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This was pretty short, as typical of KBLs. Atypical of KBLs though, there were two actual proper non-fish press kisses in this, which was much appreciated.
But overall, the story felt really shallow and so did the romance. They worked together for 3 months and in the end, the company goes under and they’ll be working separate jobs. They get to the point of “like” but not “love” and to be honest, I don’t trust that their relationship will last long term.
First of all, the vast majority of the beginning of their relationship read like sexual harassment. The continuous teasing about the gay comic, massaging and touching him despite efforts to tell him no, refusing to take no as answer to hanging out after work, and so on. There’s a point where the employee tells the boss off for making him uncomfortable, and the boss apologizes, so I’m glad it was at least acknowledged.
But once they kiss for the first time, the boss goes all in - kissing his cheek, putting an arm around his shoulders, talking about spending the night together, pulling him down on the bed - but the employee still looks uncomfortable all the time. Even after they officially start dating, the employee is always looking uncomfortable and shying away from affection.
It was so weird to see his college sunbae show up, and employee is laughing and smiling and allowing him to touch and flirt with him. He doesn’t shy away and he doesn’t shut down the flirting and he looked a lot happier around him than he ever did with the boss. It was a weird acting decision to make, because it made their relationship look even more uncomfortable because it showed an alternative. It annoyed me that the employee didn’t shut down the flirting, and the boss’ jealous “you can’t drink with anyone but me” nonsense was also annoying.
Also, these guys drink way too much. They were getting shitfaced every single work night.
But overall, the story felt really shallow and so did the romance. They worked together for 3 months and in the end, the company goes under and they’ll be working separate jobs. They get to the point of “like” but not “love” and to be honest, I don’t trust that their relationship will last long term.
First of all, the vast majority of the beginning of their relationship read like sexual harassment. The continuous teasing about the gay comic, massaging and touching him despite efforts to tell him no, refusing to take no as answer to hanging out after work, and so on. There’s a point where the employee tells the boss off for making him uncomfortable, and the boss apologizes, so I’m glad it was at least acknowledged.
But once they kiss for the first time, the boss goes all in - kissing his cheek, putting an arm around his shoulders, talking about spending the night together, pulling him down on the bed - but the employee still looks uncomfortable all the time. Even after they officially start dating, the employee is always looking uncomfortable and shying away from affection.
It was so weird to see his college sunbae show up, and employee is laughing and smiling and allowing him to touch and flirt with him. He doesn’t shy away and he doesn’t shut down the flirting and he looked a lot happier around him than he ever did with the boss. It was a weird acting decision to make, because it made their relationship look even more uncomfortable because it showed an alternative. It annoyed me that the employee didn’t shut down the flirting, and the boss’ jealous “you can’t drink with anyone but me” nonsense was also annoying.
Also, these guys drink way too much. They were getting shitfaced every single work night.
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