I agree to what you said. He just love how the uke fill something up the missing part of him. He didn't think of something sexual when the uke was a kid. He just love the uke purely unknowingly. As he said to the box engraved " you are my ray of sunshine" it means he give lights to his empty world that all nothing like pedo. Pedo is something like wanting a kid sexually. After the uke became an adult that's the only time he think of uke sexually that's why he run away.
I know we are all entitled to our opinions so here is mine ........
i think the comment section is a little bit wild saying seme's a pedo when he clearly didnt groom or touch the uke at all
all i know is that he love the uke purely out of his heart and since where all just humans we sometimes had some carnal desires about the people that we love aint that normal doe.
HE DID NOT FANTASIZE THE YOUNG BOY VERSION OF THE UKE just to be clear
i will only agree on the comment section saying he's the pedo if in the story he did touch the uke when he was still a child and take and advantage of him in WHICH HE DIDNT
HE WAITED AND ALMOST DECIDED TO LOVE HIM WITHOUT EVER TELLING THE UKE BUT THINGS TURN OUT THE OTHER WAY NOW THEIR IN A RELATIONSHIP WHEN THE UKE IS LEGAL OF AGE
All in all i love this manga its good