
Hello? How could you crush my heart like this? Hello? That too with the very first story?! I think I need a TW for sibling deaths, man. They always get me emotional. It would be devastating to lose a sibling and it being your twin adds another level of grief. I loved how the grief wasn't glossed over for romance and how both Haru and Toyoki were both grieving very intensely over Yu. I especially liked that bit of Yu being selfish because we're all human at the end of the day and even your loved ones mess up and hurt you and sometimes you never get closure because they're dead. Of course Haru never hated Yu for being selfish. He was his brother; he would forgive him for anything. I liked how Haru never really chooses between his brother and Toyoki in the end; the choice is taken from him and only then he ends up with Toyoki. I liked that aspect of siblings choosing each other even when it's toxic. Yu was the perfect character to haunt the narrative, lol, doe I kept hoping he'd resurrect (especially since I read this on Easter). I especially adored Haru's breakdown because the desperation and agony just oozed out and hah~ Siblings, man, just siblings. Him mimicking the way Yu smoked, almost trying to become his brother and live on as him, or swap places with him like when he wished he'd died instead, was such a nice detail. After all, what are we, but the amalgamation of all the people we've ever loved? When Haru yells about Yu getting lonely easily and pouting like a child and oof those big brotherly type instincts. BRB, I'm gonna reread this and cry again.
All the other stories were nice but I wasn't expecting a gut punch in the first story.

I don't mind the flashbacks at all because while I miss Ian I'm still curious about what exactly led to Brian's death. That being said doe, am I the only one who doesn't think Brian is all that? He gets so damn preachy at times. It was fine at first but it's getting a bit exhausting now. Him standing up to dragons isn't the flex it's supposed to be considering these 'dragons' are less dragons and more people cosplaying as dragons. Lowkey, I just think I hate fantasy stories where they try to make non-human characters play by human morals. Like that's a mfing dragon! Why do you want to tame him and make him a basic bitch? 'Dragons are so ignorant; how can they think they can solve everything by force?' Maybe cuz they're mfing dragons, dawg! Normally they can flatten you with a single paw. 'I'm gonna teach these dragons to be humans!' Then make them humans, dawg! Why make them dragons and then remove every interesting bit about them? Ngl, Brian's become so condescending that I'm lowkey rooting for/looking forward to his death. I'm sure I'll be sad when it does happen but at this point I'm not surprised.

Does seme ever apologise to uke for what he did or is it glossed over? Cuz he's kinda acting like a major dick right now

True but also different context -- those tropes are even worse made by the fact these guys WANTed to date the other. In this story's case, all the torment was from a purely revenge perspective which wasn't entirely unjustifiable considering the Seyoung literally tried to scam him and humiliate him from the beginning. Dude just changed his mind later and has been mostly behaving since then. Though, an apology would indeed be nice at this point.
If he actually gets hurt trying to save his asshole of a father I'm seriously gonna be so pissed at him. There's a fine line between being selfless and being a complete fucking moron Woowon and you're on the verge of fucking vaulting over it. There's a difference between not being able to cut a toxic relationship off and whatever tf this is. My blood pressure is rising