Didn’t say he was dumb. There are incredibly intelligent people who are clueless when it comes to sensing if someone like them or flirt with them (picking up normal social cues).
Obviously MC obvious with his feelings. I agree I think the Ml also has some sort of feelings for the MC. But he may be unaware of his feelings and confuses it with normal friendship (or knows but doesn’t know if the other is gay?)
yeah totally agree, i feel like he’s very emotionally inapt? like his idea of affection and friendship is verrryyyy, veryyyyy wide therefore he might not see mcs actions as “odd” per say
yes yes, EQ and IQ are very different, there are smart people who are clueless in social interactions and people who are very adept at reading and feeling emotions aren’t the “smartest,” however calling them dumb in situations where they fall short of either is...dumb.. i hate it when people undermine your intelligence when you fall short of smth, diff people are good at diff things, there is no one way to measure intelligence!
not emotionally inapt my god, just wanna say that his ideas of affection is broader than what another person might consider as “normal” for friendships
dude seems like a very affectionate guy and probably developed it as a defense mechanism in his youth, i relate a lot to him bc i’m very very affectionate sometimes and i don’t realize some of my actions could be seen as weird between two friends ^^ hats off to the ml on trying to get his life together as best as he could, how did he not get a total breakdown yet??? mans literally went through SO much tragedy and trauma in less than a week

I kinda agree with the boss, his feelings are so obvious. I think he’s taking advantage of the situation :(