RANT
Okay first of all 'Lick Me Up If You Can' spoilers BUT I NEED SOMEONE TO CONVINCE ME TO KEEP READING BECAUSE I CAN'T.
I'VE NEVER FELT SO MUCH SECOND HAND EMBARASSMENT IN ALL MY LIFE I CAN'T DO THIS SHIT ANYMORE, MC GIVES ME SO MUCH SECOND HAND EMBARASSMENT. SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME THE GETTING TOGETHER ARC AFTER THE 10 YEAR SKIP IS GOOD BECAUSE ALL IM GETTING IS SECOND HAND EMBARASSMENT.
LIKE FIRST OF ALL, It took this hoe SO MANY FUCKING CHAPTERS TO REALIZE ML LIKED HIM AFTER ML CONFESSED A DOZEN TIMES, HE STILL THOUGHT ML LIKED HIS EX. Second of all he promised ml he run away with him but then was like "Nah I can't because of my abusive father" and they didn't meet until couple months later where mutual friend was like "ayo bro is here" SO MC HAD THE FACE TO SHOW UP TO ML AFTER ABANDONING HIM AND WHEN ML BEGS HIM TO STAY AND WAS LIKE "I got nobody'
THIS HOE, TELLS HIM "nah you got others, but my dad got none" HOW CAN YOU BE SO LIKE WHAT??? WHY WOULD YOU SAY THIS??? WHY WOULD YOU SAY THIS KNOWING THE ML'S DAD'S SECRETARY WAS ALREADY DOUBTING YOU ACTUALLY LIKED HIM AND YOU SAY THIS CRAP. Thats not even the worst part, YOU'D THINK AFTER SAYING SOMETHING SO INSENSITIVE, HE'D OWN UP TO IT. NAH, 2 SEOCNDS LATER HE'S BEGGING THE ML TO STAY LIKE WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON????
And idk if its a translation thing (I hope it is) BUT THE 10 YEAR TIME SKIP WAS SO SO SO UNDERWHELMING LIKE WHAT? ONE SECOND IS DRAMATIC SCENE AND NECT THING YOU KNOW "yea Im at the east coast tryna find the dude that I left for 10 years' HELLO??? ANYTHING ELSE???? AND IMAGINE
IMAGINE, LETTING DOWN A DUDE AND SAYING SOMETHING SO INSENSITIVE TO SOMEONE YOU ALLEGEDLY LOVE AND ONLY GOING TO FIND THEM 10 YEARS LATER, ONLY TO MEET THEM AGAIN BECAUSE THEY HAD TO BAIL YOUR ASS OUTTA JAIL.
WHYYYYYYYYYYYYY WHY WHY WHY WHY, YOU COULDN'T EMBARASS ME ENOUGH COULD YOU??? AND AFTER ALL OF THAT, YOU STILL GOT THE FACE TO MAKE CASUAL TALK.
I WAS LIKE "BRO SHUT UUUUUUP" JUST SHUT UP, HAVE YOU NO SHAME???? AND HE INVITED HIM TO EAT AT THE RESTAURANT (to which im surprise ml even accepted but if he still loved him I guess) BUT THEN HE'S LIKE "do you think I'm happy to see you"
IM DONE, I CAN'T DO THIS SHIT
PLEASE PLEASE TELL ME THIS ARC IS GOOD BECAUSE IF THEY JUST PULL THE "let's hang out and get horny af and ignore our past" IM DROPPING THIS, DAY WASTED. SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME ITS GOOD OMG
THE SEOCND HAND EMBARASSMENT IS UNREAL