Its been a bit since I read the novel but basically, dohyun has known wooyeons mother since he was a child as dohyun & his sister were orphans who got sponsored by wooyeons mother and then adopted thanks to her (not BY her of course but through her means they found a family). Because of that, Dohyun felt like he owed her & she used that to eventually get him to tutor wooyeon. It wasnt really just to tutor him but more so to keep an eye on him and report back to his mother about how hes doing. Dohyun did genuinely care for wooyeon at the time, he knew wooyeon had a crush on him & tutored him anyway because of the deal with his mother. When wooyeon confessed to him he felt like he couldnt continue this so the deal was off.
When they first met again in college dohyun immediately recognized wooyeon & wanted to apologize and explain everything because he'd felt guilty about what happened ever since but wooyeon ran away at their first meeting so he couldnt find him. Ever since hes been wanting to confess but couldnt find it in him and as they grew closer he kept telling himself 'i'll confess someday' and that day kept getting postponed because he was scared wooyeon would hate him.
(Not sure if I remember this correctly, so take this with a grain of salt but I think wooyeons mother contacted dohyun again in college to ask him to report back to her about how hes doing again but he firmly declined this time)
Wooyeon eventually found out because his mother had taken notice of their relationship and wanted dohyun out of the picture. She led wooyeon to believe that dohyun STILL reports to her about everything regarding wooyeon and it made wooyeon think their entire relationship was nothing but a way for dohyun to get close to him in order to report back to his mother.
The thing is, she also did this with Danny (wooyeons friend in america) which wooyeon had found out about a year ago or so, so wooyeon felt like no matter who he gets close to, his mother was always behind it, making up friendships that were never genuine just so she could keep an eye on him.
Wooyeon then confronted dohyun who obviously couldnt deny it, but he tried to explain that their relationship was genuine. Wooyeon didn't want to hear it so their broke up & their relationship slowly improves over (iirc) a year, until wooyeon says hes still in love with dohyun (because dohyun had been trying to get him back since the day they broke up he becomes a very clingy, doting & slightly obsessive lover lol) and they get back together. Side stories follow :)
bless ur heart for typing this cuz it was v helpful
His sister wasn’t adopted
OH TRUE my bad, youre right I misremembered!!
Thank you !!!
Will there be babies
No this story doesn't have mpreg :(
Noooo.....but the rabbit
Yaoienjoyer i got a question: was that all in the novel? Thanks for Infos this helped alot. Is this true someone said doyhun took birth control how can that be, i mean its yeon which could have a baby so he should take the birth conrtol or not, that part got me confoused
This is all in the novel! For the birth control; I cannot remember if its ever stated that dohyun took birth control, maybe in the side stories?
thanks for your help. Nice its all in the novel.i never knew a alpha could take those birth pills that was new for new, by the way i didnt understand yeons bunny dream either why he dream that?
The bunny dream will probably make more sense later, but during the dream wooyeon is his 16yo self again & hes completely alone. The bunny is just a representation of dohyun filling the loneliness wooyeon felt when he was 16 & him looking troubled and being unable to talk is probably meant to represent dohyun not telling him the truth about why he started tutored wooyeon at that time and his current struggle with figuring out when to tell him about it
Interessting so thsts why the dream nice Dohyun was always there for yeon. Cool it have more later. I didnt understand why the orphan part so doyhun and yeon were in that kids home and meet thats why Dohyun helped with his school work?
Spoilers for the whole novel!!
Finally decided to cave and read the all book volumes and omgggg i love them both so much like im obsessed,,, I love how dohyun literally becomes infatuated with wooyeon like in the 3rd side story the way he was worried about wooyeon eating and not wanting him to drink coffee because it'd upset his stomach despite them being in a fight that even caused dohyun to leave their home was so funny hes so crazy about him and i get it because i'm also in love with wooyeon ♡♡
Ahh theyre just so cute I'll probably reread this like a hundred times
Do you have novel links? I wanna read too!! Thank u!
Yeah! :) I read the main story here -> https://chrysanthemumgarden.com/novel-tl/at/
And then the extra side stories here -> https://readhive.org/series/83908/#releases
I remember reading up until it is revealed that the top was sent there by his parents to keep an eye on him or something? I don't know if I am remembering correct but was that a misunderstanding or something like...? Please tell me I am afraid to be emotionally invested in this ╥﹏╥
Im not sure if you want the entire story to this since its a bit complexer than that but the short answer is yes he originally became wooyeon's tutor because wooyeon's mother asked him to in return for helping dohyun during his time in an orphanage.
She ultimately wanted to 'protect' Wooyeon so she asked Dohyun to report everything wooyeon told him about his school life back to her. In the present he no longer works with wooyeons mother though and he himself said that he was always genuine around wooyeon & he eventuallly wanted to tell wooyeon about it all.
There is technically a misunderstanding since wooyeon and the audience are led to believe that dohyun still works for wooyeons mother in the present time, which isnt true & wooyeons mother purposefully led him to believe this so he'd leave dohyun and live with her again (since she viewed that as safer for wooyeon).
I wouldnt call it a chasing arc per se, but dohyun does kinda go through it after that reveal & i really like how their reconciliation arc is written. I was also unsure if I should continue reading after that reveal but in my opinion its worth it and their relationship doesnt feel 'forced' after all of this if that makes sense :)
Oh thank goodness
Thanks for the detailed explanation bro. I guess no need to shy away from this manhwa anymore then
Spoilers up ahead :)
I LOVED this novel omg??? The ending of side story 2 with the pregnancy made me so happy & the marriage....dont get me started...wow...this had everything i wanted, the chasing arc was great, seeing Liu like falling apart was so fun but also a little sad bcs I felt for him too. I just love their dynamic and tbh I liked the slight toxicity earlier on in their relationship as well, like Liu got REAL codependent and serious about their relationship within like weeks its so funny to me he really decided to lock in & move to america to get Ihyeon to himself lol.
Recommend the novel so so much, its so great.
Do you remember where are we in the novel RN?
S1 ends with chapter 11 of the novel :)
TYSMMMM
novel link pls
https://sites.google.com/view/dd-dark-mode/dd-all-chapters