I get that you're frustrated since he could've done more tho i do think the seme deserves that. What he's done to the uke up till this point are unforgiveable, it's a crime, lol.
I do think the uke could've made better decisions...could've communicated more.
I feel like his thoughts would be like... what do you mean you love me but chose to believe other people, chose to hurt me, insult me... why should i defend myself to you, it'll be useless...like once you had this mindset it's hard to undo..
I do believe from experience that you need to make the other person comfortable enough to communicate openly and regularly to you... to trust you. I don't need to read the whole novel to know that he's lost his trust and that's not something you can just patch up with efforts to redeem yourself later on.
Anyway, i cannot tell based on your spoiler if this has a good chasing arc, pls tell me cause if not i'm thinking of dropping this x)
So I'm sorry to ask this after you write it out. Did he uke really slept with the father or having affair or not ? Thanks I hope you replay me before I put this in my reading list.
I want to rant again, disclaimer I don't defend the seme at all, I dont like his slutshaming, how he had dubcon sex, the sa, being insufferable to uke. I dont defend any of that.
I just want to say something (people will throw tomatoes at me) that I understand the feeling of betrayal and how he's crashing out.
After reading the novel, seme said "why you don't explain yourself, or convinced me harder, why you don't apologize to me after that" but because mostly it's uke pov and how we already pissed off by his present treatment towards uke, seme's pov kinda being ignored by readers
When he said that, I look back at the time the uke was jealous with Evelyn and the seme was persistent in convincing the uke that he doesn't love Evelyn, even poured out all his feelings, even he got on his knees, and promise something to uke, he even apologize. But meanwhile, seme was being manipulated by family, witnessed his uke laughing on the bed with his father after months he's in hospital, constantly seeing sexual pictures from the uke (edited and manipulated, some are probably fact as Andrew's friends attempted to rape the uke) but when the uke came to him again before he engaged with Evelyn after the betrayal, the uke was just crying and whining and just yelling "I'm pregnant with your child" then he just runaway from him???? No effort to convince seme even after yeas of knowing the misunderstanding.
The seme was working for him, cut off his family, they're being poor together living in small house while the seme working his ass outside, the seme shows alot of effort (before the accident) and for the uke to gatekeep the information and not telling him the truth with back up evidence (dna test) and just wallowing in how "how could you not trust me, how could you"
I don't victim blame the uke of course, but when you read how seme was often the one who actively communicate with the uke. And for the author to just shutting the uke's mouth just for the plot kinda pissing me off.
I know the seme shouldn't immediately think uke sleeps with his father, he could just suspect that maybe it's not with consent (but the uke was laughing lovingly hugging his father on his bed, that really fuck him up bruh imagine your boyfriend smiling hugging your mother on the bed lol) seme can also make an effort to know the truth of course, but for me this is something that he should listen from the uke, bc he wants the uke to convince himself that what he saw isn't the truth.
Just like how seme apologized and convinced the uke that he doesn't like evelyn, at least the uke should show the same effort and seriousness but the uke was naive and young and he felt small in that family so his option is just running away + uke thinks evelyn is better than him after putting seme in danger (inferiority complex)
Not to mention the seme still caring for the daughter that's not his.. (before the revelation)
The uke did say "i didn't sleep with your father" but he just keep repeating that. Like man, I'd be frustrated too ngl I'm being real here.
Also don't twist it as me defending seme's slutshaming and SA, I just want to rant about how frustrating the writing is and how I kinda understand seme's pov.