btw, atp we have 2 taewon & yusung kisses. one initiated by each of them, by surprise. so it's not like taewon is evil for suddenly kissing yusung a couple of chapters ago since yusung technically randomly kissed him first (presumably sober).
another thing i've been thinking about is how, so far, one thing i've always liked about taewon is how he doesn't actively try to monopolize yusung's attention. i can't remember if he starts doing it later or not, but sinwoo & sang-rok start trying to "claim ownership" over him early on and that's kinda...
like i get that they have feelings for yusung and want to be the one closest to him and the one yusung relies on, but the constant subtle back and forth between those two, like they're playing tug-of-war with yusung, is so.....childish. which might be the point.
ep. 18
taewon is always watching yusung like, i can't do this.
"I don't really care, but what's up with the sudden switch to sinwoo? Not that I care, though." taewon....please....
(i just remembered that i should probably stop making individual comments & just reply to my own comments lmao)
we see taewon & yusung development, specifically the "drunken night" in question.
yusung was gonna drown himself in alcohol, taewon saw him struggling with the bags and immediately helped him (though of course he had to be a bit snarky, but nothing extreme—if anything, he was worried that yusung was running errands for the other trainees again).
they go to a vocal practice room and here we learn that taewon knows yusung's birthday, to yusung's surprise. taewon blushes and uses the excuse that he looks at every new trainees profile, which yusung is clearly disappointed by.
BUT THEN, when talking about why yusung wanted to drink, he explains that he's unsure if he should even still be a trainee. taewon then asks yusung what he thinks about singing & dancing, because he tells yusung that he's the most important thing, to which yusung kisses him (it was more like barely touching lips). at this point, i don't think they've drunk ANYTHING. like they literally just opened their cans
mind you, taewon was also blushing here. it wasn't as intense as yusung's blush, but he didnt look angry or anything, just surprised. but then taewon is snapped out of his thoughts, so we don't see what happened next.