Why I think Saeroyi liked Yiseo all along, even early on... 💓

[thoughts thread]

To start, I disagree with sooah's last line "everyone knew but you", because Saeroyi knew it deep inside, but was just in denial and would rather not deal with his mixed feelings.

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He was so used to the idea of liking Sooah because throughout all the things that happened (his father dying, him going to jail, etc.), he felt like the only constant in his life was her and liking her.
And then here goes yiseo, suddenly entering his life and she started to make things a lot better. I kid you not when I say that he actually developed—even just a tiny bit— feelings for her earlier on. He was simply denying it and putting it at the back of his mind because
after all, he felt like he SHOULD like sooah. He's been liking her for so long. Developing feelings for another person would be like betraying her. And saeroyi being saeroyi, he was comfortable with what was already there, not open to changes. His mind was settled no matter what
so there he goes, continuously saying it out loud that he liked her, not only to convince her, but himself too.
He also knew that geunsoo liked yiseo right from the start, and felt that it would also be like betraying him if he had feelings for her too. This of course, added up to the reasons why he chose to act like he didn't like yiseo at all in the earlier episodes.
So now that I told yall the possibilities as to why he kept on denying and rejecting her, here goes the scenes that make me think that he indeed had feelings for her even earlier than what was implied in IC.
Honestly, the journey to the ex-police's house was such a meaningful part for their relationship's development. Here, it was shown how they got closer, and how sincere yiseo's feelings were for him.
But for me, this is where saeroyi (even though trying so hard to deny the tiny feelings he already had) fell even harder for her. This basically escalated all his feelings, and I know that he knew it. He as usual, just wasnt even considering thinking about it. Afterall, he liked
sooah, right? It should only be sooah. Why even bother think about his feelings for yiseo if he was already waiting for another girl? But still, you cant deny the comfort he feels whenever he's with yiseo— especially that he told her his life story so openly.
But against his mind, his heart was doing the opposite. He was falling even harder, slowly but surely... and he was confused because the emotions he has been trying so hard to bury keeps on resurfacing.
Why would he even act so concerned? Yes, he needed her because of danbam and she was a close "dongsaeng". But I believe that he needer her for deeper reasons that's why he couldn't easily let her go.
Also, if he clearly didn't display any feelings for her at this point, he would have just shrugged off her "i love you" so casually because it was so like him to be straightforward and to reject her. But the fact that he was flustered and didn't know what to do says otherwise.
It came to a point that even he, himself, couldn't deny it already. He finally accepted what he was feeling: that he for sure liked Yiseo, and he was ready to "betray" all his early thoughts, as well as geunsoo and sooah.
Little did he know that this "like" would eventually turn to "love", and that he would be willing to risk anything and everything for the said girl. ❀
- end of my long ass thread -

thank you for listening lmao i just had to let it all out

thinking too much can make you go insane đŸ€©

also, i dont expect everyone to agree because these are just my thoughts 😌

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