I agree with you...I am disappointed in Sagold too...Like wtf??? They gave us hope just like the ML gave the MC...I think this was a lesson that a toxic person doesn't change and continues to be selfish as it's in their nature....
Your last sentence worded it perfectly. It's a shame that toxic relationships and domestic violence are so normalized in BL stories. The ML's never apologize (or at that, give a genuine apology), and this character is a clear example of toxic partners never change their ways. Once an abuser, always an abuser. Like the MC might make some statements that hints he likes the pain or whatever, but at the end of the day, the ML is still abusing him and lowkey manipulating him. It's hard to tell if he even truly loves the MC or if he's just following along because he likes having someone so dependent on him ://
There's like 2 more chapters after this one, and might I say it's exactly the type of disappointing ending I expected. The side story uke (can't remember his name) doesn't even make him stop despite him literally bleeding. The side story seme basically continues to have sex with him even after the uke has fallen asleep. He continues despite knowing the uke is late for work in the morning. Then it ends with seme giving the uke a bath before work with some shitty statements for an ending.
I already knew this would have a shitty ending because the side story MC would probably end up with the side story ML who's a massive red flag, but the naive part of me was holding onto the hope that the author would finally wake up and realize they're romanticizing domestic violence, but oh well. Not a day goes by where I'm not disappointed with BL stories that have MC's ending up with abusers lmao