I think you read the story but didn’t really get it, and I’m guessing this series ain’t for you if you’re into romantic, smutty details with less plot and don’t wanna think hard about what drives the characters’ actions or their psyche. Let me break it down clearer after rereading the novel a bunch and piecing together the plot points to make the characters easier to get. First: You brought up how the MC tried to fix the ML’s family drama, but remember, the ML didn’t even ask for that. During their argument, the MC admitted he was selfish for ignoring the ML’s feelings. When the ML asked why he did it, like was it fun to humiliate him in front of his dad, it was the MC’s judgy attitude that hit the ML’s pride by saying he felt sorry for him. And here’s the key: the ML never spilled why he hates his dad. He just said he hates him and his dad doesn’t like him, end of story. He didn’t lie. All the extra mess? That’s the MC overdoing it. The MC straight up disrespected him. Second: When the ML tried to fix their friendship, the MC was the one in the wrong, but even during their fight, the MC only said sorry to shield himself from the ML’s anger, not because he knew he messed up. He didn’t even get why the ML was so mad. After that fight, the MC never properly apologized for his selfish, disrespectful actions. Even when the ML kept trying to make peace, the MC’s ego kicked in to protect himself. Neither would back down, especially the MC—his pride wouldn’t let him, even until the sidestory’s end. He never took the first step to make things right. Both are at fault, but the MC only trusts his own view, and that’s what keeps hurting the ML, whether they’re in high school or adults. Third: I gotta defend both the MC and ML ‘cause y’all seem to just skim and care more about the spicy stuff. The MC was mad and avoided the ML because the ML ignored him during the bullying arc, which made the MC resent him. Yeah, the ML still tried to patch things up back then, but the MC wasn’t interested and never even apologized for how he acted. The MC’s avoidance came from seeing the ML as too risky to rely on like before, realizing the ML’s like a double-edged sword. Fourth: The MC’s rank dropping? That’s ‘cause he was overthinking and overdoing it during this time. He was obsessed with the ML’s influence on him and at school, trying to find a safer, more stable person to lean on, but it didn’t work out. Through a side character, he figured he’s gotta stand on his own and stop obsessing over school ranks. His beliefs kept shifting to protect himself, and when he and his mom visited the ML’s house, the ML’s sister, with her own jealousy and middle-child issues, felt unloved and thought the ML was the favorite. That’s the belief the MC clung to, to justify avoiding a red flag like the ML. And yeah, the MC did bounce to the US after college exams to chill before uni. One more thing, if you read the novel, here’s why the MC’s so unreliable. After the ML took an acid hit for him, the MC’s beliefs flipped again ‘cause this time the ML fully had his back. Then the MC realized he was wrong to buy into the ML’s sister’s claim that the ML was the most loved, especially since the ML was in the hospital and his family barely visited, even tossing the guardian card to the MC like they were dumping all responsibility on a stranger. I’ll stop here, but there’s more later showing just how unreliable the MC is.
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I think you read the story but didn’t really get it, and I’m guessing this series ain’t for you if you’re into romantic, smutty details with less plot and don’t wanna think hard about what drives the characters’ actions or their psyche.
Let me break it down clearer after rereading the novel a bunch and piecing together the plot points to make the characters easier to get.
First: You brought up how the MC tried to fix the ML’s family drama, but remember, the ML didn’t even ask for that. During their argument, the MC admitted he was selfish for ignoring the ML’s feelings. When the ML asked why he did it, like was it fun to humiliate him in front of his dad, it was the MC’s judgy attitude that hit the ML’s pride by saying he felt sorry for him. And here’s the key: the ML never spilled why he hates his dad. He just said he hates him and his dad doesn’t like him, end of story. He didn’t lie. All the extra mess? That’s the MC overdoing it. The MC straight up disrespected him.
Second: When the ML tried to fix their friendship, the MC was the one in the wrong, but even during their fight, the MC only said sorry to shield himself from the ML’s anger, not because he knew he messed up. He didn’t even get why the ML was so mad. After that fight, the MC never properly apologized for his selfish, disrespectful actions. Even when the ML kept trying to make peace, the MC’s ego kicked in to protect himself. Neither would back down, especially the MC—his pride wouldn’t let him, even until the sidestory’s end. He never took the first step to make things right. Both are at fault, but the MC only trusts his own view, and that’s what keeps hurting the ML, whether they’re in high school or adults.
Third: I gotta defend both the MC and ML ‘cause y’all seem to just skim and care more about the spicy stuff. The MC was mad and avoided the ML because the ML ignored him during the bullying arc, which made the MC resent him. Yeah, the ML still tried to patch things up back then, but the MC wasn’t interested and never even apologized for how he acted. The MC’s avoidance came from seeing the ML as too risky to rely on like before, realizing the ML’s like a double-edged sword.
Fourth: The MC’s rank dropping? That’s ‘cause he was overthinking and overdoing it during this time. He was obsessed with the ML’s influence on him and at school, trying to find a safer, more stable person to lean on, but it didn’t work out. Through a side character, he figured he’s gotta stand on his own and stop obsessing over school ranks. His beliefs kept shifting to protect himself, and when he and his mom visited the ML’s house, the ML’s sister, with her own jealousy and middle-child issues, felt unloved and thought the ML was the favorite. That’s the belief the MC clung to, to justify avoiding a red flag like the ML. And yeah, the MC did bounce to the US after college exams to chill before uni.
One more thing, if you read the novel, here’s why the MC’s so unreliable. After the ML took an acid hit for him, the MC’s beliefs flipped again ‘cause this time the ML fully had his back. Then the MC realized he was wrong to buy into the ML’s sister’s claim that the ML was the most loved, especially since the ML was in the hospital and his family barely visited, even tossing the guardian card to the MC like they were dumping all responsibility on a stranger. I’ll stop here, but there’s more later showing just how unreliable the MC is.