Personally i like how things are going, yall are missing the point, basically ahwin is acting like that cause he sucks at expressing his emotions and he is using his snarkiness as a way to tell the FL "I was worried about you, very worried to the point where i stayed up all night" and when he realized he made FL cry, he immediately apologizes, realizing she feels distressed.
and the jealousy only came up after they both realized shes safe and that Ahwin didn't mean the things he said so basically its like (alright next)
i do agree the pacing is sorta fast though.










I read that chapter and instantly thought "he must really admire his aunt" he obviously feels like a burden to his aunt, Hence why his cousin says "does he still think mom took him in out of pity?" so he is inspired by his Aunt who embroiders delicate pieces.
In my mind he doesn't want his aunt to think he was a burden to take in, so he aspired to be someone who is useful and has talent... y'all are weird for thinking that he's interested in his aunt
I can somewhat understand that perspective from the FL... since shes kinda innocent and doesn't think too much..... But y'all literally just read the perspective of each character in this chapter