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i was thinking the same. to me he was exactly like those guys who fall for a girl after a few days cuz they confuse gratitude with love.
but also maybe he never showed lust toward her bc he put her on this untouchable madonna pedestal, and since those feelings started when he was a kid, it made the gap even bigger (which explains why he kept slutshaming seonwoo lololol).

so would you consider yuri love for his cousin more platonic than romantic? He did love her and was dependent on her kindness but it is not shown to us that he ever had lust for her or maybe I missed something. It was so pure. Who wouldve thought boy was a virgin all this time and he did have very impure thoughts for the teacher once he was catching feelings