Sorry but this person is a dragon not human… so in no way is it like usability drop. Heck his growth period is literally a year
And yet despite a rapid growth rate, hyo-un looks an behaves like a child going through adolescence. He's trying to speedrun to adulthood so he can marry the guy that's been raising him. that's literally usagi drop manga
he behaves like this because he is a dragon born from a dying river that could not raise him and guide him properly. he is basically orphan with great power unaware of itself. he took appearance of first being he saw - small child, and his behavior was product of trying to fit in place where he only experienced abuse and rejection not being able to grow and mature until now. the text is rich and multilayered why do you choose to read it as grooming?
I literally said in the original post that I DIDN'T see it as grooming since taehyuk doesn't intend to be romantic/sexual with him right now as he is. So by definition, he's not grooming him. I just find the relationship a bit suspicious since the relationship will become sexual at some point after hyo-un takes an adult form despite taehyuk basically raising him.
Also "he took appearance of first being he saw - small child, and his behavior was product of trying to fit in place where he only experienced abuse and rejection not being able to grow and mature until now." So you agree? Hyo-un looks and acts like a CHILD? To the point that the other characters around them think also think that hyo-un's a child?
Y'all making excuses to NOT find their relationship at least a little suspicious so y'all can happily read two beefcakes going to poundtown with no questions asked. Bc I know y'all didn't start reading this for the "rich and multilayered story."
Yeah yeah yeah I get that he's a dragon and he's technically ageless or whatever. But since his first form was of a child, he acts like a child, he's seemingly going through adolescence like a normal human (or maybe faster. idk i cant tell how much time has passed) and acting like a jealous teenager. If it looks like a child and acts like a child but "hyo-un's not human so it doesn't count." It's giving the same energy as "b-but the loli is 1000 years old!!"
Ofc I don't think taehyuk's intention is to groom him, but I do find it sketchy that he's basically raising hyo-un as a guardian/parental figure and he will later develop a romantic/sexual relationship when hyo-un's takes on an adult appearance. It's like the usagi drop manga all over again.