Okay, so maybe I'm looking into things too much? But here's what, I think, is going to happen based on how they set this story up and the clear, brutal angst we've already been shown in snippets.
MC is going to reject ML because he knows ML is very flippant when it comes to 'liking 'people and having sexual partners—I'm going to assume this latest 'exposé' was likely an ex Fw/B of his who's exposing how much of a 'slut' he is or something which will only further prove to MC that ML isn't serious about him and just wants to have fun with him. IDK if he'll outright reject the relationship ATP, but maybe distance? Or triggering that psycho possessiveness in ML?
I can't imagine ML still seeing other people, but if that does happen, he might out of an internal spite, or to feel needed, or something? Since it's clear, he has issues. I think a strong part of this will also be ML not being able to reconcile with how hard-working MC is, and how jeopardizing it would be for him to get involved with someone like ML so publicly, especially with this exposé thing they haven't revealed. My issue with dynamics like this is the clear imbalance of power between the very experiences and casual ML and the very inexperienced, and hard-crushing MC; plus it's clear the ML isn't the most well-intentioned person by a long-fucking-shot, so it reads (to us) that he's playing with MCs sincerity/not taking him as seriously, because he's thoroughly amused by MC.
If MC doesn't reject him (which would be feel OOC, but he's also been more impulsive lately, so maybe?) the exposé might make him feel too insecure in holding a steady relationship/I can see there being a misunderstanding with one of MLs partners talking him down and calling him 'next' or something along those lines, especially since while he was sleeping with MC he was still sleeping with other people until, at the very least, that one classroom scene where his friend called out how his type changed. TBH I can see this happening even if he does reject him.
I'd really like to see MC at least get flirted with and entertain the idea of being with someone else, maybe not necessarily go through with it, but be a little reciprocating or even reluctantly willing and making a move for maybe the ML to step in, or something? TBH because of how they set up ML, I would also be okay with him going through with it and realising he only likes ML, but that feels like it would be way out of left-field. I'd also take a scene of him getting drunk after a particularly angsty moment, and someone flirting with him who looks vaguely like ML, and him going for it since, again, he does have those moments of impulsivity, which is how he wound up sleeping with ML in the first place.
Okay, so maybe I'm looking into things too much? But here's what, I think, is going to happen based on how they set this story up and the clear, brutal angst we've already been shown in snippets.
MC is going to reject ML because he knows ML is very flippant when it comes to 'liking 'people and having sexual partners—I'm going to assume this latest 'exposé' was likely an ex Fw/B of his who's exposing how much of a 'slut' he is or something which will only further prove to MC that ML isn't serious about him and just wants to have fun with him. IDK if he'll outright reject the relationship ATP, but maybe distance? Or triggering that psycho possessiveness in ML?
I can't imagine ML still seeing other people, but if that does happen, he might out of an internal spite, or to feel needed, or something? Since it's clear, he has issues.
I think a strong part of this will also be ML not being able to reconcile with how hard-working MC is, and how jeopardizing it would be for him to get involved with someone like ML so publicly, especially with this exposé thing they haven't revealed.
My issue with dynamics like this is the clear imbalance of power between the very experiences and casual ML and the very inexperienced, and hard-crushing MC; plus it's clear the ML isn't the most well-intentioned person by a long-fucking-shot, so it reads (to us) that he's playing with MCs sincerity/not taking him as seriously, because he's thoroughly amused by MC.
If MC doesn't reject him (which would be feel OOC, but he's also been more impulsive lately, so maybe?) the exposé might make him feel too insecure in holding a steady relationship/I can see there being a misunderstanding with one of MLs partners talking him down and calling him 'next' or something along those lines, especially since while he was sleeping with MC he was still sleeping with other people until, at the very least, that one classroom scene where his friend called out how his type changed. TBH I can see this happening even if he does reject him.
I'd really like to see MC at least get flirted with and entertain the idea of being with someone else, maybe not necessarily go through with it, but be a little reciprocating or even reluctantly willing and making a move for maybe the ML to step in, or something? TBH because of how they set up ML, I would also be okay with him going through with it and realising he only likes ML, but that feels like it would be way out of left-field.
I'd also take a scene of him getting drunk after a particularly angsty moment, and someone flirting with him who looks vaguely like ML, and him going for it since, again, he does have those moments of impulsivity, which is how he wound up sleeping with ML in the first place.
Thoughts and prayers for the next chapter.