hints author gives;

this is the kind of manhwa that you have to read twice to understand every part. when you read the first 10 chapters for the first time, you have no idea that kyubin & seungtaek we’re at a “break” moment in their relationship.

i wish you could add images here, but here are some quotes from ch1-10 that give subtle hints of kyubin trying to rekindle his relationship w seungtaek & their relationship in general:

kyubin to seunghee: “did you have fun today? it wasn’t fun for me at all... about seungtaek. don’t you think he’s too close-minded? he just wants to be like everyone else. aren’t you happier when your dressed like a girl?” (kyubin referring to seungtaek’s fear of what everyone would think if they were in a relationship)

kyubin to seunghee, after putting on his wig: “the reason why i wanted us to be friends is because... i envy the way you can be true to yourself.” (being openly gay)

seungtaek to seunghee: “i don’t get it. if i was you, i would’ve tried to hide it (cross dressing) for as long as i could” (seungtaek preferring to deny his identity than “exposing” himself to others)

seungtaek to kyubin while fighting: “if you don’t wanna get hurt, don’t cross the line.” (don’t cross the line=stop forcing me into being so “open” or you’ll end up getting hurt by me denying it)

^ kyubin’s response to seungtaek: “you shouldn’t cross the line either. you seem into acting like some sorta prince on a white horse these days, but you shouldn’t treat me this way, you’re hurting my feelings. it’s your turn to get beaten. it hurt a bit, you ready?” (seungtaek was being a prince to seunghee by protecting him from kyubin, but in reality it’s just him running away from his true feelings for kyubin and ignoring their problems)

the quotes are rly long, but in ch8, after the drag competition, kyubin tries to make advances towards seunghee and bombards him with questions like “how do you feel when you’re with a guy” & “have you kissed a guy” honestly idk if that part was kyubin replacing seungtaek with seunghee for pleasure or testing seunghee’s reaction, but still big foreshadowing

i seriously love how the author adds those little details, and what i love the most is that when we started reading those hints, no one would ever suspected that kyubin and seungtaek were actually “dating” beforehand. (at least i didn’t)