ye A really saw him as a best friend, and if youre best friends obviously youll be closer than a regular friend, he'd have no reason to read into B's actions and assume hes in love with him if B doesnt tell him, (and especially with the amount of things B has apparently been keeping from him and not showing him his true self) B is a masochist that niether confessed nor moved on, and now A is getting the punishment of losing his best friend and not being given a chance now that he has this new information
and i say this a lot but your feelings can only be as deep as the amount you know about the other person, so i dont think A's feelings were any deep about first couple's bottom anyway, just a childhood crush fixation he didnt grow out of etc, so him getting over it quick as an adult isn't some big thing, liek ye one day he finally met him, got his answer and let go, its not "him replacing him with B", and blaming him for not seeing B in a romantic light until this point is unfair cause why would he? how much do you on average spend thinking romantically about your friends? does it mean if they suddenly feel romantically about you and that ice is broken and you see them in that light now, you gotta be blamed for not doing it sooner?? B kept it in till he exploded and A is getting the punishment for it
This is why Seojoon (B) pisses me off so much. First of all, no one owes you love just because you feel something for them. That's not how it works. And second, dude, how do you expect your love interest to get to see you romantically if you never do anything for their perspective to change? Maybe I'm one of the oblivious kind, but nothing Seojoon did screamed "I love you" to me. To me it was all "good friend" stuff, maybe a great secretary conduct too.
If Seojoon wanted something more, he should have been more transparent with his feelings. Him leaving like that was unfair and hurtful and honestly, he doesn't deserve to be chased so earnestly.
You can argue that Blondie was blind, but that's pretty normal. As it was said before, you don't really spend your time thinking "wait, is my friend just a good fried or are they in love with me?"
I agree that for Blondie it was just a childhood crush with the Baker. Blondie gets the hate for no reason.
Side couple rant (I don’t remember the names): blonde (A), hurt guy (B)
Everyone is talking about how A should pursue B and how the chasing arc should be prolonged so he understands how hurt B is, is just ridiculous. I’m not sure if theres anyonei who is so blind to someone else’s feelings but apparently A is, and B is someone who is dear to him which he always considers a best friend. He can be selfish but if we remove the unrequited love aspect, we can sometimes act like this in a friendship. Ok for example if B has no feelings whatsoever for A, and he’s just a side character for A to vent to when pursuing main couple bottom, do we still hate A for treating B like this? I mean in so many BL the friend they are super closed with also get pushed aside and all that but the friend is all supportive.
Now back to them, A doesnt know about B’s feelings. Instead of trying to win over A’s affection like a normal person, he threw away his friendship giving a one liner confession and then got out of his life. I haven’t seen A taking advantage of B because he knew about B feelings so it’s perplexing people are blaming on A for B’s unrequited love. And he’s the one in love yet A has to be the one who chases him and people are mad that A is still confused or not giving him enough reassurance. This is really ridiculous. Can you imagine your best friend who you really only take to be a friend confessed to you but blamed you for their hurt and then leave your life and then expecting you to chase them? Yea… idk if you think it makes sense then so be it. At least it’s not for me. I know B is hurt on his own way but honestly I don’t see him even doing anything to fight for A affection. Can you imagine if the roles were revered? Im sure everyone will be telling a to go find someone else instead.