The mixed feelings I had with the first couple only got worse the moment I read Hyun and Jaeha's story, to the point where I can confidently say how much I dislike their relationship and themselves as characters. No one is "responsible" for accompanying another person through such a draining and depressing process as Jaeha was going through, especially if it affects you personally or even goes so far as to become physical, as it did between him and Kiwoon.
However, as much as I agreed that the healthiest thing to do was to stop the relationship, the way Jaeha was antagonized in such a disproportionate way that it was ASSUMED without evidence that he killed a cat tasted so bad to me from the beginning. Jaeha was not like that for being a crazy psychopath, as he is referred to several times throughout the story, he was also a victim who had lost control of his life. The person who will stay with him had to truly care, because it's not easy and it's not fair to anyone to stay in a relationship where there is no genuine concern.
Jaeha needed help, not to hear that his problems were something they never wanted to be acknowledged or something that simply had to be reported to the authorities. The distancing was necessary for Kiwoon to heal, it was the right thing for both of them. However, some ways do not re-victimize an ALREADY known victim of domestic abuse, much less paint it as something to blame him for it.
Hyun, even though he gets tired of the situation, the moment he realizes who was the person in danger and who was crying out for help, he stops looking at everything that happened with Jaeha with disdain, to the point of giving up his selfish stance and being aware that there is someone who can't go through it alone. That's the kind of help he always should have had. Nothing justifies what Jaeha did, but the constant antagonizing of a profile like his does not allow for healing and never will.
The mixed feelings I had with the first couple only got worse the moment I read Hyun and Jaeha's story, to the point where I can confidently say how much I dislike their relationship and themselves as characters. No one is "responsible" for accompanying another person through such a draining and depressing process as Jaeha was going through, especially if it affects you personally or even goes so far as to become physical, as it did between him and Kiwoon.
However, as much as I agreed that the healthiest thing to do was to stop the relationship, the way Jaeha was antagonized in such a disproportionate way that it was ASSUMED without evidence that he killed a cat tasted so bad to me from the beginning. Jaeha was not like that for being a crazy psychopath, as he is referred to several times throughout the story, he was also a victim who had lost control of his life. The person who will stay with him had to truly care, because it's not easy and it's not fair to anyone to stay in a relationship where there is no genuine concern.
Jaeha needed help, not to hear that his problems were something they never wanted to be acknowledged or something that simply had to be reported to the authorities. The distancing was necessary for Kiwoon to heal, it was the right thing for both of them. However, some ways do not re-victimize an ALREADY known victim of domestic abuse, much less paint it as something to blame him for it.
Hyun, even though he gets tired of the situation, the moment he realizes who was the person in danger and who was crying out for help, he stops looking at everything that happened with Jaeha with disdain, to the point of giving up his selfish stance and being aware that there is someone who can't go through it alone. That's the kind of help he always should have had. Nothing justifies what Jaeha did, but the constant antagonizing of a profile like his does not allow for healing and never will.