
This isn't grooming.
Child grooming is befriending and establishing an emotional connection with a child, and sometimes the family, to lower the child's inhibitions with the objective of sexual abuse.
His intentions were never sexual abuse. He just genuinely liked the person.
He didn't manipulate him or sexually abuse him. All were consented.Not to mention he was also ready to let him go when he thought he was rejected.
He also never crossed the line until after he graduated.
Yes the age gap was alarming but by the time they did that, they were both technically adults already.
Is this really the end? ╥﹏╥
Damn this was one of the first BLs I've read and seeing it end fills me up with nostalgia and bittersweetness