I feel ya haha that’s why sometimes I read historical straight manhwa bc in most of them it takes 100 chapters before the couple even kiss
Go read paljae
Read "romantic killer"
Tell me about it, specially where it should be a scene that should followed by a communication but always getting slaped by smut, there are times I just scrolled past to it
there's actually tons of good ongoing BL that are either completely sfw ("shounen-ai") or technically nsfw but way more plot focused, if yk where to look !!
i'd recommend Regas, Death Delayed for a Short Time Because of the Will, and Bound to Be (if u haven't read these yet), and for more, here's a list of my fave BLs bc sfw stories appeal to me a lot hehe: https://www.mangago.zone/home/mangalist/2475289/?filter=&page=1
(^there's a few smut-filled stories in there but it's pretty obvi which ones they are)
i really fucking tired of all the smut. thats all i have to say.