It's explicitly mentioned that this is a no love story but everything just hints to a twisted way of love imo. Having read the novel and knowing what Jiwook had done to Juyeon, it's 1000% in juyeon's right to make jiwook go through hell too yet during some specific moments where juyeon could clearly get an upper hand by humiliating him even more, he instead falls back as if he is jealous and not quite sure what further action to take. I wonder what would have happened if Jiwook actually suicided or passed away due to some circumstances at the end of the novel. What would have Juyeon felt? It just feels less like a no love story because Juyeon is doing all this BECAUSE Jiwook gave him the idea.
It's explicitly mentioned that this is a no love story but everything just hints to a twisted way of love imo. Having read the novel and knowing what Jiwook had done to Juyeon, it's 1000% in juyeon's right to make jiwook go through hell too yet during some specific moments where juyeon could clearly get an upper hand by humiliating him even more, he instead falls back as if he is jealous and not quite sure what further action to take. I wonder what would have happened if Jiwook actually suicided or passed away due to some circumstances at the end of the novel. What would have Juyeon felt? It just feels less like a no love story because Juyeon is doing all this BECAUSE Jiwook gave him the idea.