is this going to the "ml has always liked mc from the start" path

I want to know too

Kind of lmao, he did like him in his past life. However, hear me out. Here it makes sense because MC in reality didn’t do anything that bad in his past life, imagine him as a cringe fan girl with horrible self esteem.

Ooh so like he was annoying not evil but thought of himself as such?

Yes, however a lot of people misunderstand because they think MC is a reliable narrator. He’s not, he has very low self esteem because of the abuse he went through.

I love unreliable narrator being the plot twist