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you've been warned
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one night, before taejung (ex) and yeongwoo (new bf) started dating, taejung got drunk and yeongwoo helped him come home. taejung thought he was with joyoon and started touching yeongwoo with the intention of having sex. they didn't do it, but taejung doesn't remember and when he woke up the next morning, he saw that yeongwoo's face was hurt (it was from a bar fight or something, i forgot, but it's not from taejung) and assumed he r*ped yeongwoo. taejung felt so guilty so he ended up reciprocating yeongwoo's feelings and started dating him. yeongwoo never clarified anything because he's afraid that if taejung finds out they didn't have sex, taejung would leave him

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i reread again to make sure i got everything right and i was a little mistaken, they did sleep together. basically what happened was taejung was dead drunk and yeongwoo started kissing him but then taejung woke up and thought it was joyoon so they had sex. in the morning he woke up, saw the wound on yeongwoo's face (which was from a bar fight, i was right, because yeongwoo refused to have sex with a man who made advances at him) and thought he forced yeongwoo to do it. the rest is how i described. yeongwoo eventually told taejung the truth and well, taejung got rightfully angry, and they broke up for good afterwards

he does. the manhwa omitted quite a few of taejung's screen time, but the novel painted taejung's dilemma very well. there's quite a lot of scenes where taejung dwells with his guilt and regret, and he knows very well how he's hurt joyoon and he doesn't deserve to be with him anymore. he's also hurt by the situation and he made terrible choices to protect his own feelings, but at the end of the day, i realize he's one of the victims of this awful tragedy that caused an 8 year relationship to end. i actually ended up feeling really bad for him haha, and so do most of the commenters in novel's website. taejung and joyoon eventually apologize to each other and i think they're healing and walking their own paths now
ok so like I kinda get the ex...he had to move on. 5 years is a long time. BUT like I think he should be a bit more understanding...they both should be.
The only thing that really bothers me is the ex's bf. Like I don't think it's gonna last because the dude is just soooo not trusting. Like the dude tells you he loves you and he's actually cut off ties and told his ex that it was over. And you're still not content with that? dude, that's not very healthy...just saying.