spoilers . . . . . . . . . . . . I've had this theory since buying all the raws and reading them (season 1 actually ended in December, so the wait has been something else lol), so I guess I'll just comment here for discussion--I am thinking there is some misunderstandings on both sides. I'll mostly talk about the director's possible perspective since we already know yiyoung's.
First, the agreement daehyung and yiyoung had. Daehyung's words were "I normally dont have flings like this with someone involved in my work...I want us to never talk about what happened or ask for more." Now this could mean not to ask for more as in (an actual relationship), but it could also imply not to ask for more (casual sex). I think his thought process aligned more with not asking for more one-night stands/continued casual sex. He doesn't have *flings* with those he works with...this could imply he is not opposed to dating people involved in his work, just that he doesnt normally have casual sex with those involved in his work.
So, with this set-up/agreement, they wouldnt have anymore casual sex after this one night. The wording, however, doesnt necessarily extend to sex if they were in a committed relationship/them entering into a committed relationship. Remember the word he used was "fling" and he probably was thinking, "let's clear the air, dilute the memory, then that's done." But as they interact more, they obviously catch some feelings slowly but surely. Daehyung is impressed with yiyoung's character, is amused by him (he's had to contain his laughter several times around yiyoung). He even agrees to go out on a weekend to teach him to drive and finds it amusing yiyoung would lie to spend time with him (instead of being annoyed and we know he gets easily annoyed with people he dislikes) and then offers to have lunch together and enters into casual playful banter with yiyoung.
So this whole time he might have thought yiyoung was kinda into him, but then yiyoung says "this is just business" (we know this isnt the case, but we are only seeing yi's perspective), which seemingly surprises daehyung because why else would the author include his quiet muttering question of "so this is just business?" and the subsequent scene where he then tells yi it's nothing when yi asks him what's up. Now, in his mind, daehyung isnt sure about yiyoung's feelings especially after the business talk.
Next thing, yiyoung suddenly grabs and kisses him after that whole "its just business" thing between them, so perhaps dae went back to thinking yiyoung was trying to go back to casual sex with no strings attached between them, so he says the whole "we talked about this. we cant have THAT KIND OF relationship." (Note, he doesnt say "relationship," but specifically *that kind* of relationship i.e. a casual sex relationship). BUT he is then shocked to see yi distraught and thus he wonders again, does he actually like me? Which is why the ending panel is him asking if yiyoung's feelings are sincere because these two have doing a lot of back and forth at this point.
That's just my musings, they both sending mixed signals so they just need to talk it out. Idk if I'm right or not, but anywayyy.
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I've had this theory since buying all the raws and reading them (season 1 actually ended in December, so the wait has been something else lol), so I guess I'll just comment here for discussion--I am thinking there is some misunderstandings on both sides. I'll mostly talk about the director's possible perspective since we already know yiyoung's.
First, the agreement daehyung and yiyoung had. Daehyung's words were "I normally dont have flings like this with someone involved in my work...I want us to never talk about what happened or ask for more." Now this could mean not to ask for more as in (an actual relationship), but it could also imply not to ask for more (casual sex). I think his thought process aligned more with not asking for more one-night stands/continued casual sex. He doesn't have *flings* with those he works with...this could imply he is not opposed to dating people involved in his work, just that he doesnt normally have casual sex with those involved in his work.
So, with this set-up/agreement, they wouldnt have anymore casual sex after this one night. The wording, however, doesnt necessarily extend to sex if they were in a committed relationship/them entering into a committed relationship. Remember the word he used was "fling" and he probably was thinking, "let's clear the air, dilute the memory, then that's done." But as they interact more, they obviously catch some feelings slowly but surely. Daehyung is impressed with yiyoung's character, is amused by him (he's had to contain his laughter several times around yiyoung). He even agrees to go out on a weekend to teach him to drive and finds it amusing yiyoung would lie to spend time with him (instead of being annoyed and we know he gets easily annoyed with people he dislikes) and then offers to have lunch together and enters into casual playful banter with yiyoung.
So this whole time he might have thought yiyoung was kinda into him, but then yiyoung says "this is just business" (we know this isnt the case, but we are only seeing yi's perspective), which seemingly surprises daehyung because why else would the author include his quiet muttering question of "so this is just business?" and the subsequent scene where he then tells yi it's nothing when yi asks him what's up. Now, in his mind, daehyung isnt sure about yiyoung's feelings especially after the business talk.
Next thing, yiyoung suddenly grabs and kisses him after that whole "its just business" thing between them, so perhaps dae went back to thinking yiyoung was trying to go back to casual sex with no strings attached between them, so he says the whole "we talked about this. we cant have THAT KIND OF relationship." (Note, he doesnt say "relationship," but specifically *that kind* of relationship i.e. a casual sex relationship). BUT he is then shocked to see yi distraught and thus he wonders again, does he actually like me? Which is why the ending panel is him asking if yiyoung's feelings are sincere because these two have doing a lot of back and forth at this point.
That's just my musings, they both sending mixed signals so they just need to talk it out. Idk if I'm right or not, but anywayyy.