Why does the top need a redemption?? He's done nothing wrong, he was used whether it was done intentionally or not.
maybe they skip a lot of chapters
I was ready for the bottom’s redemption arc initially, but i feel like the plot is dragging itself too much atp for the top to be continuously lashing out at him when it was clear that he was willing to go to sm lengths for him. (Personally i think the time skip bugs me a lot cus of the absence of reason —the family conflict hint and the whole idea of being so avoidant and selfish you chose to run away in order to protect* someone) But i am still giving the story a chance to prove that the top’s reason for pushing him away is actually reasonable as soon as the author reveals it. Like is his life in danger? Sorr of thing. Ik this can sound dismissive of the top’s trauma so you don’t have to agree with me
Genuinely think that the latest chapters after the time skip is underhated. Maybe im hasty with this conclusion but the only way for the top’s redemption is for him to yearn as the bottom accepted his defeat and walks away