Despite all the shit he says, Kang-tae connects to Mo-yeong on such a personal level that almost transcends reason:

1) He always talks to her in banmal. Has pretty much from the beginning when he met her (and probably realised who she is).

2) She’s the only one he ever gets angry at or around. With almost every single other person in his life he’s so very careful to be polite and blank/neutral. But she’s the only one he doesn’t bother to put on that mask for.

Case in point: when she asks him to smile for her since he does that for his brother but he refuses to pretend with her.
He also lashes out at her when she gets too close or when his feelings are hurt like when he overheard her bragging to Juhi about confessing to him.

3) She’s the only one he tells his honest feelings to because she reads him so openly, there’s never any need to lie with her.

4) He’s so very touchy feely with her when he always keeps a distance with everyone else (except his brother and Je Soo). He’s always bodily dragging her away or grabbing her arms or swatting her hands away. He casually touches her without even thinking about it.

5) He’s always consumed by thoughts of her so much so that for the first time in his life he forgets about his brother, the butterfly, even their shitty situation in life. She consumes his thoughts.

6) He cares about her. He dropped everything the second he heard she was strangled by her father and rushed in to help without even taking his wallet or phone.

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