I don't think sunbae is manipulative, he just likes him and because he agreed to be in a relationship with him he doesn't want ik su to give up on that he's already anxious about their relationship so it's normal, if anything ik su is being in the wrong here but I understand both sides
i don’t think he’s manipulative but he’s definitely more to blame for the situation they’re in. he’s the one who asked iksu to date even though he said he doesn’t have feelings for him. he didn’t break up when iksu made a scene after he tried to kiss him and after he learned dohun kissed iksu he still gave him the ticket. iksu is a pushover for agreeing to date a guy he clearly isn’t into but the boyfriend just doesn’t know when to quit so i don’t even emphasize with him anymore.
If trying to cut your bf off of his forever bestfriend is not manipulative, I don't know what is. Sometimes when a relationship is not right, you just have to leave. I get that he has a crush on him but it's not like they were super close to begin with, he would not be giving up on the love of is life. Not all crushes are ment to end up in relationships, sometimes you just have to let it go, especially if the person you are crushing on is so smiten with somebody else. Or try and win your crush over if you rly want, flirt and see how it goes but force a relationship onto someone then using that status to go and rule their life, pretty manipulative in my opinion
That sunbae is so manipulative. When he pulled out that ticket and said I know there is a judo competition that same day I wanted to punch him in his smug face