Terms like "grooming" and "pedophile" are commonly used when there's a significant age gap or a child and an adult involved. I just wanted to let folks know that grooming is all about pretending to be nice to gain someone's trust, only to later harm, manipulate, or take advantage of them. On the flip side, a pedophile is an adult who is sexually attracted to young children and may do something illegal and harmful toward them. In this case, so far, the FL isn't exactly pretending to gain the ML's trust, nor does she harbor inappropriate or sexual attraction towards him. So if the FL starts using the ML for her own benefit, then you could say it's grooming. And if she starts talking like, "Wow, this kid is cute; I want to kiss him" or "I think I'm falling for this kid; I want to do this and that with him," then you could call it pedophilia. (づ ̄ ³ ̄)づ
is this grooming or