As everyone bows to him, SH stoops to take NK in his arms.
SH is really very detached from other people's opinions: it doesn't matter if everyone is reverent in front of him as long as NK is fine. He doesn't care about social labels and is not at all bothered that he, a nobleman, takes NK in his arms and waits in the middle of the street all the time it takes for NK to calm down.
This attitude is the opposite of JIH who wanted to hide from people's eyes when NK begged him to run away together and deep inside NK sees the difference.
NK can pretend whatever he wants: that this relationship doesn't matter to him, that he won't cry when SH loses interest in him... but as soon as he needs security and comfort he throws himself into SH's arms. Instinctively he clings to SH, his whole body speaks for him.
NK blushes because he is so touched by the lord's gesture. As he calmed down, NK extends his embrace with SH because he feels so good with him. And although the music box helps to soothe him, he turns away from it because what really brings him comfort is SH's embrace.
Seungho is so protective that he gives a murderous look to anyone who tries to approach NK when he is vulnerable. NOBODY can approach them when NK is in this state and it doesn't matter if it's to bring help or not, SH doesn't want to know.
Min is slowly coming out of his shell. Usually he is cynical and sarcastic. But in this chapter Min reaches his breaking point, he loses patience! Min can't wait to taste the painter!
It's unsettling to see Min with that expression: he's usually so detached. Even when Seungho had punched him and chased him out of his house in Chapter 54, it didn't seem to affect him. But the mere fact that Nameless refused and tried to influence Jiwha made him really lose it!
His addiction to opium increases as his frustration at not being able to taste the painter increases: at the beginning of season 2 he was smoking in the middle of the street to the point of staggering, and in the last chapter he smoked to the point of vomiting. Because I don't think Min is vomiting because he drank too much but because he smoked too much (too much opium can cause this side effect). I think the shadow that lurks between NK and SH in chapter 74 is Min (we can see that the hankbok sleeves are the same colour) and seeing them having fun together only increased min's frustration. This is why he smoked to the point of vomiting. Smoking opium allows him to calm his frustration at not being able to taste the painter, but this is no longer enough.
At this point Min is lying because he wants to keep up appearances.
If he admits that he has smoked to the point of vomiting, his opium addiction will be obvious and he will appear to be losing control. But Min needs to keep his grip on Jiwha and Nameless in order to manipulate them. This is why he prefers to say that he drank too much last night, it implies that he partied all night, that he is carefree.
It is revealing that Min lies to justify himself to Jiwha and Nameless while they despise them. Indeed he thinks Jiwha is a coward and Nameless is a worthless lowborn. His attitude is really typical of someone who is addicted to a substance and is slowly starting to realize it. The urge to take the painter makes him lose control of himself and his opium consumption and this is something he wants to hide at all costs.
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