They fit each other

i got told off when I said Uno is no different than Enzo
Both of them are mad
it just happened that Enzo had the upper hand during their first intercourse, or else its Uno who took the chance

This is so true like no one is here is saying his actions were right I mean enzos but uno was about to do the same to enzo, it's just a power switch flipped and roles reversed.
But enzos actions were obviously incorrect.

Do you really think Uno would rape Enzo? :( but I think Uno would just suck Enzo's dick instead of try to force his dick to him

i saw it like this as well

He literally wanted to fuck him since the beginning of the story. Everybody knows that. ML knew that too and it’s a big part of why he did what he did.

Exactly…like uno aint your typical frail uke like gurl he literally came with the same mindset although he wouldn’t have been that forceful w enzo i believe but ppl being disappointed n talking bout dropping it w ts being rape n what not is just not it

Wanted to fuck ≠ wanted to rape, innit?

A bit long...

Everything was a bit dub but ok until Enzo tied Uno's arms. Yes, Uno told him to stay. Yes, Enzo told Uno to remember he said he can handle what's coming. But the moment he used force against Uno and put his finger in his butt, it became assault. Uno tried to reason with him, but said something that annoyed Enzo, that he drugged him, and it became punishment. He used his belt to inflict physical pain to Uno and enjoyed Uno's endurance to pain and his refusal to cry. He thought Uno used his backside too, he told him to stop doing the same methods he failed to use with him, the heavy topic of him being a 'slut', but when he realized he didn't, he was ecstatic so he wasn't going to let the opportunity go. Remember Enzo thought that Uno was offering himself... Everything he did was selfish and a power play. He raped Uno. The later was drugged and he never consented to anal sex. He even vomited...

And saying Uno's was thinking about doing the same or he wasn't a victim?? That's a stretch. He's sexually attracted to Enzo since the beginning, so he wanted to bed him not rape him. He wanted to honey trap him, seduce him. He kissed Enzo a few times mostly because of spite and work (the chip track thingy) and he had the fantasy of using Enzo's mouth to masturbate because he needed something to help him get it up in that situation that he thought he was in danger if he didn't do it. But nothing harmful.

When drugged, he wasn't forceful when kissing Enzo or his body. He was taking the lead because that's what he's used to. Neither of them talked about their preferences but he yelled at Enzo to stop when he was tied and pinned down... Uno became a victim the moment he realized he was drugged. A drugged person can't consent, even if they 'begged for it'. That's a rapist excuse.

Yes, he's an agent. A pro. He can endure pain. Yes, his thoughts made it look like he was conscious but he never consented. He hated it. When he told him to stay, he didn't expected to bottom. In his mind, he had this fantasy of 'if he fucked him even once, it would be worth it' but he wasn't going to rape him. Enzo wanted to punish him because he was a 'slut' who was paying the price of 'whoring himself around' and, when he drunk that drink, he wanted to inflict more pain, he knew Uno's was feeling more pain than pleasure because he noticed Uno's flaccid, and also, he wanted to savour him, trying not to 'kill him', now that he's in that vulnerable state and can't 'fly' like he always do. Uno's doing the seduction but pretty sure the moment he realized Enzo was a top, not only just a sadist that likes to 'be on top' like he thought, surely he would had used his hands or mouth or just knocked himself out. But Enzo raped him even when he could just left the room and locked the door.

I do like Enzo. Since the beginning he was going to be that type of character. Nothing knew there. But I think using the 'he begged for it'' or 'he was going to do the same but was mad because someone outsmarted him'.... Maybe everyone needs to reread those chapters because no way seducing a person/wanting to have relations equals wanting to rape them.

I remembered he drink that because of the asking questions game they're playing, one drink one question, and Enzo wanted to ask about the connector; but he clearly wanted to keep going too...

Wait you are kinda right, Enzos character is bad huh, I agree tbh and feel my earlier comment was wrong

Good essay Delorus, 10/10

Bad grammar and all, I hope it helps clear up a bit this misunderstanding about Uno. If not, everyone has their opinion on the matter.

I noticed too that the author refused to acknowledge Enzo as a rapist in the dialogue, knowing Uno's personality he would call it at it is (rape), but they chose to make it seem like Enzo was 'trapped' in an unavoidable situation and 'lent a hand' in his rotten style and used Uno's flexibility on sex to call it 'being shagged'. But, at the same time, they chose to show Uno extremely furious to the point of wanting to reach for his gun but he simply slapped Enzo as a sign of his anger for what's being done to him. So my guess is that they don't want to put that label on Enzo because he's already a red flag but they don't want to make him too unlikeable.

