Lowkey feel ppl are a bit unfair....

Everyone be shitting on the MC so much but honestly I feel like he's not that bad?

Like sure we love a yearner and devoted man like hyeondo so I get why it's a bit frustrating but let's be real....he's also a dumbass lowkey (or very immature at best), a non-stop flirt (to yuhyeon), a tad pushy, and a bit like those guys who stay friends because they have an end goal of being with you even if you made it clear from the beginning that you ain't interested in relationships

Meanwhile, MC is a very stubborn, defensive, calculating, alpha-resistant, and determined character who from the start, clearly had no interest in anything except to take over the company and prove himself

So imo this story progresses pretty true to their characters maneuvering the sudden shift in their 10 yr relationship, from just family friends/rivals who helped each other spent their heat/ruts together to f**kbuddies/potential partners that are being forced to face their true feelings for each other but with a STUPID misunderstanding (MCs dad says it best in ch.23 that they really dont talk about the important stuff...)...Like the MC is literally fighting the world for every little thing and is hella jaded so it makes sense that he cant trust Hyeondo, who has been saying all this lovey-dovey stuff only to come out as a firm rival (albeit for a dumb reason)...but yea they both could definitely work on their communication....

Idk i just felt a little bad that everyone seems to bash MC one-sidedly and appears to have forgotten all the MC has to go through and his actual personality...so I felt compelled to write this rant lol