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If you understand avoidant personality disorder, you would know that him ghosting Leo is a normal and expected occurrence. He's a difficult man, alright. Because he's not completely stable. But to live normally like that means he's trying his best. He's still a shitty guy and I definitely recommend not dating people like him. Those with psychotic tendencies are toxic daters and definitely a red flag!
Based on the uke's character traits, I can say it's not just about insecurities or immaturity as y'all wanted to point out. There are about hundreds of mental disorders tallied, fyi. Some might come off as normal and common, or even subtle so people don't usually call it as a disorder and just a disability. Why? Because it seemed inordinate or extreme. Kinda guessed about it because the story is full of hints using delusion of grandeur (a mental disorder symptom) and avoidant. As shitty his character comes off, that's just how toxic dating someone with mental disability is. Plus, he's aware. He knew he was being avoidant, and that's actually a personality disorder if y'all want to search for it. Personality disorders are interesting to read and you guys might realize that there are numerous people around you with the same symptoms, LOL.
I'm not trying to reason him out of it, but if it's how the author wanted him to be, then it is what it is. That's why the story is well-written for me. It's still disturbing, however, as someone who study and interacted with people like them, I can say that he's pretty normal. They tend to be impulsive and has a tendency for hypersexuality. He's definitely on a subtle spectrum.
I just love stories with hints to uncover.