OKAY WOW I've read this thrice since yesterday and I finally fell coherent enough to comment. As a long-term meaniest and a gyuhaoist and a recent wongyuhaoist the implications of this has been severely damaging to me, thanks I can barely think about anything else. There is soo much unpack in such a short piece and I don't even know the source material but wow, you pack so much good world building AND character study- for all three of them- into this! There is such a weariness to you Mingyu that is so refreshing to read, and to have that gaze on both Wonwoo and Minghao- in more ways than one that too- packs such a punch. I'm just a big fan of this entire thing, thank you so much for sharing it!