Please dude I’ve been trying to refind this for so long.
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/the_thread_never_burned/
I think it might be this one (●'◡'●)
My favs are punch drunk love, dawn of the dragon, and sign. I’m trying to get into Yaoi since my gf likes it but none of that rape shit. Recs?
love for sale (you'll have to read this elsewhere, but it's so worth it)
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/playtime_with_hakdo/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/love_in_orbit/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/don_t_mix_business_with_pleasure/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/my_bias_appeared/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/diss_love/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/protect_your_purity/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/1995_youth_report/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/switch_darling_fan_translation/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/spinach_bouquet/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/1_to_10/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/the_mountain_branches_dream_of_goblins/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/fate_makes_no_mistakes/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/love_sick_dog/ (there is one instance of rape, but not between the main couple, and it's not glossed over)
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/aesthetics_of_unpleasantness/ (like the previous entry, one instance that's not between main couple and isn't graphic)
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/moratte_kudasai/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/yuki_to_matsu/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/psychedelia_1/
Ok so some good recommendations for you are:
- Between the lines
- XXX buddy
- courtside courtship
- The Nameless Flower
- Wolf in the House
- Honeybear
- A first of summers
- Overclock
- Sweeten the deal
- Protect your purity
- Omega Complex
- Alpha Trauma
- Hell and High water
- Spinach bouquet
- Castle swimmer
- Special benefits for newly weds - Lucky in love
- The sacred serpent's seduction
- Blue name pressure
- Secret therapy
- Define the relationship
- 1995 Youth Report
- Leave room for love

Saw this post on TikTok about gay people irl vs gay people in yaoi. Bunch of the comments were saying they’d only support it in fiction like it’s taboo or some shit. I truly forget how disgustingly uneducated this community is sometimes.