i had no fucking idea i would be getting into a story this intense when i opened ch.1. shit was so happy go lucky back then now it's all hot sex and painful angst and bittersweet memories. anyway hoin i see a president in the making in you my guy im sorry i jumped into conclusion about your personality so soon. you conniving attractive smart beautiful lil bitch. i realize now that not getting his way for the first time in his life is hitting him hard but i'm rooting for him anyway lol. taesoo you're actually kinda lovable and i sympathize with you but pls get yourself a new, official boyfriend. someone who's not woojin pls i won't like that one bit (will i tho? hmmm) anyway i wasted a whole day on this and honestly it was worth it. the character glow ups and the art glow ups are also so noteworthy, kudos to the creator.
edit: changed to 4 stars from 5 bc im just tired and frustrated of the story rn lmao
edit 2: 3 stars. idek why im reading the updates anymore. like. why is it so dragged out????? yea we're prob nearing the climax or whatever but i don't feel like opening the updates anymore bc it emotionally drains me. today i thought 'ah lemme give it a chance anyway' only to be pissed as hell bc now they're not only dragging this out, hoin is acting out weird braindead behavior and hurting woojin in the process. which. i hate to the core like, do whatever but don't throw shit at woojin. but he did exactly that. atp any outcome of this story is just gonna disappoint me bc i know how it's gonna be like. chunwoo would end up in a situation where he might really lose hoin or something, and he realizes he can't hide it anymore and vocalizes his love for hoin, hoin reunites with woojin, chunwoo makes up with taesoo...... meh. like i've read million stories with similar plot but it was executed better and shorter yknow. so i didn't mind sitting through the same shit bc every author exectued it well and i enjoyed it, or did it poorly and i dropped it. this book,,,, well the unconventional seme-uke design, the puppy seme/dark-haired cool uke trop i adore, and woojin are what that's still keeping me stay.... but idk for how much longer. at least give woojin a good chunk of the remaining chapters to have his own bf as reparations for being dragged into this mess
ok correction: idc about any outcome to this book EXCEPT a scenario of woojin and hoin falling in love bc that HURTS GOOD and is GOOD DEVELOPMENT TO ME. i usually hate the best friend falling in love trope but idk this story fits it well ig? i'm just a sucker for regrets and making up for regrets ok. hoin x chunwoo have good sex compatibility and that's abt it. hoin x woojin have the potential to be exponentially more than what the other couple is. like i feel fuzzy imagining a relationship between them. and woojin actually knows what hoin's really like- he's cunning, borderline manipulative and really will do it all to get what he wants. chunwoo doesn't know any bit of this info. also hoinxwoojin will never bore each other out and always be poking each other's buttons affectionately. the banter??? i'd live for it. "you didn't restock the soju in the fridge so you're the one cooking dinner" "fuck, are you an alcoholic?? i am not gonna make food for an alcoholic" would be how they fight... and then one will crawl on his legs to the other to be forgiven,,, the whole thing will be videotaped for future laughs.... the POTENTIAL. bruh i literally used to be such a huge chunwoo stan for 80% of the book but this guy is racking his nails down my fucking nerves right now, i can't stand to coddle him any longer.
told myself i wont rant more BUT i had to get it out of my system how woojin really went "you're my savior you're the stroke of luck i'd been waiting for" like. LITERALLY A TITLE DROP AND YOU'RE TELLING ME HOIN WOOJIN ISN'T ENDGAME??? mayne....
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