconnected 3) unique love languages, everyone is raised differently (some people are more of “I show my love through actions” people and others are verbal broken records)
At the end of the day communication is key and it’s the responsibility of both parties, neither are children. If they feel the need to put all the effort on to one party, they aren’t right for each other.

I know it feels dramatic as fuck that he’s just throwing himself into the forest to either a) get kidnapped/killed by the family again and swapped out for another sacrifice who won’t jeopardize the family hold over Mugo or b) caught/punished by Mugo but… his actions aren’t crazy.
Brother is def having a panic attack and certainly has PTSD/CPTSD from his upbringing so he is in flight mode. He was just threatened by his abuser (family head) and DID ask for help from who he views as a guardian (Mugo) who has shut him down callously.
Granted, Ja Heon has asked Mugo to consume him multiple times and this likely didn’t strike Mugo as noteworthy, however I feel that this personality is particularly indifferent to his emotions. I think he perceived that he was the key needed to return to wholeness, but then again it could be because the secondary personality is his passion just as the third is his naïveté and the fourth is his wrath.
Anyways, looking forward to how the characters grow from each other and the plot thickens~
I find it weird that despite the novel from the raws they cut the manga off early and at such a weird unresolved area too. Like, ML is fully aware of MCs mental state and even begins to realize how it’s his fault/ takes better care of MC (doesn’t make him any better in my eyes but hey) yet the mangaka just says fuck it let’s end it at this random part where nothing is resolved and MC/ML are still seeing each other as plaything/master?