
Bro, a tree did not groom a young uke…. He’s literally a supernatural being with very little concept of human relationships- young uke went to die because he had no family and didn’t want to go to an orphanage and our friendly neighborhood boogie man here, granted his wish of wanting a family. Now, his violation of the prime directive did result in regular people viewing the MC a certain way because of his connection to the other side, but to call it grooming, or even malicious manipulation, is a stretch. It seems more naive to me- giving the child an instant illusionary family at the expense of his relationships with others in the future vs. having him got through adversity now but to grow and have a regular life.

Ugh Google is free try searching for it, it's not that hard. Slowly isolating a kid from family members and friends – physically and emotionally, undermining relationships with parents and friends to show that “no one understands you like I do" are signs of grooming behaviour. Sounds familiar? Oh yeah! That's the juju the deity/demon/tree/ stepbro or whatever he is did to the uke eversince he was young right? He manipulated his childhoold up until he grew up so that he will be the only one he has when he returns to him. This is effin no brainer ok? So yes the uke wished him something, but obviously that entity messed him up and the deity is what who knows how many years it is but uke? he was just a kid that time yk?
Still Team Sunbae here. Stepbro literally GROOMED young uke so that he will be the only person in his life when he gets back to him. Uke is already unloved, ignored and unwanted. He couldve had grown up differently given some now notice how cute he is but what he did is manipulate his life to continue him being secluded and ignored causing him to lack self confidence. Subbae I dont see any reason why he is being blamed here. Uke was the one who wanted to be f*ckbuddies and not want relationship. Why would you expect them to be lovey dovey when he is the one who asked for it? Im not sure if you all understands seme's pov chapter, he looked irritated when he asked him to be f*ckbuddies. He always thought the uke is cute and he since he is the only one not affected with stepbro's spell he is normal to uke and genuinely concerned at him and btw he got into accident but was more concerned of the uke than himself.