That’s what I loved about this story! And imo it’s easy to find in a field like the ones expressed like showbizz or with someone having lots of money/beauty/etc. I love that it showed how they were toxic bc of how that line of business is (others can also be used too) but it can happen so it’s not unreasonable or unrealistic. It did show morals to them for not wanting to be the type to want to sell their bodies (besides hiding their love). Which is not something we see. I feel like this POV was the rich guy POV of the BLs troupe (the one we never “see” bc the MC is the sappy weak bottom who goes for the rich strong top troupe) so this was fun. I also feel like the author was like what’s a typical BL —yeah I’m doing the opposite for everything but in the best way!
I must say that it’s difficult to find toxic stories where both characters are equally toxic, bad, perpetrators and victims all at the same time.
They matched each other in the most insane ways. Even in their zero emotional intelligence. I’ve never read a story where the characters had no self awareness at all of their own feelings or stretched the miscommunication on purpose. It was a well rounded story where you can see what not having emotional intelligence, lack of self awareness and honesty can do to two people who actually love each other deeply from the very beginning. They’re gonna have to work around their mistrust their whole relationship because that’s the consequences of their actions. But at least they’re both aware of it and they’re both willing to work on it together.