Basically, MC has a crush on a guy since high school, because he was getting bullied for being gay, but that’s friend always protected him and was just a great friend. That friend started dating a girl, which immediately clocked that MC has a crush on her boyfriend and asked her brother (who is also gay and our ML) to come and check if it’s true. ML sees how MC looks at the friend and immediately told his sister that he definitely has a crush on her bf. After that, he asked if she wanted him ‘to get him out of her hands’. She didn’t answer, but she said that her brother is unemotional but always takes care of her, so I guess he didn’t need her answer to take action.
After that, friend and the girl get married. MC is suffering and went to a gay bar he goes to once a year to pick up someone. ML sees him and makes a bet with friend that he can definitely make him go home with him. And they do. They sleep together, ML leaves him his phone number and asks to call him. MC throws the phone away and goes to the wedding a few weeks after where he meets ML again, where he finds out that ML is the bride’s sister.
ML starts hitting on MC hard, saying that he fell in love with him and doesn’t mind that MC loves someone else, because he just wants him to have a relationship where he is loved. After some time, MC finally agrees to date to get over his crush. That’s when we (readers) find out that ML made another bet with his friends. This time it’s a bet if ML can make MC fall in love with him.
Slowly, MC opens up more to ML and starts feeling comfortable, eventually falling for him. We can also see that ML becomes jealous, possessive and protective towards MC, while denying that he is starting to have feelings for him.
Then MC finally confesses to ML in front of one of ML’s friends (that he made a bet with). ML then excuses himself and leaves. Later, MC goes to search for ML and overhears his conversation with a friend where ML demanded his money for winning the bet for wooing the MC. MC overhears and immediately leaves. ML chases after him, begging to let him explain, but MC is just over it and ends it.
A few chapters after that are just ML chasing MC and begging him not to leave, crying and just being a mess. MC now hates his guts, but (his words, not mine) still misses him and loves him.
After these chapters, MC is contacted by the friend of ML (who he made a bet with) where she brings ML’s sister and they tell him what I wrote in the first paragraph. After that, MC decides to go to the friend, confess to him and say that he wants to still remain as friends. Friend rejects him (ofc), but they stay as friends.
MC then goes to ML’s house, where he is just drowning himself in alcohol. MC comes in and says that he confessed to the friend and needs to be consoled. Then he confessed to ML that he still loves him even though he hurt him badly. They make up and start dating again. The end.
(P.S. there is also a side couple, but, in my opinion, they were so unnecessary for the story and just took space ngl)
The end was rushed and unsatisfying, because MC forgave ML too quickly. Other than that, the manhwa was okay (3/5).
CAN ANY ONE GIVE ME A TLDR OF THIS STORY I DON'T WANNA READ THIS AFTER READING THE COMMENTS BUT IM STILL INTRIGUED