
Like it doesn’t take a genius to figure out he’s at a shop and not telling you about it cause he’s getting you a gift before a trip to celebrate your bd, him being there with futami is entirely irrelevant, zen getting drunk with futami on the business trip also entirely irrelevant considering ryou got drunk with him first to the point of zen having to come to ryous house and find that futami is THERE having dragged ryou there, like if anything that’s more cause for jealousy yet zen confidently had trust in ryou, and what, are you so dumb to think your relationship of ten years is as shallow as “oh we were just rivals and turned lovers so now anyone that ever competes with him is actual risk of becoming his romantic interest”??? Like even while knowing you’re the only man he’s considered being with??? And you didn’t think twice to check your jealousy and not test and accuse him??????? AAAAAAAAAAAA

Bro the more I think about it the more pissed off I get, went back and reread it, after zen getting drunk with futami ryou calls from jealousy or whatever, zen tells him the stuff he talked about with futami and is honest with him, also shows his care telling him not to overdo it at work and worrying about how ryou is doing all the trip planning, all moments showing his feelings and yet it’s treated as if he’s not showing feelings just cause he didn’t end the call with “I wanna see you too”???
And then what ryou did WAS stupid and he was getting rightfully scolded for coming over to zen’s house with no warning with no idea when zen will get home all while it’s raining, like ye he’s being rightfully harsh and scolding you for being reckless with your health, that itself is another moment of showing his care and you take “you shouldn’t come in these circumstances just to see me” as if he doesn’t love you?? LIEK HES RIGHT YOU SHOULDNT DO THAT JUST TO SEE HIM, RISKING YOUR HEALTH BEFORE A PLANNED TRIP “JUST TO SEE HIM” IS STUPID, and getting defensive over him telling you not to overwork???
And then the next day from ryou’s thoughts saying “but why did you lie about being with futami” I’m sorry bro but he didn’t lie about being with futami, he said he’s busy and can’t come over that day, at most he lied about being at work vs not at work, he didn’t say shit about being with or without futami and considering futami was irrelevant in their relationship outside him being a threat in ryou’s mind that zen didn’t even KNOW about how there might possibly be jealousy in ryou over futami, not telling him he’s with futami isn’t some break of trust or smth, what’s next? he has to report which coworker he rode an elevator with too? With no prior knowledge of ryou’s concerns? So in reality the lie was about being at work vs at a shop which if ryou was clearheaded he could guess why (gift before bd trip), but his jealousy over futami distorted the situation and made him put zen to the test…

legit couldn't have said it better ryou in this volume was so frustrating. the only reason i don't want to fully punch him in the face is because he did say "my jealousy isn't as cute as yours"
BUT MAN he complains about zen not being honest but in the end HE wasn't even honest about his uneasiness and jealousy
Bro futami annoying as hell and I don’t get how he doesn’t get told to stfu on the daily, but like I hate where they took the story, they were otherwise wholesome and sweet and casual jealousy was fine but I don’t think I’d be able to get over my partner having actual suspicion of me cheating, like that made the plot actually sad for me,
Like dude you already know when he’s late it’s cause of work and that if you were held back you wouldn’t be able to get out of it too so you can’t blame him for not having time, and then he’s worried about you since you came there through rain risking getting sick (WHICH YOU DID) he can’t say “you shouldn’t have come it’s hard on you”?? And when he was jealous of you with futami (who you have more history with than he does) who was all over you to the point he was declaring dislike for zen, he told you he won’t give in to the jealousy cause he knows you love HIM and is that not a declaration of his love and trust for you??? And what do you do? Go suspect him of being involved with futami?/ just cause he lied about being at work while being at a SHOP?/ before a trip that’s supposed to be celebrating your birthday??/ like oh wowwww you must have to be a super genius to connect the dots and come to the conclusion he might be buying you a gift
Like I don’t care if zen isn’t very verbal about his feelings, he’s shown he loves you and your worlds revolves around each other for the past 10 years, you’d think that’s enough time and closeness to know their character,
I hate how ryou not trusting him enough to test him and accuse him is somehow equated to the ‘crime’ of zen not talking about feelings every other sentence