HUH

I'm sorry but this is making me angry i can't blame itsuki for not acting on his feelings bc from his pov, shida isn't giving clues abt his sexuality and ofc you'd be scared for things to be awkward after confessing. It turns out shida alr realized his feelings long ago (!!) and itsuki has been laying it all out for him - shida ALREADY KNOWS that the boy is yearning ages ago like he even knows he was kissed in his sleep my guy even tolerated being friends-with-benefits for a while after their reunion

Okay. I get being afraid at the beginning. I'm just mad it took shida sooo fricking longg to act on it. He waited years before making an effort to reach out to itsuki and even wanted to let fate meet them blah blah miss me with that bullshit not to mention that he Knows he was kissed again in his sleep during their arrangement (clear implication of itsuki's current feelings) so when he said that he was just afraid of being avoided again.. like brother no it seemed like ure playing with his feelings at that point. It's YOUR turn to meet itsuki in-between - how he does not see this when he had all the clues is beyond me. Well at least he finally took the initiative at the end. So there's that

I swear i can deal with miscommunication and slow burn stuff these are fr my breakfast meal but as long as i can make sense of the direction of the story and i can understand where the characters are coming from.