i love sieun so much as a main character because he tries so hard not to be one.
in the beginning of the season, all he wanted was to sit quietly in the background, exist in peace, and yearn for suho without the world clawing at him. but heās a gravitational force. he doesnāt seek the world, the world seeks him. the good, the bad, all of it. and even though he never seeks human connection, insists that he doesnāt need friends, he loves having them. he loves loving them.
heās not loud about it, he doesnāt know how to be, but his loyalty is violent, bone-deep, unwavering. heāll fight for his friends, kill for them, stand up to their dads without blinking. heāll set himself on fire to keep them warm.
and the most tragic part? he couldāve stayed invisible. he could've stayed out of it all. the bad guys didnāt even want him, they wanted baku. but sieunās heart won't let him walk away. his instinct to protect always wins. always. something he learnt from suho.
he shows up (all four feet of him); no real fighting skills, no actual strength, just this terrifying cocktail of rage, stubbornness, desperation, and whatever object he can get his hands on to stab someone with.
but beneath all of that, heās just a kid. a scared, tired, broken kid. he flinched when seongje first cornered him in the bathroom. he cried when his friends told him it wasnāt his fault. he carries the kind of guilt that rots you from the inside out, and heās still trying to make sense of it. still trying to believe he deserves good things.
heās just a teenage boy whoās been handed too much pain too early and still, still, he chooses to love.















