im currently reading it myself and im not that far yet but the ml's stoic and apathetic behavior is gna make u hate him bc whilst he's very kind, gentle and IS interested in asel, he also doesn't seem to take the mc's feelings for him too seriously due to their humongous age-gap and socioeconomic status (yada yada). from what ive seen in the reviews take it w a grain of salt, he's going to continue misunderstanding asel like we've seen in the prologue and make asel have a distrust in him lasting throughout the novel during which the ml will continue to prove himself so asel can regain his trust in him. within the next few chapters they're going to spend jinhyeok's rut together and jinhyeok behaves like absolute trash due to how apathetic he behaves.
i forgot to add, the ml isn't a trash seme though. mainly the ml doesn't take mc's feelings for him seriously due to how he's the benefactor right, so he thinks the mc is merely infatuated with him due to him being an orphan w no proper support system, and how young the mc is (naivety). he wants asel very much (absolutely destroys dat uke hole) but simultaneously pushes back and tries to maintain a "distance". ive been thoroughly enjoying both of the characters but if you favour one more than the other, you're bound to hate one of them unless you read this unbiased which is frankly impossible considering its from asel's pov.

the novel really lives up to its title no joke if you love asel you're abt to start hating the seme REAL BAD