Abusers tend to follow the cycle of their own abusers, I think that Hyou was so hellbent on protecting Setsu that he accidentally became the man he hated, but because HE’S the one protecting Setsu he sees no wrong.
No excuse for his behavior, he is still abusive as hell and Setsu deserves actual love, but that might explain his behavior.
hyou said the reason why in the other manga - it was something about how if setsu is scared of him, he’ll never wanna go back to the real thing.
he’s purposely imitating their father ( same hair color , piercings , abusive , smoker , whatever. ) to ensure setsu will stay safe / “ safe “ with him rather than in danger with the father.
( since setsu also said something about how they should go back to him. after setsu said that , that’s when hyou changed himself to remind setsu how awful their dad is and whatnot )
not so fun Fun fact : him imitating their dad is no accident. he’s doing it on purpose ( one of my other comments explains it all )
Ahh I see, I guess I forgot since I haven’t read the other manga in a while. That makes it so much worse, Setsu deserves so much better than Hyou T_T
years later and I still can’t understand why hyou became abusive when he was actively aware and pressing towards wanting to turn into his father, even dying his hair and getting piercings the same way his abusive father did