sevce:

I think you're all reading too much into it. No offense, but I think he is just the classical 2nd male lead. Too scared to make the first step and risk their friendship, because as long as he was her best friend, the closest person to her, because none of her love interests were really a competition to their relationship, he was content. He wouldn't risk this to confess and get rejected and lose what they had. He didn't even mind seeing her with other men, they were momentary things and couldn't compare to their bond. Only after the male lead appeared in her life and was someone who could mean more, who could surpass him, did he change thinking. And I'm afraid he would sabotage her as long as he is convinced he can fix it and use it to turn it around to be the one closest to her again.

Yeah, this rings true.

ptaylor999:

Everyone here is always so quick to offer up these imaginary excuses to explain away a toxic male character's actions, yet if it was a female character acting the same way she would receive only ridicule.

@Ptaylor999: PM Min is hardly toxic! At the most he may be a bit selfish keeping her near him as a friend but in end his loss for not acting on his feelings.