Same the ending wasn’t really good for me bc they basically make him feel bad for feeling betrayed, like the hyung who helped him put up with alot but that was his own choice..maybe if they brought up the dead ex before the end it would’ve been better but they literally lied to him the ENTIRE TIME
Exactly! It would have been completely different if the ml's past was revealed to the mc in the beginning and they started living together because they BOTH actively needed to heal and wanted to help the other in return (even without feelings for each other), or if they both gradually found out about each other's traumas (like in Yang Ilwoo and I, I love that one), but here the mc was the only one being deceived and forced to go with the flow. It just doesn't feel balanced, especially because the mc is so naive and in love while the ml knows and is still (at least initially) using him to get over his ex. It would have been better had the ml kept his distance without sleeping together until they sorted this stuff out, but like this it REALLY felt like he was using mc's feelings (and body) for his own comfort. Again, I didn't read it until the end so correct me if I'm wrong, but that's the impression I got from the first half
...I'm at ch.19 and am I the only one who just CAN'T finish this? It's a great story (the representation of mental illness is top tier) but this is exactly why: it's just TOO MUCH for me to handle, this feels too real, I'm gonna forget that it's fiction at some point . The spoilers I saw about ML apparently trying to get over his dead lover through this 'rescue' of MC or whatever he was trying to do is what definitely made me drop it though (I hate the replacement trope with a passion). I'm all for the 'healing together' trope but MC doesn't know anything about it at this point while ML knows everything about him. I know that they're BOTH kinda using each other to survive, and that MC is healing thanks to this arrangement, but at the end of the day it was all imposed on him and he has no idea that, at least in the beginning, ML was using his feelings as a bandaid for his own feelings for his dead boyfriend. MC is also getting over his own crush but it's different, and ML knew about it from the beginning. Ykwim? Does this make some sense? I also don't like the difference between their ages and especially life experience, poor MC doesn't even properly understand what is going on (emotionally) in their relationship. I don't know, judging from the ratings and positive comments I have no doubts that they're gonna deal with it in a reasonable and (hopefully) healthy way, and I know that I can't really judge much having only read the first half, but I just can't get over the feeling of betrayal I feel for MC . Good and realistic story but not for me. Sorry I just needed to yap lol