
i totally get how this is not grooming but at the same time I DO get how it's uncomfortable, honestly authors have the choice not to make it a huge age gap with the same plot and the same pace why didn't they just do it then

Real cus they could have easily made the ml like 14/13 and the mc 16/17 that way it wouldnāt be way super crazy age gap but enough for their first meeting the mc to still see the ml as a child and have it be more of a āthe mc didnāt get to be a child so thatās why he feels like an adultā type vibe and I think it would have been good

Fr like itās a good story ofc we are gonna read it and itās not like the the mc actually does anything with ml when heās a child so thatās really good but when you take a deeper thought into the author themselves and the process of making this story there was really no need for there to be such a large age gap in my opinion it would have been the same if the gap was shorter.
Itās just one of those āhmmā moments for the author where we wonder but like at the end of the day itās a super intresting story, good art and no foul play between the love interest idk why people just automatically think ādonāt read itā like there can be differences in views with readers and stories without the readers hating the author or story :/
ik its too early for them to yk but let me dream CUZ OF THAT DAMN TENSION