What you said is correct but you're expecting too much from a physically and mentally abused child who was pushed to his limits. Hes way too broken to understand any of this unfortunately
first paragraph hit so hard omg im literally sobbing
yea i get thatttt, it’s just a bit frustrating, got a little heated up due to personal experience
He's not a werewolf what. He's not doing this on impulse: it's targeted and precise and meant to hurt him just like how he told his father does. While I understand Rik's pain, he's projecting it onto the last person he should. In Rik's mind bullying Jinhyeong is getting back at the upper class or whatever but it's rlly nott ugh. He's hurting the only friend that understood him and all because he reduced Jinhyeong's pain. He thought Jinhyeong had it so easy all this time when he was infact going through another type of abuse
"does he realise" no not at all he didn't even properly hear that jinhyeong was gonna live with him, he got fully in his thoughts about "real" family and was deeply traumatized and affected by it. Is what he did right??? Obviously not but extremely understandable as he felt abandoned yet again after finally trusting someone after his mom left him. Thats a deeply painful experience and he wasn't thinking clearly because he's also a child
He's not doing this to get back at the upperclass??? He's literally doing this because he's so hurt by jihnyeong rejecting him and defending his father. Also all that parents stuff he said( knowing full well rik will never go back to his parents). In rik's mind this feels just like the rejection his mother gave him. Promising to make a home and then backing out. The 50000 won analogy tbh defined his thought process perfectly. But I'm not saying one jihnyeong is to blame or anything this is just a case of 2 broken kids hurting each other
I took the bullying to be a projection from Song Rik regarding what he thinks of Junhyeong's "affluent" life. He doesn't consider emotional abuse as actual abuse. He thinks Jinhyeong isnt suffering as much as him so he needs to make him feel just as shit. And using the same tactics his Father does, being so vindictive to your only true friend? Because he said he can't leave right away? He knows exactly what he's doing. Blind anger is quick and violent not this sustained over such a long time. Anyway i hate this whole situation sm haha! Neither of them are right they're both hurt and hurt people hurt people
In conclusion their parents need to kill themselves RIGHT NOW
i understand rik’s pain i really do, but does he realise jinhyeong’s response at the door was still a reflection of his trauma, not something he’s fully aware of, that even though he despises his father, it’s really not that easy to let go of parents that treat him THIS inconsistently. bad mouthing him and ignoring his pain, then hugging and telling they’re proud of him. does he know physical violence/abandonment isn’t “more” than verbal and emotional abuse, it fucks with the child’s brain and makes it so so so much harder to detach themselves from their abuser(s). you cannot blame a child for not wanting to cut all ties with their parents you really just can’t. whilst some have a clear cut moment of “oh.”, some still ruminate their feelings towards their parents, especially financially privileged kids, since they go to a good school, have food, and a roof over their head it must be better than nothing, right? these thoughts are enough to tug on their hearts and have some hopes about their abusive parents.
anyways my point is rik was being rather selfish at that moment, deciding to project his pain onto the person he misunderstood, without even explaining why he was so upset. from how jinhyeong not mentioning rik until uyun brought it up, i doubt their story ended well. part of me wants them to makeup in the future but let’s not have too high of expectations, people grow apart, that’s part of life unfortunately. i’m just glad jinhyeong found someone he loves that loves him back, after all that has happened.