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Welp, pretty sure he does. But I also heard from the raws that the ml continued being a shit towards the mc even when they got to college. And the mc finally got tired of receiving such kind of treatment from the ml and eventually gave up on him. It felt kinda satisfying knowing that, tbh. Hopefully, that'll be where the redemption arc for the ml begins.
The ml is shit with no redeeming qualities. . .also the world building of this story revolves around the community who discriminates against homosexuality, for some reason.
And I have no idea what the ml is trying to pull here. He is not portrayed as some kind of slow-witted shit, so I think he's emotionally manipulating the mc, taking advantage of his weakness. Liberating the fact that they are childhood friends.