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100000% agree to this! You put the thoughts that I can blurt out completely!
I completely agree. And based on the comments if this third confessions happens and they somehow get together, I don't think he will be honest in the relationship.
Sorry for the long feelings dump, I just really dislike the portrayal of Yoon as straightforward. And I want to clarify here that the rejection was ultimately a good thing, and I definitely don't think Yoon intended to hurt Joon.
But Yoon was only straightforward because Joon confronted him and requested that he clear up any misunderstanding. From the way he was texting before, it's clear he was intending on ghosting. He only properly rejected Joon once he was forced to consider there was another person on the other side of all his actions. The rejection is the only good thing to come of all this, but it is very clear to me that Yoon led Joon on.
He himself noticed all the little ways that Joon reacted to him, and he noticed all this knowing that Joon definitely had feelings for him in the past. Remember, this is the guy who felt so angry at someone else that he took his anger out on someone who was obviously being vulnerable by exposing their feelings and then he trashed them (in the raws, he said to Joon that the confession makes him feel dirty or filthy). He still hasn't apologized for that.
Let's face it. Yoon got off on the little reactions Joon was giving him, seeing how bad things were going for him before, like being dumped for the first time. He wanted that boost Joon gave him. He liked being liked until he had to play a role in it himself, until he had to take responsibility (see how he keeps avoiding apologizing).
Not purposely hurting Joon isn't a good sign to me. He doesn't consider other people when he does something. He's just selfish in a way that hurts others and benefits him. I'm not saying he's evil, he's not. But he isn't a straightforward, honest person.
Hopefully, this changes! I don't think he is irredeemable, and we see from how he was in middle school (why Joon fell for him) that he is a good person. I think he just got too used to caring only for himself, which might have been a necessary thing growing up. But that doesn't mean we can excuse his actions.
Sorry for the rant I'm gonna go back and study now...