#maybe in another universe she and jaeeon could be something good

[sexyglances]

I'm only on episode 6 of nevertheless, and it's actually much better than i was anticipating based on reactions. Do i ship nabi and jaeeon? lol no. But she is damaged from the trauma and gaslighting from her ex-bf and from her relationship with her mother. Two people who mean(t) a lot to her and also are pros at stringing her along. So of course she's not going to have the perfect reaction to everyone always. And jaeeon does clearly care for her, he does genuinely selfless and kind things for her, but he's also too emotionally stunted to step up and allow himself fully invest in a real relationship because he's afraid of getting hurt (and thus hurts her with his wishy-washiness) and ends up stringing her along, too. They do have something there, but he has a lot of emotional growth to go through, and i don't think the jealousy of the noodle guy in ep 7 is going to magically fix his issues.

Also, watching the drama as a whole gives an interesting juxtaposition between all the reasons jaeeon keeps stating about why he won't get closer and how it's better to be happy at a distance, and how that philosophy is not only not working out for the better between him and nabi, but also sol and jiwan and bitna and her bf. The difference is that the side couples are realising that staying in an undefined relationship and hiding behind the maybe-more-than-friends fog is not working, and they are trying to tear down the walls for themselves and are moving past the friends-only stage. And yeah, while the growth of their relationships is resulting in some temporary angst while they work through their issues, it also means their relationships are becoming much deeper stronger as a result. It's jaeeon's fear of interpersonal pain that is ultimately what is making his life (and nabi's) worse than the growing pains of the other couples are actually going through.