we're at the point of the story I've been waiting for.
I'm anticipating the next chapter more than any of the chapters released in the last 6 months (that's when I started reading it)
I never thought I'd feel satisfied seeing Tommy and Linus kiss, but here we are.
I still ship her with Howe, but he's not getting into a relationship any time soon. but tommy deserves happiness now, and her and Linus are both in a place where that's possible
Honestly, I think Linus is going to be the catalyst for getting Howe to deal with his shit,
Though the ride might be long. We've already seen characters use different harmful ways of coping like infidelity, self harm, anger issues. Rather than wake him up I wonder if this development will drive him to alcohol abuse or something. I don't want that to happen but it feels like a route this could take
At this point I feel like the only thing that could relieve his guilt is if there's some undiscovered letter that Catherine wrote before she died
But that feels too easy of a solution for this story. This story feels very true to relationships in life, messy and uncomfortable without some magic solution.
I like the way everything is going. It makes sense. This is literally the only straight romance I'm interested in reading. I have yet to find anything else I like as much as this.
Also, this is fiction, so I don't need to look at the story and characters as I would real people and real relationships. This is entertainment. A guilty pleasure. And everything doesn't have to be unpredictable to be interesting.
I realized that Hirano might be ace. It never occurred to me all this time reading it, until today. Which is funny because I'm ace. But when I read romance I don't expect an MC to be ace because that's usually counter to what you're looking for in a romance.
But if that ends up being the case, this story is a nice way to present it. You can feel both the big differences and the sameness in their feelings about each other.