Add on the factor that they're marriage *is* a political marriage. Tei still sees himself to be married off for political reasons—which got cemented by the fact that he was sent back to Leracal by Shuraka, where they also DID NOT have a lick of communication, only one sided monitoring through Mushnu for Shuraka—half believes Shuraka's feelings for him is sincere, but he also met Shuraka as a *child*. So Tei is skeptical whether his husband is dependent on him because he was Shuraka's faithful guardian for a short period, or it's because his feelings are purely romantic.
And it's obviously the latter rooted from the former. And not just a simple sitting down and discussing it will make it, because they both have their own misconceptions about each other—which is VERYYYY clearly shown already. They can, and WILL think the other is only doing their marital obligations as an obligation and not as an act of love because of those misconceptions
So Tei's forceful approach is actually effective for breaking down Shuraka's walls, but there's still a lot of things to be cleared out between them.
I see a bunch of comments saying, "Oh, if they just sat down and talked, a lot of things would be resolved." Are you serious? Ah, you guys are dreaming, right? Ever since he was a kid, the only things Shuraka has ever known are betrayal and murder. The kid spent years sleeping poorly out of fear of being killed. Then he was "forced" to get married, and through a shady move (because the king couldn't send his daughter), they sent a man much older than him in an attempt to defend themselves, but also with a 25% intent to humiliate him. He falls in love because of the care the guy shows him, while also being terrified of the guy getting killed—since he was his only vulnerability, the one person who actually cared for and worried about him. He spends years having to kill his father, mother, stepmothers, brothers, sisters-in-law, concubines, and nephews.
And then we have Tei, who had to marry a child. Right at the beginning, he already proves he's a lone wolf by living all by himself in that mansion, harboring deep resentment and questioning his parents' choices. I find it strange that you guys think they just have a "communication problem." Their story is literally designed to have this issue. What we should actually notice is how well-written and well-grounded this story is. Even with few chapters, it’s really not going to have a slow burn, and it’s more than natural that Tei, being the older one, has that active voice to guide certain aspects of the relationship to some extent. Even though Shuraka is older now at this point in the story, he is still years younger than Tei, meaning he has less experience than Tei would have. Plus, Tei has been in relationships before, while Tei is Shuraka's very first relationship. So yeah, I don't get people's complaints.