Top is so true to character here, he’s no longer interested in Gyuha, but he’s fine with going with the flow and basically using him for his own convenience until he loses interest despite the marriage and children. If I don’t want anymore “I can just walk away” excuse me that’s unacceptable even for a one night stand if a baby is involved (╯°Д °)╯╧╧
It’s always been about him and his wants. He’s never sacrificed anything for Gyuha
I honestly feel like the creator really cheapened the story with the developments between Sienna and Asiel, her feelings were so random, there was no proper buildup other than the classic “feelings go thump”. Now this forced proximity angle is just so artificial and trite.
There were so many ways that the author could have arrived at them developing feelings and a relationship without compromising the quality of the story.
It should have been a genuine slow burn with both of them struggling to manage their feelings while healing from their trauma.
Sienna basically caught feelings out of nowhere, with some hesitation and literally no other exploration of the effect that had on her psyche or any complex reaction.
Asiel’s emotional arc was basically feeling guilty, guilty about having feelings, and then the forced proximity trope. We didn’t even get to see his initial reaction or the family’s groveling because the time skip happened immediately after they all remembered.
It feels like I was being served a ten course gourmet meal, and halfway through someone started bringing out fast food. If I wanted cheap and generic I would be elsewhere, I came for this story because of how beautiful and in depth it was, now it’s just one of a thousand other shallow romances with the same stale tropes
It’s so insane that the mom is like “oh no the 4 year year old is rly sad that he has no siblings, how could he ever recover from this deep and traumatic emotional wound” like her actual motive isn’t wanting another grandkid.
Imagine applying that logic to literally anything else a toddler wants. That’s how you raise a spoiled little monster. It’s even worse that everyone knows about his inherent struggles with his trait, to the extent that he got reassignment surgery, the psychological difficulties of the pregnancy. Even right now he’s not comfortable being open about his sexuality and traits in public. All that on top of the sheer debilitation the first pregnancy wrought on his body, but sure, the toddler is sad so we obviously need to consider that just as much