Post and Delete vs. Post and Patch for Model's BooleanField?

Question

I'm using Postgres. I've seen threads comparing DELETE and INSERT vs. UPDATE but my use case is slightly different:

I want to allow users to "check" and "uncheck" an Item model to be true or false with the default state being false.

Does it make more sense to:

1) Post and Delete

Create a CheckedItem model (with a ForeignKey to the Item) when they check.

Delete that object when they uncheck. If a CheckedItem does not exist, its Item is unchecked.

2) Post and Patch

Create a CheckedItem model (with a ForeignKey to the Item) with a check BooleanField as true when they check.

Patch the BooleanField to false when they uncheck. If a CheckedItem does not exist or has a false check field, its Item is unchecked.

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If it matters, there's two other ForeignKeys I would have on every CheckedItem - one for the user and one for the ItemParent.