y'know they could have possibly saved this if it had been written that haejoon had loved jitae all along but there was a reason why he couldn't approach him. maybe he was like "oh he loves this guy guess there's no room for me" (it's not like they weren't in the same social circle so he could have easily seen him on multiple occasions from a distance and jitae was so into kyunghoon that he didn't notice) and took his chance with the "bet" to make his move once he was sure Kyunghoon wasn't interested. but it wasn't. writer wrote themselves into a corner and chickened out by smoothing it over in a rushed ending. this is like something I'd have a person who hasn't dated yet read so they know what to avoid. Don't be like literally any of these characters. manipulating someone into loving you and then crying and throwing a fit when they finally catch on/get some self-respect/leave is classic, textbook abuse and even in fiction I have a real real hard time finding it romantic or heartwarming
y'know
they could have possibly saved this
if it had been written that haejoon had loved jitae all along but there was a reason why he couldn't approach him. maybe he was like "oh he loves this guy guess there's no room for me" (it's not like they weren't in the same social circle so he could have easily seen him on multiple occasions from a distance and jitae was so into kyunghoon that he didn't notice) and took his chance with the "bet" to make his move once he was sure Kyunghoon wasn't interested. but it wasn't. writer wrote themselves into a corner and chickened out by smoothing it over in a rushed ending.
this is like something I'd have a person who hasn't dated yet read so they know what to avoid. Don't be like literally any of these characters. manipulating someone into loving you and then crying and throwing a fit when they finally catch on/get some self-respect/leave is classic, textbook abuse and even in fiction I have a real real hard time finding it romantic or heartwarming