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This should not at all be surprising, we have literally seen Sohan talking about how Sihwa would leave for several chapters now. He's been PREPARING himself and he's saying this cause he feels like it's the only option, he sees it from a realistic standpoint because he's had to do so for like, basically the entirety of the time he's had to deal with all this shit. Sohan finally got the debt off his shoulders and was immediately bombarded with so many other issues that there was no time for Sohan to gain the awareness of relying on others, matter of fact, he doesn't even do so when they're at the cafe and the cafe owner asks if there's anything he needs to talk about. Sohan is used to dealing with his problems alone and when it's over, coping and moving on.
He's not choosing his dad over him, and he can't see that he has a better support system now because he's bracing for everything to go back to how it was: Him, alone. Cause that's how it's had to be for him. He's not fucking choosing this cause he's a dumbass, he's choosing it cause he doesn't wanna get hurt, I'm so sick of people not understanding how coping mechanism work oml