i was gonna say i’m so glad they finally talked but man teenagers really don’t know any better (also glad jinhyeong defended himself but went a bit too far, different person same mistake huh) once again i can’t blame either of them for saying what they said cuz when you’re heartbroken like that anything can come out of your mouth even if you didn’t mean it, even if you didn’t meant for it to be THAT painful. hurt people really do hurt people.
i understand rik’s pain i really do, but does he realise jinhyeong’s response at the door was still a reflection of his trauma, not something he’s fully aware of, that even though he despises his father, it’s really not that easy to let go of parents that treat him THIS inconsistently. bad mouthing him and ignoring his pain, then hugging and telling they’re proud of him. does he know physical violence/abandonment isn’t “more” than verbal and emotional abuse, it fucks with the child’s brain and makes it so so so much harder to detach themselves from their abuser(s). you cannot blame a child for not wanting to cut all ties with their parents you really just can’t. whilst some have a clear cut moment of “oh.”, some still ruminate their feelings towards their parents, especially financially privileged kids, since they go to a good school, have food, and a roof over their head it must be better than nothing, right? these thoughts are enough to tug on their hearts and have some hopes about their abusive parents.
anyways my point is rik was being rather selfish at that moment, deciding to project his pain onto the person he misunderstood, without even explaining why he was so upset. from how jinhyeong not mentioning rik until uyun brought it up, i doubt their story ended well. part of me wants them to makeup in the future but let’s not have too high of expectations, people grow apart, that’s part of life unfortunately. i’m just glad jinhyeong found someone he loves that loves him back, after all that has happened.
i love basically everything about the story (and the couple ofc :3 was kinda hoping they’d switch…) and how much it deep dives into jinhyeong’s bagkstory, it’s so interesting and i can’t wait to see what happened with rik, it’ll probably be really sad so i’ll have to mentally prepare myself. all the side characters are also written pretty well, they’re really funny lol
felt so scared for jinwoo when he said guwon’s wrong, now i’m scared for jinwoo about this other thing
this is the nth time i’ve reread this and it still never fails to pull on my heartstrings, such relatable characters, the art style perfectly depicting complex emotions, and a well written character arc. i just love this story so much.
arghhhhhh i know this is part of the storytelling but it’s still uncomfortable to read, seon please do something other then giving into woowon… this isn’t healthy :/
i love shit like this i know the manhwa isn’t labelled as psychological but it’s going that direction for sure, it’s definitely the type of story that is aware of how fucked up it is so what’s left is hoping all of this serves a purpose narratively, more than just for shock value.
WAHHHHHHH THAT CONFESSION (from jigu hello??????? him???????) SHOCKED ME AND THEN THE KISS SHOCKED ME EVEN MORE WHAT IS HAPPENING (i’m happy)???
also don’t mean to bring the mood down but yeowoon still doesn’t know jigu is ji9star i hope that reveal won’t end in tragedy ;-;
OH GREAT THE WEATHER IS REFLECTING THE STORY HOW NICE HAHAHAHAHA I DON’T WANT TO KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT, THE COMMENT SECTION IS SCARING ME…
one of the healthiest relationships i’ve read in a while, they’re so precious, wish everyone can find a love like theirs :3