Nah, I'm good. As a student, idgaf about what people say, you nor we aren’t my professor, and it's not like my professor is even here, so everything is good, you got the point tbh. People keep ignoring the bare minimum and you explained it in such detail, but I don’t think the author made it unclear whether it was rape or not. I mean, after the chapter that started with Uno getting raped by Enzo, I think Hanse (the author) knows and she’s aware of what she’s doing ( https://x.com/loveladyhanse/status/1965784408637747707) ==> tho she’s not explicitly saying the R word, but then again we should still keep our right mind to not romanticising rape or even normalising it, because it’s fucking criminal, even if the author wants to write it that way :(

Wait i take back my earlier statements even more, guess we gotta ignore the authors shitty acts to progress with the good story :)

I think it's ok to be critical of any author's work but that doesn't necessarily mean that it's a reflection of their morals or values. This is a work of fiction at the end of the day. Heinous as it is, rape in fiction works as a plot device for shock value, to make a statement, a catalyst... it can be taken the same way as murder, kidnapping, terrorism, cannibalism or any other crimes. For better or worse, fiction permits a lot of things. Writing, like any other form of art, is prone to debate. What's morally acceptable and what should be questioned or repulsed. It's all about what we can digest and that's ok.
I do believe this author is very creative and she seems to be trying hard to separate this work from her previous one, Red Candy, where the themes were more lighthearted and romantic. Of course, that doesn't mean that this author should be accused of bad writing because she used one of the most common, sometimes laziest, used for shock value and repulsive plot device of all times, like the raping of a person. But I suppose she must have something big planned for the future to be a bit afraid of the public response, like Uno's revenge because he's one known to hold grudges and in this case he has the right to do so. If not, it would be disappointing.

This is really a great explanation of what happened between them, but let's not forget these lines: "I'm not even sure if I can trust you to keep your promise", Uno never made any promise, which means beside being a slut and also getting Enzo angry by his accusations about drugging him over and over, he needed to be punished for breaking a promise he never made.

And "I'm starting to think you're just trying to provoke me now." I'm not saying Enzo misunderstood Uno's "no" as mere provocation, and obviously the second he tied his arms, the consent was out of the room, no matter how much Uno had tried to seduce him since they've met, or convinced him to stay in the room while he was drugged, but it's also true that Enzo hadn't consider the possibility that Uno might have never bottomed. Something that should have actually stopped him, at least at that point, excited him even more, like he has found the "gem" his grandfather had made him believe he deserved. Well, a slut was a toy, he would play with it and throw them away, but now he had found something that only he could/should have. While I don't think he wants to be what his grandfather perceived him to be, but he also told Turo, "Maybe I am like my grandfather after all", right when he noticed his growing obsession with Uno. So not only he didn't respect Uno's refusal, he got obsessed even more to enjoy himself despite the other's pain, and at length even because of it. The bird is a bird, no matter the worth.

And let's not forget he was entirely lucid the first round, he was actually drinking water when Uno got to the bar and was talking to Theo. It's just as Enzo said in some pervious chapter, "I don't consider things that can be fixed as mistakes", meaning no matter what he does, it's not a mistake as long as he gets the result he wants. Yeah, he's that kind of lunatic.

But that's why I think he's this complex and interesting character. Personally, I would've preferred it if those two chapters (20 & 21) were less violent, with more bickering and maybe even somehow consensual like a continuation of their drinking game, but I don't think they were written poorly at all, since what I wished for wouldn't lead the story in the direction the author intended. And I don't agree with people saying the authors aren't allowed to write about this and that, then no story should include murder, geocide, torture and many other subjects such as this abuse, or that abuse.

And ok, I see some romanticization here, like not addressing rape as what it is, which I really hope this author dares to, eventually and despite the light mood of the story, but also there's this down to earth portrayal which invoked the opposite effect of romanticization since probably most of us had a disgusted face reading those chapters, angry at Enzo, appalled by Uno's later words (not reactions) and yet curious how this gonna develop. It was really smart how they were created, not to enjoy the hot consensual smut that didn't exist, but to make the story what it's supposed to be. And in the end, everyone's entitled to their opinion, no matter if they decided to drop this, or enjoyed it, or just experienced it. I believe this story has done really well to cause all these debates.

Yeah theme was never lighthearted in this one, it always had gruesome theme, and I think they don't even add r@pe as shock value, they think it's a more of a dark romance "want/desire" sort of content like those young Wattpad girlies would think the same.

This is insane. You think because he wanted enzo to stay and he wanted to have sex, that means he wanted enzo to RAPE him??? And just because he isnt frail suddenly means its not rape?? You've got to be kidding me…. this is a fucked mindset you guys have going on here, complete denial

Think of it this way, if a woman asked a man to stay, and maybe wanted to get it on, then that man rapes her and people say its okay because shes not frail/its because of what she wore, people say well its okay/her fault because she wanted sex anyways. How its her fault for being drugged even? you see how what you said makes no sense?

Yeah, I think some people were a bit confused about what rape is, which is exactly what happened between them, but look at the comments, they're coming to their senses, so let's not get too agitated~

Okay, Uno was trying to seduce Enzo from the beginning, he also convinced him to stay when the other believed him to be out of it because of the drug and slapped him to kind of sober him up, Uno even accommodated him when Enzo was being too forceful, I mean the bite over the pervious bitemark and also shoving his fingers into his mouth. And to me it was alright till this point, even if Uno was drugged, because he was fully aware of what was happening, and even if he wasn't entirely into it, he consented to every act, where at any point he could have taken back that consent, which he eventually did, yet Enzo disregarded it, an then it became rape. There's no questioning that. Let's not get confused. Let's not sugarcoat it, and let's not hate on the story or the author, or the readers, because the story is about a sensitive subject.