Responses

You're good, I eat everything. I usually stay loyal with First Lead/Protag, but I do get some nice surprises where the second ML appears more appealing.
I'd like to see this in a perspective where I'm impressed enough with some character dynamics enough that the reader hopes for an alternate ending despite the obvious.
I hope you understanding that a small comment of wondering doesn't necessarily mean that I should stop reading a specific work. I like to read everything under the sun, comment about it, and think of alternatives because that's what reading and art is for.
I want MC to end up with Baekha so bad. I think he's a bit sly but not psychopathic enough considering the genre of this short story.
Sigh... When will we get good stories where MC ends up with the second lead?