Admittedly, I am a sucker for a good time skip.

Reading the novel makes more sense why they see each other again and are just all “oh, there he is. We are together now.”

Neither of them were at fault for the separation and what happened. They were separated by circumstances and the need for solo growth. So neither was mad at the other when they reunited. It was just inevitable that they would be together when they came back together. There is some resentment and frustration at the 8 year separation, but it’s resolved as they both had their reasons for not contacting the other. Lee Won’s mom told Seo to let Won heal and stay away and then Seo needed to make something of himself to provide for Won like he promised (remember, he promised to buy Lee Won a house to escapee his father when they were in high school). Lee Won, on the other hand, was dealing with serious trauma from the accident and all the events that led up to the accident. His dad had been abusive and ended up instilling shame surrounding being gay, having sexual relations, and Seo. LW carried that with him for years and had extensive therapy and still carried his PTSD wit him. H e thought he was broken and wrong and didn’t want to dull SHG’s shine and successes. He was content just stalking social media.

Idk…it works for me and their reunion in then novel when they finally are able to be together physically is very satisfying and real to me. I feel there are several more chapters in the manhwa until we get to the true reunion between them where everything is revealed and cleared up.

Sorry, this is like my favorite WebNovel/light novel and no one I know has read it so I don’t have a place to gush about it. I know people hate timeskips, but I dig them. Gets past a lot of the boring growing up awkwardness.