Y'all hate on Xinlu but he has probably the best intuition here. Smartest character right after Jaeui bc he was the only one that noticed Ilay and Tay had a thing for eachother when no one did. Ilay should have noticed he likes Tay when he allowed him to call him by his first name and Tay should have noticed he likes Ilay when he worried about how Ilay thought of him instead of Xinlu (who is the one he supposedly likes mind you!!) when he literally walked in on them fucking. Not even Chang In or Kyle noticed even though Ilay acted so unnaturally. Anyways they were lowkey all over each other from the start. Xinlu wouldn't have felt so threatened if Ilay was just fooling around and if Taeui didn't feel anything for him. But he noticed genuine attraction from both of them and the potential for it to become something greater.






Constantly re-reading ch. 73-74 because DAMN!! I really need to see Taeui ride Ilay. I know Ilay was into it and was probably squealing inside, like he had all that rubbing up on him. It's not that I'm even a huge fan of dominant bottoms or anything, I just want to see Tay being forward and showing that he's into it. But my god does he have power bottom potential. If Ilay was even 5 inches less down there Tay would be a rider for sure.