to follow-up with this because i feel like there are too many people who aren't understanding what jinwoo's problem is: it's not about affection between friends or even a cultural difference between the readers and the characters (which...they're all korean, so if it was a cultural thing alone, then jinwoo wouldn't be having any problems at all and yeonseo wouldn't be attempting to weaponize it). it's about jinwoo's affection as daehan's boyfriend being illegitimate. what's the difference if his friend is doing almost everything jinwoo is doing as his romantic partner? at that rate, it all but indicates that daehan is not taking their relationship too seriously in jinwoo's eyes, even if it isn't true. it'd be one thing if yeonseo truly were just trying to be friendly, but he is doing it to be antagonistic because he knows it would be effective, so talking about friends simply being affectionate is moot point to be making here anyway lmao
nerd project and now this... is there some kind of gene for light-haired protags in bl manhwas that makes them do stupid shit all the time or something. what's going on. i can't even say i see much fault in jinwoo's behavior because he spoke pretty plainly about the problems he was having with daehan's behavior, just for daehan to hear only what he wanted to hear (though i do think he should've expressed his concerns earlier). what really twists my nipples about it is daehan DID hear that jinwoo was feeling abandoned because he always comes second to everyone else...just for him to go to seunghoon about this instead of speaking to jinwoo directly, so he quite literally learned nothing from any of that.
i so desperately want to be gentle with daehan because i really love his character but jinwoo was one hundred percent correct in telling him that he's dating a man and asking him if they're even dating. like, does daehan mean to tell me he wouldn't feel some type of way about it if another man came onto jinwoo the way yeonseo was coming onto him? he's pissing me off so bad with this, like pay attention to what's happening around you omfg atp if they break up for real, it's truly on him and i want him to grovel if he intends to get jinwoo back because none of this should've happened. jinwoo's reaction was super tame, too. it wasn't like he was fire-breathing mad, he was just rightfully upset watching another man feel his boyfriend up while his boyfriend lets him do it like an idiot because he's "friendly." like oh okay, he'll be friendly directly into your pants with his hand up your shirt and then what? don't piss me off.