
i checked and the ending is open ended, they end up on the run together cuz ilay didn't comply with some shady thing URDHO wanted done and they put a bounty to his head and tay convinced him to run away together, they fall in love ofc but it's horrid, simply cuz ilay is loving someone for the first time and becomes super possesssive, and it doesn't sit right with tay cuz he wants normalcy which he never ends up getting, tay breaks apart cuz the pressure is too much and ilay sort of goes crazy trying to keep tay safe, they stay on the run and never find a place to settle at, their struggles remains ongoing, but they are together.
All in all i'm afraid i have to drop this, the ending isn't happy and i grew extremely attached to them.

Wait what?
Where did you read that?
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Because unless my reading comprehension is really bad, that is not the reason why they ended up on the run, and it can’t be really be called being on the run when they’re pretty much chilling in Kyle’s house the whole time.

I think u misunderstood the ending. MAJOR SPOILERS: they’re considered international terrorists bc ilay bombs the villa taeui is kidnapped at. The end up staying at Kyle’s house in Berlin bc there’s always surveillance and nothing bad can happen to them (more specifically Taeui) when he’s there, but it’s not like he stays inside the house all the time either.ilay wanted to go on the run cuz he didn’t wanna stay at Kyle’s but he doesn’t wanna be apart from Taeui. And they resolve their terrorist status in the second book when Ilay makes a deal with rahman… which is a whole other story but yea after that ilay and taeui go traveling often and chill out in diff countries and come back to Berlin every now and again

NOVEL READERS PLEASE SPOIL ME

Lmaao, are y'all ready ?
SPOILER BELOW !!!!!!
Soooo what happens next is, Taeui goes out w/o informing Illay and meets up Xinlu BUT he gets kidnapped by the man who has his twin !! So twin reunion finally !! Now both of them are kept as hostages and Illay is going crazy tryna find Taeui. But uh Xinlu mf shows up and saves them and takes the twin as hostage and in the meantime, Illay shows up too, destroying everything to save Taeui. But Taeui leaves w Xinlu cause twin situation and Illay is uh...mega mad and destroyed cause, he believes Taeui ran away from him. Now Illay becomes an international criminal and.. Taeui wants to find him cause bro got feelings for him. So he leaves and tries finding Illay but SUPRISE MFER, ILLAY FINDS HIM FIRST LOL. And oh god, Illay is mad and hurt. And uhhh, they have, sex against Taeui's wishes cause Illay thinks that he ran away from him..and forces Taeui to confess that he belongs to him and will never leave him. And then he calms down ?? There's a shift in his personality and fast forward, Taeui is done running, he's exhausted physically and mentally. So, Taeui convinces Illay to run away w him and so they run away to Berlin.

OMG!!! i thought the story would slow down and let their romance mature, do they ever realise each others feelings? and more importantly their own? also does ilay ever recover from the international criminal thing??? please tell me he treats taeui nicely at some point.
PS: i appreciate u sm fsr most novel readers were gatekeeping the story's progress

Oh yes, there's 3 books in total. So yes, the romance takes it time. In the current book, Illay is obsessed, controlling, scared and suffers in love. He goes to the extent of ruining his life and career to bring back Taeui.
In the second book, Taeui is emotionally numb and Illay becomes gentler and is no longer manipulative. Taeui is no longer scared of him but Illay seems to be walking on eggshells, trying not to ruin anything more
In the 3rd book, Taeui fully realises his feelings and Illay starts saying romantic things ? But this guy is beyond broken in his mind, it's hard for him to talk about it. But there's definitely deep emotional trust and many moments that show that they love eachother.
Their love isn't words or language, It's broken and quiet and especially for Illay, it's full of devotion. They are both honest to eachother, Illay even admits at the end that he's scared, Taeui will leave him again. So at the end, it's filled w these moments that convey their love is healing, it's like the air after the storm

And to add, he never recovered from being a wanted criminal but they do live a quiet life together. Illay works and Taeui stays at home like a housewife, lol. And oh, he starts treating Taeui exceptionally well from the nearing ending of the current book. Dude starts changing and by the 3rd book, he's a completely different person. Still broken but now in love and knows, he's loved too.

I think one of the most distinctive qualities this manga has is that the top doesn’t treat the bottom like a girl, like there are principles set in place and being in a relationship does not warrant them to be broken for the top, They both treat each other like human beings, not typical gender roles
How old is everyone anyway?
i meant in the manga not you peeps
I'm nothing really sure. But pretty much more than 25. Tay and Ilay both work for sometime before goes to UNHDRO after all.
I remember that there was a page where their character profiles were uploaded, but I can't remember which chaptef that was. All I can say is, give or take, around 23 to 26???
Except for the older the characters like Kyle and Taeui's Uncle and... basically its more of guess for Xinlu, Ilay and Taeui.
Taeui and Ilay are 25. Xinlu is either 22 or 23, i forgot. Yuri are somewhere around 35-40