i think everyone’s being too harsh towards the ML, i get that he should start facing the FL’s feelings since he’s already acknowledged that she might still like him but y'all gotta realize this dude has so much shit going on in his life he probably needs some time. as for the fact he pretends he doesn’t know, i mean it makes sense, he probably doesn’t wanna drop the only friend he’s ACTUALLY close with and is actually aware about his family situation