Yup if u wanted the dark part yes he did like him from the beginning, but knew he was straight. That's why he is shocked every time ml do things straight ppl think twice about, and keep getting his hope up. The darkest part is he knew ml liked his friend the girl in the beginning, and didn't stop a fellow gay guy from going after ml's crush. Making ml sad because he could not confess.

But it hasn't! Is it time I finally accept that this might be a relatively pure love story? Idk why I just can't believe it. I keep expecting the ML to be crazy black flag obsessive yandere but he prob just has a secret crush on the MC since maybe even before college or something idk!! Need his pov.