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Ppl calling it grooming are just saying the word without knowing what it means at this point istg. Y'all should actually learn about the words you use before throwing them out there and basically making them useless when they actually need to be used, also it's literally fiction so calm tf down lmao
While all experiences are different, as someone who was groomed growing up, this is for sure not it. His past self told him to seek out the guy, so he did. He also mentions multiple times not wanting to tie him down or how the guys feelings for him were wrong and literally rejects him multiple times. At no point was he purposely raising him in a certain way for the end goal to be them together or manipulating him when he was a kid...ie grooming.