Some of you are finding this probably through pretty panels on social media and ignoring every warning on the tin before you even reach chapter 1, then calling it the most toxic thing you've ever read. First of all that claim tells me you don't read that much or that widely, if you never go outside a 5 minute walk will seem like a world conquering marathon obviously. Second if you were actually reading the words, not just skimming for the smut, you would not sound like impatient boomers at movies. And third, if that little degradation kink chapter got you all scandalized then trust that real life couples in long term committed relationships are 10x nastier. Including cishetero couples. If you're not a mature reader don't read mature content, it's not a label exclusive to smut, you're not mature automatically after turning 18. Complaining about coughing baby level "toxic" is not making you sound progressive one bit sorry kids, get a real problem.


Imagine. Your only anchor to the world is already emotionally closed off. Then he says he'll be there with you on the day of your mom's death anniversary, which was a very traumatic death by fire, then he doesn't show up. Then the situation you're in forces those negative memories up, of how your mom died and what people said to her before that and what they said to you afterwards.
All while your anchor has gone radio silent. And Then you learn that there's high chance he's also died, and by fire too?
Of course his anxiety went through the roof. I hate that the official translation removed the call history that showed Heeseo had been calling Taekyung nonstop. But that's how dangerous anxiety becomes for a lot of people, the mind just spirals down to the worst possibilities. And you know he would have had better handle of his emotions or at least some support if the foster family that took him in hadn't stopped his treatment. It's also possible that the official translation removed the mentions of meds too.