thinking about how to ignore yuri’s attraction to xinlu when he was 12/13

btw obviously attraction like you’re attracted to beautiful things. not sexually

That’s exactly why it’s okay even if you don’t ignore it... A lot of people have already commented like you, so I’m sorry if some of you have already seen this reply, but I’m going to send the same response to anyone who still feels uncomfortable about it, so hopefully they can understand it better.

Since modern romance usually ties “love” to physical desire, people often forget that in literature, first love can also be about pure admiration, appreciating someone’s beauty, or even a meaningful moment that leaves a deep impression on someone without any sexual desire at all

And that’s exactly what we see here. Through Yuri’s pov, those feelings are described so clearly, and they simply don’t fit the medical or legal definitions of a predator or pedophile, despite all the slander people keep throwing at Yuri