This is pertained to the author. The latest chapter is very anticlimactic, ml is already on the redemption arc where he owns up from his mistake and start to make it up to mc yet the author create this kind of twist showing that ml was just manipulated by the blondie. Alexithymia is a thing, no one denies it but the fact that he was so tender and loving to the friend while tormenting the mc emotionally? It's not that he can't figure out what he feels. What happened to him is the most common mistake of human. You only realize what you have when it's gone. There is nothing special with the MLs situation. He likes the blondie but blondie went away then he had Yanyan as substitute then blondie returned and he disregarded Yanyan and when Yanyan left he just realized thay he fell in love with him. That's it.

Excuses (︶︿︶)=凸
If this is a redemption arc, just let ML redeem himself properly by admitting his faults and make it up to Yanyan. So what's the twist? The tastes and style that he forces into the MC is his mom's and not his friend's?? That's bullshit. If that is the case why treat that friend so special in front of MC and disregarding him?? This doesn't make sense.