Am I the only one who thinks Lei is miscast – or at least misdirected?

I feel like glasses tea boy could have been a good alternate Lei because I’m feeling the SLS pull (even though I remember being all about that secondary loveline in the k-drama, and I think we’re doing that again here, although I’m realizing I’m starting to go off my mental map of the manga so this is probably where I stopped reading). He seems kind and charming and mysterious and all those things I normally associate with the Lei character.

Anyway. I just wish Lei’s attraction made more sense, because I’m pretty sure his blackhole of boringness is another reason why I love my pineapple son the way I do.