Bump.
I agree with this wholeheartedly. I like the writing but at the same time I don't. I'm unsure if the author is purposely writing that way because that's truly Jun's character but believe me when I say that he really irritates me. I understood his intentions but he lowk needs to learn that he can't fix things by doing stuff quietly. While I do not support Yohan's behavior, I can see why he freaked out and I believe that things could've been smoothed over if Jun had just said his thoughts out loud.
i think it’s purposeful because jun is incredibly repressed and has kind of lived his whole life knowing he was gay but unable to act on it which made him put on this shell, esp w his ex best friend, and he thinks that he HAS to act that way, like he can’t be himself at all if he wants to survive. at times we do see cracks of him being just himself, like that scene where they’re sort of confessing to each other, you can see him let loose the tiniest bit. i think they’ve both got a lot of issues, but that side story of them that we got as an intermission is keeping me going bc i do think they can make it work, it’s just probably going to be very toxic and bumpy until we get there. but im still seated! (i agree w everything u said too)
i like this because i feel like this is toxicity written extremely well. honestly i was mostly frustrated with jun because all his thoughts should’ve been things he said out loud to yohan. obviously i don’t condone what yohan did to him at all, but he overstepped in an extremely abusive household, and he wouldn’t have to deal with the consequences. at least if he’d told yohan the truth of WHY he did that, all of it, yohan would feel less alone, and like he’s actually got someone in his corner. just my thoughts.