Why are we acting like Saku is the only one who could run off with a fated mate? Alphas have fated mates too that they also instinctively chase. Kira is literally doing that right now, proving that alphas equally CAN (not will) blindly follow their "fated mate". Saku is CONSTANTLY proving himself because apparently not being kinda unhealthily obsessed with your partner isn't good enough. Like, are we forgetting that Renji is an alpha who also has a fated mate out there? Why doesn't he have to prove his love? He really has only proven that's he's obsessed with Saku. Renji struggling to trust a bit in that moment is fair given "fated mates" and all that, blaming him for it is not though. Renji trying to trust Saku is great, making Saku share a room with his perpetrator WITHOUT informing him of any intention to do so AND MAKING HIM WEAR A BUTT PLUG- not so much (yes, Saku doesn't have to go along with the butt plug but we know Renji will just find a perverted way to get back at him). If Renji wanted to share a room with Kira to prove something to himself, Renji, and Kira, that'd be a whole other (kinda unnecessary) thing. This whole arc feels like a very bad way to handle the idea of not being bound by fated mates. I like the idea of what happens when an established couple meets a fated mate and is like "nah homie, I'm good, already taken" (the idea of a fated mate, though comforting, is actually kinda unhealthy. It pretty much means that any relationship you have outside of your fated is just for growth and will end or at the very least will cause people to not fully connect due to the potential for them to just suddenly abandon the other for some random stranger they bumped into that smelled really nice). But this is like Saku's options are the dude who is mostly just obsessed with him and is for some reason really insecure and the dude who assaulted him based off "instincts". Body reactions does not equal consent.
Why are we acting like Saku is the only one who could run off with a fated mate? Alphas have fated mates too that they also instinctively chase. Kira is literally doing that right now, proving that alphas equally CAN (not will) blindly follow their "fated mate". Saku is CONSTANTLY proving himself because apparently not being kinda unhealthily obsessed with your partner isn't good enough. Like, are we forgetting that Renji is an alpha who also has a fated mate out there? Why doesn't he have to prove his love? He really has only proven that's he's obsessed with Saku. Renji struggling to trust a bit in that moment is fair given "fated mates" and all that, blaming him for it is not though. Renji trying to trust Saku is great, making Saku share a room with his perpetrator WITHOUT informing him of any intention to do so AND MAKING HIM WEAR A BUTT PLUG- not so much (yes, Saku doesn't have to go along with the butt plug but we know Renji will just find a perverted way to get back at him). If Renji wanted to share a room with Kira to prove something to himself, Renji, and Kira, that'd be a whole other (kinda unnecessary) thing. This whole arc feels like a very bad way to handle the idea of not being bound by fated mates. I like the idea of what happens when an established couple meets a fated mate and is like "nah homie, I'm good, already taken" (the idea of a fated mate, though comforting, is actually kinda unhealthy. It pretty much means that any relationship you have outside of your fated is just for growth and will end or at the very least will cause people to not fully connect due to the potential for them to just suddenly abandon the other for some random stranger they bumped into that smelled really nice). But this is like Saku's options are the dude who is mostly just obsessed with him and is for some reason really insecure and the dude who assaulted him based off "instincts". Body reactions does not equal consent.