I think people are misunderstanding Dohyun’s words here. Even though it was obvious in Omega Complex that he cared about and worried for Wooyeon, he never said that he liked Wooyeon back then, nor that he was waiting for him to come of age to express his feelings. Moreover, let’s not act as if a four-year age gap is some huge issue, because it isn’t.
Let’s not forget that, at that point in time, Dohyun still had a crush on Yoonwoo. Despite this, he also stated that when he was Wooyeon’s age (during the events of Omega Complex), it only took him a month to move on from his own crush. This implies not only that he got over Yoonwoo fairly quickly, but also that he viewed Wooyeon’s feelings as something fleeting rather than lasting. That is why, four years earlier, he chose to distance himself in order to gain emotional clarity.
At the same time, Dohyun remained uncertain about whether Wooyeon truly liked him in the present or was simply projecting the lingering shadows of feelings from the past onto his current attraction.
So why does he keep talking about morals? Simple: because Dohyun has now developed romantic feelings for the very same person he still remembers as the sixteen-year-old boy from four years ago. That is why he told Garam noona that he couldn’t allow himself to lose control around him. Despite his conflicted feelings, whatever potential attraction he may have unconsciously harbored four years earlier eventually manifested itself, and he ended up genuinely falling for Wooyeon.
I think people are misunderstanding Dohyun’s words here. Even though it was obvious in Omega Complex that he cared about and worried for Wooyeon, he never said that he liked Wooyeon back then, nor that he was waiting for him to come of age to express his feelings. Moreover, let’s not act as if a four-year age gap is some huge issue, because it isn’t.
Let’s not forget that, at that point in time, Dohyun still had a crush on Yoonwoo. Despite this, he also stated that when he was Wooyeon’s age (during the events of Omega Complex), it only took him a month to move on from his own crush. This implies not only that he got over Yoonwoo fairly quickly, but also that he viewed Wooyeon’s feelings as something fleeting rather than lasting. That is why, four years earlier, he chose to distance himself in order to gain emotional clarity.
At the same time, Dohyun remained uncertain about whether Wooyeon truly liked him in the present or was simply projecting the lingering shadows of feelings from the past onto his current attraction.
So why does he keep talking about morals? Simple: because Dohyun has now developed romantic feelings for the very same person he still remembers as the sixteen-year-old boy from four years ago. That is why he told Garam noona that he couldn’t allow himself to lose control around him. Despite his conflicted feelings, whatever potential attraction he may have unconsciously harbored four years earlier eventually manifested itself, and he ended up genuinely falling for Wooyeon.