He's not enforcing boundaries. You do that through a serious conversation. He wants to force Jae into the closet and that is the opposite, also bad, other side of the coin. You cannot force someone inside or outside of the closet. If Garam doesn't accept that, he is in the wrong. Because so far is Jae the one who has changed for him.
There's a huge difference between wanting to be out and wanting to out their relationship. Garam expressed multiple times wanting to stay in the closet (in the beginning of the story Jhk even used that against him) now I don't know why we're acting surprised that hasn't changed.
Jhk has been outing their relationship left and right to people Garam doesn't know and doesn't trust like that either. To Garam Jhk behavior is reckless he has outed himself to his "friends" and family but it's now that Jhk want THEIR relationship out that Garam alarms are ringing full volume and that he is retracting himself, aside arguing a little bit before it never went this far and they just started dating nothing guaranteed about them staying together I'd want space too.
The chage Jhk is expecting isn't bringing much improvement, Jhk changed because he was a total jerk and homophobic to begin with he just became a decent human being I don't think that's comparable
Y'all weird! he isn't even half of the red flag the top has ever been and y'all acting as if he cheated or something. From his perspective I'd be scared as hell if the guy I'm dating that hasn't faced homophobia a day in his life ( was homophobic himself) suddenly quitted his job cut off family and friends for a relationship that started that way especially with Garam past, yes communication is important but he did voice his discomfort with how fast and easy it was for the top to just be so open with their relationship that isn't even recognized in the country they live in, and the top doesn't care. be fucking for real guys y'all find that normal?
Boundaries guys. he's enforcing them. Imagine forcing your significant other to just come out left and right because you don't care about others, in that society? It's crazy to me. Is it that hard to empathize with that.
Just because the story has a more laid back and comic approach doesn't mean both of them aren't valid.
The top has the right to want a open relationship and the bottom also HAS THE RIGHT to not want that.
And besides that, at most it's just for the plot, the reactions are so dramatics for what? The author will probably force Garam to go along with it since this isn't that type of realistic story so it'll be sorted out in less than 5 chapters and they'll be back to fucking each other as if nothing happened.
Y'all are overreacting, Kind of childish
Just drop it and move on.