
uuuh the ml (ml’s underling more like whos following his orders) is the one who kidnaps him and locks him in their childhood house (aka his way of keeping him from being kidnapped by the guy in the recent ch) along the way it becomes clear that the mc is someone important to the family bc even ml’s father defends him from ml’s another underling (he already was in some chapters dunno his name) and simultaneously the dude from the new chapter starts theorizing about the mc thinking he’s probably ml’s brother which made me laugh. the ml’s underling gets pissed that everyone defends the mc bc he thinks hes a bad influence on ml and only brings him unhappiness/ml’s obsession w him burdens him (the ml got hurt when they were young - they were riding a bike and ended up in a dark tunnel where someone stabbed the ml in the stomach and the mc wasn’t able to save him) so he decides to act on his own and barges in that house and beats the mc up to a pulp the mc’s mental state is in shambles so he decides to just jump off the balcony hehdjdhd but the ml suddenly appears and catches him and gets incredibly angry and tries to leave but the mc suddenly develops abandonment issues and clings onto him begging him to stay and shit… total mess bc later on they obviously have sex (dubcon at some point). the whole situation sends me so much bc the mc lost all his personal belongings including his phone there’s no way for him to connect to the outside world plus hes now skipping his uni and no one gaf ab it even the mc himself dhdjdjdjd also it kinda got revealed why the ml is so restless around the mc - his father allowed him to have only one year of freedom before probably taking over the business… i honestly don’t believe the mc will ever develop actual decent feelings for the ml but it seems like he either already started developing them or it’s his sense of guilt acting up (but it’s more like he started tricking himself into being all soft and needy and clingy around the ml) and i really want there to be a second ml just to put the ml in his place dhdjdjd the redemption will be tough if there will be any at all. i feel really bad for the mc because he is a victim through and through but he blames himself for everything now in every situation and it’s an insane development to me bc he had a backbone in s1 but s2 is just mental illness fest

ml sees mcs beat up face and doesn’t gaf fhfjfj which really surprised me but he didn’t even frown he was more concerned with the mc trying to jump (i think he knows though bc the dude who was keeping watch on the mc called him immediately when the underling appeared) but when they have sex mc becomes a complete mess and somewhere in the middle the ml just slaps his face lmfao later during sex again the mc becomes really clingy and tries to hug the ml but the ml just pushes him away like “don’t touch me”

In English up to chapter 40 but you need a vpn so no ads pop up https://yaoiscan.com/read/within-my-shadow/chapter-33/
read it in a different language up to ch38 and it only gets worse atp im sticking around just bc im nosy… the mc is a bum but i feel bad for him bc the ml keeps using mc’s sense of guilt to exploit him instead of just confessing his feelings (kinda gives off a tree without roots vibe)