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i think u don't need to understand "romance" here, since I don't see romance. I see a child love-deprived. Holding to anything (similar to love) they can hold on. Now I'm no medical expert, but he's mentally ill and very unstable that a small nudge of more pain is no longer bearable and thus resorting to sui slide-al thoughts

As much as I feel sorry for him, I still don't understand the romance going hard until it want to hurt yourself. Some people does revolve their life around love, but I think he's better than that. It doesn't worth it, love never worth enough to hurt yourself for others.