Bought my friend mint choco for years based on a complete misunderstanding

Post titled: 'My sol's eyes and mint choco go together, y'know'

User 'Gamja' writes: 'So my older friend (hyung) always eats well whenever I'm around, so I assumed he obviously liked mint choco too. I got all excited and every time we'd hit up a vending machine I'd scan his loyalty card points and fill it up with mint choco for him. Did that a bunch of times.

Then today while we were drinking, he suddenly goes "what is WRONG with your taste buds" and honestly confesses that he actually hates mint choco — AND hates his own eyes being compared to it — and he said it while tearing up a little. I felt kinda flustered and sorry...'

'Sol's eyes' is a reference to a famous Korean romantic phrase comparing someone's beautiful eyes to mint chocolate chip ice cream — it's meant as a compliment. The poster assumed their friend loved mint choco because of this association, fed him mint choco for years, and the friend finally broke down crying confessing he hates both the comparison AND the flavor.