1. Sarang and Taemin did date when they were in their freshmen year. 2. Judging by how Taemin was shouting, they were probably having an argument which lead to their breakup (since Taemin seemed to be confused about Sarang's death) 3. Sarang committed suicide because she feels like her life is meaningless now that she's not with Taemin anymore (since she claimed she can die happy now that she's with him, so it's not impossible she would think about dying when they're no longer together. After all, she seemed obsessed with Taemin)
edit: I wanna add a little bit more theory after reading more of other people's take on this!
4. If it is true that Taemin broke up with Sarang before she died, then it would make sense as to why he didn't know about her death. Like, his close friend mentioned how he had never introduced Sarang when they were dating so no one got the chance to be in contact with her, let alone know she passed away. And it's been years since Taemin last heard about her too (approximately; 2-4 years) 5. For some reason tho, Sarang knows about ALL of Taemin's friends (literally from the first scene of her, she was following Taemin's closest friend to the hospital..) which means she was very interested in his social circle. Of course, Taemin could've told her all about his friends, but considering how Taemin has the tendency to be reserved... I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't tbh 6. The possible breakup! I wanna assume it was because of Taemin's girl friend that became the final trigger to the whole thing. It was already bad enough that she wasn't being introduced (and probably because she was mentally unstable to the point that she was being destructive to everyone including herself), now there's a girl who is flirting with Taemin despite knowing he has a gf 7. This one is gonna be a stretch but... I really think Taemin has a weird fetish... of liking mentally unstable women. It doesn't matter if they're older or younger, he finds the mentally unstable aspect to be a turn-on. I am basing on the scene where he first described about Hee-mang (MC) and he mentioned about how she looks mentally unstable and bro became more attracted to her in that moment lol. But it does make me wonder why he would breakup with Sarang tho 8. Other possiblity, they didn't breakup exactly, only had a massive argument but it wrecked Sarang enough to die. Thus explains why Taemin's initial reaction to the mention of his ex was a mixture of guilt and hurt that she suddenly "ghosted" him, but still seem to think of her fondly and was sad when he found out she passed away later on.
1. Sarang and Taemin did date when they were in their freshmen year.
2. Judging by how Taemin was shouting, they were probably having an argument which lead to their breakup (since Taemin seemed to be confused about Sarang's death)
3. Sarang committed suicide because she feels like her life is meaningless now that she's not with Taemin anymore (since she claimed she can die happy now that she's with him, so it's not impossible she would think about dying when they're no longer together. After all, she seemed obsessed with Taemin)
edit: I wanna add a little bit more theory after reading more of other people's take on this!
4. If it is true that Taemin broke up with Sarang before she died, then it would make sense as to why he didn't know about her death. Like, his close friend mentioned how he had never introduced Sarang when they were dating so no one got the chance to be in contact with her, let alone know she passed away. And it's been years since Taemin last heard about her too (approximately; 2-4 years)
5. For some reason tho, Sarang knows about ALL of Taemin's friends (literally from the first scene of her, she was following Taemin's closest friend to the hospital..) which means she was very interested in his social circle. Of course, Taemin could've told her all about his friends, but considering how Taemin has the tendency to be reserved... I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't tbh
6. The possible breakup! I wanna assume it was because of Taemin's girl friend that became the final trigger to the whole thing. It was already bad enough that she wasn't being introduced (and probably because she was mentally unstable to the point that she was being destructive to everyone including herself), now there's a girl who is flirting with Taemin despite knowing he has a gf
7. This one is gonna be a stretch but... I really think Taemin has a weird fetish... of liking mentally unstable women. It doesn't matter if they're older or younger, he finds the mentally unstable aspect to be a turn-on. I am basing on the scene where he first described about Hee-mang (MC) and he mentioned about how she looks mentally unstable and bro became more attracted to her in that moment lol. But it does make me wonder why he would breakup with Sarang tho
8. Other possiblity, they didn't breakup exactly, only had a massive argument but it wrecked Sarang enough to die. Thus explains why Taemin's initial reaction to the mention of his ex was a mixture of guilt and hurt that she suddenly "ghosted" him, but still seem to think of her fondly and was sad when he found out she passed away later on.
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