❀'s manga / #EXCHANGED RINGS(42)

uke and seme neighbours and friends since birth. seme manifests as alpha early on and is scared of omegas, hates them for some reason. uke hadn't manifested anything and assumed to be beta. but seme draws away from uke cuz seme likes uke and doesn't want to hurt uke. uke doesn't know and is just hurt. until like 5 years later or something he finds seme in rut in the school bathroom and takes care of him? and then they're friends again until last year of high school when uke manifests as omega. uke runs away cuz he doesn't want seme to hate him for being an omega. they don't meet for 5 years. now in uni they meet at start of year welcome party restaurant despite being in different departments. seme eager to start their friendship again cuz he's always liked uke. uke acting cagey cuz he still pretends to be a beta. another alpha likes uke and seme is jealous. being around 2 alphas, uke's heat comes. seme finds him in heat and takes him home and they do it. seme regrets it afterwards cuz he thinks he raped uke. but he did confess and uke was happy to do it. afterwards uke goes to confess to seme and he's so happy seme likes him. but seme does that dumb internal conflict shit. like saying he thinks uke's just swayed by pheromones and doesn't actually like him. so he rejects uke and says leave him alone for a month and he'll get over uke....... wtf but that doesn't happen and uke calls seme kinda drunk one night missing him and they make up really quicky...... they start dating for real and it's basically story done. we see them do a school festival together and things are going great with them. uke asks seme to move in and seme says yes and seme gives him a couple ring. fast forward another 5 years and they're both working and living together. they spend seme's rut together and uke gets pregnant. then uke proposes to seme for marriage and seme ofc is happy crying and he takes out the rings he prepared but didn't have the chance to ask first. it's alright, but so many stereotypical korean relationship tropes. like the seme being kinda a puppy but possessive. uke hurting during sex but the one more in charge of the relationship, kinda cold sometimes. and them touchy feeling and showing off the relationship to everyone. ugh so many uni manhwas do the same shits when the couple get together.

vol 3 of this couple. uke's house is damaged and he moves in with seme for a couple months. they're super happy together. but uke starts getting close to a coworker who's gay and crushing on his straight bff. uke thinks that's the same situation seme was in before, so feels sympathy. but he doesn't tell seme about it cuz he doesn't want to out the coworker, and it makes seme a bit jealous. but he knows that uke's not cheating on him. anyway, they resolve that and uke moves back home. he feels a bit lonely without seme around now, but then seme gives him a ring to symbolize they'll be together forever even if not physically together for now.