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I think it's the first one you mentioned. There's nothing suggesting that sosuke's condition somehow repulsed his best friend and the fact that Sosuke often says that he felt indebted to him because he stayed by his side and took care of him may include the best friend keeping an eye on him to avoid Sosuke to get involved with creeps
I have a quick question, there is something slightly unclear to me. When the best friend said ‘by getting rid of the creeps’. Did it seem to you like he means he tried to at least keep him away from some creepy people (creeps) that uke slept with and they bothered him later on? That’s how I understood it at first. But the panel of the best friend standing amidst others and the way how seme got mad after he left. Made me rethink whether the best friend meant that at the very least he did his best to keep his creeps regards uke’s orientation or condition at bay in consideration of their friendship and the fact that he was initially the one responsible for him being so. What do you think?