i was posting abt this on twt but the new merry marbling ch is sooooooo. I LOVE that mirye actually expressed his feelings outright to him bcus obviously kyungbin didnt fully get it w/o him saying it out loud. but i still think weve had the clues that he likes him fr and isnt just dating him? like hes said before that he wouldnt kiss someone he wasnt dating, but when kyungbin said "i bet i could do it better this time" mirye JUMPED on it. and when kyungbin said "dont laugh at me if im bad" it showed mirye thinking that he wouldnt laugh at him no matter what.
PLUS! i was looking back on their moments (bcus im crazy abt them teehee) and when kyungbin was LITERALLY ABT TO PUNCH HIM he was like "my life was in danger but all i could think about was how fast my heart was beating"
+ the whole reason mirye doesnt want kyungbin to hug other ppl is bcus he "cant stand around while he gets those feelings from other people" (jealous ass mf),
also when he said he'd maybe go to one of kyungbin's taekwondo events he was so close to saying "im not interested in taekwondo, just you"?? like his whole reasoning for wanting to go was bcus he wanted to see kyungbin lmao... and then he automatically said "im not going" bcus he was like oh shit wtf was i abt to say
i think the reason mirye doesnt fully show his feelings is bcus 1. hes obviously afraid of ppl finding out abt their relationship in the first place (yknow, cus of homophobia) but 2. hes explicitly stated before that hes "very conservative" when it comes to ideas of dating, so he probably is afraid to express how much he likes kyungbin (which is supported by how shy he was abt saying he likes him) CONTRARY to kyungbin, who is shows how much he loves him without shame and really wishes people could know theyre dating (bcus he likes him so much lol) nvm the fact that bro doesnt even comprehend the idea of ppl hating gay ppl? head empty just homosexuality with him tbh