I think that I've read too many stories with a similar plot but in which the ML either knows MC likes him or is trying to manipulate MC into liking him (ML falls for MC but MC considers him a friend to ML does the whole push and pull and avoids MC to force MC to come to him)....and because of how many stories I read, I fully expected ML to be manipulative, but good on him for genuinely trying to figure out what was wrong with MC. He isn't blameless since he literally proposed to a woman and then chased his friend across the globe and even when she visited him, he preferred to stay with his friend and forced her to break up with him.
I'm glad that they're together but I would've preferred if this story didn't have the marriage element. I would've read it anyway if MC ran away from ML because he realised that his 15 year old feelings will never be reciprocated and woke up one day and was like "time to move on". That could've worked as well
I think that I've read too many stories with a similar plot but in which the ML either knows MC likes him or is trying to manipulate MC into liking him (ML falls for MC but MC considers him a friend to ML does the whole push and pull and avoids MC to force MC to come to him)....and because of how many stories I read, I fully expected ML to be manipulative, but good on him for genuinely trying to figure out what was wrong with MC. He isn't blameless since he literally proposed to a woman and then chased his friend across the globe and even when she visited him, he preferred to stay with his friend and forced her to break up with him.
I'm glad that they're together but I would've preferred if this story didn't have the marriage element. I would've read it anyway if MC ran away from ML because he realised that his 15 year old feelings will never be reciprocated and woke up one day and was like "time to move on". That could've worked as well