Kim Hye-sung is a “fierceful” omega; and by that, I mean, he's really just a tsundere. So, he's actually aware of the problematic situations he gets himself in and even calls someone out when they victim-blame him because of a misfortune. This happens a few times: he verbally recognizes how messed up something is and then he gets "ignored"; the conversation soon diverting into something safe that puts the blame in him. And It Is Never Brought Up Again.
At first, I thought this certain trait of him was actually gonna be developed along and within other characters, but no; since the problematic actions others do to him are never actually addressed, there's no redemptions arcs.
Up until now, I feel like you could, somehow, still end up liking this. Who knows, each to their own. But then, Park Dojin happens. And he's the most bland romantic interest to ever happen. He literally doesn't have a personality. There's not much you can say about him other than that.
In the beginning, I felt like there could actually happen an interesting “enemies” to lovers kind of narrative — given Park Dojin's newfound interest in Kim Hye-sung and the latter's refusal —, but… to put it simply: Park Dojin's feelings morphing into love are actually so abrupt it just feels like a switch was pulled. It's impossible to find out what got Park Dojin into loving Kim Hye-sung, and even he himself says that he doesn't know why he loves him (lmao). There is not a single romantic scene between them that feels like they have chemistry together. There's not even romantic scenes. //(Worst part is, the side couple have the exact same dynamic going on and it's torturous.)
In fact, the only time I felt like they could actually have a deeper relationship… ended up in them having sex. All of a sudden. Abruptly breaking the "understanding" atmosphere it had going on. Which is also a common trope in this story: conflict happens, they fuck, it's solved. God forbid actually communicating to each other how they feel without one of the characters playing it off as a joke or the blame being put into others. There's no consequences, lol.
So, even if you felt like you could enjoy this story despite its inability in handling conflicts, you'll definitely have a hard time liking the protagonists and their relationships. Bland is the word that summarizes it for me. Nothing and no one is really likeable, I nearly dropped it a lot earlier because of how annoying one of the characters was, and their insufferable personality is never really acknowledged. But well, if you like smut scenes, go ahead, there's plenty of that.
My expectations were low for this one, and I was still disappointed. If you stop reading in chapter 15 or 50 it's not gonna make that much of a difference, since the first few chapters already let you know how the story's gonna go.
