Okay what the hell is ML problem?

LIKE ONNG PLEASE BRO STOP WITH THE SWITCH UP ONE TIME HE'S SWEET ONE TIME HE'S DISTANT AND HURTING THE MC PLEASE TAKE A SIDE AT LEAST

Nonooo, The ML is just processing abt what the MC mother told him. About MC being assaulted. so ML is trying to like follow the boundaries that MC put up in the first place... Just... Really bad communication i guess

Ig this goes more in depth in the novel? I should really start reading it I feel like a lot of things that were not cleared up or said in the manhwa would be a lot more apparent in the novel