thank you sapphy your analysis is such a treat ^^ it was a lot of fun to write jeonghan as paragraph 1) very salty that nayoung didn't like him enough to think the relationship was worth the work; paragraph 2) so defensive he'd turn away someone trying to help him; paragraph 3) having thought he'd gotten over her without any effort because of the passage of time & how busy he is, and finding himself on the backfoot for it; and paragraph 4) putting up the facade again, perhaps because if nayoung could still see through it, it meant they retained that aspect of their relationship.

i think my intent with nayoung didn't come across to the readers though, because of the yjh pov. i tried to write her as honest the entire time, including that she had, regrettably, thought about yjh recently because she wasn't fully over it either. but the yjh pov masks the risa-typical iny sentiment, and embarrassment about the sentiment. still i wanted jeonghan to come out of it feeling like the bigger loser, because i don't do enough of it!

i updated my running list of inyyjh fic and it amazes me how long we've been doing this... ♡♡ thank you for always indulging me and making me crazy!!