The main couple was sweet. Older childhood crush with trauma backstory - the older guy was framed by his "brother" (unrelated) who used his name for prostitution, then had sex with his professor and then faked a suicide and disappeared for 3 years, till he conveniently showed up as at the exact same moment the ML, Kim An, was getting his life back on track. MC, Lee Hyun, is my fav seme in Kbl, so far. He not only trusted the ML (this is a rare seme protag bl) to tell him, even when the creepy brother was being a creep and trying to break up by bringing up "rumours" about him being host/murderer, he was like "meh, rumours are rumours". He never gets angry/jealous and never questions his partner's secrets.

There were some comments about dead-fish kissing but honestly, I didn't feel that way. The only times we see them kiss are when ML is almost assaulted by his brother who realises ML would rather die than be with him, so he just.... leaves (after failing to create any drama, because MC is Bae...173 (sorry, couldn't resist). MC takes him home and they kiss so it makes sense that it isnt a full-on makeout kiss. The other times are in a public garden and then there's another which is more of a good morning peck than a kiss. Also ML is supposed to be shy/stoic (like MC literally comments that ML doesn't react much to kissing and he is like 'am I supposed to?') So, the heavy lip-touching wasn't as weird or out of character as I expected. They, instead, had plenty of intimate contact and were generally cute.

2nd, we have the best couple of the show. Minwoo and Maru. Hell, Maru was the best thing about the show, period. It's your typical friends to lovers trope - Maru is an extrovert playboy and Minwoo is an introvert with a crush on his best friend. I am not going to wax poetics about uri Maru because we will be here all day, but just trust me when I say I really hope someone makes a special Maru cut of the drama. He is also the reason for the rewatch rating.

My biggest problem with the show was the 3rd couple (ONS to lovers in summary). One guy works in the administration office and other is a returnee student (came back to college after Military Service) in a completely different dept (Art major). Their story starts when office guy, who is a complete pushover, is mistaken as a nude model while delivering something to the Art's Dept Professor. The ML manages to find the right guy in nick of time, but not before catching an eyeful of the office guy in his ugly underwear and of course falling for him. What follows is him stalking and harassing the guy by sending him underwear presents IN OFFICE and repeatedly harassing him for a date, completely disregarding his discomfort because, god forbid, anyone make an ensemble bl without at least one stalker-to-lover plot. It culminates into a one night stand and eventually a relationship (which I was shamelessly skipping, so I dont really have an opinion about them).

Lastly, the last episode. There are plenty of complaints about it both in other reviews or comments. But as seasoned BL watcher, it was just a KBL equivalent of Phuket or Chiang Mai tourism episodes in Thai Bls, which was essentially promoting some game and a glamping campsite. And, honestly, if this sponsorship gave us last 15 mins of ep.9, I ain't complaining.