Is Jiseong genuinely interested in Ideum like that or is this genuinely a case where he thinks he can just take anything he wants from Jaeyi, because of how passive Jaeyi had become after realizing his parents attention was always just revolving around Jiseong? Like, we all saw the blush and him imagining Ideum naked and what not. Did he give him the scar tape to just see what he would look like shirtless or because he a was trying to be nice? I, unfortunately, think Ideum is going to continue seeing Jiseong as a friend and Jiseong is going to try anything to get him further and further away from Jaeyi, especially now after seeing how Jaeyi reacted. I guess the only good thing that we can hope for is that Jaeyi will come to his senses a little quicker and finally admit he has feelings for Ideum.
i think jiseong's intentions are anything but pure. like jaeyi said its just a case of ideum "catching his eye". i think jiseong's sexual curiosity about ideum also stems from his superiority/power complex towards jaeyi in a way. cause his approach would not be this aggresssive and provocative had his interest been genuine. after what went down this chapter i hardly think jiseong and ideum can be friends unless their intention is mutual and platonic. but yeah i agree with you about ideum continuing to see and meet with jiseong out of wabting to keep a distance between himself and jaeyi as per their "no feelings" fwb deal if nothing else and this i hope will turn the spark of jealousy or possessiveness in jaeyi into a full fledged realization and confession of feelings from jaeyi. and also help him get over the passive surrendering and give up before the fight attitude he has developed as a trauma response against the blatant emotional neglect he faced.
I genuinely don’t understand how he didn’t see that coming. The old fuck is really a nasty and vile creature.