While probably unintended because I ain’t giving that much credit to a yaoi manhwa, this...

While probably unintended because I ain’t giving that much credit to a yaoi manhwa, this is an example of fawning/fawn response: an unconscious trauma response where you try to please others over your own wants or needs typically developed in childhood. And remember our mc has been raised to shut the fuck up and follow orders.

Also it is been HEAVILY implied that our mc has been sa’d, probably by this dude, and the memories have been blocked out which is another trauma response.

While I don’t think any of that is being portrayed well or in good taste there are irl victims who have made similar “dumb decisions” as ya’ll so kindly put it and it still would not have been their fault they got assaulted. Let’s point out how frustrated we are with the author going the extra mile to “damsel in distress” our mc instead of making victim blamey comments shall we because ya’ll lookin like