yes the ml is stupid af for not realising that he's actually in love with dae. but pls have we forgotten how he grew up and how deranged his family is? it all circles back to the people who raised him (or weren't there to raise him properly, his mom literally hated him, his dad wasn't there, his brother was raising his partner(god that feels wrong to say)) he probably doesn't even know or understand what it means to love someone
yes the ml is stupid af for not realising that he's actually in love with dae. but pls have we forgotten how he grew up and how deranged his family is? it all circles back to the people who raised him (or weren't there to raise him properly, his mom literally hated him, his dad wasn't there, his brother was raising his partner(god that feels wrong to say)) he probably doesn't even know or understand what it means to love someone