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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.