Yeah 100%. I think the ML was feeling a mix of lust and genuinely liking the MC, so he wanted to do it. I’m glad the MC was still lucid enough to know they shouldn’t do it. They both would have felt like shit the next day.
I really like the two characters, they feel so real and neither wants to hurt the other one.
Ngl, why is designating flag colors to characters rampant these days. Every character will have their own flaws just like irl people. Assigning them to rigid categories such as green flag, at least to me, really diminishes who they are as a character because it feels like people only want perfect, sanitized characters who can do no wrong.

Props to ML not taking advantage of MC when MC is in his rut and abiding to his "I don't wanna do it like this" preference. But then I kinda got annoyed; ML acknowledged that he's only vaguely interested in MC and shouldn't toy around with him. The self-awareness is good...but he knew MC had feelings for him; what happened if MC said "let's have sex"? He would've slept with him, KNOWING his feelings weren't as strong and that MC liked him. I need more insight. Chapter 18 should've given us more insight into the characters beyond this brief blurb for ML.