PH YEAH AND I MENTIONED THEIR TRAUMA AS WELL CUZ, both of them did exactly what they wanted to run away from, they acted exactly like their dad. Mc by acting condescending and viewing people superficially based on their status, and songrik ofcourse by physically abusing other people. Although songrik did not do that to mc it did affect their relationship, and you can see how obviously jihyeongs behaviour affected their relationship... but again, author made them break out of that cycle, and that's what i love so much. Its realistic because yes you are not what your parents are, the apple DOES fall far from the tree dont worry.
(3)Also, I love how the author highlights their hands, and how they subtly touch each other. JUST SAYING I DONT SHIP THEM ITS PLATONIC IN MY EYES!!! But the soft touches and everything is so warm especially when you compare it to the touches their father expresses to them??? Its deliberate I think, because i felt like the author showed their hands way too much, subtly brushed up against each other, holding each other, supporting each other. It's so lovely while their fathers are pointed, condescending. and just hurtful (literally) so yeah that. was. so. sad. too.
I was struggling. I just couldn't say it... Because I wanted... to look cool in front of you. T.T
I don't know how the author portrays trauma SO WELL, especially with song rik and jinhyeong excuse my little rant but their arc was the best. Both of them bonded and acted the way they did with each other because of their trauma and them both being so prideful led them to act like everything was okay and that they had a "perfect" relationship when songrik in the inside pitied, AND felt inferior to mc which obv led to the whole thing where he hurt mc so much. Both of them using their trauma against each other made me so sad AND SONGRIK IS JUST THE SADDEST. the whole reason for him "bullying" mc was because he wanted to drag him down to his level so that he had nowhere to go but stay with him, he wanted the reassurance that mc would never ever leave him like his mother did, which i assume was because he felt his mother left because he was being a bad child and causing trouble. I felt so sosososoososos sad when both of them cried like i genuinely was bawling, they're both kids and they loved each other so much they only felt like they had each other but of course circumstances did not allow for it to happen, i hope later on we'll get a side story where they meet up again because jinhyeong is doing so much better. Both characters shows that you'll always get better in life, because once you hit rock bottom, there's no way to go but UP!!!!!!!