(゚⊿゚) : Is your muse in denial a lot? nervous laughter.
[ hooooo boy, yes. it’s how he deals with difficult things— or, to be more accurate, it’s how he doesn’t deal with difficult things.
it’s easier for him to lie to himself than to accept certain things. because to accept them he has to think about them, he has to acknowledge certain emotions, and he has to open himself & make himself vulnerable. all of those are things he doesn’t like doing.
the main thing he is in denial over is saeyoung. to be more exact, it’s the fact that saeyoung loves him.
he cannot accept the fact that saeyoung loves him, and will never leave him again. because if he accepts that, then if he ever leaves it’ll hurt so much more. so he tells himself over and over, saeyoung doesn’t care about him, one day he’ll push him far enough and he’ll drop him. it’ll happen, so don’t get your hopes up. don’t let yourself get close. it’ll hurt less if you hate him.
he will eventually get over everything he’s in denial over. he’ll be given enough proof to accept the hard truths of his life. but ... reaching that point will take a lot of time and effort, from both him and those who care about him. ]