After breaking up with his boyfriend ( and also love of his life) he travels to Thailand with a Japanese guy who…
Thank you very much! That was my thought too... The only explanation I can think is that the novel took place when prep was not available in Korea ( that's why he bought it in Thailand).. also our ML was afraid to take the test to see if the virus was detectable or not... So they could not know if he could transmitted HIV... To be honest the writer could have treat their story better but maybe he did not want to pass the message that having HIV is just fine ... Maybe he wanted to pass the message that people should take precautions since their life will not be the safe after infection...
Yes .. this mother could also be a man or trans since we are talking about gmmtv haha... But let's see.. actually she/he could have already appeared in the intro... I have not noticed...