for everyone doubting the 2nd couple, i’m gonna take hajin’s advice on this one because he literally said it to jooan’s face !!! “love comes in different forms. you realized his devotion late.” THAT is basically the entire point. jooan spent years confusing his attachment to his first love with what he actually wanted in a relationship. meanwhile, he already had the kind of deep, intimate bond with seojoon that people spend YEARS trying to build. he just never saw it romantically because seojoon was his best friend.
and the lemon bread/russian cake metaphor hajin told ines is literally such a perfect representation of the kind of love seojoon and jooan had. “there are others that need the devotion and patience of someone to bring out their true flavor… a sweetness that deepens slowly over time. that’s the kind of flavor i wanted to show u… a flavor of love.” LIKE??? YEARS OF DEVOTION. YEARS OF KNOWING EACH OTHER. YEARS OF BEING THERE FOR EACH OTHER. jooan just didn’t realize that the love he felt for seojoon as his best friend could grow into something completely different. AND THEN QUEUE THE LAST FEW PANELS OF CH. 59 BECAUSE IYKYK seojoon and jooan standing opposite each other, and then we see seojoon’s eyes locked on hajin while WE KNOW seojoon’s eyes are always on jooan. AND THEN JUST A FEW SCENES LATER, WE GET SEOJOON WALKING AWAY FROM JOOAN AFTER CONFESSING, AND THAT’S THE ONE MOMENT JOOAN FINALLY LOOKS AT HIM. LIKE REALLY LOOKS AT HIM. THE JUXTAPOSITION??? THE CONTRAST??? IT’S SO POETIC!!! seojoon spent all this time looking at jooan while jooan was looking toward hajin, and the moment seojoon finally turns away is when jooan finally looks back YALL I AM SO OBSESSED WITH THE SECOND COUPLE JHSHSHWHEHSJS
for everyone doubting the 2nd couple, i’m gonna take hajin’s advice on this one because he literally said it to jooan’s face !!! “love comes in different forms. you realized his devotion late.” THAT is basically the entire point. jooan spent years confusing his attachment to his first love with what he actually wanted in a relationship. meanwhile, he already had the kind of deep, intimate bond with seojoon that people spend YEARS trying to build. he just never saw it romantically because seojoon was his best friend.
and the lemon bread/russian cake metaphor hajin told ines is literally such a perfect representation of the kind of love seojoon and jooan had. “there are others that need the devotion and patience of someone to bring out their true flavor… a sweetness that deepens slowly over time. that’s the kind of flavor i wanted to show u… a flavor of love.”
LIKE??? YEARS OF DEVOTION. YEARS OF KNOWING EACH OTHER. YEARS OF BEING THERE FOR EACH OTHER. jooan just didn’t realize that the love he felt for seojoon as his best friend could grow into something completely different. AND THEN QUEUE THE LAST FEW PANELS OF CH. 59 BECAUSE IYKYK seojoon and jooan standing opposite each other, and then we see seojoon’s eyes locked on hajin while WE KNOW seojoon’s eyes are always on jooan. AND THEN JUST A FEW SCENES LATER, WE GET SEOJOON WALKING AWAY FROM JOOAN AFTER CONFESSING, AND THAT’S THE ONE MOMENT JOOAN FINALLY LOOKS AT HIM. LIKE REALLY LOOKS AT HIM. THE JUXTAPOSITION??? THE CONTRAST??? IT’S SO POETIC!!! seojoon spent all this time looking at jooan while jooan was looking toward hajin, and the moment seojoon finally turns away is when jooan finally looks back YALL I AM SO OBSESSED WITH THE SECOND COUPLE JHSHSHWHEHSJS