Honestly this was actually very realistic to me (compared to other stories), the worries Seunghyun had about his love life, his career, and his future are completely realistic and valid when you’re in your twenties. The natural progression of Seunghyun and Mr Kim’s relationship (from seeing each other to dating) was fleshed out well for a short story. I could understand the perspectives of both Seunghyun and Mr Kim during the whole Yusung ordeal.
Seunghyun had no experience in relationships, and his long-time crush was never fulfilled. Of course, he’s going to be worried over things like this – it’s natural. This is technically his first time going through what most think are “childish” feelings, of course his reactions and behaviour is going to be different. He’s a fresh masters grad, going into his first internship role at a big company too – all these things are something that resonate with a lot of people in their twenties (I can definitely relate). He’s experiencing most of his ‘firsts’ (like his first kiss). He’s bound to feel overwhelmed and flustered. Hence why he’s constantly overthinking, doubting himself, and seeking advice from JiYeon.
And for Mr Kim, of course he found it ridiculous and frustrating when Seunghyun behaved like that – Mr Kim is older, and is shown to be far more experienced in the dating scene and relationships. He doesn’t go through the process of “do they like me, do they not like me, should I, shouldn’t I?” in the way that an inexperienced person like Seunghyun does. You mature in all aspects when you grow older, so his level of starting and being in a relationship is already at a certain standard.
They’re at two different stages of life, career, and romance experience. Such issues are bound to arise, and for those two, they behaved healthily and communicated about it later. They don’t fault each other for being the way they are, they communicate, help each other grow, and it was so beautifully done, I really would like to give kudos to the author for writing the story, and the artist for being able to convey the characters so well.
I absolutely adore this story, the pacing, the dynamics of the characters, the office culture, etc. Even the scene of JiYeon later apologising for outing Seunghyun – it was very realistic. As someone who’s experienced literally the same situation as Seunghyun (being accidentally lightly outed by best friend while drunk and having an apology from said best friend), it was just really cool to see this being addressed and put into the story. A lot of this story, I truly felt like I was being seen. And I’m really glad to have come across this story.
Everything about this story, I adored. I think I’ll come back and read this often, I think it’s just wonderful. I also hope to see the artist work on WLW stories in the future too, I’d love to read them!
Honestly this was actually very realistic to me (compared to other stories), the worries Seunghyun had about his love life, his career, and his future are completely realistic and valid when you’re in your twenties. The natural progression of Seunghyun and Mr Kim’s relationship (from seeing each other to dating) was fleshed out well for a short story. I could understand the perspectives of both Seunghyun and Mr Kim during the whole Yusung ordeal.
Seunghyun had no experience in relationships, and his long-time crush was never fulfilled. Of course, he’s going to be worried over things like this – it’s natural. This is technically his first time going through what most think are “childish” feelings, of course his reactions and behaviour is going to be different. He’s a fresh masters grad, going into his first internship role at a big company too – all these things are something that resonate with a lot of people in their twenties (I can definitely relate). He’s experiencing most of his ‘firsts’ (like his first kiss). He’s bound to feel overwhelmed and flustered. Hence why he’s constantly overthinking, doubting himself, and seeking advice from JiYeon.
And for Mr Kim, of course he found it ridiculous and frustrating when Seunghyun behaved like that – Mr Kim is older, and is shown to be far more experienced in the dating scene and relationships. He doesn’t go through the process of “do they like me, do they not like me, should I, shouldn’t I?” in the way that an inexperienced person like Seunghyun does. You mature in all aspects when you grow older, so his level of starting and being in a relationship is already at a certain standard.
They’re at two different stages of life, career, and romance experience. Such issues are bound to arise, and for those two, they behaved healthily and communicated about it later. They don’t fault each other for being the way they are, they communicate, help each other grow, and it was so beautifully done, I really would like to give kudos to the author for writing the story, and the artist for being able to convey the characters so well.
I absolutely adore this story, the pacing, the dynamics of the characters, the office culture, etc. Even the scene of JiYeon later apologising for outing Seunghyun – it was very realistic. As someone who’s experienced literally the same situation as Seunghyun (being accidentally lightly outed by best friend while drunk and having an apology from said best friend), it was just really cool to see this being addressed and put into the story. A lot of this story, I truly felt like I was being seen. And I’m really glad to have come across this story.
Everything about this story, I adored. I think I’ll come back and read this often, I think it’s just wonderful. I also hope to see the artist work on WLW stories in the future too, I’d love to read them!