I know that the ml doesn't know how low the self steem of mc in this relationship. I don't know if it's deliberate or not but isn't it brutal to compare someone with your lover and describing them so cute, it might be indirectly calling their lover cute but it's also describing another person that way. Specially, you're apart at the moment. (Even if it's just a jk, a plushie or a dog) Just my opinion
I know that the ml doesn't know how low the self steem of mc in this relationship. I don't know if it's deliberate or not but isn't it brutal to compare someone with your lover and describing them so cute, it might be indirectly calling their lover cute but it's also describing another person that way. Specially, you're apart at the moment. (Even if it's just a jk, a plushie or a dog)
Just my opinion