I didn't want to watch season 2. I liked the first season. I knew that season 2 was going to be sad and I wasn't emotionally prepared.

I forgot.

I ran out of other things to watch and saw this in my list, and thought, "I haven't seen this yet, and there was a reason I didn't want to watch, but I can't remember why." By the end of episode 3, when I'd had a constant lump in my throat and a pain in my heart since the beginning of episode 1, with no end for the sadness in sight, I remembered why I didn't want to watch season 2.

I have zero regrets.

I haven't read all the other reviews, but I have read some comments, and honestly, by the end of the series, if you can't figure out why Ji Woo originally left with only a note, then you haven't had enough life experiences. Not everything is black and white, and sometimes the reasons you have for doing something don't really hold up when you think back. And sometimes, you can blame someone for the problems in a relationship, and then you realize that you were the problem all along. It happens. But in that realization comes growth. Ji Woo was just lucky enough to have someone who loved him enough to chase after him, and who supported him regardless of their status.

That being said, Seo Joon did everything he could to make himself available, in hopes that they would reconcile. That kind of love will get you a lifetime of happiness when you are with the one you love, but is nothing but pain when you are trying to win back the relationship you had. Or that you thought you had. But even when Seo Joon thought he'd had enough, he was smart enough to know that, once Ji Woo relented, if he didn't take Ji Woo back then and there, he would never have the chance again.

I hurt for them through 9 of the 10 episodes, but the 10th episode made it all worth while. Just hold on. It'll get there.