It's funny bc isn't that what really happened? like the ex best friend told his story to the seme I'm sure of it
I don't really think the ex bf fell in love with Kitagawa, but I def agree that he would have been a better choice. His character was the only one that made sense. And at least he knew he was a sh*t friend and didn't even forgive himself or give himself the option of possibly getting forgiveness. I got the impression that he at least saw him as a close friend and made a sh*t judgement call when he freaked, but still wanted to protect him like a close friend (brother-like even?) after he cleared his head after it was too late. This manga could have gone a really nice way if it took it's time and let a whole story develop over more chapters instead of rushing(?) Dunno why this manga went this way..
same, I think the way you described would've been so much better, but sadly we see this a lot in mangas :/
Wasnt really a fan of the forced sex while he was having a panic attack tbh. That aside, I would have preferred to see the MC with the best friend. Listen to me for a sec, what if the best friend really self reflected on what a piece of shit he really was, and slowly became a better person for it? And eventually began to fall for the MC? Resulting in him being very protective of him bc he knows he did a horrible thing to the MC in the past and doesnt want to see him hurt again? Now thats some good shit right there.