Welcome to the toxic sludge that is BL. It’s sucks. It really does.
FOR REAL
Noo it had been so long I'd forgotten!
I think the author probably hadn't intended for the story to go past one volume. It makes sense as only the first volume is intense relatively as she probably had to make it "impactful"(uhh sorry). Now that the story has progress it's more subdued and focused on them as characters than whatever tf was vol.1
Why did the author have to include the rape plot if the story was going to develop this way? It ruined everything for me tbh, and no matter how wholesome or amazing their relationship becomes, i still can't forgive how insultingly glossed over and downplayed the rape is.