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i'm not sure, but if you were to ask my opinion on it, it's most likely that the MC lowkey realized the ML actually has genuine feelings for him and that he also have developed feelings for the ML as well, got overwhelmed by his emotions and therefore walked out to attempt to run away from the very thing that caused it, which is the ML. that's just me and my two cents tho, this is not for certain
y'all don't know how happy i am this author is skipping the misunderstanding arc where the pursued-party finds out the initial intention of the pursuer, it really eases my stress whenever the top is open and loud with his feelings that the bottom has no room to misunderstand, though he's still in the clueless/denial stage