I’m only at ch 33 (just after the mutual confession) and I want to start with saying I do like the story. I’m just irritated of how utterly selfish the MC is! I understand kids are selfish and don’t know better, but he’s the exact same after the time skip. ML opens up about being an orphan and being adopted by an neglectful father, all he wants is family. MC says some extremely hurtful words before they drift apart (MC avoids him) and eventually they apart. When ML comes back MC feels guilty but still doesn’t take it upon himself to apologize for how they parted, instead HE is hurt for ML not referring to him as family, something he said to ML before they parted. I understand he didn’t meant it the way it came out as a kid and it was just hurtful words that got spewed out, but he should be able to understand the impact of what he said now when he’s older.
By now meeting again, MC realizes he still likes ML and wants to get rid of the feelings because it makes him uncomfortable, not caring at all about how ML who also has pretty much nowhere else to go will feel or the position he will be forcibly put in. MC just wants to get it out of the way. Because he can’t dare to face him, he writes him a letter which also is barely a confession and more of a ”this is kinda what I’m feeling, let’s not continue this” which is misunderstood by ML who literally decides to exit MC’s life once and for all. Because of the conversation MC overheard between ML and the friend, MC has the idea that ML came back with the hope to restart their relationship as family. So ML has lost his parents, adoptive father, stepbrother (MC), and he’s lost MC - his family - again, but all MC can think of is how heartbroken he is over being ”dumped”. When they clear up the misunderstanding ML asks MC ”is this for real?”(ish) and MC still can’t bear to spell it out because he’s ”to embarrassed”. Ofc it’s still a happy ending, because they both want each other, but I think ML deserves MORE. Stability? Affirmation? Idk.
I’m only at ch 33 (just after the mutual confession) and I want to start with saying I do like the story. I’m just irritated of how utterly selfish the MC is! I understand kids are selfish and don’t know better, but he’s the exact same after the time skip. ML opens up about being an orphan and being adopted by an neglectful father, all he wants is family. MC says some extremely hurtful words before they drift apart (MC avoids him) and eventually they apart. When ML comes back MC feels guilty but still doesn’t take it upon himself to apologize for how they parted, instead HE is hurt for ML not referring to him as family, something he said to ML before they parted. I understand he didn’t meant it the way it came out as a kid and it was just hurtful words that got spewed out, but he should be able to understand the impact of what he said now when he’s older.
By now meeting again, MC realizes he still likes ML and wants to get rid of the feelings because it makes him uncomfortable, not caring at all about how ML who also has pretty much nowhere else to go will feel or the position he will be forcibly put in. MC just wants to get it out of the way. Because he can’t dare to face him, he writes him a letter which also is barely a confession and more of a ”this is kinda what I’m feeling, let’s not continue this” which is misunderstood by ML who literally decides to exit MC’s life once and for all. Because of the conversation MC overheard between ML and the friend, MC has the idea that ML came back with the hope to restart their relationship as family. So ML has lost his parents, adoptive father, stepbrother (MC), and he’s lost MC - his family - again, but all MC can think of is how heartbroken he is over being ”dumped”. When they clear up the misunderstanding ML asks MC ”is this for real?”(ish) and MC still can’t bear to spell it out because he’s ”to embarrassed”. Ofc it’s still a happy ending, because they both want each other, but I think ML deserves MORE. Stability? Affirmation? Idk.