mark's interesting choice of words
in this post, i'd like to focus briefly on the terms used by mark in this sentence ("relationship" and "healing") relating to yuta.
as you can imagine mark didn't go through this long process of analysis before answering (unlike how i'm doing in this post), he most likely answered instinctively with the first words that came to his mind. despite the fact this sentence may seem insignificant i personally think it's something worth noticing: it's a small piece that is added to the others we have collected over the years and helps us to have more of a complete picture of their relationship.
relationship: i found it really interesting how mark used the term "relationship" instead of "friendship" this time. he's unconsciously implying their relationship is clearly more than a friendship at this point hence the decision to use a more generic term instead of friendship - maybe using the term friendship would've been almost reductive to him.
healing: they're opposite but at the same time they complete each other and they satisfy each other's needs. yuta is his safe haven, his shoulder to cry on in his darkest times hence he is an essential, soothing presence in his life. (i'd like to elaborate more on this part but i don't want this post to become an essay lol)
update: ops i wrote this post before reading the 2nd image where you can clearly see mark said he would like to become a soothing presence to yuta as well lol (am i too good at reading his mind or is he too easy to read? who knows 👀)
that's all for now!
